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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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Christmas Tree Ten Frames in Spanish
Much of what I do for Spanish lesson ideas consists of scouring the internet for meaningful learning activities in English, which I then translate into Spanish. When I began researching math curricula for my Kindergartner, I came across the word subitize, which...
That’s Not My Pumpkin: A Spanish Story to Learn Spanish Colors
Buy these here!What Could Be So Hard About Learning Colors? During a conversation with my sister-in-law the other day, I realized learning colors in Spanish presents some problems I had forgotten about. She said, "I noticed when we were watching a...
B de bruja {The Letter Bb in Spanish}
Next up! The letter B. Two letters in, I'm still finding words that can relate to the fall theme; today that's bruja and búho, or witch and owl. At our house we'll be using some drawing tutorials to learn the new letter and words. (For help with...
A de araña {The Letter Aa in Spanish}
For the last two Octobers we have done letter-focused learning along with many others around the internet as part of 31 Days of ABCs, hosted by All Done Monkey, and this year it's on a hiatus.** In its place, I thought we could have fun learning the Spanish letters...
Learn Spanish With Kids: Unit One–The Spanish Alphabet
Don't Give Up. Before reading any further: go buy yourself this mug. Drink your morning coffee or tea or lemon water from it each day for a reminder that--you got this! (If you haven't been following along lately go here to see what I mean by...
When You Read You Begin With ABC
I started a series recently of blog posts for parents who do not speak Spanish, but want their children to learn it. I am pretty excited about it really. That is one of the big goals/reasons/motivations for this blog actually. My first post addressed...
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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.”