¡Bienvenidos familia, amigas, y amigos!
During la clase de Español, it was Radha’s
turn to choose our destination to a Spanish speaking country. After our
traditional morning greeting, she suggested we head to Argentina.
buenos dia – good
day
¿Cómo estás? - How are you?
¡Muy bien, gracias!
- Very well, thank you!
dónde – where
vamos – going
hoy - today
por favor - please
levantence - stand-up
carro - car
bote - boat
bicicleta - bicycle
tren – train
avión– airplane
alas – wings
vuela– fly
sientencen - sit
círculo - circle
muéstrame - show me
Once we arrived
and gathered in a círculo, we each
took a turn at tossing a big die that represented a different number on each of
its six sides. Once we tossed it, we were encouraged to say the Spanish word
that described the number it landed on. Although it was a bit challenging for
some friends to remember the Spanish vocabulary for the number it landed on,
they knew exactly what to do to figure it out; count the happy face stickers,
one-by-one.
vocabulary words:
qué - what
múmero – number
es – is
cuenta – count
uno – one
dos – two
tres – three
cuatro – four
cinco – five
seis - six
pasalo – pass it
To
reinforce our learning of the Spanish vocabulary for some forms of
transportation, we read Nuestro Autobús
(The Bus for Us) by Suzanne Bloom. Through simple text and animated
illustrations, the story introduced us to a variety of vehicles as Tess, a
character in the story, waited at the bus stop for the school bus, el autobús.
vocabulary:
¿Es
éste nuestro autobus, Gus? – Is this the bus for us, Gus
grúa
–
tow truck
camión
de bomberos – fire truck
camión
de helados – ice cream truck
camión
de basura – garbage truck
excavadora
– backhoe
autobús
-
bus
What’s
one exciting way to help learners learn? Songs and rhymes of course! So, after
the read aloud, we practiced singing “The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round”
in Español. What fun! With a little
help from our (puppet) friend Perrito
(Doggie), we sang the first verse in both English and Spanish. Wow! We can’t
wait until our next class to learn some of the other verses.
Las
Ruedas del Autobús
Las
ruedas (wheels) del autobús
Van
dando vueltas, dando vueltas, dando vueltas,
Las
ruedas del autobús
Van
dando vueltas por la ciudad.
Music
has such power and meaning that go beyond words. It promotes growth in various
developmental domains from cognitive to physical development. Los Cardenales truly enjoyed this
interactive song as they sang and used corresponding hand gestures. What a
wonderful way to support their development of small muscles!
We finished our class with our
traditional song, Adios, hasta luego,
and Radha squeezing la vaca. ¡Gracias, Radha!
¡Hasta nuestro
proximo viaje!
Paz,
Alicia
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