CHILDREN

LIKE ME

BOYS & GIRLSFROM AROUND

THE WORLD

ASIA

AFRICAAMERICA

EUROPE

OCEANIA

AmericaÓscar is from Bolivia

Carlitos is from Argentina

Celina is from Brazil

Omar is from Mexico

Carlos is from the United States

Nicole is from the United States

Taylor is from the United States

Taryn is from the United States

Levi is from Canada

My name is Óscar. I live in Bolivia,

This is a photo of La Paz. Can you see the mountain?

near the city La Paz.

On this map you can see the Andes.

I live near the Andes mountains.

Óscar

MY FAMILY

This is my uncle Romualdo. He helps my family.

This is my mother. Her name is Julia.

This is my sister Lourdes. She is ten years old.

This is me.I am nine

years old.

This is Efraín, my brother.

This is my cousin, Rodrigo.

He is four.

I wear a hat called a lluchu.

I like eating soup with pasta.

I help to plant potatoes.

We have lots of animals: cows, sheep, pigs, rabbits, chickens....

With my family I speak Aimara.

This is my school. In the morning I go to school on

my bicycle.

I like playing football.

This is one of my toys, a small bus.

At school I learn Aimara and Spanish

Carlitos My name is Carlitos. I live in Argentina,

This is a photo of the pampa. It is very flat and there are few trees.

On this map you can see the pampa.

There are lots of animals on the pampa like foxes, hares and deer.

in a place called the pampa.

This is my father. I call him “papi”. His name is

Chacho.

This is my mother. I call her “mami”. Her name is

Mirta.

This is my sister Marisol. She is fourteen

years old.

This is me. I am twelve years old.

MY FAMILY

This is my little brother. His name is

Matías and he is six.

I have two other brothers, Marcos and Juan. Marcos

is eighteen and Juan is sixteen.

This is Marisol with one of our dogs. We have

two dogs, Rocky and Chiquito.

This is my house.

In the summer I wear sandals on my feet. But in winter it

is very cold and I wear runners.

This is my bicycle. I love riding my

bike.

I also like riding

horses. I have a horse

called Ceniza.

In Argentina we eat a

lot of meat. I like beef and chorizo.

This is my school.

This is me with my best friends, Marcos and Roberto.

This is my science notebook.

This is one of my favourite toys, a racing car.

Now answer these questions about these children in your notebooks.

QUESTIONS

1.- Where is Oscar from? Oscar is from…

2.- Where is Carlitos from?

3.- Where is Levi from?

4.- Where is Nicole from?

5.- Where is Celina from?

6.- Where is Omar from?

7.- How old is Oscar?

8.- How old is Carlitos?

9.- Has Oscar got any brothers or sisters?

10.- What are their names?

11.- Has Carlitos got any brothers or sisters?

12.- What are their names?

13.- How old is Lourdes?

14.- How old is Marisol?

15.- How old is Matías?

16.- How old are Marcos and Juan?

17.- What does Oscar like?

18.- What does Carlitos like?

19.- What animals has Oscar got?

20.- What is Carlitos’s horse name?