Archive for November, 2009
Food Drive and Other Service Projects in French and Spanish
With the arrival of Thanksgiving, the holidays will officially be in full-swing! I’ve already been admiring the Christmas lights and contemplating the Black Friday sales. But it’s also a time to think of others. Consider some service projects in your French and Spanish classes over the holidays. Your students can help others while improving language [...]
Free Nativity Mini-Book in French and Spanish for Homeschoolers
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Homeschoolers, we’ve got a FREE GIFT just for you! Last year at Foreign Language House, we created adorable Christmas mini-books in both French and Spanish. The Nativity story is told in simple, present tense language, understandable to novice level learners of all ages. Each brief sentence tells a part of the Nativity story and has an [...]
Talking About Thanksgiving Foods and Preferences in French and Spanish
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November is the ideal time to teach French and Spanish learners about food. Tukey, stuffing, and pumpking pie . . . mmmmm! Get your K-6 language learners using the target language for authentic communication this Thanksgiving holiday. Find out what foods they like and what foods they don’t like through highly structured pair work/interviews.
Younger children need [...]
Handprint Turkey Printables and Finger Play in French
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I wrote a simple little turkey finger play in French for Thanksgiving last year. Check it out here on video:
Voici la dinde, dinde, dinde = Here is the turkey (hold up hand)
Elle a une tête, tête, tête = She has a head (wiggle thumb)
Et quatre plumes, plumes, plumes = And 4 feathers (wiggle 4 [...]
