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Authentic Spanish Songs for Teaching Preterite and Imperfect
Inside: Spanish songs for teaching Spanish 2 classes, with an emphasis on the preterite and the imperfect. Who else loves teaching through music? It's one of my favorite parts of being a Spanish teacher. 40 Authentic Songs for Spanish I has consistently been one of...
Spanish Games for Class You Need To Know About in 2019
Inside: A library of top Spanish games for class, that are fun AND provide quality comprehensible input. Most of us know by now that games are essential for every language classroom. We get it: games get our students moving, make class fun, promote higher engagement,...
Cultural Brain Breaks for Spanish Class
Inside: Cultural brain breaks for Spanish class, perfect for kids in elementary classes. Today I'm welcoming Carolina Gómez, an elementary Spanish teacher from Colombia. She is the blogger behind Fun for Spanish Teachers, a space where she shares teaching tips and...
Spanish Easter Traditions: Ideas & Resources for the Classroom
Inside: A round-up of classroom iresources for Spanish Easter traditions. La Pascua-- Easter in Spanish-- is a big deal across the Spanish-speaking world, whose history is closely connected to the Catholic church. The month of Lent culminates in Semana Santa, which...
The Best Spanish Love Songs of All Time
Inside: The best Spanish love songs: A Latin Playlist. It's no secret that Spanish is a romantic language-- and no, I don't mean that it's one of the Romance Languages! Rocket Languages says: As one of the world's most widely spoken languages, Spanish tops off our...
2019 Guide to the Best Spanish Shows on Netflix
Inside: A guide to top series and recommendations for Spanish shows on Netflix. As Netflix's popularity has skyrocketed in recent years, they've been busy expanding their selection of Spanish-language shows. And these aren't limited to your grandma's...
10 Awesome Benefits of Multilingualism
Inside: The benefits of multilingualism, from Aditi Wardhan Singh When I was a child, I struggled with languages. Instead of learning, I mashed them all up into one garble. My mom, exasperated, gave up-- figuring since my dad was Hindi-speaking, I didn't really need...
5 Reading Activities for Spanish Class
Inside: Reading Activities for Spanish Class, from Ashley Mikkelsen at Srta. Spanish. This year, I’ve been working hard to shift my mindset away from grammar-focused instruction to providing my students with more comprehensible input. (Check out this post for a...
Learn Spanish on YouTube: A Guide to the Best Channels
Inside: Learn Spanish on YouTube- a guide to the best videos and channels, for class and at home, from Jennifer Brunk of Spanish Playground. When YouTube arrived in 2005, I was teaching at a university in Wisconsin. Overnight, I had access to hours of authentic...
14 Keys to An Effective Classroom Management Plan
Inside: How to develop an effective classroom management plan in your Spanish classroom, from Angie Torre. Help! I Need a better classroom management plan! How can I teach when students won’t stop talking? How can I use the target language 90-100% of the time? I...
Love and Friendship Songs for Kids in Spanish
Inside: Friendship songs in Spanish for kids and songs about love. If you need some songs for Valentine's Day in Spanish class, there are tons of Valentin's song options for older Spanish students. (After all... Spanish love songs are famous for their sentiment!) For...
4 Practical Tips for Teaching Foreign Language to Preschoolers
Inside: Tips and tricks on teaching foreign language to preschoolers. Today I'm welcoming Josefina Cabello, who is an Ecuadorian Spanish Teacher in Tennessee and TpT creator. She has been teaching Spanish since 2011, taught ESL for 5 years in Ecuador, and loves...
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