Story time and juegos to review....

Hola padres! The end of the year is looming before us and I have had a fun time reviewing with the Kinders this week. We started off with rereading some of our favorite Spanish books that we had read at the beginning of the year. It was fun to see how much they remembered. 

After that, I played a few games that helped them review some vocabulary. First we played a game where I had one brave volunteer come up to the front of the class, hold out their hands and close their eyes. I then gently placed a classroom object in their hands and they had to guess the word in Spanish. They had such fun with this and did a great job remembering el borrador, el lapiz, el libro y las tijeras. This is definitely a game that I will use again! 

In order to review our formas, or shapes, I had each Kinder take out eight crayons. After reviewing the shape vocabulary, I called out a shape and each student was to form that shape on their desk with their crayons. No drawing on the desks of course and they did a great job demonstrating that they had command of the shape vocabulary. 

Lastly, we played a tapping game where they had to listen carefully to see how many times I tapped on a desk and then tell me that number out loud in Spanish. They really enjoyed this and you could tell they were really counting in their heads. 

Next week I hope to continue with these review games, but also incorporate our clothing, parts of the body and house vocabulary. We'll see what creativity is around the corner! Have a wonderful weekend!

Adios, 
Sra. Hamilton

Cinco de Mayo

Hola padres! Another week has flown by and I have had so much fun with your scholars learning about Cinco de Mayo! After our circle time when we sang our days of the week song and recited our seasons poem, I read a short story about the history of this holiday and why it is so celebrated throughout the Hispanic community. Please ask them about the details of this holiday. They did such an amazing job of remembering what the holiday was all about. 
In order to help them understand a bit about Cinco de Mayo, we colored in a picture of the Mexican flag and also colored in a map of Mexico. 
Of course, there are many celebrations taking place this weekend. Here are a few links in case you are interested in checking some of them out:
http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/events/articles/20130502cinco-de-mayo-festival-phoenix.html

http://phoenix.about.com/od/events/a/cincodemayo.htm

I hope to be able to attend at least one this weekend and will let you know how it goes. I hope you are all able to celebrate a bit on your own!

Sincerely,
Sra. Hamilton