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While youre waiting

Do you ask what

your childrenare learning at

school?

What televisionprogrammes do your

children watch?

What are your childrensfavorite cartoon character?

Do your children use tabletsor computers?

Do you sing English songs together?Read together in English?

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Ice-breaker

Talk about your kids in general .

Age?

Year?

What he/she likes or dislikes.

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Schedule

Simple Songs to learn

English

9.00 9.50

BREAK 9.50 -10.00

The importance of reading

daily

10.00 10.30

Sharing

10.30 11.00

Date : 4 October 2014 (Saturday) Venue: SJK Chung Hua Btu 2 (Library)

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Singing why sing?

Introduces children to new words.

Help them remember words without having

to learn vocabulary by-heart. Fun learning.

Flexible . ( able to change lyrics and could be

done anywhere and anytime)

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Singing English Songs at

Home

Think of your daily routine.

When could you singtogether?

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Peter & Paul

2 little animals.

Sitting on the wall.

One named Peter, one named PaulRun away Peter

Run away Paul

Come back PeterCome back Paul.

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Singing example songs

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Teachers Singing( Happy Birthday

tune)

Lions , tigers and bears,

lions , tigers and bears,

they are all different animals,lions , tigers and bears.

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Choose three and make a

song~Transport Vegetables Farm animals Body parts Foodcar Cucumber Cow Head Rice

taxi Carrot Chicken Shoulders Noodles

Bus Potato Sheep Feet Vegetablesoup

Train tomato Duck Hands Eggs

Ferry Celery Goat Arms Pie

lorry Cabbage fingers cake

________,________ and ________,________, ________,and ________,

they are all different ..,

________ ________and ________.

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Team Challenge

1. Pick a topic and a tune .

2. Make song with actions.

3. Perform your songs.

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Reading

Do you read to yourchildren or listen to

them read?

How confident do you feel

about reading with yourchild?

Do you have any English books?Do you borrow English books from

the library?

What kind of books do theyenjoy reading? (comics?,

cartoons?)

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Reading

Very Hungry Caterpillar

Think about WH-questions

Who? What? When? Where? Why ? How?

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What can you read together?

Where do you find English words?

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Sharing

Mission!

Try singing or reading once a day.

Take a picture or video of you singing orreading to share in the next workshop.

Write down any changes or anything you areproud of.