SUPPORTING WORLD LANGUAGE EDUCATORS
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Weather you are an elementary, middle or high school language teacher, I am glad you made it here! On this website you will find teaching tips, strategies and resources to support your teaching journey.
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ANIMAL MOVEMENT CARDS IN SPANISH
Movement Cards are a life saver in my classes. I like to use them as quick brain breaks with my younger students. Now that we have moved to teaching online due to the current health situation, I find that giving our students some time to move after staring at the...
GAMES FOR ONLINE DISTANCE TEACHING
I just ended our 3rd week of distance learning, however this was my first week teaching live online classes. I do have to say that it has been exhausting trying to figure out how to make the class interactive and engaging while being so far apart from my students and...
THREE FREE STORIES FOR YOUR ELEMENTARY SPANISH CLASESS
These are three simple and easy to understand stories that I have written for elementary students, although I have also been delighted to hear from middle school teachers that they have used them with their beginner classes. These stories have a lot of repetition in...
SHORT AND COMPREHENSIBLE STORY FOR EARTH DAY
This is a short story with a simple goal, to raise students' awareness about the negative environmental impacts of latex, plastic, and other materials. I created a story after being inspired by another video (further below in this post) that demonstrates why releasing...
ELEMENTARY SPANISH RESOURCES FOR HOME LEARNING
With the current health situation world wide bringing school closure in some places, some teachers have been advised to come up with plans and ideas students can do at home. I have put together a list of online and printable resources that teachers can share with...
A song about farm animals in Spanish: La finca del tío Ramón
Farm animals are always a hit in early elementary classes.This fun and repetitive song will be a great addition to your activities. Here are some ideas to use along with this song: Activities •Find Colombia on a map. • Show a farm and the different animals. Introduce...
PLAY THE LOBO GAME IN SPANISH CLASS
I have blogged about this traditional game in the past. This game is usually played without props, but to make it comprehensible I have created some to go along with the game. I am not the best illustrator, but I am happy to share this with you since some teachers...
LUIS PESCETTI’S GROUP GAMES
Luis Pescetti is an Argentinian musician, writer, actor, and storyteller. He is also known for for his great group activities that are fun and encourage movement (which is why they are called 'dinámicas' in Spanish). Some of his group games work great in the Spanish...
SPANISH BIRTHDAY SONGS FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS
If you teach elementary students you know that they will make sure to remind you that it’s their birthday! And if they have a birthday in the summer, make sure to find a date during the school year to sing their birthday because they will come back the following year...
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