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What is an activity calendar?
An activity calendar features daily activities that you can do with your child. These activities include reading, singing, watching short videos, doing arts and crafts, baking or cooking, physical exercises, and writing tasks. Activities can be very short such as saying a tongue twister or reading a poem. Or they can be more elaborate like going on a scavenger hunt or baking Apfelstrudel. The important thing is: all activities are centered around the idea of using language (either English or German) in a fun and playful way.
Why language learning with activity calendars?
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guage learning is a gradual process. No matter if at home or at school, language learning takes a lot of time and effort. I like to compare it to running a marathon. Setting one foot in front of the other repeatedly gets you very far. And engaging in language learning activities every day gets you very far as well. Language learning with activity calendars can serve as a roadmap. It simplifies the planning process and allows for a multitude of learning situations to take place.
In short, children learn a language best when they engage with it regularly in a fun and playful way. The tasks featured in the activity calendars offer just that. They provide a variety of opportunities for children to engage with English and/or German in fun ways. As a parent you may need to help with a given task which provides real, meaningful interaction–another important element for language learning. Finally, the activity calendars help you keep up your language practice every day.
Overall, the activity calendars offer ideas for daily tasks, thus helping parents and children create environments that invite interaction, fun, and language practice.
Archive of old calendars: July 2021_English July 2021_German May 2021_English May 2021 German April 2021_English April 2021_German March 2021_English March 2021_German February 2021 English February 2021 German January 2021_English Januar 2021_German Dezember 2020_English Dezember 2020_German
