Archive for November, 2008
Make Paper Shoes for St. Nicholas Day: Easy Craft Download
Are you ready for St. Nicholas Day? In many European countries, December 6 is a day to celebrate one of our most beloved saints–Nicholas of Myra, a fourth century bishop from present-day Turkey. Nicholas is renowned for his generosity, good deeds, and miracles. On the eve of St. Nicholas Day, children leave their shoes out [...]
French St. Nicholas Day Lessons, Stories, Activities, and Songs
Foreign Language House is pleased to announce its first December holiday download: Saint Nicolas Day: Activities, Stories, and Songs for a French Holiday Tradition December 6 is Saint Nicholas Day, a celebration that children in France, Belgium, and other parts of Europe look forward to at the beginning of the Christmas season. I explain to [...]
Games and Toys in Spanish: Juegos y Juguetes en Espanol
It’s official. The holiday shopping season has arrived. I set my alarm for 3:45 a.m. and headed out for a few hours of power shopping this morning. I never used to be one of those crazed Black Friday shoppers, but a few years ago I got hooked on the spirit and festivity of retail in [...]
Send Free Thanksgiving eCards in French and Spanish
A hot cup of coffee, a warm blueberry muffin, and Detroit’s Thanksgiving Day parade are waiting for me, so I’ll make this quick. It’s not too late to wish someone special a Happy Thanksgiving. Why not send a free greeting in French or Spanish? 123 Greetings is the place to go! Check out: Free Thanksgiving [...]
Say Thank You in Many Languages This Thanksgiving
When I think of Thanksgiving, my mind goes to turkey and pumpkin pie, parades and football. Of course, the real reason is to give thanks to God for all that He has given us. On this special holiday, I’d like to say Thank You in as many ways and as many languages as I can. I’m [...]
ESL and EFL Thanksgiving Story and Activities
English language learners will enjoy discovering the American Thanksgiving celebration with a special Foreign Language House holiday download. You’ll find an engaging story, vocabulary games, songs, coloring pages, and basic writing activities. We’ve taken our popular “A Dinner at Plymouth Rock” story about Jane the Pilgrim, Running Strong the Native American, and Tom the Turkey, [...]
French Thanksgiving Turkey Finger Play
I started my French Thanksgiving lessons at the preschool today. It was all about turkeys–les dindes. I always get a kick out of asking a group of kids to imitate French turkeys with a glou, glou, glou. It’s just hilarious, especially with the random gobble, gobble and cock-a-doodle-doo! I wrote a finger play as part [...]
Win a Spanish CD in the Bilingual Fun Giveaway
You can win this CD! Your kids will love learning Spanish with the lively bilingual songs of Lilia Mareski. Jen at Bilingual Fun is giving away one Ms. Lily’s Spanish Sing-Along CD. Read and comment on this useful post: Easy Tips to Teach Your Kids Spanish. The giveaway has been extended to November 20. Hurry on [...]
Thanksgiving Stories, Activities, Games, and Coloring in French and Spanish
// Whew! Two weeks until Thanksgiving and our November holiday downloads are finally ready to go. At Foreign Language House, we’ve written a fun and simple holiday story about Jane the Pilgrim, Running Strong the Native American, and a turkey named Pedro (in Spanish) or Eleonore (in French.) We’ve been living and breathing Thanksgiving songs, [...]
Boca Beth’s Having a Muy Generous Giveaway! CONTEST CLOSED
Want your kids to learn Spanish? Discover Boca Beth’s fun-filled, smile-filled, musical approach to language learning. Beth makes learning Spanish feel like play. Hop on over to Boca Beth’s blog right away and enter to win the Boca Beth Gigante Bag. Si, the Gigante Bag! A $74.99 value. Muy generous, Beth! Here’s what you could [...]
