A new year!

I just wanted to let all of you know what our lesson for today and the rest of the week will be!


As today is the first day of transitions and for some very first day of school or at their new school, there are many of our friends who don't know each other... so appropriately, we worked on names today!!!


OH, first let me explain something. From now on in my lessons I am going to try and stick to a very strict order! It is as follows:


1st--- Greeting (To get everyone ready for Spanish...and for older kids, I'll do roll)

Example:

Profesora: “Vamos a ver quién está aquí.”

Profesora: “¿Está Olivia aquí?”

Olivia: “¡Sí, sí estoy aquí!”

2nd--- Circle Time (Circle time is where we sing our favorite songs... or review past themes... repetition repetition repetition! And where we introduce the new theme!)


3rd--- Art Time (Art time will usually take place as reinforcement with their home teachers... on the days I am not there... so during this time in my lesson... I will show them the art project that they WILL be doing, ((which reinforces that days lesson,)) the next day)


4th--- Story Time (I will pick a story that goes along with that days lesson...)


5th--- Goodbye! (We sing our goodbye songs... to let everyone know Spanish is over!)


Barney song:

Te quiero yo 

Y tú a mí

Somos una familia feliz 

Con un fuerte abrazo (everyone hugs)

Y un beso te diré (we blow kisses)

Mi cariño es para ti

Or we will sing:

Adiós hasta luego adiós

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Adiós hasta luego adiós

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Adiós hasta luego

Adiós hasta luego

Adiós hasta luego

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Alright, so back to what today looked like! Today we worked on "Me llamo" We played a game with a ball  and we sang a little tune that goes "me llamo, me llamo _______ "¿cómo te llamas tú?" "my name is my name is _______ what is yours?" And when they would ask someone their name... they would pass it or throw it to that person... trust me it didn't go perfectly today... but with a little practice... ideally they will be saying their names and asking the question... (ha and in an ideal ideal world... catching the ball... but that's another story.....:)

So PARENTS HOMEWORK: please work on the phrases..."¿Cómo te llamas tú?" and "Me llamo_____."

The art project showed today in class was an autorretrato aka a self portrait... for the little kids... I drew a stick body and wrote the question and me llamo section and the teachers tomorrow will ask them como te llamas... and then will fill in their names... and they will draw a face of themselves... in the little stick person.... the older kids will write "me llamo... and will draw their own pictures! Then they will take it home so that you guys together can practice!!! 

The story we read today was called "Margaret and Margarita" It was a super cute story where one of the other teachers read Margaret's lines in English... and I read Margaritas lines in Spanish... a story about two little girls who respectively speak English and Spanish... but they try to get a long by teaching each other. So a great story to show kids the importance of knowing two languages!!! 

So be on the look out for the art projects... and maybe ask your kids about the book they read... and practice our phrases!!! 

Ps: if you need more phrases to work on (over achievers I know you are out there!)... you could help me with roll... it is new today so... for the 3's and 4's and 5's... we will be working on that dialogue I wrote up above... you can vary it by playing hide and seek and saying....

You can say:

“¿Dónde está Olivia?” o “¿Dónde estás Olivia?”  Where’s Olivia? Or Where are you Olivia?

And your child can say:

“Estoy aquí!” Here I am! 

Have fun!!!!!!!