Archive for May, 2009
Three Wishes: Tres Deseos
Whatever language you speak, this TV ad will make you cry. May all your wishes come true! Feliz Día de la Madre! Happy Mother’s Day!
French Mother’s Day Poems
I love using poetry with my students, and I have a favorite French Mother’s Day poem to share with you today. I hope you find it as charming as I do: Des milliers d’étoiles dans le ciel – Millions of stars in the sky Des milliers d’oiseaux dans les arbres – Millions of birds in [...]
Best Mom in the World: How to Say Mother in a Dozen Languages
This Mother’s Day, let Mom know she’s the best in the world! Learn how to say Mother in these twelve world languages: Moeder, Moer (Dutch) Mère, Maman (French) Mutter (German) Màna (Greek) Ma, Maji (Hindi) Anya (Hungarian) Madre, Mamma (Italian) Okaasan, Haha (Japanese) Matka, Mama (Polish) Mat’ (Russian) Madre, Mamá (Spanish) Mati (Ukranian) Please post [...]
Cinco de Mayo is NOT Mexico’s Independence Day . . .
. . . it’s the day all my French students whine, “How come WE can’t have a fiesta?” Ah oui, they forget about all those crepes and fixate on the delicious smells wafting in from the Spanish class next door. Every year I must explain that WE can’t have a fiesta, because WE (the French) [...]
Foreign Language Hand Washing Lesson for Early Elementary
When I sit down to plan my weekly French lesson in my son’s kindergarten class, I always begin by checking in with his teacher to see what themes, concepts, and skills I can reinforce. This past week the kids have been learning ways to take care of themselves: safety, brushing teeth, visiting doctors, washing hands [...]
Flip Video Cameras for Foreign Language Classes: On Sale!
Flip Video Ultra Series Camcorder, 30-Minutes (White) I have wanted a Flip Video camera ever since I first saw them featured on an episode of Oprah over a year ago. The humungous camera I had was such a pain to use, I sadly missed video footage of both my kids’ baby and toddler years. [...]
Bilingual Picture Book Giveaway at SpanglishBaby.com: CONTEST CLOSED
April 30 is El Día de los Niños/El Día de los Libros, a celebration of children, books, languages, and cultures. In honor of this event, you can win Book Fiesta, a beautiful bilingual picture book autographed by the author, Pat Mora. Just follow this link to SpanglishBaby.com to enter and learn more about Pat Mora and this unique fiesta. Contest [...]
Wash Your Hands Songs in French
I’m working on a French lesson about washing your hands for my kindergarten lesson tomorrow morning. I’ll post more specifics after I try it out, but I just made up a cute song. I’m publishing it now so I don’t forget: (Tune of “London Bridge”) Je me lave les mains . . . c’est bon, [...]
