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!
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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 at http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1138317
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 Bingo
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 History of Chocolate for Spanish I Students: Spanish I students in grades 7 to 12 [...]
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
And secondary students will enjoy [...]
