Good news! You are almost done. Bad news! Students are crazy, tired, lazy and possibly mentally checked out. Surviving the last few weeks or days of school are important because…. Long summer days are right around the corner. Surviving the last few days with a good attitude and energetically is difficult to do. Here are a few ideas to help you get through the last few weeks of Spanish class before ... Read More about How to Survive the Last Few Weeks of School in Spanish class
Want to know the best websites to buy authentic books in Spanish for children? As a bilingual teacher and mom of five bilingual kids, I own a wide variety of books. When browsing Scholastic’s monthly ‘Club Leo,’ there is always something new but most of the texts are translated from popular English book series. This is a great start to building any bilingual or Spanish classroom library but I ... Read More about 10 Best Websites to Buy Books in Spanish
Are you looking for a YouTube channel to help your students learn Spanish or to use in class as authentic materials in Spanish? Or maybe you want to learn Spanish on your own time or teach it to your kids. YouTube can be overwhelming; there are thousands of channels on YouTube and sometimes it takes time to find the best ones. As a teacher, you don’t have time to spend hours going down holes on ... Read More about 15 Best YouTube Channels to Learn Spanish
Earth Day día de la Tierra) is coming up on April 22nd. Are you ready to teach about it? In this article I have compiled some resources, ideas and crafts that you might find helpful to use or do in your Spanish or Immersion classroom during April, on Earth Day or while teaching a science unit about ‘Reduce, Reuse. Recycle”. Some short videos on YouTube: Gloria cuida el medio ... Read More about Teaching about Earth Day in Spanish
Are you getting ready to teach ‘fruit’ vocabulary to your Spanish class? Yay! Teaching about ‘las frutas’ is fun. Below I compiled a few activities, ideas and resources that you will want to use to teach fruit vocabulary to your elementary Spanish students. Songs: Here are videos on YouTube that you can use to teach about fruit or use as an introduction or fun song/dance activity during ... Read More about Teaching ‘Fruits’ to Kids in Spanish
