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Six Little Ducks, les paroles

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Photograph by Bates Littlehales - National Geographic
Photograph by Bates Littlehales – National Geographic

Chantons “Six Little Ducks” avec nous!

Mallard Ducks – National Geographic   Photo by Bates Littlehales

“Six Little Ducks”

Six little ducks that I once knew,

Fat ones, skinny ones, fair ones too,

But the one little duck with the feather on his back,

He led the others with his quack-quack-quack

Quack-quack-quack   Quack-quack-quack

He led the others with his quack-quack-quack

Down to the river they would go,

Wibble, wobble, wibble, wobble, to and fro,

But the one little duck with the feather on his back,

He led the others with his quack-quack-quack

Quack-quack-quack   Quack-quack-quack

He led the others with his quack-quack-quack

Home from the river they would come,

Wibble, wobble, wibble,wobble, ho-hum-hum,

But the one little duck with the feather on his back,

He led the others with his quack-quack-quack,

Quack-quack-quack   Quack-quack-quack

He led the others with his quack-quack-quack

Six little ducks that I once knew,

Fat ones, skinny ones, fair ones too,

But the one little duck with the feather on his back,

He led the others with his quack-quack-quack

Quack-quack-quack  Quack-quack-quack

He led the others with his quack-quack-quack 

ducks have feathers

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draw and cut out your feathers
draw and cut out your feathers
make long cuts all along both sides of your feathers
make long cuts all along both sides of your feathers
Fluff the cuts upwards
Fluff the cuts upwards
simple craft duck feathers for children
simple craft duck feathers for children

Hello Everyone,

I’ve been singing a new song called “Six Little Ducks” with our youngest group of students. There’s been a lot of “quacking” going on and I thought that it might be fun for the little ones to make a feather of their own to use while they sing. Have fun and see you soon!

Just Speak! – Danielle

Bonjour à tous,

Je chante une nouvelle chanson intitulée “Six Little Ducks” (6 petits canards) avec notre plus jeune groupe d’étudiants. Il y a eu beaucoup de “couin-couin” et j’ai pensé que cela pourrait être amusant pour les tout-petits de faire une plume à utiliser pendant qu’ils chantent. Amusez-vous bien et à bientôt.

Allez Parlez! – Danielle

It’s raining, it’s pouring

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rain cloud activity by Danielle
rain cloud activity by Danielle
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Draw your cloud onto a piece of cardboard paper and draw some lines too
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turn your cardboard paper and make diamonds out of your lines
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your diamonds are now raindrops, color them in
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add different shades of blue as well as white
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flip the cardboard over and color in the back of the raindrops, you don’t have to redraw the diamonds here
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cut our your cloud and large collection of raindrops
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cut out the raindrops
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color in your cloud and get your cotton ready by pulling it apart and making it fluffy
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add some glue to your cloud
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add a mouth and eyes or just keep it natural if you like that more
rain cloud activity by Danielle
Now Sing!! (rain cloud activity by Danielle)

Bonjour tout le monde!

Pouvez-vous croire qu’il va encore pleuvoir? Eh bien, sachant qu’il peut être ennuyeux d’être coincé à l’intérieur lorsque vos enfants n’ont pas l’école le mercredi, pourquoi ne pas passer un peu de temps à parler des nuages ​​en chantant It’s Raining, It’s Pouring? Dans cette vidéo, nous avons le plaisir d’écouter une belle version du duo Andrew et Polly. N’ont-ils pas fait un excellent travail de tourner un jour de pluie en un amusement?

Le petit nuage de pluie que vous voyez ci-dessus est quelque chose que j´ai fait cet après-midi, tout en travaillant à la maison. Je suis impatiente de l’essayer demain avec mes deux petits lutins préférés.

Aller On Parle! – Danielle

Hello Everyone!

Can you believe that it’s expected to rain again? Well, as much as it can be boring to be stuck indoors when you haven’t got school on a Wednesday, why not spend some time talking about clouds and singing “It’s Raining, It’s Pouring?” . In this video we have the pleasure of listening to a lovely version by the duo Andrew and Polly. Don’t they do a great job of turning a rainy day into a fun one?

The little rain cloud that you see above is something that I came up with this afternoon, while working at home. I’m looking forward to trying it out tomorrow with my two favorite little helpers.

It’s Raining, It’s Pouring

It’s raining, it’s pouring!
The old man is snoring!
He went to bed,
and he bumped his head,
And he couldn’t get up in the morning.

Just Speak! – Danielle

good night!

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good night, count sheep
good night, count sheep
good night
good night

Bonjour tout le monde!

Cette petite chanson, que même les enfants les plus âgés aiment, peut être utilisée de plusieures manières. Non seulement vous pouvez là chanter quand vous et votre enfant mettez Doudou au lit, mais aussi pour le calmer. Les personnes derrière cette chanson sont DreamEnglishKids et ils ont un certain nombre de chansons sur YouTube pour faire chanter en anglais à la maison, à la fois de manière amusante et facile.

Aller On Parle! – Danielle

Hello Everyone!

This  little song, which even older children love, goes a long way. Not only can you sing it while you and your child put their teddy bears to bed, but it also might help calm down your little one in the process. The people behind this song are DreamEnglishKids and they have a number of songs on YouTube that are bound to make singing in English both fun and easy at home.

Just Speak! – Danielle

new class/nouvelle classe

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Bonjour à tous,

Je suis heureuse de vous annoncer que notre nouvelle classe, pour les enfants de 4 ans et plus, a déjà eu lieu pour la première fois. Je pense que je peux parler pour tout le monde quand je dis que nous avons tous eu plaisir à chanter et danser sur nos nouvelles chansons. J’ai décidé d’ajouter une toute nouvelle gamme de chansons optimistes avec beaucoup de mouvements du corps afin de garder notre classe vivante et amusante.

Nous espérons que vous vous joindrez à nous la prochaine fois, mais pour l’instant je vous laisse avec cette chanson de Pancake Manor, appelée Move Your Legs and Arms. N’est-ce pas le moyen idéal pour garder l’énergie de vos enfants après une longue journée?

Aller On Parle! – Danielle

Hello Everyone,

I’m happy to tell you that our new class, for children ages 4 and up, has already met for the first time. I think that I can speak for everyone when I say that we all had fun singing and dancing to our new songs.  I’ve decided to add a whole new range of upbeat songs with a lot of body movements in order to keep our class lively and fun.

Hopefully you’ll join us next time but for now I’ll leave you with this song from Pancake Manor, called Move Your Legs and Arms. Isn’t this the perfect way to get your kids’ energy up after a long day?

Just speak! – Danielle

American school bus – “B” is for bus

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supplies
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fold over both ends of your paper to make the main part of your two buses
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cut out a long rectangle for your bus
fold over a small part
fold over a small part
cut off the small part
cut off the small part
cut it again
cut the small part in two
cut off the tip to make the front of the bus
cut off the tip to make the front of the bus
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cut out a long white rectangle
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cut  off small rectangles for the windows
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mark the lines for your child to follow as he/she cuts his/her windows
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black lines
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cut out a rectangle
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cut out wheels from the rectangle
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color in the rims in white
put your bus together by adding windows, black lines and wheels
put your bus together by adding windows, black lines and wheels
give your bus a number and write "school bus" on it
give your bus a number and write “school bus” on it
add a wooden stick if you want
add a wooden stick if you want

Bonjour!

Jeudi dernier, j’ai présenté notre nouveau mot “B”, le bus, et nous avons chanté “The Wheels on the Bus” pendant que je lisais un grand livre à haute voix. Pour votre activité de cette semaine, j’ai décidé de créer une activité autour d’un bus d’école américaine. Au cours de l’activité, vous pouvez parler de formes et de couleurs avec votre enfant parce que vous allez utiliser un grand nombre de rectangles et de cercles aussi. Demandez à votre enfant de vous montrer d’autres objets dans la salle qui ont la même forme.

Lorsque vous aurez terminé de faire votre bus, ensemble, vous pouvez vous diriger vers Youtube et regarder cette vidéo du Myvoxsongs. Il comprend la musique et les paroles de notre nouvelle chanson.

Bon dimanche et j’espère vous voir bientôt!

Just speak,

Danielle

Hello!

Last Thursday I introduced our new “B” word, bus, and we sang “The Wheels on the Bus” while I read out of a large read aloud book. For your activity this week I’ve decided to create an American school bus activity. During the activity you can talk about shapes and colors with your child because you’ll be using a lot of rectangles and some circles too. Ask your child to show you other objects in the room that are in the shape of rectangles and circles.

When you are done putting your bus together you can head over to Youtube and watch this video by Myvoxsongs. It includes the music and the lyrics to our new song.

Have a happy Sunday and I hope to see you soon!

Just Speak,

Danielle