Miércoles 9 de octubre

The children knew their 12 words, that is a very good start, so we added 6 more words, this time, verbs, 1st-person form: Soy - Estoy - Veo - Oigo - Tengo - Quiero.

The next step was to refresh the masculine/feminine concept and to use all that together for sentences like: "Yo tengo una camisa rosada."

If everything works perfectly, next week, under the direction of Maestro Lobo, we'll be cooking.

An opportunity to learn a few words about that activity.

Hasta luego ! Don't forget to have your child read and/or say a few sentences in Spanish to you.

Miércoles o2 de octubre

Today we added six more words to our list of high-frequency words.
Again, the objective is to know them by heart and to do so, your child needs to write them down on flashcards as (s)he did for the previous ones.
Today's list is: ¡ hola ! / ¡ gracias ! / ¡ de nada ! / me llamo / ¡ hasta luego ! / ¡ por favor !

If you practice with your child, which I highly recommend, please note that "por favor" sounds like "por fabor".

Then we wrote more stories to learn about sentence building and also new basic words.

If you can have your child read or listen to some Spanish during the week, it will definitely be productive.

¡ Hasta luego !

Miércoles 25 de septiembre

Buenas,

Our first day of a new Spanish year! And we started right away!

 

The kids shared a short story about a summer event, then we wrote it down, with a list of new words to learn. The objective is to build up a little dictionary throughout the year for them to rely upon.

 

We ended the class with a list of 6 important words that need to be learned by heart (preferably on flash cards). Those words are:

Qué ? / Porqué ? / Quién ? / Cuándo ? / Cómo ? / Dónde ?

Santa Cruz Public Library's website has a special page offering kids books to read online (for free). I'd like your child to regularly listen to such a story so that together we can talk about it on a Wednesday.

Here is the page link:

http://www.bibliotecatumble.com/home.aspx

I will talk about it with the children next time and send them back home with more instructions.

 

¡Hasta miércoles!

Fabrice

El Cinco de Mayo

Miércoles o8 de mayo

I was back with a lot of stuff in my bag,
like farm puppets and a large hat to dance around:

 

 

Adios Amigos

Hola Familias - we had a wonderful last day of Spanish class! 

Our Final Spanish classes ended with a pinata! A special MUCHAS GRACIAS to the Scarr Family  who generously provided it and its contents!

Pease be sure to continue speaking Spanish, reading in Spanish and listening to Spanish music -including their fall, winter and spring Cds from our class!
Gracias y hasta luego - Cindy Tinetti

The Santa Cruz Public Library proposes online books in Spanish for beginners, its a great time to think of such an activity for summer in order to keep the Spanish alive in everybody's mind.

Cesar Chavez!

Hola Familias -

The children are learning about the life of Cesar Chavez and pertinent vocabulary - his early childhood on a farm, moving to California and working in the fields and helping those who work in the fields to have bettter lives. His story provided the perfect opportunity to learn about farm animals, family members and fruits!

Spring!

Hola Familias!
The children learned a fruit song to the tune of Happy Birthday - and tasted yummy coconut! They also enjoyed creating adorable miniature construction paper Easter baskets while learning all the pertinent vocabulary! Finally, we played an exciting game of Easter-themed outdoor four corners!

Have a wonderuful vacation and hopefully you received your Spanish Easter card! When we get back, we'll be be learning about Earth Day, Cesar Chavez, fruits and family members in Spanish!