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If you’re like me and love to have people you can go to for support, to ask questions, get inspiration, see how others are doing it – you need to join JUMP INTO SPANISH. It’s a group I started for parents who are trying to teach their children Spanish at home. It’s a Charlotte Mason approach to language learning, and I send you weekly lesson plans and ideas. There are six 12-week terms in total, and we are about to jump into our next one. Please join us!!
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2 Books Every Spanish Learner Should Own
I know so many adults who want to learn Spanish! If that is you, I'm telling you right now you will want to own these two books! Can you learn Spanish without them? Sure. But these two books for Spanish beginners will help you so much in building a wide vocabulary: a...
Jump Into Spanish: Term 1A – Week 01 – Day 01
Welcome to Jump Into Spanish Term 1A! Check out the whole term at a glance here: Term 1A Overview ¡Hola amigos! We are starting a new term of Jump Into Spanish and this is WEEK ONE! We will learn 5 new words a day, and the theme for this week comes straight from the...
Books About Butterflies in Spanish
The yearly Monarch migration to México is just around the corner. Knowing this, when I spied a picture-book bundle at our library the other day with the theme of Butterflies, I snatched it up faster than you can say ¡Hola, hola, Mariposa! I could also see that the...
Usborne Books in Spanish About the Beach & Ocean
At the beginning of this summer, I set out to see how many Spanish picture books about the ocean I could find. I already had in mind a few from my post a couple years back (30+ Kids Books in Spanish for July), but I wanted to see what else was out there, and what else...
Books for St. Patrick’s Day in Spanish
I can't believe I'm saying this, but St. Patrick's Day is right around the corner! If you're like us—a family learning Spanish—you're looking for St. Patrick's Day books in Spanish. I did my best to find you some, but let me tell you it was hard! Which makes sense...
Our First Reading Lesson in Spanish
The other day an impromptu Spanish reading lesson happened in our house! I'm no expert. I'm not trained as a reading teacher. I didn't grow up learning how to read in Spanish as a kid. But! My daughter seemed to have fun with what we did and I think she learned some...
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Essays on Bilingualism
Speak Spanish with Your Baby!
When I had my first child a friend told me: “Speak Spanish with him all the time. Let your husband speak English and you just speak Spanish.” I sooooo wish I could have done that.
How to Learn Spanish as an Introvert
In my journey of learning and now teaching Spanish, I have learned a few things about myself, and those things have helped me to learn and teach better. And believe me–it is all still a work in progress.
The Truth About Learning Spanish With Kids
Learning Spanish with kids can be intimidating, but it doesn’t have to be.
Why We Quit Spanish + How We Got It Back
It wasn’t until Spanish became a part of our routine again, that I understood why it had left in the first place. It’s been so long since then, that I don’t exactly remember making a decision to “stop doing Spanish.”