Valentine’s Day

Skidamarink in French: Pre-K Valentine Song

I decided to translate the ever-popular “Skidamarink” into French for Valentine’s Day.  I just taught it to my four year-old today.  We do a little dance to “Skidamarink” and big TPR hand gestures to go with the verses.  Click here for a FREE printable song sheet. Listen & enjoy . . . c’est amusant! Powered [...]

Teach Colors in French, Spanish, ESL: Fishing for Hearts

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 [...]

Spanish Valentine’s Day Activities, Games, and Worksheets

Foreign Language House is pleased to announce several new Valentine’s Day downloads for beginning Spanish learners: Spanish Valentine Tic Tac Toe & Other Activities Spanish Valentine Bingo & Other Activities Spanish Valentine’s Graphing Activities Spanish Valentine Hearts Spanish Valentine Math Chocolate’s History for Spanish Grades 8-12 Feliz dia de San Valentin Image Credit:  by jmjvicente [...]

French Valentine Games and Worksheets: Bingo and Tic Tac Toe

  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 [...]

How to Say Chocolate in Fourteen Languages for Valentine’s Day

In honor of Valentine’s Day–February 14–let’s learn fourteen ways to say that magical word:  CHOCOLATE! French:  chocolat Spanish:  chocolate Italian:  cioccolato German:  Schokolade Dutch:  chocolade Portuguese:  chocolate Esperanto:  cokolado Danish:  chokolade Polish:  czekolada Swedish:  choklad Indonesian:  coklat Maltese:  cikkulata Norwegian:  sjokolad Finnish:  suklaa Be sure to check out a unique download for Spanish Learners:  The [...]

Elementary French FLES Worksheets for Valentine’s Day

Foreign Language House has just published a few new Valentine’s Day worksheets for K-5 FLES French students.  Use language to reinforce academic concepts such as estimating, counting, addition, sizes, colors, sorting, and graphing.   Graphing Valentine Conversation Hearts in French French Valentine Math Worksheet:  1-10 French Valentine Hearts:  Sizes, Counting, Coloring French Valentine Coloring Pages [...]