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Sonrisas Elementary Spanish Blog · 1d ago

Why You Will Love the Sonrisas Bookstore

As experts in the field of children’s Spanish literature, Sonrisas has done all the hard work for you and compiled a wonderful selection of storybooks for sale in the Sonrisas Bookstore. You will love the Sonrisas Bookstore because it is specialized. We offer only authentic children’s Spanish litera
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Sonrisas Elementary Spanish Blog · 1w ago

Finding Quality Spanish Storybooks—Let Us Do the Work for You

Authentic, quality Spanish literature is one of the most important components of any Spanish class. We have written frequently in this blog about the benefits of reading in the foreign language classroom. A difficulty that exists for many teachers is finding quality Spanish storybooks. It is not eno
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Sonrisas Elementary Spanish Blog · 2W ago

Sonrisas Spanish School—The Experts in Children’s Spanish Literature

When we first began to develop Spanish curriculum for preschool and elementary students, we knew that we wanted to make literature a major component of our lessons. We always felt like if we could find a great book then we could teach a great lesson. We spent countless hours in the library sifting t
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Sonrisas Elementary Spanish Blog · 3W ago

Spanish in the Spring—De colores

With spring in the air and beautiful weather, I couldn’t bring myself to teach Spanish inside this week. After some warm-up songs and games on the playground from Sonrisas Level I, I passed out paper and pencils to each student and assigned each one a color. At the top of their pages they wrote head
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Sonrisas Elementary Spanish Blog · 2M ago

Creating Rich, Engaging Contexts for Young Language Learners

At Sonrisas Spanish Schoolwe talk a lot about creating rich, fun, and engaging contexts for children learning language. It is one of the reasons we are advocates for using authentic children’s Spanish literature which so naturally does the job of giving students a rich and engaging language-learning
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Sonrisas Elementary Spanish Blog · 3M ago

The Benefits of Early Language Learning

This is an excellent article by Kathleen M. Marcos from The ERIC Review, 6(1), 2-5. It reaffirms the importance of the work we are doing teaching preschool and elementary Spanish to young children.   Second Language Learning: Everyone Can Benefit Kathleen M. Marcos*   The 1990s have been a decade of
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Sonrisas Elementary Spanish Blog · 4M ago

Engaging the Imagination Through the Senses in Your Preschool and Elementary Spanish Class – Part 4

We continue with our series on engaging the imagination through the senses. In this post: SEE, SMELL AND TASTE. To engage the visual imaginations of your preschool and elementary Spanish students, you can use books, photographs, puppets, maps, globes, and artwork. When teaching the seasons, for exam
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Sonrisas Elementary Spanish Blog · 4M ago

Engaging the Imagination Through the Senses in Your Preschool and Elementary Spanish Class – Part 3

We continue with our series on engaging the imagination through the senses. In this post: HEAR There are many opportunities for you to activate strong audio-sensory experiences in your preschool and elementary Spanish lessons. When teaching the lesson Yo veo in Sonrisas Level I, for example, you can
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Sonrisas Elementary Spanish Blog · 5M ago

Engaging the Imagination Through the Senses in Your Preschool and Elementary Spanish Class – Part 2

We continue with our series on engaging the imagination through the senses. In this post: FEEL You can give students the experience of feeling the language in so many ways. For example, during calendar activities, when asking the question, “¿Qué tiempo hace?,” you can open the window so students can
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Sonrisas Elementary Spanish Blog · 6M ago

Engaging the Imagination Through the Senses in Your Preschool and Elementary Spanish Class—Part 1

In this series we will discuss the importance of engaging the imagination for preschool and elementary Spanish, and we will look at different ways to do this. Engaging the imagination through the senses is a methodology that can make teaching and learning preschool and elementary Spanish almost effo
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