Here we are at another Spring Break! Today is a BEAUTIFUL day in Central Texas, and the four children and I are playing in the backyard, running around naming the things we see in nature. If they find something they don't know how to say (my four year old came up with LEAF-O for LEAF! - made my ears hurt!) We made a flashcard for it. So, on a blank index card, he drew the leaf he was looking at, and I wrote una hoja on the back (pronounced oh-hah.)
After we find about ten words that they don't know, we'll put them in a baggie labeled "Afuera" - outside (ah-fweh-rah)
I also ask them to say something about their new word. My four year old, Jake, came up with "Me gusta la hoja" - I like the leaf - and my six year old said, "Venga Jake, puedes decir más - como la hoja es verde y bonita o algo como eso." (Come on Jake, you can say something like the leaf is pretty and green, or something like that.)
Jake responded with a frown - La hoja es fea. (The leaf is ugly) so - turn out there's sibling rivalry in any language!
Hah!
Ten un buen día. Have a great day!
Sra. Gose
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From Sra. Gose, a weekly private lesson Spanish teacher, and author of Flip Flop Spanish Workbook you can go along for the ride as I post my class journals - what happens in classes, Spanish teaching tips, and just fun anecdotes about homeschooling and teaching Spanish to children. My classes don't have restrictive state guidelines, so the children simply get to learn what they need to know to communicate!
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