🍂 November Blog
November is a month when the world slows down, the days grow darker and a special kind of golden magic fills the air. Although the weather is getting colder, there are still plenty of activities and games that also support English language development. Whether you are building dens outdoors or snuggling up with a good book, learning English can always be fun!
✨ Crafts and activities in English
🕯 DIY lanterns: Make simple lanterns from paper bags or jars, tissue paper and battery-powered tealights. As you craft, use words such as “glow”, “shine”, “dark”, “light” and “safe”.
👉 Try this sentence: “My lantern is glowing!”
🌌 Shadow puppets: Use a torch to cast shadows on the wall with your hands. Take time to guess the shapes and make up stories!
💬 Vocabulary to explore: shadow, light, behind, big/small, move
🎁 Kindness Jar
As the days get shorter and the weather worsens, it is important to treat others kindly. Add a kind word or helpful action to a jar each day. Examples: “I helped my friend.”, “I shared my snack.”, “I gave myself a hug.”
📷 At the end of the month, take time to see how kindness grows!
🐿 Animal nest building: Use paper, fabric scraps and small boxes to create warm, cosy nests for soft toys. Talk about how different animals prepare for winter.
Words to use: “nest”, “cosy”, “hibernate”, “cold”, “safe”
⛺ Indoor fort and reading time: Build a blanket fort together and read books inside with a torch. You could even make hot chocolate!
📚 4. November book recommendations
Here are some wonderful books to match our November themes of light, gratitude and winter cosiness:
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J. K. Rowling: A children’s classic that immerses readers in a world of magic and wizardry, drawing them away from the Muggle world into the hidden world beyond Platform 9 3/4.
Join a boy called Harry on his adventures when a letter arrives in the post, inviting him to leave his dreary life at his aunt and uncle’s house and begin a new mission: learning magic at the prestigious Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Age: 9–15 Buy: https://www.thalia.at/shop/home/artikeldetails/A1049690465
Peter Pan by James M. Barrie: What happens to children who never grow up? In this much-loved classic, join Wendy, Michael and John as they soar through London’s skies with Peter Pan and his fairy friend Tinkerbell to a place full of pirates, crocodiles, mermaids and lost boys! With fairy dust in the air, all is well until Captain Hook appears with his fearsome crew and a tick-tocking crocodile!
Age: 7–11 Buy: https://www.thalia.at/shop/home/artikeldetails/A1069845045
The Wonky Donkey by Craig Smith: A bird was walking down the road and saw a donkey – a three-legged donkey! Explore rhyme and humour as the bird begins to describe the donkey with increasingly absurd adjectives!
Age: 3–6 Buy: https://www.thalia.at/shop/home/artikeldetails/A1052434677
We hope these activities bring joy and language learning!
Stay cosy, stay curious! 🕯✨ Your Native4Kids Team