How to play the ukulele
So…Here’s how you’re going to learn to play the ukulele: a little bit of help from me each week, but mostly from You Tube at home. Below are two sets of teachers, one in Dutch and one in English. You can learn a lot from …
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Reduce, Re-use, Recycle
Mmmm…our relationship with the planet we live on. It’s a big topic that’s not going away soon. So, here are some gorgeous songs about re-using things instead of simply throwing them away. I’ve added some help-sheets for learning lyrics. These can be a bit tricky…but …
Two plus two equals…?
Time to practice reading numbers. 1 + 1 = 2 2 + 2 = 4 4 + 4 = 8 8 + 8 = 16 16 + 16 = 32 32 + 32 = 64 64 + 64 = 128 128 + 128 = …
Life Cycles
It’s almost spring! Lot’s of new things everywhere. Ahhhhh…lovely. So here’s a little Miss Kylie song about life cycles. Look at all these different hatchlings hatching!
Elmer the Patchwork Elephant
The little kid are learning all about Elmer the Patchwork Elephant. Here’s David McKee, the man who created Elmer, reading one of his stories.
Houten Ruimtelijke Koers 2040
The Netherlands is in the midst of a housing shortage and looking to build upwards of a 100.000 new homes across the country. Houten has agreed to absorb 5000 of those. We are a world-renowned village-style cycling-town of 50,000 citizens (10 mins train ride from …
Wat een winterslaap!
Turtle want’s to hibernate, but his friends don’t like him missing out on all the fun of winter. Here’s an online English lesson for Dutch children aged between 4 and 6 years old, based on the picture book A Loud Winter’s Nap by Kary Hudson. …
Cuddle Bubble Christmas
2o2o will forever be defined by Covid 19 and it’s effect on individuals and communities around the world. So…how do we celebrate Christmas and New Year when in lockdown or suffering the trauma of loss? Hopefully as people have done for years when in the …
Good Morning
Every time I walk into a class, no matter how old my Dutch students are, we say Good Morning or Good Afternoon, just as they do in English speaking schools. Here’s a fantastic clip about just that: saying Good Morning. It’s from Singing in the …
Stick it in the Bin!
We have too many disposable face masks littering our environment. That’s ridiculous! Stick It In The Bin! Kylie van Dam 2020 It’s on your face Or it’s in your hand. It’s in your pocket, Or it’s in your bag. If it’s cloth, it’s in …
Pardon Me For Being So Rude
I’ve no idea where this little poem came from. But it’s a goodie… even though it’s a badie! Pardon Me For Being So Rude Pardon me for being so rude! It wasn’t me, It was my food. It came up from a place below And …