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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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How to Make Conjugating Verbs Fun: HABLAR Maze
After having my first son and quitting my day job to stay home with him, my mom asked me to start teaching Spanish to my three siblings that were still school-aged. My first go at it was with my brother that had one year of high school left. I did what any...
The Truth About Learning Spanish With Kids
Learning Spanish with kids can be intimidating, but it doesn't have to be. Whenever I begin to doubt myself or hear that voice in my head that says "Impostor! You don't know Spanish!" I channel all the good vibes from the mothers I have seen help their children...
Multicultural Toys & Activities for Kids – The Molinillo
Today I am getting together with a few of my blogging friends, and we are sharing multicultural toys and activities for kids. This was a perfect opportunity to introduce the molinillo to my boys that my sister-in-law got me for Christmas. I had been saving...
How I (Finally) Decided to Structure My Goals for 2016 // or Cómo llegué (por fin) a decidir guiar mis metas para 2016
Guys. I'm doing something scary this year...I'm going to start blogging a bit in SPANISH! I know this might open me up for some criticism because I AM NOT A NATIVE SPEAKER. But. It also opens me up for growth, and that's cool. I like...
Understanding Gender in Spanish: High School Spanish Study Checklist
I remember sitting at a table in the backyard garden of a veteran who had learned French during thewar; he was the private French tutor of my middle-school friend. My friend had invited me along to her lesson for fun and I happily obliged (even at that age I...
Practice with the Verb SER
It seems somewhat backwards that students of a foreign language tend to learn about the grammar of a language before they can actually speak the language. With our first language, we learn how to speak words first as a baby, then sentences as a toddler, until...
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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.”