BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE. ( MONICA BARBERO)

 Well, I have always liked the storybook "brown bear, brown bear, what do you see'" by Eric Carle. In fact, I already have some resources sucha s the book itself, and the flashcards. I have always played one of the different version of the song existing in Youtube. But I have never dared to move further like performing the story with puppets like the ones Gillian Fearn showed us. Using popsicle puppets is an easy and quick way to make the puppets. Once the puppets are made, they can be shared among the pupils and each child can perform a character (the different animals that appear in the book) The lines are very simple and easy to remember, so you can can develop i into a piece of drama even with the yougest children: "Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see? I see a red bird looking at me!" And, since there appear many animals, most of trhe class can perform their part, holding the animal puppet happily.

To extend the story, we can create more animals (for example, Artic animals, should the class be working on a project with those animals) or simply exploit the topic of colours or other adjectives placed before the nouns.
Moreover, these days after the course I have been putting into practce the game "Something else" that Gillian showed us. And my pupils liked it a lot. We have had a wonderful time developing the oral skills easily. So thank you so much to Gillian and her brillliant work.