Foreign Language Fun

Elementary Foreign Language Recycling Lesson: Celebrate Earth Day in French, Spanish, and More

Published on April 19, 2009 by Diane in Earth Day, Foreign Language Fun, French, Lessons, Spanish, Teachers Pay Teachers

Earth Day is April 22, and I’m already cooking up an environmentally-friendly lesson for kindergarten French this week. Here’s the plan: 1. Regular warm-up. I’ll be sure to bring my calendar so that I can show my students the date of Earth Day. 2. Introduce the globe. I have a nice inflatable one that’s great

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St. Patrick’s Day Activities and Worksheets in French and Spanish

Published on March 6, 2009 by Diane in Foreign Language Fun, Foreign Language House, Holiday, Spanish, Teachers Pay Teachers

Foreign Language House has published two St. Patrick’s Day downloads for novice level French and Spanish learners. Each download includes 7 ready-to-go printables for your students. Click the following links for more information if you’re a U.S. resident: St. Patrick’s Activities in French St. Patrick’s Activities in Spanish Most of our work is available at TeachersPayTeachers, which

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French Valentine Games and Worksheets: Bingo and Tic Tac Toe

Published on February 7, 2009 by Diane in Foreign Language House, French, Holiday, Teachers Pay Teachers, Valentine's Day

Okay, I should be writing a paper for my graduate class, but instead I keep making fun, little French Valentine’s activities. Very cute, though, and I know I’ll be using these on the day before winter break with my own students. Check out these Valentine’s Day downloads from Foreign Language House. French Valentine’s

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Wintertime Activities in Spanish and French

Published on January 4, 2009 by Diane in Foreign Language Fun, Foreign Language House, French, Spanish, Teachers Pay Teachers

My family and I headed south for a vacation. An entire week with no snow. I know, I know . . . life’s rough! But I think I missed it. It was actually rather nice to pull into my driveway today and see the good ‘ol white stuff again. With the right childlike attitude, snow

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Free Peace on Earth Nativity Coloring Page in English, French, Spanish, and Italian

Published on December 21, 2008 by Diane in Coloring Pages, English/ESL/EFL, Foreign Language Fun, Foreign Language House, French, Holiday, Italian, Spanish, Teachers Pay Teachers

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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Printable Holiday Mini-Books in French, Spanish, and ESL

Published on December 17, 2008 by Diane in English/ESL/EFL, Foreign Language Fun, Foreign Language House, French, Holiday, Spanish, Teachers Pay Teachers

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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Le Premier Noel: Christmas Nativity Story in French

Published on December 11, 2008 by Diane in Foreign Language House, French, Holiday, Teachers Pay Teachers

Like most kids, my little guys can’t wait for Santa Claus to come down the chimney with lots of presents. That’s all fine and good, but I want my children to understand what Christmas is really all about. One year, Santa brought a Fisher Price Little People Christmas Story Nativitythat we put up under the “kid

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Christmas Coloring Pages in French and Spanish

Published on December 10, 2008 by Diane in Coloring Pages, Foreign Language Fun, Foreign Language House, French, Holiday, Spanish, Teachers Pay Teachers

I teach French to over 20 preschoolers twice a week at about 4:00 p.m. If you have young children, I’m sure you understand that little ones begin to get tired and lose focus at that late afternoon hour. Did I mention there are over 20 of them? I love the little dears, but I am

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Free Spanish Hanukkah Materials

Published on December 7, 2008 by Diane in Foreign Language House, Holiday, Spanish, Teachers Pay Teachers

Hola amigos Just a quick note to let the Spanish teachers out there know that we’ve just posted another FREE holiday download at TeachersPayTeachers.com Free Spanish Hanukkah Materials You get a one-page, novice level reading about Raquel, who celebrates Hanukkah with her family in Madrid. The free download comes with flash cards and comprehension questions.

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Free French Hanukkah Reading

Published on December 7, 2008 by Diane in Foreign Language House, French, Holiday, Teachers Pay Teachers

I just discovered an extremely cool site for teachers just like me. TeachersPayTeachers is a place for educators to publish and sell their original teaching units, worksheets, songs, flash cards, Power Point presentations and more. You’ll find all kinds of creative, one-of-a-kind teaching resources, including used teaching supplies. Lots of freebies, too. I’m in