Salsa Episodes are stories told in Spanish with a lot of visual input.
Try one out!
Activities:
Provide “junk” or scrap materials (toilet paper tubes, boxes, bottle caps, etc.) or legos, etc. and encourage your child to build a town with “seis” (six) and "siete” (seven) buildings. Have your child identify the buildings and label if they are "grande” big or "pequeno”small Leave the buildings out so your child can return to them throughout the next few days. Continue exploring other things that can be added to the town, such as parques=parks, carros=cars, etc. Continue with the activity as long as your child’s interest remains high.
Count in Spanish as many “seis” (six) and "siete” (seven) things you can find in your house.
Provide “junk” or scrap materials (toilet paper tubes, boxes, bottle caps, etc.) or legos, etc. and encourage your child to build a town with “seis” (six) and "siete” (seven) buildings. Have your child identify the buildings and label if they are "grande” big or "pequeno”small Leave the buildings out so your child can return to them throughout the next few days. Continue exploring other things that can be added to the town, such as parques=parks, carros=cars, etc. Continue with the activity as long as your child’s interest remains high.
Count in Spanish as many “seis” (six) and "siete” (seven) things you can find in your house.
Activities:
Working with your child, create a special grouping of his/her favorite stuffed animals. Have your child identify animals in Spanish wherever applicable (i.e., el gato for cat, el oso for bear, el perro for dog, el lobo for wolf, el chivo for goat). To extend the activity, encourage your child to suggest ways to sort the collection of animals (e.g., animals with long ears and animals that do not have long ears, animals that are brown and those that are not brown, etc.). Try sorting according to the suggested method(s). Count the animals in each sorted pile, using Spanish numbers and color words.
Teach someone in your family the word "cansado/a” = tired. Also felíz, triste, furioso/a
Estoy….(I am)
Working with your child, create a special grouping of his/her favorite stuffed animals. Have your child identify animals in Spanish wherever applicable (i.e., el gato for cat, el oso for bear, el perro for dog, el lobo for wolf, el chivo for goat). To extend the activity, encourage your child to suggest ways to sort the collection of animals (e.g., animals with long ears and animals that do not have long ears, animals that are brown and those that are not brown, etc.). Try sorting according to the suggested method(s). Count the animals in each sorted pile, using Spanish numbers and color words.
Teach someone in your family the word "cansado/a” = tired. Also felíz, triste, furioso/a
Estoy….(I am)
Activities:
Have your child brainstorm all the places that he/she has gotten or eaten “hamburguesas.” Record the responses on a piece of chart paper. Count (in Spanish) the number of places
Draw an "hamburguesa” character and write as many sentences as you can (in Spanish) describing him/her.
What's his/her name, what color it is, what ingredients the "hamburguesa”has, how old is he/she, what he/she likes, etc…
Se llama (his/her name is)
Es= is description
Está = is (emotion/location)
Tiene =he/she has
Le gusta= he/she likes
Have your child brainstorm all the places that he/she has gotten or eaten “hamburguesas.” Record the responses on a piece of chart paper. Count (in Spanish) the number of places
Draw an "hamburguesa” character and write as many sentences as you can (in Spanish) describing him/her.
What's his/her name, what color it is, what ingredients the "hamburguesa”has, how old is he/she, what he/she likes, etc…
Se llama (his/her name is)
Es= is description
Está = is (emotion/location)
Tiene =he/she has
Le gusta= he/she likes