¡Bienvenidos familia, amigas, y amigos!
During la clase de Español, it was Audrey’s
turn to choose our destination to a Spanish speaking country. After singing our
morning greeting song, ¡Buenos día
amigos!, Audrey suggested we head to Bolivia. Upon our arrival to this Spanish speaking
country, we gathered in a círculo and
began our Spanish language experience.
During our clase, we practiced words for greetings.
My aim was for the children to demonstrate an understanding of Spanish words used
when greeting someone as well as common and polite gestures such as a hand
shake or a wave. The phrases we practiced were as follows:
¿Cómo estás? - How
are you?
¡Muy bien, gracias!
- Very well, thank you!
¡Asi, asi! - So,so
No muy bien, gracias.
- Not very well, thank you
¡Hasta luego! - See
you later!
¡Adiós! - Good-bye!
To highlight these
expressions, we sang the following to the tune of “Are you Sleeping”:
Buenos días, Buenos días
¿Cómo estás?, ¿Cómo estás?
¡Yo muy bien gracias! ¡Yo
muy bien gracias!
¿Y tú? ¿Y tú?
Puppets entertain
and fascinate children, which enhances the learning experience. Sensory, audio and
visual learners can all enjoy playing with them while improving their skills. For that
reason, from time to time there will be “special friends” that will visit us
during our clase de Español. On this
day, to enhance the Cardenales interest and engagement, Luis stopped in and joined us.
He went around and asked in Spanish how
we were doing. He asked each Cardenal, Cómo
te llamas (What is your name?) and the Cardenales were encouraged to respond
with, Me llamo ______ (My name is .....). Once the children gave their names, Luis would ask them, ¿Cómo estás?
So, go ahead and
give it a try! Practice at home with your child and/or children how to greet
one another in Español.
We finished our
class with our traditional song, Adios,
hasta luego, and Audrey squeezing la vaca. ¡Gracias, Audrey!
¡Hasta nuestro proximo viaje! (Until our
next voyage!)
Paz,
Alicia
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