According to the Deutsche Welle, “Die Geschichte vom Zappelphilipp” (The Story of Fidgety Philip) was written in 1845 by the German psychiatrist and writer, Heinrich Hoffmann. It’s about a boy who just couldn’t sit still. I think that every German child knows the story.
If someone calls a child a “Zappelphilipp”, whether a girl or a boy, s/he means that it’s a fidgety child.
In English, you’d say to a child, “You’re a fidget. Can you please sit still?”
According to author and fitness coach Craig Ballantyne (link to: inc.com), the best way to structure your day is to follow the 10-3-2-1-0 formula.
He recommends doing the following to improve your energy and productivity:
My alarm doesn’t even have a snooze button (well, I don’t think so). And if it does, it’s too far from my bed anyway!
A lot of people are not sure how to use prepositions with days, months, seasons, times and so on. Yes, they can be a bit tricky.
Practise prepositions of time with the Bayerischer Rundfunk’s little exercises here.
How well did you do?
PS This doesn’t seem to work in Safari. So I used my Chrome browser.
“Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.” Robert Louis Stevenson
I remember very well learning about the Romans in Britain when I was at school. If it’s a topic that interests you, you might like to read about what it was like in Roman Britain (link to: bbc.co.uk).
(The site seems to be for children, but it’s interesting all the same!)
Why do hummingbirds hum? It’s because they can’t remember the words! 😉
