Spanish Update March 3, 2017
The ninos are learning one of our favorite topics – La Familia:
La mama → mom
La madre → mother
El papa → dad
El padre → father
El hermano → brother
La hermana → sister
Los hermanos → siblings
El bebe → baby
El abuelo → grandfather
La abuela → grandmother
El tio → uncle
La tia → aunt
El primo → boy cousin La prima → girl cousin
Los primos → cousins
Los tios → uncles and aunts
Los abuelos → grandparents
Los padres → the parents
One of the songs we sing and dance to (bailar) at the end of class is the “Chocolate song”:
Uno, dos, tres, CHO
Uno, dos, tres, CO
Uno, dos, tres, LA
Uno, dos, tres, TE
Chocolate, Chocolate, bate, bate, Chocolate. (bate → mix)
We’ve also been learning some basic adjectives:
Grande → big
Mediano → medium
Pequeno → small
Rubio → blonde
Bonito → pretty
Feo → ugly
Gordo → fat
Alto → tall
Delgado → thin
Flaco → skinny