Song - The busy buzz song

A song about some outdoor activities
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/songs/the-busy-buzz-song


The song words
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/sites/kids/files/attachment/busy-buzz-words_0.pdf

A printable activity
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/sites/kids/files/attachment/busy-buzz-activity_0.pdf

Song - When Goldilocks went to the house of the bears

A good song for introducing 'big', 'small' and 'tiny'.
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/songs/when-goldilocks-went-the-house-the-bears

The song words
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/sites/kids/files/attachment/goldilocks-words_0_0.pdf

A printable activity about 'big', 'small' and 'tiny'
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/sites/kids/files/attachment/goldilocks-activity_0_0.pdf

Song - Old Macdonald had a farm

A song about the animals on a farm
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/songs/old-macdonald

The words of the song
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/sites/kids/files/attachment/oldmac-words_0_0.pdf

Activity sheet to print
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/sites/kids/files/attachment/oldmac-activity_0_0.pdf

Activity answers
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/sites/kids/files/attachment/oldmac-answers_0.pdf

Christmas traditions in Britain

What is a mince pie?

What happens in a pantomime?

This excellent site, which I have recommended in previous posts, has an excellent section about all aspects of a Britsh Christmas.

The links in the left hand column take you to individual pages with short descriptions  as well as clear photos.

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/Xmas/index.html

Activity - make a monster

This is great fun!

You can choose the body colour, eyes nose, mouth, ears, arms and legs and then make the monster dance, sing, sneeze, shout and blow up!

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/make-your-own/make-your-monster

Life in Britain

This is an excellent site presented by a junior school in Kent, South East England.

I have used it ever since I started to teach English.

http://www.projectbritain.com/

'The Woodlands Junior website contains fascinating facts and information about England, Scotland and Wales (Britain), in a way that is easy to read and to understand for people of all ages and cultures.'

The site contains information about:-

British Culture

The Making of The UK

Daily Life and Everyday needs

Education

Britain Today

Climate/Weather

How Britain is governed

The British Royal Family

Listen to stories in English

This school has an excellent reputation for providing links to lots of English activities.

This is the link to stories to listen to.

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/onlinestory.htm

However, not all the activities use British English.  

Many of the online talking stories are American.

Any of the stories which are marked from the British Council, the BBC and CBeebies will be British English WITHOUT regional accents! 

'Dick Whittington' and Sun, Wind and Rain are also from CBeebies.

The 'Missing Apples' and 'Teddy Bear Land' are from Lancashire Grid For Learning (LGFL) and the readers have Lancashire accents.