Kinder Lessons

Kinder Lessons

Note: For Kinder, a simpler colors poster than the one of Risas y Sonrisas can be used. We found that her poster was too busy and didn’t allow the children to focus just on the color and color name.

Lesson One:

Materials: Extras: soft ball or stuffed animal or bean bag

Greeting: Buenos días/tardes clase.

Lesson:

1) Write on the board Hola and Soy and introduce yourself. Ask/explain what “Soy” and “Hola” mean.

2) Discuss the importance of Learning Spanish. Let the students give their input before you do.

3) Give positive class expectations. We will learn Spanish with games, songs and acting.

Explain why it’s important to sing. We learn faster when we use different parts of our brain to learn.

4) Introduce…

Phrase: ¿Cómo te llamas? Me llamo. ./Se llama.. Write phrases on white board

Activity: Throw a ball/stuffed animal/bean bag to a student and ask him/her “¿Cómo te llamas?”. Have the student respond “Me llamo ___”. Then have the class say “Se llama ___”. Have the student throw back the “ball” and repeat. Randomly throw the ball back to a student who has already introduced himself/herself and ask the class “¿Cómo se llama [el/ella]?”. Continue until each child has had a turn to introduce himself/herself.

Extra Time:

5) Try to get a feel for how many students have been exposed to Spanish and what they know. Ask them what they enjoyed from previous Spanish classes.

6) Colores. Introduce colors using color poster and color song. Say each color and let students repeat.

Play Los Colores song #5 and teach the song to the class. Have them sing with CD 1-2 times.

Goodbye: Nos vemos la próxima clase. ¡Adiós amigos!

Lesson Two:
Materials: Posters: Colors, Numbers

Songs: Colors, Alphabet, Numbers

Extras: “ball”, activity materials and/or story book

Greeting: Buenos días/tardes clase.

Review: Throw ball to each student and ask ¿Cómo te llamas? Have them respond: Me llamo ___. Then have the entire class say;./Se llama___.

Lesson:

1) El Alfabeto. Introduce the alphabet generally discussing that is is very similar to the English alphabet.

Play El Alfabeto song #1 and teach the song to the class. Have them sing with CD.

2) Colores. Introduce colors using color poster and color song. Say each color and let students repeat.

Play Los Colores song #5 and teach the song to the class. Have them sing with CD 1-2 times.

3) Los Números 0-10. Introduce the numbers with the numbers poster 0-10.

Say each number and let students repeat. (Note: If children know more than from 0-10, keep counting to 20)

Play Los Numeros song #3 and teach the song to the class. Have them sing with CD.

Activity(Pick One):

Worksheet (such as):

1. Reproducible Color Book

2. Color rainbow

Reading (such as):

1. The Hungry Caterpillar

2. Un Beso En Mi Mano

3. Spot Va a la Escuela

Game (such as):

1. Colorines

2. Color Bingo

3. Color Matmoscosas

4. Snake Game

Goodbye: Nos vemos la próxima clase. ¡Adiós amigos!

Lesson Three:
Materials: Posters: Colors, Numbers

Songs: Colors, Alphabet, Numbers, Saludo

Extras: “ball”, colorines or color cards, activity materials and/or story book

Greeting: Saludos song. Buenos días/tardes clase. ¿Estan listos para empezar? Teach them si/no. (Have students respond sí/no)

Review:

1) Throw ball to each student and ask ¿Cómo te llamas? Have them respond: Me llamo ___. Then have the entire class say;./Se llama___.

2) El Alfabeto. Play El Alfabeto song #1 and teach the song to the class. Have them sing with CD.

3) Los Números 0-10. Say each number and let students repeat. (Note: If children know more than from 0-10, keep counting to 20) Play Los Numeros song #3 and have them sing with CD.

4) Los Colores. Say each color and let students repeat. Play Los Colores song #5 and teach the song to the class.

Lesson:

Phrase: Introduce ¿Cuál es tu color favorito? Mi color favorito es ____. Using the “ball” randomly, pick a student to answer the question.

Activity: put stack of colorines in front of you. Show class one colorin and ask the students “who is wearing ____”/ “¿Quién trae puesto color ____?” Have the students raise their hand if they are wearing that color and say “Yo”. Repeat for every color.

Extra Time (Pick One):

Worksheet (such as):

1. A Crayon writing/coloring sheet

2. A Numbers writing/coloring sheet

Reading (such as):

1. The Numbers book

2. Tiempo de Calabazas

Game (such as):

1. Colorines

2. Around the World

Goodbye: Nos vemos la próxima clase. ¡Adiós amigos!

Halloween Lesson:
Materials: Posters: Colors, Numbers

Songs: Colors, Numbers, Body Parts 1, Saludos

Extras: paper for monstruo

Greeting: Saludos song. Buenos días/tardes clase. ¿Estan listos para empezar? (Have students respond sí/no)

Review:

1) Los Números 0-10. Say each number and let students repeat. (Note: If children know more than from 0-10, keep counting to 20) Play Los Numeros song #3 and have them sing with CD.

2) Los Colores. Using the poster, say each color and let students repeat. Play Los Colores song #5 and teach the song to the class.

Lesson:

El Cuerpo I. Introduce El Cuerpo I using the Body poster. Say each body part and have class repeat. Play El Cuerpo I song #8 and teach to class with movements. Have class sing with CD.

Activity (At least 15 minutes needed):

El monstruo! Give each child a piece of paper and have them get out crayons/markers. Call out a body part for them to draw and color (such as “Tres brazos azules” and then say it in English) until you have created a monster using as many body parts as possible. For older classes, write name of body part on white board and have them label body parts. Have the students personalize their monstruo by adding more body parts of their choice. As the children are working at their desks, call individual students to come help with a class monster. Have each child help with a body part(s). Share the final monster with the class. Count the body parts and identify their colors as a class. If time permits, allow some student volunteers to share their monster. Have the students keep their monstruo in their Spanish folders to continue to color and/or share in future classes.

Goodbye: Nos vemos la próxima clase. ¡Feliz Halloween!

Lesson Four:
Materials: Posters: Colors, Numbers

Songs: Colors, Alphabet, Numbers, Saludos, Buen Día

Extras: “ball”

Greeting: Saludos song. Buenos días/tardes clase. ¿Estan listos para empezar? (Have students respond sí/no)

Review:

1) Throw the “ball” to a random student and ask ¿Cómo te llamas? Have him/her respond: Me llamo __________. Next, ask him/her ¿Cuál es tu color favorito? And have him/her respond “Mi color favorito es ____”. Now turn to the person next to him/her and ask “¿y tú… cuál es tu color favorito?” Ask students what the meaning of mi, y, tú, es, and favorito are.

2) El Alfabeto. Play El Alfabeto song #1 and have them sing with CD.

3) Los Números 0-10. Say each number and let students repeat. (Note: If children know more than from 0-10, keep counting to 20) Play Los Numeros song #3 and have them sing with CD.

4) Los Colores. Say each color and let students repeat. Play Los Colores song #5.

Lesson:

Introduce “¿Te gusta?” (”Do you like?”) and “me gusta”/”no me gusta” to the class. Throw the ball to a random student and ask: ¿Te gusta el color...? Sí, /No, no me gusta el color... . Repeat. Try to get each child to answer. At the end of the lesson, remind the students of the meaning of te, me, and gusta.

Extra Time:

Play “I Spy” game pg#41 using Spanish color names to describe the object.

Goodbye: Buen Día song. Nos vemos la próxima clase. ¡Adiós amigos!

Lesson Five:
Materials: Posters: Colors, Numbers

Songs: Colors, Alphabet, Numbers, Saludos, Buen Día

Extras: “ball”, colorines and paper bags for each child

Greeting: Saludos song. Buenos días/tardes clase. ¿Estan listos para empezar? (Have students respond sí/no)

Review:

2) El Alfabeto. Play El Alfabeto song #1 and have them sing with CD.

3) Los Números 0-10. Say each number and let students repeat. (Note: If children know more than from 0-10, keep counting to 20) Play Los Numeros song #3 and have them sing with CD.

4) Los Colores. Point to and say a color on the chart (or hold up a colorin/color card). Throw the ball to a random student and ask: ¿Te gusta el color...? Sí, /No, no me gusta el color... . Pick a different color and student and repeat. Remind the students of the meaning of te, me, and gusta. Play Los Colores song #5.

Lesson:

Secret color game: Give each child a set of colorines in a paper bag. Select a color for the children to find but don’t show them the colorin. Just say the color name in Spanish. Ask them to peek into their bag and find the colorin of that color. Have them reach in their bag and grab the colorin but not pull it out until everyone is ready (holding their colorin inside the bag). Once everyone is ready, have them pull out the colorin. Show the class your colorin and ask them to make sure they are holding the same one. Have them put the colorin back in the bag. Repeat until you get through all colors. This should give you a quick visual of how many children know their colors.

Extra Time:

Play the Body 1 song with movements.

Goodbye: Buen Día song. Nos vemos la próxima clase. ¡Adiós amigos!

Lesson Six:
Materials: Posters: Colors, Numbers

Songs: Colors, Alphabet, Numbers, Saludos, Buen Día

Extras: “ball”, number cards and paper bags for each child

Greeting: Saludos song. Buenos días/tardes clase. ¿Estan listos para empezar? (Have students respond sí/no)

Review:

2) El Alfabeto. Play El Alfabeto song #1 and have them sing with CD.

3) Los Números 0-10. Say each number and let students repeat. (Note: If children know more than from 0-10, keep counting to 20) Play Los Numeros song #3 and have them sing with CD.

Lesson:

Secret number game: Give each child a set of number cards (0-10) in a paper bag. Select a number for the children to find but don’t show them the number card. Just say the number name in Spanish. Ask them to peek into their bag and find the card with that number. Have them reach in their bag and grab the number but not pull it out until everyone is ready (holding their number card inside the bag). Once everyone is ready, have them pull out the number. Show the class your card and ask them to make sure they are holding the same number. Have the students put the number back in the bag. Repeat until you get through all 11 numbers. This should give you a quick visual of how many children know their numbers.

Extra Time:

Play the Body 1 song with movements.

Goodbye: Buen Día song + Nos vemos la próxima clase. ¡Adiós amigos!

Thanksgiving Lesson:
Materials: Posters: Colors, Numbers, Family

Songs: Colors, Numbers, The Family, Saludos

Extras: ColorByNumberTurkey Activity Sheet (colorbynumber_turkey_spanish.pdf)

Greeting: Saludos song. Buenos días/tardes clase. ¿Estan listos para empezar? (Have students respond sí/no)

Review:

1) Los Números 0-10. Say each number and let students repeat. (Note: If children know more than from 0-10, keep counting to 20) Play Los Numeros song #3 and have them sing with CD.

2) Los Colores. Using the poster, say each color and let students repeat. Play Los Colores song #5 and ask the class to sing along.

Lesson:

El Día de Acción de Gracias: Explain that Thanksgiving day translates to el día de acción de gracias. You may want to mention that acción means act/action. The word dar means to give.

La Familia. Discuss that most Americans celebrate Thanksgiving by gathering at home with family and friends and having a feast. Introduce La Familia using the Family poster. Say each family member (madre/mamá, padre/papá, hermano, hermana, bebé, hijo, hija) and have the class repeat. Play La Familia song #15 and point to the appropriate family member on the poster as you sing along. Have class sing with CD.

Activity (At least 15 minutes needed):

El Pavo (known as Guajolote in Mexico): Give each child a copy of the Pavo activity sheet and have them get out crayons. Using the overhead projector, have the students draw a line from the number label to the color label using a crayon of that color. For example, have the students draw an orange line between the words uno and anaranjado, a yellow line between dos and amarillo, etc. Once you’re done with the key, instruct the children to find all the feathers with the uno label on them (reminding them that uno is one) and color them anaranjado. Repeat this process with the rest of the keys.

Goodbye: Buen Día song. Nos vemos la próxima clase. ¡Feliz día de acción de gracias!

Lesson Seven:
Materials: Posters: Colors, Numbers

Songs: Colors, Alphabet, Numbers, Saludos, Buen Día

Extras: “ball”, puppets or stuffed animals to use as puppets, story book

Greeting: Saludos song. Buenos días/tardes clase. ¿Estan listos para empezar? (Have students respond sí/no)

Review:

1) Throw the “ball” to each student and ask ¿Cómo te llamas? or ¿Cuál es tu color favorito? Have them respond: Me llamo __________ or Mi color favorito es ____. Alternate between boys and girls and say “ahora un niño” when choosing a boy and “ahora una niña” when choosing a girl.

2) El Alfabeto. Play El Alfabeto song #1 and have them sing with CD.

3) Los Números 0-10. Say each number and let students repeat. (Note: If children know more than from 0-10, keep counting to 20) Play Los Numeros song #3 and have them sing with CD.

4) Los Colores. Say each color and let students repeat. Play Los Colores song #5.

Lesson:

Skit #2 (Modified). Introduce Skit #2 (modified). Read and translate each phrase (sandwich style). Let students echo after teacher. Read along with students as a group. Half of the class asks, the other half answers and switch. Get volunteers to act out the skit while the others watch. You may want to use a couple of puppets to entice the students to volunteer. At the end of the lesson, ask for volunteers to state the meaning of y, tú, yo, and mucho to the class. Reiterate the meaning of these.

Student 1: Hola ¿Cómo te llamas?

Student 2: Me llamo ____. ¿ y tú?

Student 1: Yo me llamo ____.
Student 2: ¡Mucho gusto!

Extra Time: Read a short story to the class.

Goodbye: Buen Día song. Nos vemos la próxima clase. ¡Adiós amigos!

Lesson Eight:
Materials: Posters: Colors, Numbers

Songs: Colors, Alphabet, Numbers, Saludos, Buen Día

Extras: “ball”, puppets or stuffed animals to use as puppets, story book

Greeting: Saludos song. Buenos días/tardes clase. ¿Estan listos para empezar? (Have students respond sí/no)

Review:

1) El Alfabeto. Play El Alfabeto song #1 and have them sing with CD.

2) Los Números 0-10. Say each number and let students repeat. (Note: If children know more than from 0-10, keep counting to 20) Play Los Numeros song #3 and have them sing with CD.

3) Los Colores. Say each color and let students repeat. Play Los Colores song #5.

4) Throw the “ball” to some random students and ask ¿Cuál es tu color favorito? Have them respond: Mi color favorito es ____. Alternate between boys and girls and say “ahora un niño” when choosing a boy and “ahora una niña” when choosing a girl.

Lesson:

Skit #2 (Modified). Review Skit #2 (modified). Read and translate each phrase (sandwich style). Select students who didn’t get a chance to act out a part in the last class and have them act out the skit while the others watch. You may want to use a couple of puppets to entice the students to volunteer. Continue to solicit volunteers until everyone has had a chance to act out a part. At the end of the lesson, ask for volunteers to state the meaning of y, tú, yo, and mucho to the class. Reiterate the meaning of these.

Student 1: Hola ¿Cómo te llamas?

Student 2: Me llamo ____. ¿ y tú?

Student 1: Yo me llamo ____.
Student 2: ¡Mucho gusto!

Extra Time: Play secret number game where students try to guess your selected number.

Goodbye: Buen Día song. Nos vemos la próxima clase. ¡Adiós amigos!

Lesson Nine:
Materials: Posters: Colors, Numbers

Songs: Colors, Alphabet, Numbers, Saludos, Buen Día, Las Palabras Mágicas

Extras: “ball”, puppets or stuffed animals to use as puppets

Greeting: Saludos song. Buenos días/tardes clase. ¿Estan listos para empezar? (Have students respond sí/no)

Review:

1) Throw the “ball” to a random student and ask ¿Cómo te llamas? Have him/her respond: Me llamo __________. Next, ask him/her ¿Te gusta el color ____? And have him/her respond “Sí,/No, no me gusta el color...”. Repeat with one or two more students. Ask the class what the meaning of te, gusta, el, and color are.

2) El Alfabeto. Play El Alfabeto song #1 and have them sing with CD.

3) Los Números 0-10. Say each number and let students repeat. (Note: If children know more than from 0-10, keep counting to 20. Ask advanced students to focus on the number name) Play Los Numeros song #3 and have them sing with CD.

4) Los Colores. Say each color and let students repeat (ask advanced students to focus on the color name). Play Los Colores song #5.

Lesson:

Explain the meaning of Las Palabras Mágicas and introduce the magic words: gracias, por favor, perdón, de nada, muy amable. Explain what each of these means. You may want to mention that por favor literally translates to for favor and discuss the meaning of this with the class. You may also want to associate perdón with the English word pardon and discuss the meaning of this with the class. Lastly, you may want to mention that de nada literally translates to of nothing and discuss the meaning of this with the class. Play Las Palabras Magicas song #27 for the kids and teach them the words. Have the students try to sing along with you a couple of times.

Extra Time:

Using puppets or stuffed animals, play a little skit in which one “puppet” asks the other puppet if it can borrow something (such as a little ball) and use the words por favor, gracias, and de nada. Then have one of the puppets accidentally hit/trip the other puppet – causing it to fall – and use the word perdón in this exchange. Have the puppet offer to help the his/her puppet friend stand back up and use muy amable in this exchange.

Goodbye: Buen Día song. Nos vemos la próxima clase. ¡Adiós amigos!

Christmas Lesson:
Materials: Posters: Colors, Numbers, Family

Songs: Colors, Numbers, The Family, Saludos, Buen Día

Extras: Arbol de Navidad Activity Sheet (ArbolDeNavidad.pdf)

Greeting: Saludos song. Buenos días/tardes clase. ¿Estan listos para empezar? (Have students respond sí/no)

Review:

1) Los Números 0-10. Say each number and let students repeat. (Note: If children know more than from 0-10, keep counting to 20) Play Los Numeros song #3 and have them sing with CD.

2) Los Colores. Using the poster, say each color and let students repeat. Play Los Colores song #5 and ask the class to sing along.

Lesson:

La Navidad: Explain that Christmas translates to la Navidad (for the nativity of Jesus). Explain that not everyone celebrates Christmas. Ask if anyone has a different celebration during the winter holidays.

La Familia. Discuss that most Americans celebrate the winter holidays by gathering at home with family and friends as they do on Thanksgiving. Review La Familia using the Family poster. Say each family member (madre/mamá, padre/papá, hermano, hermana, bebé, hijo, hija) and have the class repeat. Play La Familia song #15 and point to the appropriate family member on the poster as you sing along. Have class sing with CD.

Activity (At least 15 minutes needed):

El Árbol de Navidad: Give each child a copy of the Arbol de Navidad activity sheet and have them get out crayons. Using the overhead projector, have the students color each shape the specified color. Read to them the name of the shape they are coloring and have them repeat the shape and color aloud. For example, have them say “la estrella amarilla” or “la estrella color amarillo” as they are coloring the star yellow. Once you’re done with the key, have the students start coloring the tree. Note that the key is actually meant to be a shape cutting exercise. The children can cut out the shapes and glue them to their corresponding position on the tree as ornaments. The tree can be cut out and used in making a Christmas card for their parents.

Goodbye: Buen Día + Nos vemos la próxima clase. ¡Feliz Navidad!

Lesson Ten:
Materials: Posters: Colors, Numbers

Songs: Colors, Alphabet, Numbers, Saludos, Buen Día, Las Palabras Mágicas

Extras: “ball”, numbers bingo set for the class, beans (frijoles) to use as place holders, stickers to give as prizes

Greeting: Saludos song. Buenos días/tardes clase. ¿Estan listos para empezar? (Have students respond sí/no)

Review:

2) El Alfabeto. Play El Alfabeto song #1 and have them sing with CD.

3) Los Números 0-10. Say each number and let students repeat. (Note: If children know more than from 0-10, keep counting to 20. Ask advanced students to focus on the number name)

4) Los Colores. Say each color and let students repeat (ask advanced students to focus on the color name). Play Los Colores song #5.

5) Magic Words Review the magic words (gracias, por favor, perdón, de nada, muy amable) with the class.

Lesson:

Lotería: Play numbered bingo (page 19) with the class. Have them use frijoles (beans) as place holders and hand out stickers to the winners.

Goodbye: Buen Día song. Nos vemos la próxima clase. ¡Adiós amigos!

Lesson Eleven:
Materials: Posters: Colors, Numbers

Songs: Colors, Alphabet, Numbers, Saludos, Buen Día, Las Palabras Mágicas

Extras: “ball”, colorines and paper bags for each child

Greeting: Saludos song. Buenos días/tardes clase. ¿Estan listos para empezar? (Have students respond sí/no)

Review:

2) El Alfabeto. Play El Alfabeto song #1 and have them sing with CD.

3) Los Números 0-10. Say each number and let students repeat. (Note: If children know more than from 0-10, keep counting to 20) Play Los Numeros song #3 and have them sing with CD.

5) Magic Words Review the magic words (gracias, por favor, perdón, de nada, muy amable) with the class.

Lesson:

Secret color/number game: Give each child a set of numbered colorines. Have them use their Spanish folders as a “shield” to hide their colorines from their neighbors. Select a number for the children to find. Just say the number in Spanish but you can use the color of the corresponding colorin as a hint for those who are still struggling. Once everyone is ready, have them pull out the colorin. Show the class your colorin and ask them to make sure they are holding the same one. Have them look a the number and say it in Spanish. Also have them say the color in Spanish. Repeat until you get through all numbers/colors.

Extra Time:

Play the Body 1 song with movements.

Goodbye: Buen Día song. Nos vemos la próxima clase. ¡Adiós amigos!

Lesson Twelve:
Materials: Posters: Colors, Numbers

Songs: Colors, Alphabet, Numbers, Saludos, Buen Día, Las Palabras Mágicas

Extras: “ball”, colorines of each color, stickers, matamoscas

Greeting: Saludos song. Buenos días/tardes clase. ¿Estan listos para empezar? (Have students respond sí/no)

Review:

2) El Alfabeto. Play El Alfabeto song #1 and have them sing with CD.

3) Los Números 0-10. Say each number and let students repeat. (Note: If children know more than from 0-10, keep counting to 20) Play Los Numeros song #3 and have them sing with CD. Using a 3 minute timer, have them do a race against the clock… see how many students can count from 0-10 in three minutes.

4) Los Colores. Say each color and let students repeat. Play Los Colores song #5.

5) Las Palabras Mágicas sing together with the class.

Lesson:

Form a circle on the floor. Tell the class that you will be passing around a color tile and that the person should say the Spanish color name and number when they get it from their neighbor. In order to earn a sticker, they must also say “gracias” when they receive the tile, and the person handing it should say “de nada”. Say the color and pass the colorin to the person sitting to the right of you. The recipient needs to say “gracias” and you respond “de nada”. The recipient must then say the color and number and pass it to the next person. Continue in this manner until you get around the entire circle. Give hints to students who are struggling. Once everyone has had a turn, pass out a sticker to each child. Have them ask for one using “por favor” and also say “gracias” when they receive it. You respond “de nada” and move on to the next person.

Extra Time:

Pretend that there is a fly buzzing around in the classroom and grab your matamoscas (fly swat). Pretend the fly has landed on a random student and lightly wack the child’s leg or arm with the matamoscas. Say “¡perdon!”. You can then pretend that the fly got away and do it again with another child.

Goodbye: Buen Día song. Nos vemos la próxima clase. ¡Adiós amigos!

Lesson Thirteen:
Materials: Posters: Colors, Numbers

Songs: Colors, Alphabet, Numbers, Saludos, Buen Día, Las Palabras Mágicas

Extras: “ball”, numbers bingo set for the class, beans (frijoles) to use as place holders, stickers to give as prizes

Greeting: Saludos song. Buenos días/tardes clase. ¿Estan listos para empezar? (Have students respond sí/no)

Review:

2) El Alfabeto. Play El Alfabeto song #1 and have them sing with CD.

3) Los Números 0-10. Say each number and let students repeat. (Note: If children know more than from 0-10, keep counting to 20. Ask advanced students to focus on the number name)

4) Los Colores. Say each color and let students repeat (ask advanced students to focus on the color name). Play Los Colores song #5.

5) Magic Words Review the magic words (gracias, por favor, perdón, de nada, muy amable) and song #27 with the class.

Lesson:

Lotería: Play numbered bingo (page 19) with the class. Have them use frijoles (beans) as place holders and hand out stickers to the winners. Practice using good manners (por favor, gracias, de nada) when passing out cards and stickers.

Goodbye: Buen Día song. Nos vemos la próxima clase. ¡Adiós amigos!

Lesson Fourteen:
Materials: Posters: Colors, Numbers

Songs: Colors, Alphabet, Numbers, Saludos, Buen Día, Las Palabras Mágicas

Extras: “ball”, story book

Greeting: Saludos song. Buenos días/tardes clase. ¿Estan listos para empezar? (Have students respond sí/no)

Review:

2) El Alfabeto. Play El Alfabeto song #1 and have them sing with CD.

3) Los Números 0-10. Say each number and let students repeat. (Note: If children know more than from 0-10, keep counting to 20. Ask advanced students to focus on the number name) Quiz the kids using scrambled flash cards.

4) Los Colores. Say each color and let students repeat (ask advanced students to focus on the color name). Play Los Colores song #5.

5) Magic Words Review the magic words (gracias, por favor, perdón, de nada, muy amable) and song #27 with the class.

Lesson:

Frozen Scavenger Hunt: Pick a color and ask the children to find an item of that color and touch it. Once they touch the item, they FREEZE and must remain frozen until you come around and verify that they have chosen the correct color. Once unfrozen, they must sit down in that very spot to “recharge” before the next hunt. After all the children have been unfrozen, repeat with the next color. Limit the area in which they can play the game. You may even want to do it just on the carpet (since the kinder carpets have all the colors and they can also touch a clothing item) or at their seats (if they have several items on their desk).

Extra Time:

Read a short story to the class.

Goodbye: Buen Día song. Nos vemos la próxima clase. ¡Adiós amigos!

Valentine’s Day Lesson:
Materials: Posters: Colors, Numbers

Songs: Colors, Alphabet, Numbers, Saludos, Buen Día, Las Palabras Mágicas

Extras: “ball”, Valentine’s Day activity sheets

Greeting: Saludos song. Buenos días/tardes clase. ¿Estan listos para empezar? (Have students respond sí/no)

Review:

2) El Alfabeto. Play El Alfabeto song #1 and have them sing with CD.

4) Los Colores. Say each color and let students repeat (ask advanced students to focus on the color name). Play Los Colores song #5.

5) Magic Words Review the magic words (gracias, por favor, perdón, de nada, muy amable) and song #27 with the class.

Lesson:

Valentine’s Day Activity (Pick One): Explain the meaning of ¡Feliz Día de San Valentín!

1) Heart Penguin: Pass out a Penguin activity sheet and explain to the children that the various hearts, glued together, will form a penguin as shown in the drawing on the left hand corner. If the class has a projector, use it to show the students or work on an activity sheet with the students showing them which part you’re working on. Color the various hearts and cut them out. Start gluing them together one at a time using the appropriate Spanish body part name.

2) Spanish Valentines: Pass out a coloring valentine to each child and allow them to color it in. They can fill in the inside of their valentine with the name of the person they are giving it to and with their signature. You can also write a Spanish Valentine phrase on the board, such as ¡Te Quiero!, for them to write if they would like to.

Goodbye: Buen Día song. Nos vemos la próxima clase. ¡Adiós amigos!

Lesson Fifteen:
Materials: Posters: Colors, Numbers

Songs: Colors, Alphabet, Numbers, Saludos, Buen Día, Las Palabras Mágicas, La Familia, Porra Mexicana

Extras: “ball”, drawing paper for each student

Greeting: Saludos song. Buenos días/tardes clase. ¿Estan listos para empezar? (Have students respond sí/no)

Review:

2) El Alfabeto. Play El Alfabeto song #1 and have them sing with CD.

4) Los Colores. Say each color and let students repeat (ask advanced students to focus on the color name). Play Los Colores song #5.

5) Magic Words Review the magic words (gracias, por favor, perdón, de nada, muy amable) and song #27 with the class.

Lesson:

La Familia: Play the family (#15) song and review each family member with the poster. Have the students sit at their desks and pass out a sheet of paper to each of them. Ask the class to draw a picture of their family. Using the poster as a reference (or simply writing each family member name on the board one at a time), ask the children to label their picture.

Porra Mexicana: Introduce the class to the Mexican porra (song #14) while they are working. Play it a couple of times so that they get use to it. You may also want to sing the second cheer part (a la bio, a la bao…) one time for them a bit slowed down so that they get the words and ask them to repeat after you.

If time permits, ask for volunteers to share their family pictures with the class.

Goodbye: Buen Día song. Nos vemos la próxima clase. ¡Adiós amigos!

Lesson Sixteen:
Materials: Posters: Colors, Numbers

Songs: Colors, Alphabet, Numbers, Saludos, Buen Día, Las Palabras Mágicas, La Familia, Porra Mexicana

Extras: “ball”, drawing paper for each student

Greeting: Saludos song. Buenos días/tardes clase. ¿Estan listos para empezar? (Have students respond sí/no)

Review:

1) Throw the “ball” to a random student and ask ¿Cómo te llamas? Have him/her respond: Me llamo __________. Pick another student and ask him/her ¿Te gusta el color ____? Have him/her respond “Sí,/No, no me gusta el color...”. Repeat with one or two more students. Ask the class what the meaning of te, gusta, el, and color are.

2) El Alfabeto. Play El Alfabeto song #1 and have them sing with CD.

4) Los Colores. Play Los Colores song #5. “Quiz” the kids by asking “¿Qué color es éste?” while pointing to a color.

5) Magic Words Review the magic words (gracias, por favor, perdón, de nada, muy amable) and song #27 with the class.

Lesson:

Share Family or Monster Drawing: Sing the family song (#15) as well as the body parts I (#8) song with the class. Ask for volunteers to share their family or old Halloween monster pictures with the class. Ask them to use phrases such as “mi monstruo tiene…” and “en mi familia hay…” and then use the Spanish numbers, colors (for monster body parts), body parts, or family member.

Porra Mexicana: Play the Mexican porra (song #14). Sing the second cheer part (a la bio, a la bao…) one time for them a bit slowed down so that they get the words and ask them to repeat after you.

Goodbye: Buen Día song. Nos vemos la próxima clase. ¡Adiós amigos!

Lesson Seventeen:
Materials: Posters: Colors, Numbers

Songs: Colors, Alphabet, Numbers, Saludos, Buen Día, Las Palabras Mágicas, Porra Mexicana

Extras: “ball”

Greeting: Saludos song. Buenos días/tardes clase. ¿Estan listos para empezar? (Have students respond sí/no)

Review:

2) El Alfabeto. Play El Alfabeto song #1 and have them sing with CD.

4) Los Colores Review colors with the song. Quiz the kids using scrambled color flash cards or by selecting a random number on the poster and asking “¿Qué color es éste?”

5) Las Palabras Mágicas Review with the song.

Lesson:

Introduce the class to a new Mexican cheer in honor of the teacher. First, have them listen to the Mexican Porra song (#14). The second part of the cheer is the standard cheer used in Mexico and only varies in what you are cheering for. Now teach the kids that a female teacher is referred to as La Maestra (note that bio, bao, bim, bom, and ba are nonsensical words, as is ra). Then break the cheer down for them one phrase at a time and have them repeat after you. Practice it a few times as a class.

Translation:

[porra] [cheer]

A la bio, a la bao, A la bio, a la bao,

a la bim, bom, ba. a la bim, bom, ba.

La maestra, la maestra, the teacher, the teacher,

ra, ra, ra. rah, rah, rah.

Now discuss the first two lyrics of the song below. Tell the class that con means with and cariño means affection. Tell the class that calling someone cariño is similar to calling someone sweetie or dear. Discuss the meaning of alegría – happiness. Ask for a volunteer to guess the meaning of celebramos (give them a hint using the root word celebrar – to celebrate). Tell the class that este [in this case] means this and ask for a volunteer to tell you what día is. Take this opportunity to explain to the class that día actually means day (not morning) but that in Spanish you say buenos días to say good morning.

[canción] [song]

Con cariño y alegría With affection and happiness

celebramos este día we celebrate this day,

Sing the porra (cheer) together one more time as a class and then have the students repeat the first two lyric lines after you.

Extra Time:

Read a short story about Alegría or ask students to tell you when they feel alegría. Tell them that alegre is another way of saying happy. Felíz is the word they probably associate with happy. Felicidad is another way of saying happiness.

Goodbye: Buen Día song. Nos vemos la próxima clase. ¡Adiós amigos!

Lesson Eighteen:
Materials: Posters: Colors, Numbers

Songs: Colors, Alphabet, Numbers, Saludos, Buen Día, Las Palabras Mágicas, Porra Mexicana

Extras: “ball”

Greeting: Saludos song. Buenos días/tardes clase. ¿Estan listos para empezar? (Have students respond sí/no)

Review:

2) El Alfabeto. Play El Alfabeto song #1 and have them sing with CD.

4) Los Colores Review colors with the song. Quiz the kids using scrambled color flash cards or by selecting a random number on the poster and asking “¿Qué color es éste?”

5) Las Palabras Mágicas Review with the song. Ask for volunteers to answer “Cómo se dice [please/thank you/you’re welcome/very kind] en español?”

Lesson:

Review the Mexican cheer in honor of the teacher. Break the cheer down for them one phrase at a time and have them repeat after you.

Translation:

[porra] [cheer]

A la bio, a la bao, A la bio, a la bao,

a la bim, bom, ba. a la bim, bom, ba.

La maestra, la maestra, the teacher, the teacher,

ra, ra, ra. rah, rah, rah.

Now review the first two lyric lines of the song below. Break the song down for them one phrase at a time and have them repeat after you.

[canción] [song]

Con cariño y alegría With affection and happiness

celebramos este día we celebrate this day,

dedicado a la maestra dedicated to the teacher

que trabaja noche y día. that works night and day.

Teach the class the second two lyric lines. Teach the class that trabajar means to work. Sing the porra (cheer) together one more time as a class and then have the students repeat the first four lyric lines after you.

Extra Time:

Begin discussion on food. Ask for volunteers to say a food item that is rojo, verde, azul, amarillo, anaranjado, morado, rosa, café, blanco, negro, and gris. You may want to help give them ideas such as strawberries, blueberries, blackberries or black beans, vanilla/strawberry ice cream, grey fish or clams, etc.

Goodbye: Buen Día song. Nos vemos la próxima clase. ¡Adiós amigos!

Lesson Nineteen:
Materials: Posters: Colors, Numbers

Songs: Colors, Alphabet, Numbers, Saludos, Buen Día, Las Palabras Mágicas

Extras: “ball”, LaComidaColores activity sheet for each child

Greeting: Saludos song. Buenos días/tardes clase. ¿Estan listos para empezar? (Have students respond sí/no)

Review:

2) El Alfabeto. Play El Alfabeto song #1 and have them sing with CD.

4) Los Colores Review colors with the song.

5) Las Palabras Mágicas Review with the song. Ask for volunteers to answer “Cómo se dice [please/thank you/you’re welcome/very kind] en español?”

Lesson:

Review the Mexican cheer in honor of the teacher.

[porra]

A la bio, a la bao,

a la bim, bom, ba.

La maestra, la maestra,

ra, ra, ra.

Now review the first four lyric lines of the song below. Break the song down for them one phrase at a time and have them repeat after you.

Translation:

[canción] [song]

Con cariño y alegría With affection and happiness

celebramos este día we celebrate this day,

dedicado a la maestra dedicated to the teacher

que trabaja noche y día. that works night and day.

Sing the porra (cheer) together one more time as a class and then have the students repeat the first four lyric lines after you.

Food: Pass out a La Comida paper for each child. For each color, ask for volunteers to say a food item of that color. You may want to help give them ideas for some of the less common colors such as blueberries, oreos or black beans, flour tortillas, strawberry ice cream, grey fish or clams, etc. Allow the children to draw pictures of food items of a particular color in the corresponding square. So, only red foods should be in the rojo square, blue foods in the azul square, etc. Translate as many food items for them as you can. Have each child draw their favorite food item in the last square. Save the sheets in their Spanish folders.

Goodbye: Buen Día song. Nos vemos la próxima clase. ¡Adiós amigos!

Lesson Twenty:
Materials: Posters: Colors, Numbers

Songs: Colors, Alphabet, Numbers, Saludos, Buen Día, Las Palabras Mágicas

Extras: “ball”, craft paper for making a class menu.

Greeting: Saludos song. Buenos días/tardes clase. ¿Estan listos para empezar? (Have students respond sí/no)

Review:

2) El Alfabeto. Play El Alfabeto song #1 and have them sing with CD.

4) Los Colores Review colors with the song.

5) Las Palabras Mágicas Review with the song. Ask for volunteers to answer “Cómo se dice [please/thank you/you’re welcome/very kind] en español?”

Lesson:

Review the Mexican cheer in honor of the teacher.

[porra]

A la bio, a la bao,

a la bim, bom, ba.

La maestra, la maestra,

ra, ra, ra.

Now review the first four lyric lines of the song below. Break the song down for them one phrase at a time and have them repeat after you. Read the last four lines of the song lyrics one at a time and tell them the translation. Repeat each of the last four lines one at a time and ask them to try to repeat after you.

Translation:

[canción] [song]

Con cariño y alegría With affection and happiness

celebramos este día we celebrate this day,

dedicado a la maestra dedicated to the teacher

que trabaja noche y día. that works night and day.

Nos enseña a leer, She teaches us to read,

A sumar y a restar. to add and to subtract,

a ser buenos estudiantes to be good students,

y también a respetar. And also to respect.

Sing the porra (cheer) together one more time as a class.

El Menú: Have each child cut out the square of their favorite food on their La Comida activity sheet. Write El Menú at the top of the craft paper sheet you brought to class. One at a time, have each student come up to the class, say “Mi comida favorita es ___” and show the picture of their favorite food. You can then glue the square to the craft paper. By the end of the class, we should have a class menu that contains all the children’s favorite foods. Save the menu to use with the restaurant skit!

Goodbye: Buen Día song. Nos vemos la próxima clase. ¡Adiós amigos!

Easter Lesson:
Materials: Posters: Colors, Numbers

Songs: Colors, Alphabet, Numbers, Saludos, Buen Día, Las Palabras Mágicas, La Maestra

Extras: “ball”, Cascarones (either pre-filled or egg shells, confetti, tissue paper, & glue to make cascarones),

shredded paper and paper bags for “nests” to carry the cascarones home in, stickers for decorations

Greeting: Saludos song. Buenos días/tardes clase. ¿Estan listos para empezar? (Have students respond sí/no)

Review:

2) Los Números 0-10. Say each number and let students repeat. (Note: If children know more than from 0-10, keep counting to 20. Ask advanced students to focus on the number name) Quiz the kids using scrambled flash cards or by selecting a random number on the poster and asking “¿Qué número es éste?”

3) La Maestra Sing the porra La Maestra with the class and have them repeat each line of the song after you.

Lesson:

Cascarones: Discuss the significance and origin of cascarones: Cascarones are hollowed egg shells that are filled with confetti and are meant to be broken over someone’s head, usually as a surprise. Having an egg broken over one’s head is said to bring good luck. Cascarones derived from Mexico and are especially used in Easter celebrations. Some people believe that breaking a cascarón symbolizes the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the tomb, just as a new born chick breaks its shell when hatching.

Give each child a cascarón to decorate with markers/crayons, stickers, etc. or have each child fill and cover their own cascarón and decorate it. Give each child a paper bag and a handful of shredded paper to use in making a “nest” that the cascarón could sit and be carried home in. Be sure to have some extras just in case someone accidentally breaks their during the decorating process.

As they work, ask the students to sing the following songs for review:

1) El Alfabeto. Play El Alfabeto song #1 and have them sing with CD.

2) Los Colores. Play Los Colores song #5.

3) Magic Words Review the magic words (gracias, por favor, perdón, de nada, muy amable) and song #27 with the class.

Goodbye: Buen Día song. Nos vemos la próxima clase. ¡Adiós amigos!

Lesson Twenty-One:

Materials: Posters: Numbers, Colors

Song: Alphabet, Saludos, Buen Día, Las Palabras Mágicas

Extras: “ball”, El Menú, Restaurant props (napkin, pad of paper, apron, play/paper food, plate and utencils)

Greeting: Saludos song + Buenos días/tardes clase. ¿Cómo están? (Students respond muy bien/mal) ¿Listos para empezar? (Students respond sí/no)

Review:

1) Select a random student and rehearse phrases ¿Hola cómo estás? Muy bien gracias ¿y tú? ¿Cómo te llamas? Me llamo ____. ¿Cuántos años tienes? Tengo _ años.

2) El Alfabeto Review the alphabet song.

3) Los Números 0-10. Say each number and let students repeat. (Ask advanced students to focus on the spelling of each number name)

4) Los Colores Review colors with the song.

5) Las Palabras Mágicas Review with the song.

6) La Maestra Sing the porra La Maestra with the class and have them repeat each line of the song after you.

Lesson:

Introduce and act out the following modified version of the restaurant skit using your class menu. Have the children take turns being waiter and client.

Mesero: Buenas tardes. Waiter: Good afternoon.

Client: Buenas tardes. Client: Good afternoon.

Mesero: Aquí está el menú. ¿Qué quiere tomar? Waiter: Here is the menu. What do you want to drink?

Cliente: Agua por favor. Client: Water please.

Mesero: ¿Qué quiere comer? Waiter: What do you want to eat?

Cliente: Yo quiero ______. Client: I want _____.

Mesero: Aquí está. Waiter: Here it is.

Cliente: Gracias. Client: Thank you.

Goodbye: Buen Día song + Nos vemos la próxima clase. ¡Adiós amigos!

Lesson Twenty-Two:

Materials: Posters: Numbers, Colors

Song: Alphabet, Saludos, Buen Día, Las Palabras Mágicas

Extras: “ball”, Restaurant props (napkin, pad of paper, apron, play/paper food, plate and utencils)

Greeting: Saludos song + Buenos días/tardes clase. ¿Cómo están? (Students respond muy bien/mal) ¿Listos para empezar? (Students respond sí/no)

Review:

1) Select a random student and rehearse phrases ¿Hola cómo estás? Muy bien gracias ¿y tú? ¿Cómo te llamas? Me llamo ____. ¿Cuántos años tienes? Tengo _ años.

2) El Alfabeto Review the alphabet song.

3) Los Números 0-10. Say each number and let students repeat. (Ask advanced students to focus on the spelling of each number name)

4) Los Colores Review colors with the song.

5) Las Palabras Mágicas Review with the song.

6) La Maestra Sing the porra La Maestra with the class and have them repeat each line of the song after you.

Lesson:

Review and continue acting out the following modified version of the restaurant skit using your class menu. Have the children take turns being waiter and client.

Mesero: Buenas tardes. Waiter: Good afternoon.

Client: Buenas tardes. Client: Good afternoon.

Mesero: Aquí está el menu. ¿Qué quiere tomar? Waiter: Here is the menu. What do you want to drink?

Cliente: Agua por favor. Client: Water please.

Mesero: ¿Qué quiere comer? Waiter: What do you want to eat?

Cliente: Yo quiero ______. Client: I want _____.

Mesero: Aquí está. Waiter: Here it is.

Cliente: Gracias. Client: Thank you.

Goodbye: Buen Día song + Nos vemos la próxima clase. ¡Adiós amigos!

Lesson Twenty-Three:
Materials: Posters: Colors, Numbers

Songs: Colors, Alphabet, Numbers, Saludos, Buen Día, Palabras Mágicas, La Maestra

Greeting: Saludos song. Buenos días/tardes clase. ¿Estan listos para empezar? (Have students respond sí/no)

Review:

1) El Alfabeto Review the alphabet song.

2) Los Números 0-20. Say each number and let students repeat.

3) Las Palabras Mágicas Sing/play song.

4) Los Colores Play/Sing the song.

5) La Maestra Sing the porra La Maestra with the class and have them repeat each line of the song after you.

Lesson:

Discuss the tradition of the piñata and teach the children the rhyme to sing when breaking it. Give them a copy of the cheer to keep.

You may also want to discuss/demonstrate the process of making a piñata. See http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Pi%C3%B1ata for a reference.

(From Wikipedia.com) A piñata is a brightly-colored paper container filled with candy and/or toys. It is generally suspended on a rope from a tree branch or ceiling and is used during celebrations. A succession of blindfolded, stick-wielding children try to break the piñata in order to collect the sweets (traditionally sugarcane) and/or toys inside of it. It has been used for hundreds of years to celebrate special occasions such as birthdays, Christmas, and Easter.

In the Mexican Catholic celebration of Christmas, the piñata is traditionally shaped like a seven-pointed star which represents the devil and the seven deadly sins, while the contents are the goods or blessings he is withholding. Striking the devil with faith, symbolized by being blindfolded, releases the blessings.

While hitting the piñata the following rhyme is commonly sung:

Translation:

Dale, dale, dale, Hit it, hit it, hit it (or "give it, give it, give it"… as in “give it a good whack”)

no pierdas el tino; Don't lose your aim

Porque si lo pierdes Because if you lose it (your aim)

pierdes el camino. You will lose the path.

Ya le diste una, You've already hit it once (or "You already gave it one")

ya le diste dos; You've already hit it twice (or "You already gave it two")

Ya le diste tres, You've already hit it thrice (or "You already gave it three")

y tu tiempo se acabo! And your time is over

Goodbye: Buen Día song + Nos vemos la próxima clase. ¡Adiós amigos!

5 de Mayo Fiesta:

(From Wikipedia.com) Cinco de Mayo is a regional holiday in Mexico, primarily celebrated in the state of Puebla, with some limited recognition in other parts of Mexico. The holiday commemorates the Mexican army's unlikely defeat of French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of Mexican General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín.^[3][4]
The Battle was significant for at least two reasons. First, while outnumbered almost two-to-one, the Mexicans defeated a much better-equipped French army that had known no defeat for almost 50 years.^[5] Second, it was also significant because since Cinco de Mayo no army from another continent has again invaded the Americas.^[6] While this significant, however, Cinco de Mayo is not an obligatory federal holiday in Mexico.
While Cinco de Mayo has limited or no significance nationwide in Mexico, the date is observed in the United States and other locations around the world as a celebration of Mexican heritage and pride.^[9] However, a common misconception in the United States is that Cinco de Mayo is Mexico's Independence Day.^[10] Mexico's Independence Day is actually September 16 (dieciséis de septiembre in Spanish)^[11], which is the most important national patriotic holiday in Mexico.^[12]

Lesson:

Have a fiesta with your class!!! Piñatas and food are allowed on this occasion so have fun with it!

Feel free to discuss and celebrate other cultures and traditions as well.

Goodbye: Nos vemos la próxima clase. ¡Adiós amigos!

Last Day of Class:

Materials: Posters: Colors, Numbers, Alphabet

Songs: Colors, Alphabet, Numbers, Saludos, Buen Día, Las Palabras Mágicas

Extras: Spanish certificates for each student, (Extra reference sheets)

Greeting: Saludos song. Buenos días/tardes clase. ¿Estan listos para empezar? (Have students respond sí/no)

Review:

1) El Alfabeto y Vocales Review the alphabet and vowels using the poster and song.

2) Los Colores Using the poster, say each color and let students repeat.

3) Los Números 0-10. Say each number and let students repeat.

4) Las Palabras Mágicas Review the magic words (por favor, gracias, perdón, de nada, muy amable).

5) Review buenos días, buenas tardes, buenas noches.

Lesson:

Sing the class’ favorite songs and/or play their favorite game(s).

Pass out a Spanish certificate to each student. Pass out any other reference/review sheets you would like for the students to keep and ask them to put them in their Spanish folder. Encourage the class to take their Spanish folders home and practice their Spanish skills over the summer at home and in restaurants!

Goodbye: Buen Día song. ¡Adiós amigos! ¡Hasta Pronto!