Fun articles in the NY Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/11/nyregion/a-teenage-master-of-languages-finds-online-fellowship.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all


http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/18/opinion/sunday/the-benefits-of-bilingualism.html?scp=4&sq=bilingual&st=cse

Learning to Read with a Beach Ball & Legos

I'm stealing these awesome ideas:



From Filth Wizardry:

Amazon sells beach balls and legos.

Morning Ritual

The best language learning tools actually get used. We watch Salsa from Georgia Public Broadcasting every morning during breakfast. The episodes are 14 to 30 minutes long, entirely in Spanish, and based on familiar fairy tales.

You can find teacher support materials here.

We love Salsa!

No English Days

During Christmas vacation, we're going to try No English Days suggested by the authors of neverendingvoyage.com via FluentIn3Months.com.

Bad Mamí

The word ñandu has been on my kids' phonics chart for three years. I just learned today that it's a South American ostrich. Who knew? Not even M's Mexican Spanish teacher so maybe I shouldn't feel bad.

La araña Pirulina

J recited this poem in front of the school board last year. Solo!

La araña Pirulina
por la pared se subió,
y mi Tia Catalina
con la escoba la barrió.

Girl Scout Patches

L is a Girl Scout Daisy. Some of the fun patches are available in Spanish. Yea! Unfortunately, a couple of them are not translated well. (ie: partido instead of fiesta)

http://www.basicsclothing.com/history/heritage/culture