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How do your make a cookie dinosaur?  Cómo haces una galleta dinosaurio? Very easy! Muy sencillo! - Muy fácil! - Muy simple! (sinonimos)

I prefer to be crazy and funny, than normal and boring!  ha ha! made me laugh! 

Spring Morning! - Manana de Primavera!  Lovely poem by Alma Flor Ada / Spannish Classroom We just need the snow to stop coming this way! we will sing this again and again! 

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Here is a cute video with our friend Tingalayo and the kids.  The song is from Music with Sara, who happens to compose wonderful and cheerful songs in Spanish.  Enjoy!

I found this great description about the ways you can help your children with their vocabulary at home, read and share, Mommy Maestra gave a pretty simple and reasonable description about it!  It is no secret that raising bilingual children is not easy. Although here at Mommy Maestra, some of us are first, second (or more!) generation American, we happen to have bilingual kids! Lately, as my 21 month-old is starting to speak and as my seven year-old is using scientific words in English that I have no idea how to translate, my frantic Google search is often a reminder to seguir adelante  with my efforts to continue to teach Spanish to my three boys. Their English is fantastic and I want them to feel just as confident when speaking Spanish.  Here are 10 tips I want to share to help you improve your child's Spanish vocabulary without you having to leave your home: 1) Speak:    Habla, habla, habla . Even if your family spends the majority of the da...

How to Teach a Child Bilingual Reading Edited by  Otto-N, Jack Herrick, Logload, Devil President  and 11 others Bilingualism comes with many benefits for children, including a better ability to deal with distractions and faster mental processing. [1]  Bilingual reading ability is an important part of raising bilingual children; yet, for bilingual families, getting a child to start reading in both languages naturally could be a challenge. To avoid having to resort to tutoring at a later age, use the window of opportunity that parents can take advantage of to teach bilingual reading at home. This article explains the technique to use early in your child's life, and it's one that's easy, fun and free. STEPS Steps 1 Start early.  If you can, start this technique at preschool, as that's the best window of opportunity, although it's not too late to start at early school age either. Ages 6 months to four years are the optimal time for  learning a seco...

Qué hacer en este mes de San Valentin? What to do in this Valentine's month? DA UN BESITO! - Give a little kiss! ESCOGE A ALGUIEN PARA DECIR TE AMO! - Target someone to say I love you! COMPARTE UNA TAZA DE CHOCOLATE! - Share a cup of hot chocolate! DA UN ABRAZO! - Give a hug! PREPARA GALLETAS DE CORAZONES! - Make heart cookies!   REGALA TU CORAZON! - Give your heart!

Do you ever wonder how to say IF YOU ARE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT CLAP YOUR HANDS in Spanish?   Well... here is a video I recorded last year about this cute song.  The Cd I am using is form Music with Sara, who creates really fun song with lovely rhythm.   En sus marca, listos, fuera! - Ready, set, go! 

I found this website, great about immersion material that you can use at home. Check it out it is great! Calico Spanish!

COME AND SEE MY FARM - VENGAN A VER MI GRANJA Watch this video, learn to make a word "little" and sing along with Music with Sara. 

Do you know what ¡Al agua pato! means?  It means into the water, duck!  This is a common saying to use with children at bath time or anytime they are getting into the water.  You can hear a fun, traditional song based on the saying here:

Happy to have found this article to share:  In the first year of life, babies discriminate the sounds from all of the world’s languages and they become specialists in finding the words and sounds in their own native tongue. KATHY HIRSH-PASEK PROFESSOR, TEMPLE UNIVERSITY; DIRECTOR, TEMPLE UNIVERSITY INFANT LANGUAGE LABORATORY Visit this link for more details of how California State is taking advantage of the great opportunity with their children.   The Multilingual mind

I made up a tiny song about the seat belt.  We will sing it during our classes.  As soon as I have the mini video ready I will post it for you.  Until then just practice these three words: Cinturón de Seguridad! - Seat Belt!

I found a great site named Rockalingua with nice free songs and videos for you to learn and enjoy. This song is called Days of the week in Spanish!  The days of the week are seven Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday  Saturday Sunday  they are seven, are seven Open an account on youtube (If you do not have it yet) and make a playlist with Spanish videos.  Play it as often as you can, the visuals will help a lot with understanding the meaning.  Buena Suerte! - Good luck!

ITZI BITZI ARAÑA                          Itzi Bitzi araña, tejió su telaraña,                        vino la lluvia, y se la llevó, salió el sol, se secó la lluvia, y Itzi Bitzi araña, otra vez subió.         ITZI BITZI ARAÑA - KARAOKE IN SPANISH                                         Direct translation from the Spanish version Itzi Bitzy spider, made/wove his spider web, the rain came down, and took the spider away, the sun came out, and dry up all the rain, and Itzi Bitzi spider, climb up again .                                         

Very simple, read a book, listen to a song and sing it together. Write on your calendar the days of the week in Spanish, write a few word in Spanish and tape them in the kitchen or the bathroom, say: Buenos dias! instead of Good morning!, Say: Nos vemos! instead of See you later! Just a few tips... Buena suerte! = Good luck! Adios! =) FREE SPANISH MUSIC FREE SPANISH VIDEOS FREE BOOKS AT THE LIBRARY ;)  OR FREE APPS ALSO AVAILABLE ANYWHERE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TECHNOLOGY!

Fun Spanish for the older kids. Come, laugh and learn a second language. Hulafrog - Spanish Classes Ages 8-12

Do you have LITTLE BEES AT HOME ages 2 and 3 who would love to play and sing in Spanish? We will start our Spanish Play Dates Classes next Saturday January 11 @ 11:45 a.m. - Location: The Spotted Goose in Oakley - Madison Road Hulafrog - Spanish Play Dates/Classes Ages 2-3

Do you have LITTLE EXPLORERS ages 4 to 7 who would love to play and learn in a second language? We will start our Spanish Play Dates Classes next Saturday January 11 @ 12:30 p.m. - Location: The Spotted Goose in Oakley - Madison Road Hulafrog - Spanish Play Dates/Classes Ages 4-7