Five-Minute Activities for Young Learners

North, south, east and west, Spain is the place that I like best. Ask the
children to point in the direction of north, south, east and west for the
The world around us
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first part of the chant, and clap on the stressed syllables in the second part
of the chant. The stressed syllables are in bold.
7 Continue to add new places to the chant.
Box 73
Chanting about places
Chant
Places with
Places with
Places with
stress on the
stress on the
single syllable
first syllable
second syllable
North, south,
China
Brazil
France
east and west,
Paris
Berlin
Rome
. . . is the place
Sweden
Dubai
Greece
that I like best.
London
New York
Spain
Follow-up
• Vary the chant from the first person to the third person, making sure the
children pronounce the third person s sound and continue to note the
stressed syllables.
• The children use their atlases to find the places in their chant.
• For other chants and raps, see Activities 1.11, 2.7, 4.6, 5.1, 5.7, 6.1.