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Practicing Numbers 1-10 as a Family
Children love to count in Spanish and when they get good at counting they love to show off! Parents, practice counting to ten with your children. you'll be counting to 10 in Spanish as a family by the end of the week! It's easy! Follow these steps:
1. Print off the handout of numbers 1-10. This is the same handout we use in class. (Click on the blue button below.)
2. See the visual below entitled: Activity 8 Vocabulary, Numbers 1-10. (This is your "cheat-sheet".) See how each number is written in English followed by Spanish and there's a pronunciation key to the right of each word? Read the pronunciation key as though you're reading English and your pronunciation will be spot-on! Be sure to stress the syllables that are in bold and underlined. We try to make everything as simple as possible when it comes to families learning Spanish!
3. Watch the short video for Parents and Teachers which models the activity.
4. Have your children watch the Puppet Video for Kids in which our puppet "Pollo" helps them count to ten in Spanish!
5. Play the audio file below (click on the small triangle in the black audio strip). As you listen, point to the numbers on the handout that you printed out and count out loud with your child. Repeat the audio file several times. Do this exercise for a few days and you'll have the numbers memorized! Tape the number handout on your refrigerator so you'll remember to practice saying the numbers together through out the day. Consider making several copies of the handout. Keep one on your child's bedside table and practice the numbers at bedtime. Laminate another copy and keep it in the car and keep another near your child's toys so you can count at random times throughout the day.
Children love to count in Spanish and when they get good at counting they love to show off! Parents, practice counting to ten with your children. you'll be counting to 10 in Spanish as a family by the end of the week! It's easy! Follow these steps:
1. Print off the handout of numbers 1-10. This is the same handout we use in class. (Click on the blue button below.)
2. See the visual below entitled: Activity 8 Vocabulary, Numbers 1-10. (This is your "cheat-sheet".) See how each number is written in English followed by Spanish and there's a pronunciation key to the right of each word? Read the pronunciation key as though you're reading English and your pronunciation will be spot-on! Be sure to stress the syllables that are in bold and underlined. We try to make everything as simple as possible when it comes to families learning Spanish!
3. Watch the short video for Parents and Teachers which models the activity.
4. Have your children watch the Puppet Video for Kids in which our puppet "Pollo" helps them count to ten in Spanish!
5. Play the audio file below (click on the small triangle in the black audio strip). As you listen, point to the numbers on the handout that you printed out and count out loud with your child. Repeat the audio file several times. Do this exercise for a few days and you'll have the numbers memorized! Tape the number handout on your refrigerator so you'll remember to practice saying the numbers together through out the day. Consider making several copies of the handout. Keep one on your child's bedside table and practice the numbers at bedtime. Laminate another copy and keep it in the car and keep another near your child's toys so you can count at random times throughout the day.
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Audio file of numbers 1-10:
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At the end of the audio file you hear the word: "Magnífico" which means "Magnificent". Pronounce it like this: (Mahg-nee-fee-koh)
Tell your children and other family members "Magnífico" throughout the week to praise them in Spanish. By just saying this one word when you want to compliment family members, you are on your way to gradually becoming a bilingual home!
Tell your children and other family members "Magnífico" throughout the week to praise them in Spanish. By just saying this one word when you want to compliment family members, you are on your way to gradually becoming a bilingual home!
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Teaching Video for Parents (and Teachers)
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Puppet Video for kids!
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Ten easy ways to make counting to 10 in Spanish fun during the week:
(Just choose one or two of these suggestions and work them in to your day)
1. When carrying your child up and down the stairs in your home (or walking with them,) count the steps out loud in Spanish.
2. During story time, count items on the pages of the book in Spanish.
3. If you have a numbers book in English, translate it into Spanish by saying all of the numbers in Spanish.
4. To speed your child up when getting dressed or putting on their jacket and boots, etc. see if they can be done by the time you count to ten in
Spanish (Hint: count slowly!)
5. Count your fingers and toes in Spanish.
6. When eating Cheerios, raisins, popcorn, etc. or any countable food, count out the pieces up to ten in Spanish.
7. Play catch: Each time you toss the ball back and forth, count one more number. Can you make it to 10 without the ball touching the floor?
8. Have your child be "The Spanish Teacher" in your home. Give them a wand or pointer and they point to the numbers on the number visual as
they lead you in counting to ten in Spanish.
9. Be sure to "show off" counting for grandparents and friends!
10. Empower your child to TEACH grandparents and friends how to count from 1-10 in Spanish!