Monday, January 16, 2012

Polar bear, how many fish can you eat?

Little children benefit from bilingual education. By using the new language daily along with their native language, they learn vocabulary and the use of these words in everyday situations.
Write the corresponding word in each of the two languages on the image. This will help your children see the connection between the image and the words. For items you have around home, make labels in each language and paste them to the object. In addition, encourage your children to read and listen to books in both languages. I try to find reading material that has words in each language in the same book.
This is one activity we made after reading Polar bear

(I cannot say I am a "crafty girl". I am just a teacher-aunt that want to make her niece have a bit of fun while learning. That's why I came up with this idea.)

Are you wondering what animal is this?
Yes! A polar bear eating his lunch!







You need a box, white and black paper, colourful cardboard, glue and a lot of imagination. You need to draw and make fish from different colours.  You also need a dice or a spinner. Let your kids roll the dice (or spin the spinner) and feed the polar bear with his favourite meal...fresh fish! Invite children to say the number in the new language as well as to count in Spanish.


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8 comments:

  1. Cute! I think I may have to make this for Rebecca.

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  2. Great Teena! I bet yours will look better! :)

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  3. So neat.. love this learning activity :) Thanks so much for sharing this with us at Sharing Saturday. Looking forward to seeing more of your posts.

    ~MiaB
    www.mamamiasheart2heart.com

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  4. This is super cute! Having bilingual resources for my kids is super important to me - I grew up in Spain and it is sometime challenging for me to thing to chat & read books to them in Spanish. Thanks! I am your newest follower! I'd love for you to come follow me back, if you want to =-) I also wanted to invite you to link up at TGIF kid oriented Linky Party - http://livinglifeintentionally.blogspot.com/search/label/Linkey%20Parties - I know my readers would love it too!
    Beth =-)

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  5. Hi Beth,thanks for join me! I am also your follower and I really love your ideas!
    I will join your linky party. I write a bilingual post for abcand123blog as well as for Heart of the Matter. I have a bunch of freebies under the Spanish tag.
    thanks so much for your comment
    Ana

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  6. This is so cute...it looks like it would be easy to adapt for different ages/skills too!

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