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We use water for many things – it is an important part of our daily lives. For most of us, clean fresh water is available ‘on tap’. But not everybody in the world is as lucky.
When translating the word Water Cycle into our home languages, we found out that the word order is not the same in every language. We also noticed that water stays the same in some languages and cycle sounds very similar too in many languages! Clever students!
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You may think that every drop of rain that falls from the sky, or each glass of water that you drink, is brand new, but it has always been here and is a part of The Water Cycle. The water cycle describes how water is not only always changing forms (liquid water, ice, and vapor (gas)), but also moving around all over the world (above, on, and underground). This process is always happening everywhere, be it in your body or on your lawn or in the clouds or in the swimming pool. Life on Earth depends on the water cycle.
Learning these new concepts is in your home languages is very important as it helps your child make links and build up academic languages in all our their languages! Have a chat at home is crucial for this. We need you as Language Partners!
Please discuss this vocabulary at home as well to help your child!
What is the difference between a sink and a tap and do you know these in your languages as well? Would you be able to explain the differences?
Have look at this wonderful example of language linking fro the Year 3 classroom, hard at work during in school mother tongue with help of peers and/ or Secondary Language Ambassadors or (grand)parents.
