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español escosés {Scottish Spanish}
I offered to teach Spanish to the toddlers and preschoolers in our play group every Monday at 11am. I thought I’d share my lesson plans, tweaks, and vocabulary for anyone interested, as well as for the moms to review their kids for the next week.
*Each week, we are learning part of the alphabet, a new color, as well as various phrases or terms (maybe 4-6 phrases or terms a time). Most lessons will be based on toys or other tactile objects and I will incorporate or just add a story in Spanish and/or Bible story. I ordered several bilingual books online and my mom sent me some, too! I also ordered a children’s Bible in Spanish.
Last week, I felt like the kids had a hard time with some of the vehicle vocab. Thus, I decided to go more in the direction of greetings since phrases they can use daily have been a big hit. We also felt like the more interactive we could make the lesson, the better, so this time I am incorporating a craft.
lunes, 30 de agosto
Objetivos:
- Review last week’s themes
- Practice alphabet (A-K), add L LL M N Ñ O P and practice
- Talk about and use common greetings
- (Read story)
- Sing Colores (review rojo, verde, and add azul)
Métodos:
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The kids answering how they felt
Practice saying “Hola” “Soy (name)” and amigo/a. Tell them “muy bien” and have them tell each other “muy bien, amigo/a.”
- Pull out vehicles and do light review. This was hard for them last week, so easy does it. Practice colors, too, as we look at the cars.
- Have moms help encourage kids to practice their letters. Add on to chant. Lots of repetition and praise (muy bien!).
- Introduce greetings: “Cómo estás?” “bien” “muy bien” “así así” and “terrible”. Use gestures for each one so they have 2 ways to remember it. Talk about what makes us feel that way. {Gestures: 2 thumbs up and a big smile for “muy bien” or “bien”, shaking your hands and an upturned mouth for “así así” and head thrown back and hand to forehead for “terrible.”}
- Craft: Have the kids make paper plate faces- a smiley face on one side and a frowny face on the other sad. Have the kids show the side that corresponds to the feelings.
- Play with feelings dice. Roll it and have kids try to remember what word corresponds to that picture. {Here’s the specific one I made; I wrote the feeling in Spanish and English for each one and handed one out to each child to keep. This way the moms have a cheat sheet and can practice with the kids even during class!
- Read a bilingual story. Read the English part of the page first, then the Spanish. Point out any vocab they might recognize (hola, muy bien, cómo estás, etc.)
- Sing Colores song. Rachel leads and reviews rojo/red and verde/green. Practice that part, then add next colo: azul/blue.
Tweaks & Thoughts: There was no time for a story, which was fine. The kids picked up on the phrases very quickly, and I think the gestures were really fun. I also think the craft was a great and easy way to help them get more involved with the feelings. I’d like to add more feelings options, but at this age, I think 3-4 were enough.
Vocabulario:
Moms, ideally you want to practice every day but in a friendly, helpful (ie not stressful or perfectionistic) way. If they’re being stubborn or not wanting to practice, punt until another time. No need to force it or burn them out too early!
- ¿Cómo estás?- How are you?
- Bien- Well/Good
- Muy bien- Very well/Very good
- Así así- Okay (literally, so so)
- Terrible- Terrible
Moms, for fun, here is a great craft for continuing to talk about feelings. With this craft, the kids can customize the feelings a bit more. You could also make your own bingo game by cutting out and gluing a few simple (obvious) emotions on a piece of paper and have the kids put coins over the emotions you call out. A fun way to practice.
Make your own di. Since we only learned 3 feelings, I just doubled them up on the di.
The kids making their faces.
Christy & her kids hard at work.
Abigail's "muy bien" face.
Rebekah's "muy bien" face.
All the "terrible" faces.
All in all, I think it was a successful day!
Tags: Spanish
