Jan. 23

Hola familias - what fun the children had with a winter wonderland theme! The children began the day with a review of basic Spanish and went on to create a snowman "puppet" with a winter scene to inhabit! This activity illustrates the snowman song found in their winter CD!

Reminder: The child who found the baby Jesus during the Three Kings Celebration is invited to bring a small healthy treat - such as tropical fruit for the class on Feb. 9!

 La tarea/Homework: Please have the children continue to listen to their winter CD - they'll get a spring one in March! Also, please have them practice speaking and or singing in Spanish! They earn stars for accomplishing both of these tasks! They can practice greetings. the seasons, colors. body parts, animals, clothing, winter vocab. and count everything they see!

Epiphany Celebration!

Felíz Año Nuevo! Happy New Year to our students!
Back to Spanish after three weeks of break! We reviewed Christmas vocabulary as well as vocabulary learned so far through games of bingo and telefono. Then it was time for a celebration! Indeed Epiphany is on January 6th and the class celebrated with a little party with Mexican chocolate, Mexcian Three Kings bread and a baby Jesus hidden inside to find. The kids were thrilled as a queen (who found baby Jesus) was crowned for the pleasure of everybody!

Tarea: Please number and color-code everything you see in Spanish! Listen and sing-along with  your Spanish winter CD - the children will receive a new one in the spring!

Dec. 19 2012





One week before Christmas, it was the perfect time to practice some Christmas vocabulary with a Mexican Chrstmas bingo game, we all had a little celebration outside, the sun being generous with us. Then it was time to enjoy Christmas Break.

Please be sure to listen and sing-along with the winter CD!

We'll come back  to Spanish class and celebrate Three Kings Day with a special Mexican sweet bread!!!
See you next year! Hasta el año que viene.

Dec. 12

Hola Familias - the highlight of this week was the celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe!. A beautifully Spanish enriched story of the mother of Jesus appearing to an Aztec named Juan Diego and asking for a church to be built was re-enacted by some of the children. The children also enjoyed traditional sweetbread and hot Mexican chocolate - just like the children in Mexico celebrate on the 12th of December!

La tarea/Homework: Please have the children continue to listen to their CD - they'll get a new one soon! Have them practice speaking and or singing in Spanish! They can practice greetings. colors. body parts, animals, clothing and count everything they see!

Dec. 5

Hola familias - the children enjoyed meeting their new friend - a snowman! They all became snowmen and danced to the tune of "I'm a Little Teapot". The children also drew a snowman of their own and went over pertinent and review vocabulary.
Reading is key in language learning, if you can't read to your child in Spanish, visit the Santa Cruz Public Library website, it offers kid books to be read on your computer! The Central Library also has an excellent collection of bilingual books and books with audio acccompaniments! All levels included. Tools are out there, let's use them!

LA TAREA/Homework: LISTEN TO THE CD!!!!!Review old songs,and handouts. Practice speaking Spanish! Make a game of counting and saying the colors of everything you see! Greet each other in Spanish! Sing together!

REMINDERS: Could the children please eat, drink and go to the bathroom before class?

NOTE: Would families feel comfortable with Christmas music and a song about Mary(Jesus' mother) on our next CD? If not, I can easily eliminate those songs. PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I'm currently thinking I'll eliminate the prayer about Mary.

December 5th, in pictures

Wednesday Nov. 28

Hola Familias!
It was a bittersweet class, in that we said goodbye and gave hugs to our fall "friends"! We'll be introducing winter "friends" starting next week! We did a big review of vocabulary learned up to this point by playing Simon Says and Telephone!

LA TAREA/Homework: LISTEN TO THE CD!!!!!Review old songs,an handouts. Practice speaking Spanish!

REMINDERS: Could the children please eat, drink and go to the bathroom before class?

NOTE: Would families feel comfortable with Christmas music and a song about Mary(Jesus' mother) on our next CD? If not, I can easily eliminate those songs. PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I'm currently thinking I'll eliminate the prayer about Mary, but tell