Spanish Preschool Lessons

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PreSchool Spanish
by: Bob Lasseter

Why an EarlyAGE 2nd Language?

Research indicates that from ages 1 through 8 is the best time to introduce a new language to a child. If the 2nd language is introduced early in life children will learn it faster and retain it longer. Being exposed to a 2nd language offers numerous benefits to young children including an improved ability to communicate, better cognitive development, richer cultural awareness, improved academic performance, superior educational opportunities and, ultimately, better jobs. The earlier a child is exposed to a 2nd language the more likely they will speak it with native pronunciation. One recent study found that bilingual children learn to read sooner than their single language counterparts, have increased creative skills and become proficient problem solvers. Another study indicated that bilingual children also performed better on math and verbal sections of standardized tests than single language children. Perhaps these are just a few of the reasons that teaching Spanish is becoming popular in many childcare centers and preschools.

Why Spanish?

kids learn spanish download Spanish is the most widely requested 2nd language for the following reasons: Over 27 million homes in the United States have Spanish as their 1st language There are over 42 million Hispanic people living in the United States Many companies are seeking bilingual (English/Spanish) employees Learning Spanish allows communication with over 300 million people worldwide Spanish is closely related to the English language and is relatively easy to learn.

How to Get Started?

Here are two excellent contacts for preschool Spanish education:

www.bocabeth.com A great source for colorful flashcards, CD’s, DVD’s and more methods to introduce the preschooler to Spanish.

www.spanishfun.net A Franchisor providing EarlyAGE 2nd language activities introducing preschoolers to Spanish basics including numbers, colors and everyday words.

About The Author

Robert Lasseter is a CPA (retired) and founder of SpanishFUN – Franchisor providing EarlyAGE 2nd language Activities

gracias@spanishfun.net

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What to Search For When Teaching Preschool Spanish

Also, make sure to search for a preschool Spanish program that is easily accessible and cheap. There is no need to spend hundreds of dollars on a program, when it simply does not cost that much to teach a language to your children.

Spanish preschool to open in January in York

"We’ll take a dynamic and interactive approach through language." According to Johnson and Whitcomb, the goal of their preschool is to not only create a small community of Spanish speakers, but help the children learn.

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Spanish Preschool starts Jan. 23. Eden Prairie School District’s Partners Preschool is an inclusive program that prepares children for kindergarten. Partners’ curriculum focuses on academic, social and physical development, according to …

Two-way vs. Monoligual Immersion

The TWI program alternated between English and Spanish weekly by rotating children between two classrooms (and teachers) each week. Programs were compared on measures of children’s growth in language, emergent literacy, and mathematics.

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Spanish Proverbs – How natives say it

Spanish proverbs came about just like any other proverb. Leaders, rulers, and writers would write catchy phrases about good judgement decisions widely accepted as common sense. They wrote simple and trendy phrases so they could easily be remembered. Here are some of the most common proverbs in Spanish.

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A juventud ociosa, vejez trabajosa.
(To leisurely youth, laborious old age.) "Enjoy it while you’re young." may be another translation. This means that when you age, you aren’t as agile in the future to do what you once could. Any elderly person will testify to that.

Acabndose el dinero, se termina la amistad.
(Running out of money, the friendship ends.) Find out who your real friends are. Basically a lot of people only like you because of what you have to offer them. (Escape from loneliness, you give them money, you’re good company, cars, a job) Very few people love you for who you are unconditionally.
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Camarn que se duerme, se lo lleva la corriente.
(Shrimp that sleeps, is taken by the current.) You snooze you lose. Sometimes when you put things off too much, the opportunity vanishes.

El diablo sabe ms por viejo que por diablo.
(The Devil knows more because he’s old than because he’s the Devil.) With age comes experience. The more you live the more you learn. You learn something new every day. All of these are close to the meaning of the proverb. Most people that are wiser are so because they’ve been around longer, not because of a gift of wisdom.

En boca del mentiroso, lo cierto se hace dudoso. (In the mouth of the liar, the certain becomes doubtful.) Don’t cry wolf. If you lie once, people might have a hard time believing you if you tell the truth.

Gato escaldo del agua fra huye. (A scalded cat from cold water runs.) When people learn lessons through experience they think they know all aspects and angles of the lesson. Some people have seen a homeless person use money for handouts so they assume that all homeless will buy drugs. Just like the cat learned that hot water burns so now it thinks that all water will burn.
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La mejor palabra es la que no se dice. (The best word is the one that is not said.) Sometimes it’s best not to say anything at all. If you don’t have anything nice to say don’t say anything at all. That’s the idea.

Ms vale poco y bueno que mucho y malo. (It is worth more little and good than much and bad.) Something’s better than nothing. You might not have a lot, but too much could be a bad thing. Too much of a good thing is bad. Moderation in all things. These are all translations for this proverb.

Mejor solo que mal acompaado. (Better alone than poorly accompanied.) It’s better to walk alone than with bad company. You’d never want to be around someone who makes you miserable. You’d probably rather be by yourself.

Poco a poco se anda lejos. (Little by little one goes far.) By an inch it’s a cinch, by a yard it’s hard. The race of a thousand miles begins with a single step. A journey begins with a single step. Take your tasks little by little. You’ll see that those little improvements and accomplishments add up quickly.

If you want our complete list of Spanish proverbs go to http://www.learn-podcast-spanish.com/spanish-proverbs.html.

By Aaron Myers
Published: 9/1/2008

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Book is both a lesson in Marian spirituality and a simple prayer book, but mostly it is a love poem from a faithful daughter to her mama.

A Spanish love poem

A Spanish love poem about a boy and girl who fall in love but cannot be together because of their social class distinctions. Eventually they overcome these obstacles and are together.

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Romantic way to show someone special how much you love him or her.

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