Los Números: 1-20

¡Bienvenidos familia, amigas, y amigos! During our recent clase de Español, it was Neil’s turn to choose our destination to a Spanish speaking country. After our traditional morning greeting in Spanish, he had us go to Cuba en avión. Upon our return, we settled into this Spanish speaking country and gathered in a círculo.

During their Morning Meetings, the Kindergarteners have been practicing saying the numbers in Spanish as they add days to their 100 School Day chart. Therefore, I decided to focus this class on reviewing numbers 1 through 20. One way to incorporate language practice is through games as they keep the children entertained, interested, and on task. To help the Kindergarteners to contextualize the vocabulary for numbers, we played an enjoyable game of Bingo.  As I drew a random number card, I called out the number so that each Kindergartener would hear the number. I encouraged them to listen for the number and look for that number on their card. Then, I would hold the number card up so that they could match the sound to its corresponding symbol.  What fun we had! Go ahead. Give us a try! Choose a random number from 1 to 20 and ask us how to say it in Spanish.

Los Números:

one - uno

two – dos

three – tres

four – cuatro

five - cinco

six – seis

seven – siete

eight – ocho

nine – nueve

ten – diez

eleven – once

twelve – doce

thirteen – trece

fourteen – catorce

fifteen – quince

sixteen – dieciséis

seventeen – diecisiete’

eighteen – dieciocho

nineteen – diecinueve

twenty - veinte

We finished our class with our traditional ¡Adios. Hasta luego! song and Neil squeezing la vaca. ¡Gracias, Neil!

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

Paz,

Alicia