Reply To: Life at Home ideas

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I think that is a great idea, Veronica! I often adapt an art project and it works really well. I think about sharing it, but never get around to it!

For life at home, I like these books: Oso en casa by Stella Blackstone; Hola Lulú by Caroline Uff; and many emergent reader books about family and food (I teach reading intervention to Spanish speakers in Denver, so I have access to these books). Some libraries have emergent reading books. I think they are great for language acquisition.

for the first class, I copied the male/female symbols that we see on restrooms, and we glued them on sticks for “Yo soy un/a niño/a” Many of the parents were surprised that their young children were familiar with those symbols, although they had never explicitly pointed it out to them. I googled male/female symbols and found a lot of options.

We also use the food ads to cut up and make plates of food we like later in the session.

I would love to hear about your ideas! The kids I teach are pretty young (mostly 2-4), so I usually opt for the simpler crafts.

Jennifer in Denver