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Christmas cards for young learners: Square shapes, lettering and ribbon!

Ho ho ho! It’s this time of year when kids like to bring their wishes home after school, especially if they have written them in the new language they are learning… English!

I found this lovely printed cardboard in my local bookstore, bought two sheets and cut each sheet into 20 squares; then I paired these squares with 40 more from simple red canson, binding each pair with red ribbon! The students wrote their Merry Christmas wishes and their names in English on a piece of simple white paper, which they glued on the red canson inside. Lovely! They even said they would hang their cards from their Christmas trees at home!

So… why don’t you try and see how many words in English you will find on this card:

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Merry Christmas everyone!

St. Patrick’s Day blessings!

I absolutely love St. Patrick’s Day! With my 6th grade students we analyzed a few Irish blessings and talked about Ireland a lot, we watched videos of Irish step dancing, we listened to Danny Boy and Molly Malone, we read a little bit about Irish history and we looked up some Irish recipes. And I know they loved making these Irish blessings into cards.

Blessing I:

May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face;
the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again,
may God hold you in the palm of His hand.

Blessing II:

May God grant you always… A sunbeam to warm you, a moonbeam to charm you, a sheltering Angel so nothing can harm you. Laughter to cheer you. Faithful friends near you. And whenever you pray, Heaven to hear you.

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These were some of the end products:

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And one I made for myself:

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Lá fhéile Pádraig sona dhaoibh!