Mog's Christmas by Judith Kerr

On the New Year Eve we want to create a special holiday atmosphere. So why not read a special Christmas book with your children?
Surfing the net I've come across an amazing Sainsbury's Christmas advert about Christmas adventures of a funny cat, Mog by name. This advert was based on Judith Kerr's book "The Mog series".
I think this book is a pleasent reading for children that learns them to be kind.
Let's watch the episode from this lovely book:

English vocabulary:Doing shopping

Tomorrow is the Boxing Day when people find presents under their X-trees. 
Do you like to get presents? And do you like to buy them for your relatives and friends in the shops? 
Here is the special English vocabulary for you on the topic "Doing Shopping".

Selecting goods	Making payment	Returns and complaints	Things you might see	Using a credit card
Can I help you?	Are you in the queue?	I'd like to return this	Open	Enter your PIN
I'm just browsing, thanks	Next, please!	I'd like to change this for a different size	Closed	Please wait
How much is this?	Do you take credit cards?	It doesn't work	Open 24 hours a day	Remove card
How much are these?	I'll pay in cash/by card	It doesn't fit	Special offer	Signature
How much does this cost?	Could I have a receipt, please?	Could I have a refund?	Sale
How much does this cost?	Would you be able to gift wrap it for me?	Have you got the receipt?	Clearance sale
How much is that … in the window?	Would you like a bag?	Could I speak to the manager?	Closing down sale
That's cheap			Special offer
That's good value			Good value
That's expensive			Buy 1 get 1 free
Do you sell …?			Buy 1 get 1 half price
Do you have any …?			Reduced to clear
Sorry, we don't sell			Half price
Sorry, we don't have any left			Out to lunch
I'm looking for …			Back in 15 minutes
Could you tell me where … is?			Shoplifters will be prosecuted
where can I find  …?
have you got anything cheaper?
it's not what I'm looking for
do you have this item in stock?
does it come with a guarantee?
it comes with a one year guarantee
do you deliver?
I'll take it/ I'll take this
anything else?
would you like anything else?

Christmas songs for children

Winter holidays have already begun and it's Christmas now. Christmas is the time of joy and happiness. And when we are happy we want to sing. So why not  choose your favourite Christmas song and  sing it with your children at the lessons or at home.
So here is the list of my favourite Christmas songs that I use at my lessons:
1. Jingle Bells

The video is taken from the YouTube channel eDewcate 
2.We wish you a Merry Christmas

The video is taken from the YouTube channel   APPUSERIES
3.Deck the Halls

The video is taken from the YouTube channel  eDewcate 
4.Santa Claus is coming to town

The video is taken from the YouTube channel  eDewcate 

Let's sing and dance!;)

Merry Christmas!;)

Today is Christmas, my dear friends! 
And Christmas is a season of great joy: a time for remembering the past and hoping for the future. May the glorious message of peace and love fill you with joy during this wonderful season.
Merry Christmas to all my dear friends from all over the world! ;) I am sending you my big

( the video is taken from the YouTube channel Andreea Petcu)

Christmas Spirit

Hello, dear friends! The weather was awful this morning - it was raining almost all day and it seemed to me that autumn had returned. 
But one of my students of the fifth grade presented me with this lovely hand-made monkey:)

And I've remembered that Christmas and New Year are on their way. So I decided to surf the net and find some interesting things connected with Christmas for my lessons. I came across a wonderful site full of interesting information which certainly help to make lessons more interesting and the process of learning English more exciting and easier.At this site you'll find crosswords and word-games, texts for reading and videos,  you can listen to your favourite songs and do activities that improve your skills. And all this information is about Christmas!:)  By the way it'll help you to create the atmosphere of holidays.

So let's get into Christmas spirit and have fun at esolcourses.com/content/topics/christmas/pre-intermediate/christmas-crossword.html

English in pictures: Appearance

We are all different. And my second formers' task was to learn describing people.
They can do it very well now with the help of funny aliens which my pupils have made themselves.

Appearance vocabulary

Talking Flashcards:

My face

My body

Revision of the new words:

Describing people's mood:

Events: The International Tea Day.

 What can be better than a cup of hot tea in a frosty winter evening? Tea is one of the most favourite beverages on the planet. And today is the International Tea Day. It's not a day - off and this day is mostly celebrated in countries which produce tea. 
 It is believed that tea as a beverage discovered by the  second Chinese Emperor Shen Nung  about  2737 BC, when the Emperor dropped the leaves of tea tree into the cup with hot water. Is it possible to imagine that now we drink the same tea, which the Chinese Emperor tasted about 5 thousand years ago!
 But when I think about tea, the British as a nation of real tea drinkers, come to my mind.
 And here is a short trip to a brief history of British afternoon tea ( the video was taken from FollowThatBug on the youtube channel)