M for manners with Dora

what are we reading this week?

I thought this book went great

with our letter M

The grumpy old troll was mean to his friend mouse

now Dora and Boots help him get his friend back

by teaching him what to say, and

learn manners along the way!

here are our manners in Spanish:

Thank You = Gracias

Your Welcome = De nada

Please = Por favor

I'm sorry = Perdoname

Hello = Hola

Enjoy!

Around the House in Spanish

This idea came to me while exchanging e-mails with Shannon from TeachingTinyTots

She was asking me when did I started teaching my daughter Spanish,

but since Spanish my first language,

I taught them from birth

So is never to early to start a second language

I offer her to help

specially now that my trip is coming

and I won't be able to do so many preschool activities with my little one

So we agreed on a few lists of things to start

Around the House

Alrededor the la casa

Sink Lavatorio

Stove Estufa

Refridgerator refrigerador

Table Mesa

Chair Silla

Couch Mueble

Computer Computadora

Fireplace Chimenea

Lamp Lampara

Bathtub Tina de Baño

Toilet Excusado

Bathroom Baño

Kitchen Cosina

Living Room Sala

Family Room Cuarto Familiar

Books Libros

Bedroom Dormitorio

Bed Cama

TV Televisor

Dresser Comoda

Closet Armario

Laundry Room Lavanderia

Washer Lavadora

Dryer Secadora

Dishwasher Lavaplatos

New material for The Mixed up Chamaleon

The Mixed Up Chamaleon Colors

this ones I made myself,

again is for the letter tiles from any scrabble game

or simply laminated so they can trace on top

It helps a lot with letter recognition

Spelling, letter sounds

and at the same time learning colors

You can also find how to say the colors in Spanish here

I'll be making letter tile mats in Spanish asap

I'm sure there will be other themes and books

that will give me the opportunity to incorporate these :)

Enjoy!

more valentines

Last but not least, this is what Jessica made at a Valentines party she had

a Valentines crown

and a pretty purse made out of paper plates

and our valentine words in spanish

love = amor

sweet = dulce

St. Valentines = San Valentin

hug = abrazo

kiss = beso

rose = rosa

candy = caramelo

flower = flor

heart = corazon

Enjoy!

And Happy Valentines day!

A simple matching game

This is just a simple matching game that we did last night

another way to use stickers and/or old workbooks

this one is just matching colors

and the bottom one was to match the shapes

I really don't remember where I got the stickers but this activity

is easily achieved by cutting old magazines and gluing the object

next to the colored shape

After that, we are cutting them individually

to be able to play a color matching game

and of course teaching her the colors in spanish...

blue = azul

red = rojo

yellow = amarillo

green = verde

purple = morado

brown = marron

black = negro

white = blanco

orange = anaranjado

if you think of any color that I didn't put here, please let me know I'll added to my list.

Enjoy!

Wow! How can I forget

pink = rosado

that's my last name lol

Clemencia Rosado

amazing I forgot that!!! lol thanks

Numbers and spanish

Lately, we have been doing

numbers, numbers, numbers

We took this cut and paste snowflake worksheet from childcareland (note: this changes daily), and gave it a twist, instead of cutting and pasting we played with playdoh dots. she put as many dots of playdoh as the worksheet has it drawn, and then we cut it and place it in the correct place (not done in the picture yet) as you can see lol

Besides that, I've been teaching my daughter more Spanish than usual, I take every sentence and say it in Spanish first, then in English, for example, I tell her

Lavate las manos por favor, and then I say Wash your hands please...

Also we have been counting in Spanish to 10.