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Sunday, 25 March 2012
Easter print and games
This page is full of games for you to play.
Enjoy yourself...
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| HAPPY SWEET EASTER... |
Friday, 23 March 2012
♥ Welcome to the Easter Online Interactive Games Page ♥
Click on the picture above and play as many games as you want !
Enjoy yourself !
Play and have fun !
Easter games and activities
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Select the activities / games you want to do / play.
Enjoy yourself !
Friday, 16 March 2012
Father's day around the World
When is Father's Day ?
Father's Day Festival is celebrated on different days in different countries. Most countries including US, UK, Canada, Chile, France, Japan and India celebrate Fathers Day on the third Sunday in June. President Richard Nixon declared the date of Father's Day festival in US in 1972.
Though the date of Father's Day is not fixed in countries around the world and even the manner of celebrations differ in several countries but everywhere the spirit behind the celebration of festival is just the same. All over the world people celebrate Father's Day to honor their father and express love for them. To celebrate the occasion of Father Day children give cards, flowers and other gifts of love to their father.
Earliest History of Father's Day
Scholars believe that the origin of Father's Day is not a latest phenomenon, as many believe it to be. Rather they claim that the tradition of Father's Day can be traced in the ruins of Babylon. They have recorded that a young boy called Elmesu carved a Father's Day message on a card made out of clay nearly 4,000 years ago. Elmesu wished his Babylonian father good health and a long life. Though there is no record of what happened to Elmesu and his father but the tradition of celebrating Father's Day remained in several countries all over the world.
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| In ancient Babylon, a boy called Elmesu carved a father's day message |
Scholars believe that the origin of Father's Day is not a latest phenomenon, as many believe it to be. Rather they claim that the tradition of Father's Day can be traced in the ruins of Babylon. They have recorded that a young boy called Elmesu carved a Father's Day message on a card made out of clay nearly 4,000 years ago. Elmesu wished his Babylonian father good health and a long life. Though there is no record of what happened to Elmesu and his father but the tradition of celebrating Father's Day remained in several countries all over the world.
History of Father's Day in the USA Modern version of Father's Day celebration originated in United States of America and thereafter the tradition spread in countries around the world. The world owes thanks to Ms Sonora Louise Smart Dodd a loving daughter from Spokane, Washington as it is because of her struggle that Father's Day saw the light of the day.
Father's Day Flowers
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| Roses and Lilies Flower gift box |
The very beautiful and king of all flowers Rose was selected as the official flower for Father's Day. It is said that Ms Sonora Louise Smart Dodd, the founder of Father's Day Festival, gave the idea of choosing Rose as the traditional flower of Father's Day.
In several countries, people follow the custom of wearing rose on Father's Day to express gratitude for their dads. According to the tradition, if a person wears red rose, it indicates that his father is alive while white rose has come to symbolize that that he is deceased.
Father's Day Flower Lily
Lily is also regarded as the traditional flower for Father's Day because J.H. Berringer, who also held Father's Day celebrations in Washington State as early as 1912, chose a white lilac as the Father's Day Flower.
Father's day song:
Dear Old Dad
Who can fix my broken bike?
Whose strong hands can hold me tight?
When I need someone to make things right,
It's my dear old Dad.
Who does things that help me grow?
Who shows me so I will know?
When I need someone to catch or throw,
It's my dear old Dad.
Dads come in all shapes and sizes,
Big or small, short or tall,
Someday I hope that I will be,
Half as great as he.
Who helps me know right from wrong?
Who works hard all day long?
When I need someone to sing along,
It's my dear old Dad.
Dads come in all shapes and sizes,
Big or small, short or tall,
Someday I hope that I will be,
Half as great as he.
At night before I go to sleep,
I thank the stars for giving me,
The greatest man in history,
It's my dear old Dad.
It's my dear old Dad.
It's my dear old Dad.
by Ron Brown
Father's day message
Fathers are like the candles they make daylight out of darkness.
A father is someone who is concerned with every thing we do.
Lakshmi.N.K.
A father is someone who is concerned with every thing we do.
Lakshmi.N.K.
Father's Day in the UK
Father's day in the UK is celebrated in much the same way as it is celebrated in the USA. In the UK too, Father's Day festival is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and therefore the date of the festival is never fixed. People celebrate the occasion by honoring their father and expressing affection for them by presenting popular gifts like cards, flowers, chocolates and neckties. Little children often give handmade gifts to their dad.
Several clubs, schools and cultural societies in the United Kingdom organize Father's Day parties and get-togethers and provide people an opportunity to celebrate the day. Games add joy to such celebrations.
Thursday, 8 March 2012
Wednesday, 7 March 2012
Thursday, 1 March 2012
Have got - Worsheets
Click onthe pictures.
You'll find several worksheeets to do.
Choose the ones you like best and learn how to use this verb.
TO BE or TO HAVE GOT ?
Click on the image.
Complete the sentences using the verb "to be" or "to have got".
Check your answers.
Exercise on Form with 'have got'
Click on the picture.
Write down the missing sentences. Use 'have got'.
Check your answers.
To have got - practice
Click on the picture
Match Match the short forms with their corresponding full verbs( right column / left column )
To have got - Mini Grammar
Click on the picture.
Read the information attentively.
Try to understand and memorize the rules of use.
It's easy, isn't it ?
have got / has got -exercises
Click on the picture.
Choose the correct option - "have got" or "has got "
Vocabulary - Rooms in a house
Click on the image above to do the exercises and play the game.
Follow the instructions
Good luck !
Practise HAVE (GOT) with this interactive game !
Click on the button to play this interactive game.
This game - " FOUR IN A ROW" - will help you say / write as many sentences as possible, using the verb " To have got" and some of the already known vovcabulary.
The first pupil to build up four sentences in a a row ( across / down ) will win the game.
Try to strike a balance between learning and FUN !
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
February 29 - LEAP Day or FROG Party
HISTORY OF THE LEAP YEAR FESTIVAL
Seeking a theme to promote their community, the Anthony, Texas/New Mexico
Chamber of Commerce voted in 1988 to sponsor a " Worldwide Leap Year
Festival " and "Worldwide Leap Year Birthday Club." Based on this celebration
and because no other place in the world regularly sponsors such an event, the
Chamber claimed title and the then governors of New Mexico and Texas issued
proclamations naming Anthony, New Mexico/Texas
Chamber of Commerce voted in 1988 to sponsor a " Worldwide Leap Year
Festival " and "Worldwide Leap Year Birthday Club." Based on this celebration
and because no other place in the world regularly sponsors such an event, the
Chamber claimed title and the then governors of New Mexico and Texas issued
proclamations naming Anthony, New Mexico/Texas
In 1988, with only one month to plan following the proposal of the project, the
celebration was limited to a small birthday party. Even with such short notice
nine people celebrated their Leap Year birthdays together and guests came from
Deming , New Mexico and Amarillo, Texas , as well as Anthony, El Paso and
celebration was limited to a small birthday party. Even with such short notice
nine people celebrated their Leap Year birthdays together and guests came from
Deming , New Mexico and Amarillo, Texas , as well as Anthony, El Paso and
Las Cruces.
In 1992, a few thousand people enjoyed a two-day festival with events including
a parade, hot air balloons, a carnival, golf tournament, arts and crafts fair, and more. There were twenty three Leap Year celebrants sharing a huge birthday cake. "Twenty niners" came from California, Wisconsin, Arizona, Texas and New Mexico, and one lady came fromMunich, Germany.
a parade, hot air balloons, a carnival, golf tournament, arts and crafts fair, and more. There were twenty three Leap Year celebrants sharing a huge birthday cake. "Twenty niners" came from California, Wisconsin, Arizona, Texas and New Mexico, and one lady came fromMunich, Germany.
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| Anthony ( New Mexico- Texas - USA) - The Leap Year Capital of the World |
In January 1996 the Anthony, New Mexico Post Office was designated "Leap Year Station" and granted a commemorative postal cancellation. Membership in the Worldwide Leap Year Birthday Club has grown from zero in 1988 to over 400 in 2003, including members born on every Leap Year Dayin the 1900s (there have been 23.) The members hail from almost every statein the Union, also from Germany, England, Norway, Mexico and Canada.
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1988-2012 The Worldwide Leap Year Birthday Club, Mary Ann Brown, Founder
1988-2012 The Worldwide Leap Year Birthday Club, Mary Ann Brown, Founder
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Born February 29, 1932 she is a Leap Year Day Baby on a mission. In just about every article regarding the Leap Year Capital of the World, and the Worldwide Leap Year Birthday Club, you'll see Mary Ann Brown's name. That's because she founded the birthday club and the Worldwide Leap year Festival with two things in mind: to promote her community and to bring deserved recognition to Leap Year Day. After all, that extra day, added to our calendars just once every four years, keeps our seasons regulated... |
to have a bash - fazer uma festa ( linguagem coloquial)
To leap - salatar,pular
frog - rã
party - festa
Leap year - ano bisexto
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| Frog Game Ideas | ||
Musical Lily Pads Cut out large lily pads for kids to stand on. If there will be 10 kids then cut out 9 pads. Arrange the pads on the floor, use masking tape to tape down. Play some music and when the music stops the kids must hop onto a lily pad. Each round eliminate a player until there is one winner. | Pass the Toad Using a stuff animal frog, play this game like "Hot Potato". Eliminating a player who has the frog when the music stops until there is one winner left. | |
Ribbit, Ribbit, Jump Just a different version of "Duck, Duck, Goose". The player tapped on the head when the word "jump" is said must hop and try to catch the other player who must also hop around to get back to the empty spot. | Leap Frog Relay Divide guest into teams and create a start and finish line. Each team player must leap like a frog from start to finish, then the next player can go. The team with all players at the finish line first wins. |
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| Leap Day Commemoration |
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| Leap Day Cake |
Leap Day Game Ideas | ||
| Catch 29 Use plastic frogs (or fish) and number a few with the number 29 on their belly. Place frogs in a small wading pool or tub with water. Let each player using a small fish tank net, capture a frog. If his frog has 29 on it, he wins! | Roll 29 Using 3 inflatable dice, each player gets two rolls (roll all 3 dice together twice) to add up his numbers to get to 29. If a player goes over they are out. The closest to 29 wins. In case of a tie, have a roll off. | Scavenger Hunt 29 Split players into two teams. Create a list of 29 items that each team must collect. Give each team a bag. Each team has an adult guide to take them through the neighborhood knocking on neighbors doors for items on their list. Each team can have the same or different list, you choose. Set how many items per household can be donated. First team to collect all 29 items and return to the party house wins! |
4 Corners Best if played with 6 or more players. To begin, four corners (or general areas) of the room are marked from the numbers one to four. One player is designated to be "It," or the "counter." This player sits in the middle of the room, closes his eyes, and counts to ten. The remaining players choose any one of the corners and quietly go and stand in that area. When the "It" player has finished counting, he calls out one of the numbers. All players who had chosen that corner or area are out of the game, and they sit down. Then, "It" counts again and the remaining players move to a different corner. The last person to still be in the game wins, and usually becomes the new "It." If "It" calls out a corner containing no players, he either calls out another number right away or the players rotate to a new corner, you choose which version to play. |
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| Leap Day Birthday Party |
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