This Month in Spanish. We are following the “in other words” curriculum, which includes a CD of songs, games and movement, and some coloring activities.
We start the year reviewing our conversational greetings:
Hola-Hello Como estas? How are you? Adios-goodbye
Muy bien gracias. Very good, thank you. Y tu / Y Usted-And you?
Muy mal-Very Bad Mas o menos-so-so Fantastico-fantastic
Buenos Dias-Good morning Buenas tardes-Good afternoon Buenas noches-Good night
Como te llamas? What’s your name? me llamo_ my name is____
Cuantos anos tienes? How old are you? Tengo tres anos -I’m three years old.
I also introduce some action verbs:
Escuchar-Listen Sientense-Sit down Caminar-Walk
Vamos a cantar- Let’s sing Repita-repeat Silencio-quiet
Mirar-Look Brincar-Jump Parense-Stand up
One of the first topics we are learning is counting. Numeros
uno – one dos – two tres – three cuatro – four
cinco – five seis – six siete – seven ocho – eight
nueve – nine diez – ten
Las horas: (the hours) to reinforce counting
A la una, una, una At one, one, one Sale la luna, luna, luna Comes the moon, moon, moon
A las dos, dos, dos At two, two, two Sale el sol, sol, sol Comes the sun, sun, sun
A las tres, tres, tres At three, three, three Sale el rey, rey, rey, Comes the king, king, king
A las cuatro, cuatro, cuatro At four, four, four Sale el gato, gato, gato Comes the cat, cat, cat
A las cinco, cinco, cinco At five, five, five Doy un brinco, brinco, brinco! I jump, jump, jum!