FunSongs English Weeks countdown!

Now that May's almost over, the countdown for the very first FunSongs English Weeks is on! To date 65 children aged between 7 and 11 have enrolled for the event, some for two weeks. FunSongs will be relying on an all-Californian team of teachers and entertainers: Amy Hough, Scott Bishop, Jeff Canada and Emilie Loeb.
Italian teacher of English Massimo Braile will be assisting Charles Goodger and coordinating handycraft activities together with Emilie. FunSongs is grateful to local teachers Rossella Gualandi, Antonella Gasparini and Gloria Vannucchi for their encouragement and support.

The Union Song - teaching module goes live


Kids performing the Union Song

Though completed in January, Italy's INDIRE website, part of the Ministry of Education, waited until mid May to publish Charles Goodger's introduction to language learning action songs in the form of a free module based on the Union Song. The module is restricted to teacher trainees signed up with the training programme. Details of the site can be found at http://puntoeduri.indire.it/lingue/index.php.

Letter to Charles Goodger

This shows an extract of a letter (apologies for the poor scan) given to Charles Goodger at a teachers' conference in Venice recently. It was collectively written by Classes 4a and 4b of Marcon Primary School near Venice to tell the creator of FunSongs writer how much they like the songs and which are their favourites. Charles Goodger wrote back personally to the class to thank them.

FunSongs English Weeks

FunSongs Animals Show, Zola Predosa 5th May 2006

As days get warmer and the school year draws to its close, the focus has switched to FunSongs English Weeks. Thanks to the support of local teachers and heads, Charles Goodger has been promoting the very first FunSongs English Summer Camp; it will take place at the Centro Torrazza, in Zola Predosa near Bologna from June 19th to June 30th. For further information please call or write Charles Goodger on +39 348 2338787.

FunSongs Stowaway Story in Ferrara

We used this ship as the backdrop to our show!

On Saturday May 6th alongside the River Po in Ferrara, Scott Bishop and Amy Hough in the roles of Captain Krettin and Sailor staged the very first "FunSongs Stowaway Story". This open-air event was sponsored by Assonautica to promote interest in yachting. It's a fast-paced musical based original action songs and chants and tells the story of Jack, an 11-year-old English boy from Bristol who hides on The Esmeralda, a clipper bound for New York. Though everyone appreciated the show, Assonautica had failed to promote it properly and Scott and Amy ended up performing to just two 4 year-olds! It was a valid experience though and FunSongs will include the Stowaway Story in its new repertoire of shows for the 2006-2007 school year.