This Valentine’s Day, teach kids colors in French, Spanish, and English by fishing for hearts. This is a favorite pre-k activity, but it can be adapted for older kids, too. First, you’ll need some colored paper hearts. Click hearts for a free pdf. Make a few copies, cut, and laminate. Place a paper clip on
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I’d like to thank la profesora Sarita at Mis Musicuentos for introducing me to what she calls “technology heaven.” It’s actually a site called xtranormal.com where you can type in text and create a movie. It is so fun and easy. You choose characters, sets, background noise, soundtrack, actions, and expressions. The automated voices read
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I’ve recently become a fan of the award-winning Little Pim language learning dvd’s for children. They are cute, eye-catching, and age-appropriate for the littlest language learners. The short segments are just right for holding my 4 year old’s attention. He repeated some words in Spanish with no prompting, and then he asked to watch the dvd
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Ta-da! Presenting . . . our very first Foreign Language House book– Middle School Madness: Cooking up Foreign Language Games. It contains over 50 fun and easy to use language learning games that are effective for French, Spanish, German, Chinese, ESL, and more. My amiga, Catherine, and I have been busy preparing workshops that
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Use a yummy ice cream theme to teach preschoolers how to count from 1-10 in a new language. Prepare a felt ice cream cone and ten variously colored (“flavored”) scoops. During the lesson, continually review and add on new numbers as the ice cream cone gets bigger and bigger and bigger. After the felt board
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February 2 is Candlemas. We are officially half-way through winter. (Will we make it to the end???) I’ve collected some Youtube videos to highlight some of the festivities on this date around the world. In North America, it’s Groundhog Day. While there are celebrity rodents all over the U.S. and Canada, the most famous has
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Foreign Language House has another free holiday gift for you–a nativity scene printable in four languages. Kids will love coloring the adorable picture of Mary, Joseph, and Baby Jesus as they discover different ways to say Peace on Earth: French: Paix sur la terre Spanish: Paz en el mundo Italian: Pace sulla terra Click here
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Want to wish people around the world a Merry Christmas? Give these languages a try: French: Joyeux Noël Spanish: Feliz Navidad German: Frohe Weihnachten Italian: Buon Natale Kids can color a festive Merry Christmas sign in five languages. Just click the link to get your FREE coloring page, compliments of Foreign Language House. Coloring Page:
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I love making mini-books with my students. Today, my high schoolers were completely engaged as they wrote original mini-books about “A Letter to Santa.” It’s really a bit deceiving. To an outside observer, my teenagers were having way too much fun playing with construction paper and markers. But they were actually using higher-order thinking skills
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In our newest Foreign Language House downloads, kids will count and color their way through a child’s Hanukkah celebration. Introduce your children or students to menorahs, dreidels, and special holiday foods with this simple Hanukkah story. Just print the half-pages, color, and staple. You’ll create your own 8- or 18-page story book. (The longer version is
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