What If My Child Doesn’t Want to Speak Spanish?
Inside: Advice and tips for parents asking "What if my child doesn't want to speak Spanish?" Before actually having children, it was easy to imagine how they would turn out. We, the parents, would do a, b, c, and our children would beautifully result in x, y, z....
A Guide to the Top Spanish Learning Apps in 2019
Inside: A guide to the best Spanish learning apps for teens and adults. If you're looking for ways to boost your Spanish at home, you're in luck. There are so many ways to learn Spanish on your own, and a plethora of Spanish learning apps to choose from. But no need...
The Top Spanish Apps for Kids in 2019
Inside: A guide to the best Spanish apps for kids and toddlers. Are you looking for ways to teach your kids Spanish? Learning a new language is easier than ever, even in families where the parents aren't fluent themselves. Through our phones or tablets, we can bring...
HOW OUR GARDEN HAS HELPED US TO GROW AS A BILINGUAL FAMILY
Inside: I'm welcoming Johana from Mama Tortuga! She is a lover of nature, culture, and languages, backyard gardener, raising multicultural and multilingual children. Supporting families in South Florida to have families that are conscious, multicultural and green. She...
Spanish Nursery Rhymes: The Top 20 Songs on YouTube
Inside: Popular bilingual Spanish nursery rhymes on YouTube, with lyrics. I remember this clearly: we'd just brought our first baby home, after a marathon birth. I rocked my roly-poly half-Peruvian son, back and forth. I was so glad to finally have my baby in my arms,...
A Mi Burro Letra & Fun Activities for Spanish Learners
Inside: A Mi Burro A Mi Burro Letra, plus activities and ideas for using the song with young Spanish learners. A Mi Burro, A Mi Burro, is a continual favorite among Spanish children's songs. As with many traditional classics, there are many different versions. My...
Body Parts in Spanish: Activities and Games for Spanish Learners
Inside: Activities and ideas for teaching the body parts in Spanish, for all ages. Teaching the parts of the body in Spanish is fun because it's naturally a hands-on sort of theme. There's much need to print out lots of worksheets or flash cards because our...
5 Sentidos Activities for Kids Learning Spanish
Inside: 5 Sentidos para niños - teaching the five senses and parts of the face for kids. Learning the five senses and parts of the face is one of my favorite lessons when teaching Spanish to kids. It's so hands-on that you're sure to have engaged students and lots of...
The Ultimate Guide to the Best Authentic Spanish Books for Kids
Inside: Authentic Spanish books for kids. Reading to our kids is one of the most important things we parents can do. And if you're raising bilingual kids, good books in Spanish are a must! While I dearly love our stash of picture books in Spanish and English, I love...
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...
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