Hari o Reyna, Prinsipe o Prinsesa

     Hari is King, Reyna is Queen, Prinsipe is prince and prinsesa is a princess.

     Well who wouldn’t want to be one someday?

     Sam loves to pretend play as a princess. So after her request of superhero crowns, I thought maybe if I added crowns in my Alpabetong Filiipino series, that would be the perfect for the little one. So I have made a crown set for the patinig or vowels and the katinig or the consonants. Ask your students or kids to answer and color the crowns before cutting and gluing.  They will absolutely have fun with these crowns!

    Here is how it looks like:

Alpabetong Filipino Crown Wearables

    You can find the Alpabetong Filipino crowns here.

Workbooks - Katinig and Patinig (Consonants and Vowels

       Oh my its been awhile since my last blog entry. I was sick for awhile and had to slow down to recover. Before getting sick, I was able to finish the katinig or the consonant series, which are available at https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Mrs-Graders

      
       Sam, our daughter has finished the patinig or the vowel series, completing all the interactive alphabet cut out picture dictionaries and the worksheets. I had a brilliant idea of making the worksheets into a workbook by using a manual coil binder which I bought online and mind you way too cheap including the customs tax compared to the one available locally. The coils for the binder was purchased online as well, all the way from Australia. It was cheaper than shipping it from the US and I wanted a different colored coil and bought the clear one. It was a great buy!

        So here's how it looks like:

Patinig E page 

Patinig Workbook Cover

      Sam would just grab it during the day, flip through and read it. If you wish to have yours printed and made into a workbook, similar to the pictures above, just drop me an email at mrsgraders@gmail.com. This offer is only available in the Philippines.  

Ang mga Katinig – The Consonant Series

      I have finally finished 6 katinig or consonants out of 15! Still a long way to go I know but hey I am doing it in between mum and wife duties, not to mention being a host to guests coming over from the city!

      There are two things that make it quite difficult to finish the katinig series. One is making sure that the words included are easy for kindergarteners or beginning Filipino learners to remember. I also want the words included to be used on daily conversations or simple sentences. The other difficulty I encountered is the translation from Filipino to English. There are some words that do not have direct translation or have double meanings. Other words, on the other hand do not have clipart that are readily available so I have to look for the best clipart that will fit the word.  

      What makes doing the worksheets and picture dictionaries a fun process is Sam’s interest in the language. When I am at my laptop editing the katinig series, Sam loves to peek and read the words listed on the picture dictionaries. One time she said to me, "Bata." I asked her, “What’s bata?” She answered back, “Kid.” And then she said, “Ang mga bata go the eskuwela.” (The kids go to school.) And I was extremely surprised that she was able to make use of our lessons!

      So every time she thinks and reads a word, she would always say to me, “Apple is…” which means, “Mama what is apple in Filipino?” And I am one proud teacher mama!

      Here are some examples of the worksheets and picture dictionaries:

Katinig Bb Picture Dictionary - Just print, cut and glue!

Katinig Hh Worksheet Sample 

        Here are the links for the Katinig/ consonants worksheets and picture dictionaries B, D, G, H, K and L. Wait for the next katinig sets!

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Katinig-B-D-and-G-The-Consonants-B-D-and-G-2863811

   

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Katinig-H-K-at-L-The-Consonants-H-K-and-L-2863816

       Happy teaching!

         

Superheroes!!

     When I was teaching in the kindergarten, the only reward that I normally give my students would be stamps on their hand. Sweeties or stickers are seldom and saved for very special occasions.

     
     It was so cute that at the end of the day, they would line up and wait what kind of stamp will be given to them. Not all days would be a good one for some. So what I do is, if one of my students have done something not so good during the day, I explain to him or her why he or she won’t be getting a stamp. When they go home and their parents ask why they didn’t get any, they would be able to explain to them why. So every day, they make it a point to do a good job to be able to get that coveted stamp.

    
     When I started homeschooling our Sam, I made an alternative reward system, Superheroes! I bought superhero clipart from Teachers Pay Teachers and made a badge. Oh the happiness on her face and how proud she is to get a superhero badge! She was looking at it in front of the mirror and just doing a badge parade inside the house! So that was the first week.

    
      Second week came and I made Superhero Bracelets. Then the third week was Superhero crown. For the fourth week I didn’t have much time and Sam requested for a Superhero mask. She has a collection of Disney Princesses, Frozen and Doc Mcstuffins masks so I wasn’t surprised she would request one. I was lucky that Teachers Pay Teachers had freebies so that was such a relief!

    
      And now for our fifth week is the Superhero watch. It was fun doing it so I decided to share some samples as a freebie. It includes two line art (black and white watches for girls) and two colored watches for boys. Kindly click the link below for the FREEBIE.

    https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Superhero-Reward-Watch-2844817

    Here is a sample of what the watches look like in black and white. I have added a pop art effect to make it a bit more interesting in this post. :D 

Superhero Reward Watches

    If you need to have a custom watch made, kindly let me know I will try to edit it for FREE!   

Filipino-English Picture Dictionary

           
             Teaching Filipino to our dear Sam, who is half British and half Filipino is quite an easy task. Her reading level is for a 9-10 year old,  based on the reading program Eye Level, which we once visited to see an ex colleague. Sam was asked to read the booklet of a student and my friend was quite surprised that she was so advanced! 

          So what I did for her worksheets in Filipino was to make alphabet cut out books and started with the patinig or vowels. I made the first set only in Filipino but as I was teaching her, I was or she was translating it to English! So what I did was to put the English in Italics below the Filiipino words to make it easier for her to remember.

          Here are the snapshots of the interactive alphabet cut out books. 

Filipino-English Picture Dictionary

                               
          I have included two worksheets per patinig or vowel for further practice. Here are some samples:

  Two patinig Aa sample worksheets

                                
          On our first week she was able to spell all the Filipino patinig Aa! She even answered a question I asked in English in Filipino! We were studying salty foods and I asked her give me an example of a salty food. She answered, "Asin!" (salt) I gave a huge laugh!

           Here is a link to my new product:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Picture-Dictionary-Filipino-English-2840381  

          More fun stuff to make..be back soon!