Mi Carita
Amber Money
Spanish Weeks 6 and 7
This month we had two Spanish classes and we have been continuing to practice asking each other our names (¿Cómo te llamas?) and using the emotion words: feliz (happy), enojado (angry) and triste (sad) to express how we are feeling.
In addition, we learned the parts of the face both weeks in all of the classes.
Ojos – Eyes
Nariz – Nose
Boca – Mouth
Orejas – Ears
To reinforce the vocabulary, we have been practicing the song Mi Carita.
Mi carita redondita / My little round face
tiene ojos y nariz / has eyes and a nose
también una boca / also a mouth
para cantar y reír / for singing and laughing
con mis ojos, veo todos / with my eyes, I see all
con mi nariz, hago atchis / with my nose, I go achoo
con mi boca como, como / with my mouth, I eat and eat
palomitas de maíz / popcorn
To practice our colors we have been reading the book Cocodrilo from La cuña a la luna collection.
With the toddler classes we spent both weeks reviewing and practicing colors in Spanish and we started to learn about different animals and the sounds they make in Spanish.
Ratoncite Perez giving una moneda (coin) in exchange for el diente (tooth)
Props were printed from Mundo de Pepita
The Pre-Primary classes learned about Ratoncito Perez, a little mouse that comes to collects teeth in exchange for coins in some Spanish speaking countries including Mexico in Spain. The children enjoyed hearing the story of Javi who has a diente flojo (loose tooth) and Ratoncito Perez comes while he is asleep. The children then pretended to have lost a tooth and fell asleep while Ratoncito Perez visited them and left them with una moneda (coin). We then counted the coins together to practice our numbers in Spanish. The story was a great way to teach culture as well as introduce some new vocabulary including:
Diente – tooth
Diente flojo – loose tooth
Dormir – Sleep
Buenas noches – good night
I have really been enjoying teaching your children each week! Have a great Thanksgiving and I look forward to seeing them again the first Thursday in December.