IATeachingMom Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 I'm looking for a spanish curriculum for my prek and k LOs. I actually studied spanish so it does not need to be hands off for the parent part at all (unlike most situations), I'm actually looking for the structure/lesson plans and resources/books for the most part. I need so etching to keep me on track from when they get frustrated "when I talk like that"....I switch back to English pretty quick! I'm thinking a curric would keep me more accountable. I hope. I've heard of: Little Pim La Clase Divertida Salsa Spanish Others?! Anyone have experience with any of these? Just checking spanish kids books out from the library is not getting us far. Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homeschoolmom3 Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 How about Muzzy? That would be great for that age and fun...my son is learning German with it. Classical Academic Press has just come out with: Song School Spanish. We have used the Latin version and then after that they have Spanish for Children for later in the elementary years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IATeachingMom Posted February 18, 2015 Author Share Posted February 18, 2015 I didn't even think to look for any of those! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homeschoolmom3 Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Sure. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punchie Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 I tried La Clase Divertida with my oldest when she was in kindergarten. We ended up stopping about halfway through and switched to Song School Spanish. LCD - DD had decent retention with it, but the lessons felt somewhat disjointed (so she new a lot of random bits, but not anything really cohesive). The workbook was also geared towards older kids. SSS - Very simple, catchy songs, starts with basic words/conversations. We still sing some of the songs. The worksheets are simple. I'm going to start it with DD #2 this summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakpak Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 My DD loved the WhistleFritz DVDs. Still wants to watch them every once in awhile. The Little Pim ones are free if you have Amazon Prime. We just had a TON of books around which I read at least one a day to her. It took awhile to get into the Salsa videos, but my DD loves them now. I think at first I didn't like the quality, but after I got over it I realized they were a good intro level. Playing games in Spanish is great. Matching or bingo. Some good resources can be found at: http://spanglishbaby.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerileanne99 Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 We used DVDs such as Whistlefritz, Little Pim, and Dino Lingo for the most part. I would also allow episodes of cartoons we normally wouldn't watch if they were in Spanish. A couple of other things we found very useful: learning nursery rhymes and finger plays she already knew in Spanish (and other languages), dual language books where the words are on the top half of the page in English/bottom half in Spanish, and one of our favorites: the Scholastic Storybook collections. If you haven't seen these, they are a set of DVDs with classic children's lit. The story is read aloud whilst showing the pages of the book, and there is an option for subtitles so the kids can follow the words. They are fantastic regardless, but one day I realized they have a Spanish play option...so we could do the same beloved stories whilst hearing proper Spanish pronunciation. A really great (free if you have a decent library nearby!) resource. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsWeasley Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 We are doing Song School Spanish for my five year old, as well as watching Muzzy and Little Pim. They go to Spanish story time at the library twice a month, and I read very simple picture books to him regularly in Spanish (I'm not fluent, so I'm talking really, really easy books). We also listen to a lot of music in Spanish, including songs in Spanish by Dan Zanes, Moona Luna, and Lucky Diaz and the Family Band. We have Rosetta Stone Spanish in the house that my eight year old and I use, but he finds that too frustrating right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwilk Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 We listen to lots of Spanish kid music too. We have a Rhapsody subscription for all the Spanish language music, as well as some fun English language kid songs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EndOfOrdinary Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Salsa is idea for those ages. My fifth grader still loves it. Twenty minute shows, full immersion, with happy muppet characters and repeated common vocabulary. Extremely expressive and fun characters. We used it as a lead in to Plaza Sesamo (Sesame Street in Spanish). Ds still watches one every morning eve though he openly admits he just enjoys it and is no longer really directly learning from it anymore. Plaza Sesamo is a bit dense and fast paced for non native speakers who are that young, but it is free on YouTube. Salsa is geared toward non native speakers being able to pick up on the content. No lesson plans, but incremental instruction. When Ds was younger we would get three Spanish board books or children's books from the library each week on our visits. I would read one Spanish book each time we sat down to read any English books. Again, not a lesson plan, but deliberate. If I did not make a point of it, then I would forget to read them. We were always reading books so this helped me do it. I developed easy games to like "De que color es?" And he would get to say the color in Spanish and then ask me. "Que forma tiene?" Was the same. "Yo Puedo ______!" with me filling in the Spanish verb and then pantomiming rather obnoxiously. I'd turn and say "y tu?" Then Ds would say "yo puedo tambien!" And do his own obnoxious pantomime. These simple games made him SO HAPPY. We did one on what animals say as well, involving ridiculous noises. I cannot remember the specifics of that one. Hide and seek involved counting in Spanish and saying "Donde esta mi hijo?" And a lot of "aqui" with overdramatic looking and giggling from obvious places. It fulfilled the need for him to feel like he was included in the speaking and not just being talked too. It also made the idea of learning Spanish really fun and not just something Mom wanted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 We listen to lots of Spanish kid music too. We have a Rhapsody subscription for all the Spanish language music, as well as some fun English language kid songs. You can download some free Spanish traditional kid songs here: http://www.scholastic.com/lapinata http://www.scholastic.com/cantabalarana I bought the books with cds from the Scholastic book club. It has the lyrics in Spanish, English translation, and a little history on each song. Sorry, no suggestions on curriculum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seastar Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 I am using SALSA and the Little Reader Spanish curriculum with my 2 and 5 year old. I have a few picture books in Spanish but I need to build our collection as there are only a handful in our local library. I am also learning Spanish myself using DuoLingo and Michel Thomas - this has made a big impact on my 5 year old and she is now very motivated to learn Spanish. Kerileanne - is this the Scholatic DVD set: http://www.amazon.com/Scholastic-Storybook-Treasures-Treasury-Packaging/dp/B002PTBSE6Do all of the stories have the Spanish option? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Kerileanne - is this the Scholatic DVD set: http://www.amazon.com/Scholastic-Storybook-Treasures-Treasury-Packaging/dp/B002PTBSE6Do all of the stories have the Spanish option? According to the reviews, it looks like only 10 of the stories have a Spanish option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seastar Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 That's what I was thinking from the reviews Renai, thanks for checking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullseye Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Bookbox.com has free children's stories narrated and subtitled in Spanish and other languages. Some of their stuff is on YouTube also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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