Spanish Language in the Elementary School

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Spanish Language in the Elementary School

• morenoi_at_lake.k12.fl.us
• Iris Moreno
• Spanish Teacher

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Why teach languages in the elementary school?

• Improve academic performance
• Higher academic standardized testing.
• Improves children understanding of native
  language.
• Children show greater cognitive development than
  many of their peers.
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• Ease of learning
• Children are more receptive and more able to
  learn a language before the age of ten.
• They are willing to imitate to new sounds in a
  foreign language, to sing and play with it.
• Starting foreign language learning in the early
  grades enables children to achieve speaking ,
  reading and writing fluency.
  
  
  

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• A jump to the future
• Learning a second language fosters tolerance a
  appreciation of different cultures.
• Businesses in the U.S. are now involved in
  increased competition with foreign companies.
• The ability to speak the language of these
  representatives gives those workers both a
  personal an economic advantage.

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How can I stimulate the Spanish Language Learning?

• Visit public libraries with your child and
• look for books, videos, magazines in Spanish.
• Make this visit to libraries entertaining and
  fun.
• Watch educative programs in Spanish with your
  child. Establish limits. One or two hours a day.
• Read books and magazines related to TV. Programs.
• Example Plaza Sesamo in Spanish.
• Make time to go on a field trip related to
• Spanish culture or event.
• Have handy books in Spanish at home.

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Links

• CHILD-SAFE WEB SEARCHING
• http//www.safekids.com/child_safety.htm
• Safe searching resources provide specifics about
  available defense methods, i.e. tools, kids'
  browsers, and specialized and filtered search
  engines. Internet rules for safe surfing are
  spelled out here, promising to make your "trips"
  productive and fun. Take a safety quiz to gauge
  your online safety knowledge
• MOST COMMON SPANISH WORDS IN SPANISH
• http//www.spanishpronto.com/spanishglossary.ht
  ml
• listed alphabetically/175 high frequency
  words.
• SPANISH DICTIONARIES
• http//www.rae.es/
• http//dicespanol.com
• http//diccionarios.com/
• READING INSTRUCTION IN SPANISH
• http//www.coloringcolorado.org
• Pre-reading and reading instruction

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• READING INSTRUCTION IN SPANISH
• http//www.coloricolorado.org
• Pre-reading and reading instruction
• MI PEQUENO DIA
• http//especiales.endi.com/mipequenodia/
• Spanish children magazine from Puerto Rico
  available free online for heritage speakers in
  FLES classes.
• COMPUTER TERMS IN SPANISH
• http//www.telefonica.es/fat/lex.html
• http//myotherlanguage.com/SW/vocabulary/categ
  ories/technology-computing.htm
• PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS
• http//anacleta.homestead.com/parentsonly.html
  
• http//www.anacleta.com/ celebrations.html
• Personal website from a Spanish Teacher sites
  to learn more about Spanish and its many
  cultures, as well as other world languages and
  cultures. All sites are appropriate and
  appealing to children ten years old and younger.
• BBC PRIMARY SCHOOL SPANISH

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• LANGUAGE LIZARD
• http//www.languagelizard.com/
• Language Lizard, LLC offers award-winning
  bilingual children's products in over 40
  languages.  Products include books, audio CDs,
  picture dictionaries, colorful and unique
  multilingual posters, world maps, and teacher
  resources.  Parents and teachers can also sign up
  for free e-newsletter with information on raising
  bilingual and multicultural children. Why the
  lizard logo? "Lizards are found all over the
  world they comprise more than 3,000 species
  they have the ability to learn, and they
  demonstrate their awareness with excitement ...
  Sound like any children you know?" proclaims
  founder Anneke Vanmarcke Forzani.

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• CELEBRATING CULTURAL DIVERSITY THROUGH CHILDREN'S
  LITERATURE
• http//www.csusm.edu/Quiocho/mcbib.html
• http//www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/MBD
  /Culture_index.html
• PRO LINGUA PRESS
• http//www.prolinguapress.com/about.htm
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• CHILDREN'S BOOK PRESS
• http//www.childrensbookpress.org/
• This publisher is an outstanding source of
  bilingual, superbly illustrated multicultural
  literature.
• JOSÉ-LUIS OROZCO
• http//www.joseluisorozco.com
• Here is an outstanding source of traditional and
  new songs in Spanish appealing to children. All
  of the songs are muy pegajosas (very catchy) and
  so are easy to learn because Señor Orozco has a
  clear singing voice. There are songbooks with
  lyrics and music available to accompany each CD
  or tape.

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• PUTUMAYO KIDS
• http//www.putumayo.com/playground.html
• Explore and celebrate the cultures of the world
  through music. An excellent company which
  provides culturally authentic collections of
  child-appealing music.
• MULTICULTURAL KIDS
• http//www.multiculturalkids.com/shop/home.php
• This site offers quality multicultural materials
  that are fun and informative to preschool and
  elementary school-age children in home and
  classroom. Increase a child's knowledge of
  her/himself and others, thereby enhancing
  self-esteem while fostering tolerance and an
  appreciation of differences. Products offered
  include books, video, arts and crafts, puzzles,
  music, dolls, and other ethnic gifts.

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• CAMBIOS MULTICULTURAL CHILDREN'S BOOKS
• http//www.cambios.org/Bibliographies.asp
• View a selection of bibliographies of African -
  American, Asian - American, Hispanic/Latino
  Children's, and Jewish Children's Holocaust
  Literature. There are recommended books for
  teachers and parents also as well as books
  relating to confronting issues of adversity and
  discrimination. 
• BILINGUAL BOOKS FOR KIDS
• http//www.bilingualbooks.com/
• Written with Spanish and English appearing
  side-by-side which is the best way to present
• bilingual texts, these books introduce bilingual
  skills, increase language and learning abilities
  and positively heighten awareness of many
  cultures.

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Estudia Espanol!
(Study Spanish! )