We spent some time introducing ourselves, learning to say "Me llamo..." and "Como estas?" Our main activity focused on "movement" words like salta (jump), corre (run) and gira (spin).
First I talk salta having all the kids jump with me while saying the word. Then we read "Salta Ranita Salta". The book is about a frog who's adventures are constantly requiring him to jump. Every other page has the phrase, "Salta, ranita, salta!" It was fun because I could get the children to say it with me and have some interaction. I also had to explain the phenomenon of frog hunting to some of the kids that didn't understand why the kids in the book would catch a frog. In some parts of the world, I told them, they eat frogs!Then I taught the kids the action words corre and gira. We practice by acting them out as we listened to "Josefina la Gallina", from Spanish Playground that I featured on Say It Two Ways Thursdays a few weeks ago. Chiquita LOVES this song. She loves running around like crazy and it was really fun.
Then we settled in to cut and color a fun frog craft from firstschool.com
Oh how wonderful that you were able to get Spanish for Preschoolers play group together! Sounds like a fun class, and very interactive! I just watched the YouTube video of Josefina La Gallina, no wonder your chiquita enjoys it! It had me shaking in my chair with the "♫salta, salta, corre, corre, y gira, gira...♫" :)
ReplyDeleteI had the song stuck in my head all day. Just know, if you do this with kids - I got tired! I was doing all the running, jumping, spinning, flying and by the time the song got over I really had to catch my breath to explain our craft!
DeleteHola! Thank you so much for linking at The Creative Kids Culture Blog Hop, you already know how much I love this post!
DeleteI'm sure my kids would love to chant "salta rana salta!" Thanks for sharing at The Children's Bookshelf.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great activity and Salta Ranita Salta sounds like an adorable book. My girls would love it. Thanks for linking up at The Creative Kids Culture Blog Hop!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun class! I really love making it so interactive. And how great that your daughter is learning Spanish with her friends!
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