I hope everyone is having a wonderful autumn. After more than two years, this fall finally feels like we are getting back to normal. No masks at school and parties are back in full swing! The FunLab team decided to dedicate time in our year long classes to each of the holidays that we are…
Want to know the FunLab approach to teaching English? MAKE IT FUN! Last week at camp the topic was FOOD. In this post, I will show you all the creative ways we used to teach the ALL about FRUIT! section to our budding bilingual kids. We set a quick vocabulary list to include: apple, pear,…
It is summer time! We have time for a little bit “summer” schooling now that there isn’t any school. If you don’t know – I am American. I only moved to Italy late in my twenties. I have always embraced living in Italy but I wanted to raise my children bilingual. Summer has always been…
Last week we tried out an awesome new toy in the FunLab assortment. We used an empty bottle to create a terrarium with a weather station on top! If you want to see how we built the 4M Weather Station, take a look at the reel we posted @funlabmi. Tania and I spent a wonderful…
Let’s change gears and do something magical together! Tired of watching the news? Turn it off and make a FAIRY with your young crafter. Sometimes when I open a DIY craft kit I have to add all sorts of crafting tools that I already have at home to make it work like it should. NOT…
Kids can be really surprising. I would like to share an afternoon that I had recently with a FunLab minitester. I usually have everything all organised when I invite a minitester including the selection of the toy that I will have them try out. This time I tried a new approach. I presented 5 awesome…
I haven’t written an educational post in a while but I’M BACK! This one combines two of my favorite things excellent toys and smart play. I am always being asked about teaching English to really small children and how to do it besides watching Peppa Pig:). Well, try out learning colours in English using wooden…
The first week of September we held our back to school English camp. The week was dedicated to my favorite season, AUTUMN. One of the many projects that I planned to have our campers complete during the week was an Autumn Wreath. At my parents home, there is always a wreath on the front door…
I love AUTUMN. The days are getting cooler and the expectation of the upcoming school year seems embodied by the changing colours of the trees. One of my favourite autumn symbols is the pumpkin. In fact, if you look back through the FunLab archive you will find it littered with all sorts of projects dedicated…
A couple of weeks ago I did a review of another new Jolly Learning product – the Bumper Book. Today, I would like to tell you about the second sample I received from Jolly Learning and our experience using it in our English Summer Camp – Jolly Plays. Theater in English! First, let me give…