Dear Parents:
Thank you for the wonderful and exciting opportunity to teach Spanish to your child! In Spanish class this month we will teach a variety of the following activities. You can use this newsletter to review Spanish at home with your child if you like, even if you have never studied Spanish before. Simple play the audio files and read the pronunciation keys. They will help you!
The first activity below accompanies our 4th of July activities. Play the audio file and practice the vocabulary at home. The pronunciation column to the right will help you pronounce the words correctly.
The first activity below accompanies our 4th of July activities. Play the audio file and practice the vocabulary at home. The pronunciation column to the right will help you pronounce the words correctly.
The Alphabet
Below, listen to the audio file and see two pages from our Spanish in July lesson book. You can carry out the same activity at home, mom and dad! Have fun brushing up and learning some Spanish along with your child!
B.I.N.G.O
Children love this famous children's song in Spanish. The lyrics and pronunciation key is below. Play the first audio file to learn the lyrics and review them with your child. Next, play the song and enjoy singing with your child or children in Spanish!
Children love this famous children's song in Spanish. The lyrics and pronunciation key is below. Play the first audio file to learn the lyrics and review them with your child. Next, play the song and enjoy singing with your child or children in Spanish!
Colors
Children love learning colors in Spanish because they are good at colors in English. Their ability to learn colors naturally transfers to their second language See the color flashcards and pronunciation key below. Click on each page of colors and it will increase in size.
Play a color game with your child. Call out a color and the rest of your family has to race to touch something of that color in the room. Then let you child call out a color and parents and siblings race to touch something of that color in the room.
Everyday, name the colors of the clothes you and your children are wearing in Spanish. At story time, name the colors in the book you read together in English and in Spanish. By practicing colors in Spanish at school and at home, your child will master how colors in Spanish!
Children love learning colors in Spanish because they are good at colors in English. Their ability to learn colors naturally transfers to their second language See the color flashcards and pronunciation key below. Click on each page of colors and it will increase in size.
Play a color game with your child. Call out a color and the rest of your family has to race to touch something of that color in the room. Then let you child call out a color and parents and siblings race to touch something of that color in the room.
Everyday, name the colors of the clothes you and your children are wearing in Spanish. At story time, name the colors in the book you read together in English and in Spanish. By practicing colors in Spanish at school and at home, your child will master how colors in Spanish!
Picnic Foods
Kids in general love the foods pictured in the slideshow belo and July is a time of year when these food are common. What a perfect time to learn picnic vocabulary in Spanish! Play the slide show and practice saying the foods in Spanish with your child. When you eat these foods, say their names in Spanish together. If you are at a picnic with friends, teach them how to say the words in Spanish too!
Mind Your Manners :-)
The following is language you can use with your children everyday, even several times a day, creating a Spanish immersion environment in your home during mealtimes. Before you know it, you will say these phrases in Spanish before English because it will become so natural. Get ready for some onlookers and admirers if you use these phrases when eating in public places! Play the audio file to help you.
I like... I don't like...
In July we learn how to say which foods we like and which we don't like, all in Spanish!
