LITTLE BLUE and LITTLE YELLOW by Leo Lionni

Little blue and little yellow share wonderful adventures. One day, they can't find one another. When they finally meet, they are overjoyed. They hug until they become green. As a single green shape, they play and then go, first to Little Blue's house and then to Little Yellow's only to be rejected and unrecognized.

When you read this passage try to emphasize the dialogs between the colorful parents and the green ball!!!
You will notice all the eyes of your pupils gazing at you with a mixing of suffer and curiosity, it's great!!!

In the link below you can find a downloadable pdf with some activities concerning the tale:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/profbooks/blueyellow.pdf

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More translations... more languages

Pequeno Azul e Pequeno Amarelo
Editora: Berlendis & Vertecchia
ISBN: 8586387916
Ano: 2005
Número de Páginas: 44
Acabamento: Encadernado

Este é o Pequeno Azul.
Está em sua casa com a Mamã Azul e o Papá Azul.
O Pequeno Azul tem muitos amigos.
O seu melhor amigo é o Pequeno Amarelo,
que vive na casa da frente.(...)

Leo Lionni

Pequeño Azul y Pequeño Amarillo
(Little Blue and Little Yellow, 1959)
Leo LIONNI
Kalandraka, 2005;
44 pp.;
col. Libros para soñar;
trad. de Pedro Almeida;
ISBN: 84-96388-25-5.
3 años: prelectores.
Álbumes ilustrados.
El mejor amigo de Pequeño Azul es Pequeño Amarillo.
Un día que Pequeño Azul abraza a Pequeño Amarillo se vuelve verde.
Y cuando los padres de ambos también se conocen les pasa lo mismo.

Piccolo Blu e Piccolo Giallo
Autore Lionni Leo
Prezzo € 10,00
Prezzi in altre valute

Dati 1999, 48 p.,
illustrato
Editore: Babalibri

Petit Bleu et Petit Jaune
Series: Lutin Poche
Authors: Lionni
Market: Ages 0-4
Level: Beginners
Subject: French
Publication Date: July 1997
Price: £6.25
ESB Code: 74303
ISBN:9782211058780

Numbers and balls

This morning my students had a review of numbers.

I brought a yellow ball in class, I moved all the desks to create a space where they could stay in a circle and I threw the ball to one of them shouting 3!!!

The first part of the game was quite simple, they have to throw the ball to a classmate shouting the numbers in ascending order.

When they got bored I complicated the game in many different ways:

Tell the numbers in a descending order

or

Add 2 (or 3, 4, 5...) to the number you've just said trowing the ball

or

Subtract 2 (or 3, 4, 5...)

or

Don't say the numbers that contain 3 or 4 or 5 etc...

The game is quite useful because apart from using numbers, they'll improve their knowledge of multiplication table and mathematical calculations as well.

Where is the playground?!?©

Where is the Playground?!?!?©

Ok, I discovered that my 8 year old spanish pupils have a problem with left and right.

So, today, I started the class making them raise their left hands than the rights.

Finally I told them to fold their left sleeves (to have a visual reference).

The second step was explaining them how to turn left or right (it's not obvious for them).

Finally we played Simon Says with this (now easy) 4 commands:

Go down 1st (or 2nd...) street

Turn right

Turn left

Go on

Stop

Where is the Playground?!?!?©

This is a game to experiment street directions, let your pupils interact to acquire language skills and practice useful English.

Use the space between the lines of desks as streets (1st Street, 2nd Street, etc...) and write on the blackboard some easy street directions:

- Go down 1st Street, 2nd...
- Go on
- At the 1st, 2nd desk..
- Turn left
- Turn right
- Go straight on

Call on one of them and start asking him where one of his classmate 'lives' and..

Start the game!!!

P.S. Call first one of your best students:

the fact he'll be right will encourage the others on taking part in the performance.

More Activities:

In the Fridge and Tiny Garden

Shapes+Material!!!©

Subject Areas:
Clothes, Furniture,
Materials, Seasons, Rooms.
Language Items:
What is your belt made of?
It’s made of leather/ fabric/ etc.
What are the shoes made of?
They are made of ...
What is the table made of?
It’s made of wood/ plastic/ etc.
What are the curtains made of?
They are made of...

“Is your cap made of silver?”
“Yes, it is”
“No, it isn’t”
N.B. Combinations Material-Furniture/Clothes
made by kids could be really bizarre.

'When do you usually wear a scarf?'
'In which room of your house can you find a sofa?'
'What is it made of?'

Functions:
A visual (and tactile) experience of different materials their world is made of, and talk about it.

Combine seasons with clothes and materials,
Furniture with rooms and materials.

Answer yes or no questions.

More Activities:

In the Fridge and Tiny Garden