Recent Posts Tagged With 'crafts'

• French Easter Bell Craft and Coloring Pages

  Posted on Tuesday April 7th, 2009 at 21:34 in crafts, french, holiday, foreign language fun, french easter craft

  The Easter Bunny does not deliver eggs to children in France; that job belongs to the church bells. France is a predominately Catholic country. On Holy Thursday, the day before Good Friday, the bells in every church and cathedral across France stop r...

• Easter Worksheets and Activities for French and Spanish Class

  Posted on Monday April 6th, 2009 at 11:05 in Culture, Spanish, crafts, french, holiday, worksheets, coloring pages, foreign language fun, foreign language house, french easter craft, french easter activity lesson, french easter worksheet

    Easter is right around the corner.  Use this springtime theme to get your French and Spanish learners hopping . . . and talking!  Here are some materials and ideas to use both at school and at home:   Easter Egg Games: Fill and hide plastic E...

• French April Fools’ Day Custom: Le Poisson d’Avril

  Posted on Tuesday March 31st, 2009 at 14:50 in Culture, crafts, french, coloring pages, poisson d'avril, foreign language fun, april fools' day french custom

  Did you know that we have the French to thank for the fun custom of April Fools’ Day?  It all started back in the 16th century, when King Charles IX adopted the new Gregorian Calendar and New Year’s Day shifted from April 1 to January 1....

• Piñata Land!

  Posted on Friday December 26th, 2008 at 13:51 in Spanish, crafts, pinatas, foreign language fun, high school spanish

  Bienvenido to Piñata Land!  Now this is what I call some Foreign Language Fun.  This photo is from a Spanish classroom at the high school where I teach.  At home, Spanish II students create original piñatas from paper mache.  The Spanish teache...

• Make Paper Shoes for St. Nicholas Day: Easy Craft Download

  Posted on Sunday November 30th, 2008 at 14:14 in crafts, christmas craft, foreign language fun, foreign language house, st. nicholas craft, st. nicholas day shoes

  Are you ready for St. Nicholas Day?  In many European countries, December 6 is a day to celebrate one of our most beloved saints–Nicholas of Myra, a fourth century bishop from present-day Turkey.  Nicholas is renowned for his generosity, good...

• First Day of School—German Style

  Posted on Monday September 1st, 2008 at 22:48 in crafts, german, kindergarten, foreign language fun, german first day of school, schultute

  kin·der·gar·ten    a school or class for young children between the ages of four and six years. [Origin: 1850–55; German: lit., children's garden, equiv. to Kinder children (see kind) +Garten garden]   from Dictionary.com   A f...