This Week in Espanol (March 21)



Estimados Padres,

This week in Spanish class we celebrated Spring by learning the Spanish word for "flower." We also learned the words for "pink" and "purple" in Spanish. We made a flower craft and I wrote a sentence on each child's paper describing the scene (The flower is pink or The Flower is purple). They got to choose which color they wanted and had to tell me in Spanish. We talked about how pink and purple rhyme in Spanish (but not in English).

The first half of class we did our usual circle time songs which today included "If You're Happy and You Know It" in Spanish as well as "El Abecedario" (Spanish ABCs.). The children's CDs will be ready in April and will come home with each child. Those will be a great tool for your child and should help him/her practice Spanish at home and also familiarize you with some of what we've been learning.

We will not have Spanish class next week as it is Spring break for most schools.

Remember that payment is due for the spring session. Please drop it off at the front office if you have not yet already. Gracias!


Focus Words:

La flor (The flower) la floor
Morado (Purple) more-ah-doe
Rosado (Pink) rose-ah-doe

Other Words Used Today:

Sol- (Sun) soul                              Some children drew a sun on their papers.
Verde- (Green) vair-day               Some children drew green grass.
Conjeo- (Rabbit) cone-eh-hoe      Our focus word from last week.

Feliz Primavera (Happy Spring)!

Senora Mellor

This Week in Espanol (March 14)

Estimados Padres,

This week in Spanish we sang "Si Tu Estas Contento" (If you're Happy and you know it) in Spanish as well as our Abcedario  (Spanish ABC) song. We also continued practicing our opposites, counting and colors. We reviewed the Spanish word for "star" from last week.

The children learned the Spanish word for rabbit and we did a counting song called "Has Visto Los Conejos" (Have you seen the rabbits?). It will be included on the CD that I send home in a few weeks.

They made a rabbit craft with Peeps. Those are always a hit :) I wrote the word "conejo" on the stick for them to remember. I told them to eat them at home after they show them to their parents.

Focus Word:

rabbit- conejo (cone-nay-hoe)

Note: CLC Darlington did not have class today due to a field trip but we will make the class up tomorrow.

Reminder that payment is now due for the Spring Session. Payment is $8 per class and there will be 9 classes counting today, so the total is $72. This will carry them through the end of the year in May.

Hasta la proxima semana!

Senora Mellor

This Week in Espanol (March 7th)

Estimados Padres,

This week in Spanish class we sang "If You're Happy and You Know It" and our Spanish ABCs. We also reviewed our opposites, "big" and "little." We also learned three new words- sun, moon and stars in Spanish. Our focus word of the three was "stars."

The children made a craft using colorful sticker stars. They had to count them as far as they could and if they counted them all I gave them more. Some students made it as far as 16 by themselves! If there was time, I also asked them which stars were big and which were little in Spanish.

Vocabulary Words:

Sun- El Sol (sole)
Moon- La Luna (loo-nah)

Focus Word:

Stars- Estrellas (es-tray-yahs)

At Home Activity:

Use our craft to ask your child about their colors in Spanish.

Advanced: Ask "Cual es rojo" (Cwal- es ro-hoe) Which is red? Practice all the colors if you know some Spanish.

Or "Cual es grande" (Cwal es granday) Which is big?

Or "Cual es pequeno?" (Cwal es pay-kane-yo) Which is little?

Please remember to place payment for our Spring session at the front office. It is due next week and is $72 for the 9 weeks.

Hasta la proxima semana! Until next week!

Senora Mellor
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