Although I studied Spanish for five years during high school and college, I am far from fluent. With a lot preparation, I could probably teach Tessa using the language immersion approach during Spanish time. However, I highly doubt that would be a pleasant experience for either of us. So, I speak to her in both English and Spanish. I do a lot of code switching. I also supplement with Spanish language immersion videos, audio/video clips of native speakers, picture books...anything I can find that's of decent quality.
Teach Them Spanish!, Grade K is full of potential. It provides lesson plans, worksheets, classroom activities, games, songs and reading lists. However, the curriculum, which consists of one inexpensive 96-page black-and-white reproducible paperback book could be much better designed. Lessons need to be better defined and organized. They require a lot of flipping back-and-forth within the book as it is. On a positive note, the content is age-appropriate, fun and requires little-to-no writing. Tessa is enjoying it.
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The following plans are how I chose to divide and supplement the lessons in Teach Them Spanish!, Grade K. Most books and videos listed are not included in the curriculum. While I am confident Tessa could memorize the Spanish words and their English equivalents in this curriculum in a much shorter amount of time than noted, that isn't my goal. I want her to develop a true familiarity with them. Tessa officially studies Spanish twice a week, but I try to incorporate appropriate Spanish words and phrases into daily life as well.
Note: Teach Them Spanish!, Grade K would be easiest to use with regular access to a copy machine. However, the book could be taken apart (it's staple bound) and be used that way. After Teach Them Spanish!, Grade K, we will likely use newly released School Song Spanish by Classical Academic Press.
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These plans are a work in progress. I will add to them (and delete, when necessary) as Tessa and I progress through the curriculum.
For each lesson, I either use Forvo to download MP3 files of native speakers speaking corresponding words or search Usborne Quicklinks for the same thing. I transfer the files to my Kindle Fire and play them for Tessa several times.
Day 1
These plans are a work in progress. I will add to them (and delete, when necessary) as Tessa and I progress through the curriculum.
For each lesson, I either use Forvo to download MP3 files of native speakers speaking corresponding words or search Usborne Quicklinks for the same thing. I transfer the files to my Kindle Fire and play them for Tessa several times.
Day 1
Say Hola to Spanish - Susan
Middleton Elya
Introductions and
Greetings - Teach (7)
"Hola Means
Hello" - Song (48)
Usborne: First Picture Spanish Interactive - Play appropriate phrases from "En La Escuela" and "En La Fiesta" segments.
Pictures of Greetings
- Worksheet (8)
Global Wonders: Mexico DVD - Global
Wonders
Day 2
Say Hola to Spanish, Otra Vez - Susan Middleton Elya
Introductions and
Greetings Poster - Review (79-80)
"Adios Means
Goodbye" - Song (48)
Usborne: First Picture Spanish Interactive - Play appropriate phrases from "En la Escuela" and "En la Fiesta" segments.
Greetings Paste-Up -
Worksheet (9)
Day 3
Numbers Introduction
1-5 - Teach (10)
Usborne: First Sticker Book: Easy Spanish Words - Play Quicklinks sound files for numbers 1-5.
"Cinco
Amigos" - Song (48)
Classroom Counting -
Activity (54)
Numbers Review -
Worksheet (11)
Little Pim: I Can Count DVD (Episodes 1-2) - Little Pim Co.
Day 4
Numbers Poster -
Review 1-5 (81-82)
Usborne: First Sticker Book: Easy Spanish Words - Play Quicklinks sound files for numbers 1-5.
Roll 'Em - Activity
(54)
Matching Numbers -
Worksheet (12)
Little Pim: I Can Count DVD (Episodes 3-4) - Little Pim Co.
Day 5
Numbers Poster -
Review 1-5 (81-82)
Usborne: First Sticker Book: Easy Spanish Words - Play Quicklinks sound files for numbers 1-5.
Dominoes - Activity
(54)
Number the Shoes -
Worksheet (13)
Day 6
Colors Introduction - Teach (14)
Colores de la Vida - Cynthia Weill
Find Classroom Colors
- Activity (55)
Find the Crayons -
Activity (55)
Pictures to Color - Worksheet
(15)
Little Pim: Playtime DVD (Episode 1) - Little Pim Co.
Day 7
Colors Poster - Review
(83-84)
My First Book of Spanish Words - Katy R. Kudela - Find the named colors. (24-25)
McGraw-Hill's Spanish Picture Dictionary - Find who's wearing the named colors. (74-75)
Rainbow Colors -
Worksheet (55)
Whistlefritz: Spanish for Kids, La Fiesta de Fritz DVD - Whistlefritz
Day 8
Colors Poster - Review
(83-84)
El Artista Que Pinto Un Caballo Azul - Eric Carle - Read by native speaker via YouTube.
I Spy - Activity (55)
Color the Cars -
Worksheet (17)
Day 9
Numbers Poster -
Review 1-5, Teach 6-10 (81-82)
"Diez
Amigos" - Song (49)
Uno, Dos, Tres: One, Two, Three - Pat Mora
Classroom Counting -
Activity (56), or use McGraw-Hill's Spanish Picture Dictionary (28-29).
1-10 Matching -
Worksheet (18)
Little Pim: I Can Count DVD (Episodes 5-7) - Little Pim Co.
Day 10
Numbers Poster -
Review 1-10 (81-82)
Counting Ovejas - Sarah Weeks
Beanbag Counting -
Activity (56), or count toys, beans, counters, etc.
Count the Cookies -
Worksheet (19)
Day 11
Numbers Poster -
Review 1-10 (81-82)
Roll 'Em - Activity
(56)
Critters 1-10 -
Worksheet (20)
Whistlefritz: Spanish for Kids, Vamos a Jugar DVD - Whistlefritz
Day 12
Numbers Poster -
Review 1-10 (81-82)
Count on Culebra: Go from 1 to 10 in Spanish - Ann Whitford Paul
My Favorite Number -
Worksheet (21)
Numbers Paper Chain -
Activity (56, 69)
Day 13
"Colors
Song" - Song (49)
Find It! - Activity
(57)
Birds of Color - Worksheet (22)
Birds of Color - Worksheet (22)
Day 14
Colors Poster - Review
(83-84)
Find the Crayons -
Activity from Colors, Part 1 (55)
Casa de Colores -
Worksheet (23)
Day 15
Colors Poster - Review
(83-84)
Colors Bingo -
Activity (57), or use cards from a store-bought Spanish bingo game.
Flores y Colores -
Worksheet (42)
Day 16
Colors Poster - Review
(83-84)
I Spy - Activity (57),
or use McGraw-Hill's Spanish Picture Dictionary (54-55).
De Colores - Worksheet
(25)
Day 17
Read Books of Choice
My Name is Gabito - Monica Brown
My Name is Gabriela - Monica Brown
Cuckoo: A Mexican Folktale - Lois Ehlert
Elena's Serenade - Campbell Geeslin
Off We Go to Mexico - Laurie Krebs
Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin - Duncan Tonatiuh
Diego - Jonah Winter
Frida - Jonah Winter
Day 18
Watch Video of Choice
Spanish for Kids: Learn Spanish for Beginners Level 1, Volume 1 DVD - Language Tree
The Three Caballeros DVD - Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Day 19
Classroom Things -
Teach (26)
"Classroom
Objects Song" - Song (49)
Label the Classroom - Activity (58)
Matching Objects -
Worksheet (27)
Day 20
Classroom Objects
Poster - Review (85-86)
Scavenger Hunt - Activity (58), modified for home-school environment.
Draw and Color Your
Classroom - Worksheet (28)
Day 21
Classroom Objects
Poster - Review (85-86)
McGraw-Hill's Spanish Picture Dictionary - Find the named classroom object. (28-29)
McGraw-Hill's Spanish Picture Dictionary - Find the named classroom object. (28-29)
Match Pictures and
Words - Worksheet (29)
Day 22
Family Words - Teach
(30)
"Family
Song" - Song (50)
Draw Your Family -
Worksheet (31)
Day 23
The Family Poster -
Review (87-88)
My First Book of Spanish Words - Katy R. Kudela - Find the named family members. (4-5)
McGraw-Hill's Spanish Picture Dictionary - Find the named family member. Then, count how many girls
and boys. (7-8)
Family Word Meanings -
Worksheet (32)
Day 24
The Family Poster -
Review (87-88)
Guess Who? - Activity
(59)
Matching Family -
Worksheet (33)
Day 25
Food and Drink - Teach
(34)
"Food Song"
- Song (51)
My Meal - Worksheet
(35)
Little Pim: Eating and Drinking DVD (Episodes 1-4) - Little Pim Co.
Day 26
Food Poster - Review
(90)
Food Practice -
Activity (60)
Food Meanings -
Worksheet (36)
Day 27
Food Poster - Review
(90)
Mixed-Up Food -
Worksheet (37)
Day 28
Clothing - Teach (38)
"Clothing
Song" - Song (50)
My First Book of Spanish Words - Katy R. Kudela - Find the named clothing item. (8-9)
Clothing Match-Ups -
Worksheet (39)
Whistlefritz: Spanish for Kids, Vamos a Jugar DVD - Whistlefritz
Day 29
Clothing Poster -
Review (91-92)
Who's Wearing...?/What
Color...? - Activity (61), or use McGraw-Hill's Spanish Picture Dictionary (34-35).
How Are You? - Worksheet
(40)
Day 30
Clothing Poster -
Review (91-92)
Find the Clothing -
Activity (61), modified for home-school environment.
Clothes to Color -
Worksheet (41)
Day 31
Places to Go - Teach
(42)
"Community
Song" - Song (51)
Picture This! -
Worksheet (43)
Day 32
Community Poster -
Review (93-94)
Book Scavenger Hunt -
Activity (62), modified for home-school environment.
My Neighborhood -
Worksheet (44)
Day 33
Community Poster -
Review (93-94)
Guess What? - Activity
(62)
Places, Please -
Worksheet (45)
Day 34
Dot-to-Dot - Worksheet
(46)
Read Books of Choice
My Name is Gabito - Monica Brown
My Name is Gabriela - Monica Brown
Day 35
Watch Video of Choice
Spanish for Kids: Learn Spanish for Beginners Level 1, Volume 1 DVD - Language Tree
The Three Caballeros DVD - Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
I love the Teach them Spanish series. I use it with my younger kids but it also worked well in my high school Spanish classes.
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