Español con los Catbirds: rojo, verde y azul

¡Bienvenidos familia, amigas, y amigos! We began our clase de Español with our traditional morning greeting. The greeting included a song in Spanish followed by each of us taking a turn to say Buenos dia along with a handshake. Afterwards, it was Rowan’s turn to tell us what country we were flying to where Spanish is the spoken language. As she looked at the map that states all the Spanish speaking countries, Rowan pointed to Argentina. We then spread nuestras alas (our wings) and pretended to volar (fly) to this country en avión (on plane). Upon our return, we settled into this Spanish speaking country and gathered in a círculo.

Next, using cards that depicted each color, we reviewed the Spanish vocabulary words for three of the basic colores:   

red – rojo

green – verde

blue – azul

One way to incorporate language practice is through games as they keep the children entertained, interested, and on task. To help Los Catbirds to contextualize the vocabulary for three of the basic colors, we played an enjoyable game of the “Swatter Game.” First, using cards depicting colors we reviewed the Spanish word for red, green, and blue. Then, we placed the cards down on the ground and the Spanish word for one of the colors is called out. Our job? Well, to “swat” the correct picture that matches the word of course. Two friends played at a time then we were asked to pasalo (pass it) to the person next to us. What fun! What an amazing job Los Catbirds did.  Go ahead, try it a home.

We finished our class with our traditional song, Adios, hasta luego, and Rowan squeezing la vaca. ¡Gracias, Rowan!

¡Hasta nuestro proximo viaje! (Until our next flight.)

Paz,

Alicia