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LOOKING FOR SUPPORT TO TEACH YOUR KIDS SPANISH AT HOME?
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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Quick & Easy Spanish (Pre-K) // Learn Spanish through Play: Cars
The benefits of learning a foreign language are endless! From social skills, to fighting dementia, to increasing brain activity and scoring higher on ACTs--bilingual is best.You may have taken Spanish in high school and forgotten it all; you may know a little...
Going to the fire station // Vamos a la estación de bomberos
With kids anything can be a learning opportunity! The same goes for learning Spanish. Look for ways in your everyday to learn new Spanish words or phrases…the more you can integrate learning when you are hearing, seeing, feeling, tasting, smelling or...
Café con leche vlog // Making Quesadillas
¡Hola!Yesterday I started a new vlog called “Café con leche!” In this vlog my goal is to speak only Spanish. We made quesadillasso I thought it would be cool to make a blogentry to go along with the vlog entry to introduce some of the new words.Cooking in...
Te quiero // I love you (video)
Yes! You can teach your child Spanish! Even if you do not speak Spanish yourself. Kids soak up language like you would not believe. Just think about how children go from being unable to lift their head, to being able to have a conversation...
Color Me Spanish!
Me and the Hubs when we dressed upas Dora the Explorer and Waldo. Iwas four-months pregnant with ourfirst son.We were having a rainy-recovering-from-the-flu kind of morning today—a perfect time for getting a package in the mail to lift our...
Las chicas y los chicos
¡Buenos días a todos! Good morning everyone! One of my goals for the new year is to keep a journal in Spanish. This a good way to practice and learn "everyday Spanish" because the Spanish I use in the classroom or that I use in formal conversations with strangers is a...
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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.”