Español con Kindergarten

¡Saludos a todas las familias, amigas, y amigos! Greetings to all families and friends! During our recent clase de Español, Jason had us fly into Cuba. Upon our return, we settled into this Spanish speaking country and gathered in a círculo and began our traditional greeting. Next, we had our first Morning Meeting all in Español. How exciting! The daily schedule was delivered in both the English and the Spanish language and the words were written on the board in both languages as well. Having to hear it and follow with the printed words reinforced our auditory learning and assisted us in recognizing written words in Spanish.

El Horario (The Schedule)

Tiempo Selecto (Choice Time)

Reunión de la Mañana (Morning Meeting)

Español (Spanish)

Merienda (Snack)

Juego al aire libre (Outdoor Play)

Talleres de Artes del Lenguaje (Language Arts Workshops)

Almuerzo (Lunch)

Juego al aire libre (Outdoor Play)

Libro de Capítulo (Chapter Book)

Tiempo de Descanso (Rest Time)

Compartimiento de Libro (Book Sharing)

Círculo de apreciación (Appreciation Circle)

Afterwards, we practiced the vocabulary words to describe the parts of a tree. To reinforce our learning, we played one of our favorite games, The Swatter Game. We placed some flashcards down on the ground and the Spanish vocabulary for a particular part of the tree was called out. Our job? Well, to “swat” the correct card of course. Two friends played at a time then we were asked to pasalo (pass it) to the next set. This is so much fun. After all the Kindergarteners had a turn, it was then their turn to do the calling while the teacher swatted the correct card. What an amazing thing to hear all the Kindergarteners speak in confidence. Ask us all about it!

Here are some other Spanish vocabulary words that the Kindergarteners are also learning, in addition to those used for greeting and for the parts of a tree...

por favor - please

levantence – stand-up

avión – airplane

montence– get on

vuela – fly

sientencen – sit

círculo – circle

muéstrame – show me

repite – repeat

tiralo – throw/toss

pásalo – pass it

 gracias – thank you

de nada – you’re welcome

 ¡Hasta nuestro proximo viaje! (Until our next flight.)

Paz,

Alicia