Easter is coming soon and fast; for that occasion we all made our own booklet about the topic, introducing the usual words about the celebration and writing more sentences about that special day in a school year.
You can help your child by having her read that booklet and writing more using the vocabulary we all shared for Easter.
And above all: Happy Easter !
About EFMB
- EFMB - Language School
- Non profit association providing after school language education for children
miercoles 18 de marzo
The students wanted a challenge for the class, so I had for them a sheet full of sentences to translate from English to Spanish and from Spanish to English, using our words and expressions learned during the last weeks.
It was very interesting to see how thrilled everybody was to work on that project and to succeed in completing those sentences. It's very encouraging for a next time.
It was very interesting to see how thrilled everybody was to work on that project and to succeed in completing those sentences. It's very encouraging for a next time.
Miercoles 11 de marzo
We added numbers to our lesson, basic counting forward to also backward. We put it into practice with dates, age and time.
Playing at home with numbers in Spanish would help your child get more familiar with those new concepts.
Playing at home with numbers in Spanish would help your child get more familiar with those new concepts.
Miercoles o4 de marzo
Today we worked on dates and how to tell when a person was born. We went through the calendar and formed basic sentences as.
"Yo naci en el mes de abril"
Step by step our sentences are getting longer and require regular practice to stay alive.
"Yo naci en el mes de abril"
Step by step our sentences are getting longer and require regular practice to stay alive.
Miercoles 25 de febrero
Today we put our cards together to have it ready for next week.
In the meantime,we discovered the Chinese zodiac so that we could talk about animals, birthdays and siblings.
In the meantime,we discovered the Chinese zodiac so that we could talk about animals, birthdays and siblings.
Miercoles 18 de febrero
In order to put everything into practice, today we made our own card game, so that each student had to imagine a family, with a name and members, thus adding more words to our knowledge.
We tested it by creating sentences telling what they had and what they were asking for.
We tested it by creating sentences telling what they had and what they were asking for.
Miercoles 11 de febrero
We practiced again, this time in teams. Thanks to the practice, the
game was faster, words came out easily, and by the end, some families
were reunited, for the fun of our students.
So, if practice could be carried on at home, all the better !
So, if practice could be carried on at home, all the better !
Miercoles 4 de febrero
After reviewing our new words about family members, the class played our card game so that they could use new sentences :
Yo quiero ...
Yo tengo ... b
and it took us the whole time to enjoy discovering the game.
Next week will be more fun !
Miercoles 28 de enero
Writing is one thing, speaking is another.
So in prevision for a game we'll play next week, we reviewed some words that the whole will use in sentences when playing that card game.
Because it involves family members, we learned them and using them at home will help your child to memorize those basic words:
el hijo / la hija, el padre/la madre, el abuelo/la abuela,
the trick being to grasp the concept of masculine/feminine.
We'll put that in practice next week !
So in prevision for a game we'll play next week, we reviewed some words that the whole will use in sentences when playing that card game.
Because it involves family members, we learned them and using them at home will help your child to memorize those basic words:
el hijo / la hija, el padre/la madre, el abuelo/la abuela,
the trick being to grasp the concept of masculine/feminine.
We'll put that in practice next week !
Miercoles 21 de enero
I gathered the kids around an image to help them develop what we saw last week. This time, we were looking at a little town with many characters in it.
It was the opportunity to introduce some verbs in order to create sentences like:
Yo veo tres globos negros en la ciudad.
It might be time for you to help your child develop that base with some basic Spanish books that you can find in our Public Library downtown.
It was the opportunity to introduce some verbs in order to create sentences like:
Yo veo tres globos negros en la ciudad.
It might be time for you to help your child develop that base with some basic Spanish books that you can find in our Public Library downtown.
Miercoles 14 de enero
The objective of this part of the year is to have our students be able to build their own little sentences. The first step is the acquisition of vocabulary, and we used our classroom environment to start with. Then we tried to tell where things were around us.
So we ended the hour with sentences like:
La television esta entre el pizarron blanco y la ventana,
which will be our first block for longer sentences.
So we ended the hour with sentences like:
La television esta entre el pizarron blanco y la ventana,
which will be our first block for longer sentences.
Miércoles 14 de diciembre
Right before Christmas break, we seized the opportunity to share ideas to write and make Christmas cards for the whole group.
Even though the sentences were basic, they helped review the patterns we already saw previously, that is masculine/feminine, singular/plural.
We'll continue the good work as soon as we meet again in January.
Happy new year - Feliz ano nuevo !
Even though the sentences were basic, they helped review the patterns we already saw previously, that is masculine/feminine, singular/plural.
We'll continue the good work as soon as we meet again in January.
Happy new year - Feliz ano nuevo !
Miércoles 19 de noviembre
Having blended two levels together, we can use the knowledge of somes to stimulate the learning of others.
Today, it was around the ochard, with words like:
huerta, árbol, manzana.
The objective is to help our students to naturally build sentences like:
En la huerta, hay cuatro árboles.
That's already rich in new concepts !
Happy Thanksgiving !
Next class, first week of December
Happy Thanksgiving !
Next class, first week of December
Miércoles 29 de octubre
We started a new year of Spanish with new things and new substances.
The goal is to acquire more vocabulary and confidence working from a theme and a text.
Today, it was about bears, with new words like:
ojos, orejas, cabeza, patas, fuerte, ...
Our students wrote it down, it will be a reading practice and also for this week, a translation exercise.
The goal is to acquire more vocabulary and confidence working from a theme and a text.
Today, it was about bears, with new words like:
ojos, orejas, cabeza, patas, fuerte, ...
Our students wrote it down, it will be a reading practice and also for this week, a translation exercise.
Miercoles 28 de mayo
This afternoon, the whole group was present so we reviewed the family terms and played all together that card game to practice asking and replying about building families.
It was a nice review and fun to say things in Spanish and to understand without translating.
The time past by fast. Next week is our little celebration gig, around 2:15, we'll have all the classes together to celebrate our year of learning.
See you next week for the last one !
It was a nice review and fun to say things in Spanish and to understand without translating.
The time past by fast. Next week is our little celebration gig, around 2:15, we'll have all the classes together to celebrate our year of learning.
See you next week for the last one !
Miercoles 21 de mayo
In order to use our acquired knowledge, we reviewed some vocabulary about the family, the different members, and different occupations, in order to be able to play that family card game.
Our students did so, in Spanish, asking their partners, for example: "Quiero la madre de la familia de los mecanicos" and building up families as they played.
It was fun and also encouraging to notice how easier it is now to say something in Spanish.
We'll do it again a next time, as more practice is the key.
Hasta la semana proxima !
Our students did so, in Spanish, asking their partners, for example: "Quiero la madre de la familia de los mecanicos" and building up families as they played.
It was fun and also encouraging to notice how easier it is now to say something in Spanish.
We'll do it again a next time, as more practice is the key.
Hasta la semana proxima !
Miercoles 14 de mayo
With a heat wave in town, we practiced numbers and counting. To do so, using dice, we learned a new game with chips and went outside under tree shade to test our skills.
It was fun to play, it was fun to count and put numbers together.
Time went by very fast and soon the class was over.
I'll see you next week !
It was fun to play, it was fun to count and put numbers together.
Time went by very fast and soon the class was over.
I'll see you next week !
Miercoles o7 de mayo
Today we started our exploration of the bank and the money, creating our own 'billetes' printed by our own 'banco'.
The objective now is to use the concept to sell and buy things between students using Spanish.
We'll continue next week with more 'vender' y more 'comprar'.
Have a nice week !
The objective now is to use the concept to sell and buy things between students using Spanish.
We'll continue next week with more 'vender' y more 'comprar'.
Have a nice week !
Miercoles 3o de abril
I brought the students little pictures full of new vocabulary.
The objective of this lesson was to use location words: cerca de, en, bajo, ... in sentences to describe a situation and to be able to create longer sentences.
These pictures also being part of a word recognition game, we then played it to see what we knew so far and how much fun we can now get from our knowledge.
The objective of this lesson was to use location words: cerca de, en, bajo, ... in sentences to describe a situation and to be able to create longer sentences.
These pictures also being part of a word recognition game, we then played it to see what we knew so far and how much fun we can now get from our knowledge.
Miercoles 23 de abril
Official Earth Day being yesterday, we created a list of words related to the subject. Right after, we made another booklet illustrated with drawings and sentences created by the students.
It appeared that it seems easier to them to put words together to create sentences. You could thus help your child by having him/her read again in order to practice and remember.
Feliz Dia de la Tierra !
It appeared that it seems easier to them to put words together to create sentences. You could thus help your child by having him/her read again in order to practice and remember.
Feliz Dia de la Tierra !
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