SAINT VALENTINE - SELF-ESTEEM

 

Listen to the Miley Cyrus's song of self love and self-esteem "Flowers" if you like.

St Patrick Day: 17th March

On Saint Patrick's Day "you don't have to be Irish to be Irish"!

Get to know some Irish traditions and symbols.

🍀 A brief history of Saint Patrick's Day

🍀 Saint Patrick's Day celebration (for kids)

🍀 Why do millions wear green on 17th March - 12 facts

Let's celebrate St Patrick's Day:

• listen to Irish (folk) music / dance a jig
• eat green food and have green drinks
• wear green clothes (dress up like a leperchaun) and pinch or slap the people who don’t
• decorate your room / paint your face with Irish colours (orange/ white/ green)
• learn Irish proverbs, rhymes and blessings, wish luck and happiness to everybody and send messages to friends: “Happy Paddy’s Day”, “The luck of the Irish” 
• have fun watching an Irish film or playing games (online games / board games) about this day

St. Patrick's Day, an interactive worksheet by Víctor Gayol
liveworksheets.com

🍀 Click on the picture to watch a video about Ireland 

🍀 Finally, for other activities and resources visit this padlet: St Patrick's Day - Let's celebrate

FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS

Let's find out about British and American festivities!

• (UK, USA) HALLOWEEN: Watch the video below and "Why Halloween's really British"

• (UK) GUY FAWKES NIGHT: Bonfire Night- 5th November ( Liveworksheet 1) Bonfire Night video (Liveworksheet 2)

    > Learn the rhyme about this day ( Listen and repeat): "Remember, Remember the fifth of November, Gunpowder, Treason and Plot, We see no reason why Gunpowder Treason should ever be forgot"

• (USA) THANKSGIVING: Thanksgiving Day for Kids (Liveworksheet 1); What is Thanksgiving (Liveworksheet 2); Thanksgiving picture dictionary 

      > On these day people give thanks. And you? What are you thankful for?

      > What is Black Friday?

• (UK) SHROVE TUESDAY and (USA) MADRI GRAS: Listen/ Read about Pancake Day; Shrove Tuesday on CBC Kids; Pancake Day ( Live worksheet); a poem.

• (USA) INDEPENDENCE DAY: Listen/Read about American Independence Day; Vocabulary (Live Worksheet 1); Video (Live Worksheet 2)

• (UK, USA) NEW YEAR'S EVE / HOGMANAY: New Year's Eve In New York (Video), Hogmanay (Video), What is Hogmanay? New Year's traditions and Vocabulary

• (UK, USA) CHRISTMAS AND BOXING DAY: Traditions in Britain and other countries ( Live worksheet1), Christmas in the UK ( Learnenglish Teens) Christmas in Britain ( Liveworksheet2)

• (UK) NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL: Notting Hill Carnival ( Liveworksheet1) YouTube Video;