Before I get to Spanish, happy anniversary to my brother, Billy, and his awesome wife, Becky! We love you guys and hope you get to go on an amazing date tonight- wish we could babysit for y’all! ;)
Make sure you check out my Spanish Page for the previous lessons and songs. Also, stay tuned for an awesome give-away this Thursday!!!
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.
lunes, 6 de septiembre
Objetivos:
- Review last week’s themes
- Practice alphabet (A-P), add Q R RR S T and practice
- Talk about and use common greetings
- Read story
- Sing Colores (review rojo, verde, and azul and add morado)
Métodos:
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- I made this quick little chart and folded it in thirds for the kids to fill out with their parents.
Practice saying “Hola” “Soy (name)” and amigo/a. Ask “Cómo estás?” and have them practice answers with each other or with parent.
- Pull out vehicles and do light review, work in colors, too, for review (red, green, and blue).
- Have moms help encourage kids to practice their letters. Add on to chant. Lots of repetition and praise (muy bien!).
- Introduce new greetings: “Buenos días”, “buenas tardes” and “buenas noches.” Pair greetings with gestures. For instance, say “¡Buenos días!” very happily as we stretch as if we’ve just gotten up. Say “Buenas tardes” in a happy, but calm voice as we pretend to eat a snack or take off backpacks from nursery. Finally, say “Buenas noches” slowly and with a tired voice as we yawn and pretend to go to sleep.
- Craft: I made a chart for morning, afternoon, and evening. Ask kids what they do each time of day. Have their parents help them write/draw various activities on the chart. Now that they are thinking about their own routine, ask them questions s in Spanish first then in English. Then use some of their examples to apply which phrase to say.
For example, “Mercy, ¿Qué haces por la mañana? What do you do in the morning?” Mercy will answer, maybe with brushing her teeth. Have the kid act like they’re brushing their teeth and ask them, “Por la mañana, cuando te estás cepillando los dientes…in the morning when you’re brushing your teeth…what would you say?” ”¡Buenos días!”
6. Read a bilingual story: Good Night Moon/Buenas Noches Luna. Point out any vocab they might recognize (buenas noches, etc.) and point to the various objects as I read. I told the parents last week that we’d be doing this, so hopefully they read the English version. If they are familiar with the book, have them guess what various words are from recognizing the story. Finally, have them repeat any words they recognize: verde, rojo, andbuenas noches. This means they will repeat buenas noches approximately 1 million times. {See links below for more GNM activities.}
7. Sing Colores song. Rachel leads and reviews last 3 colors, then adds next color: morado.
Vocabulario:
- Buenos días- Good morning.
- Buenas tardes- Good afternoon.
- Buenas noches- Good night.
- uvas- grapes
- morado- purple
Tips:
1. Parents, for practice throughout the week, try to build a light conversation that you lead:
Hola. (¡Hola!) Buenos días. (Buenos días.) ¿Cómo estás? (Muy bien.)
If your child seems to enjoy the banter, encourage him/her to lead it with your help as (s)he needs assistance.
2. To incorporate the story, throughout the week, have your child say “Buenos días” and “Buenas noches” to various items in their rooms. It doesn’t matter that they will say, “Buenas noches, socks.” The point is to get them to use the phrases and recognize when to use them.
3. Also, here is a fun online coloring activity for Good Night Moon! If your child is into telling time, note how the clock advances 10 minutes as the moon rises higher.
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