HOTM-Teachable moments in Spanish- Winter fest!

When children begin learning a second language at birth, they have the capacity to learn them without getting confused — because, as the brain develops, so does the ability to separate one language from another.

Why learning a second language? There are many reasons but I think that in such a global environment now, you never know what you might need. Will a second language interfere your children’s English ability? Studies have shown ,and experience has supported, that learning another language enhances a child's English ability. Children can learn much about English by learning the structure of other languages. Everyday vocabulary also helps children learn the meaning of new words in English.

This time we will learn 3 new colors: gray, black and white in Spanish

My goals for this lesson:

• To introduce new colors gray, black and white in Spanish
• To sort colors in a mat
• To relate colors in their oral and written form

I introduce Tacky, the penguin puppet and told my kids lot of funny things about him. It seems to be a very funny penguin. He is very friendly, too. He loves playing with snow and swimming in the cold sea.. And guess what? He is also learning Spanish!

Tacky told us he learned 3 new colors in Spanish:

Gris / Gray*

Negro / Black

Blanco / White

We played “Tacky says”- our version of Simon says- and we had to look for gray, black and white things around us. If we found something of that color, we named it in Spanish. We gathered some of the objects and then sorted them by color. We also brainstormed more things white, black and gray.

*Note the British spelling of Grey

To practice and consolidate the new colors I made this filefolder for you.

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