Pestalozzi Grade School

Tomorrow is a big day for the children of my class. We are attending a prize ceremony at the university in Luebeck. We entered Our Song Circle . Wimbo Mviringo in the Computerwelten 2008 contest. This contest is about different school projects using digital media.

So, cross your fingers that we win!

In Germany, most children begin to learn English in grade 3. I have been having a lot of fun teaching my grade 3 children English songs.





The following song is one well known all over the world. I hope you enjoy it.… Continue

This project was carried out when my class visited parklands and woods during a three-day school trip. The children set up a game during their outings, when they explored the plant and animal life in the parklands and woods. Mario was an ant, they drew on paper, and he hide (the children pinned the picture of Mario) at various places in the plants, flowers, and trees.



The children took photos of Mario placed in various trees and bushes during an outing. Then, back at the yout… Continue

We are happy to be a part of the group. The children are working on their next project. It will be an English song. They just started learning English this year, so they are just beginners. We have this nice simple song about greeting a kangaroo that we might sing for you.

The following is a song we sing in our class very often. We sing the song to show that we are all different to each other in some way and that is a great thing to be.



The song's text is the following:

I am different than
You are different than
He is different than she

She is different than
He is different than
You are different than me

We, we, we are different than
You, you, you are different than
We, and that's good
That makes life colourful Continue