LangArtsGuidelinesTWIMAECSu2011. : Immersion. Printable Spanish Cards – Rhyming Words from Spanish Playground. These two sets of printable Spanish cards have pictures of words that rhyme. There are thirty pairs, sixty words in all. The cards can be used in lots of different ways. I made them without text for a group of preschoolers and added text for a mixed age group. You can download and print both sets using the links below. Rhyming is an important pre-literacy skill and an ability that should be developed in children learning Spanish. Tips for playing with rhyming cards - Use just a few pairs at first. - Choose words that are familiar to your child. - Say the words for your child as you play so she can hear the rhyme.
Games to play with rhyming cards - Children match pairs of words that rhyme. - Put out three cards, two that rhyme and one that does not. En la rosa, hay una mariposa. Another easy pattern is Vi un/una_____ debajo de un/una _____. Vi un loro debajo de un toro. Rhyme with your child in Spanish in other ways too. What Parents Want to Know About Foreign Language Immersion Programs. Resources Online Resources: Digests August 2003 EDO-FL-03-04 What Parents Want to Know About Foreign Language Immersion Programs Tara W. Fortune, Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition, University of Minnesota Diane J. Tedick, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Minnesota Download a PDF of this digest. Modeled after the pioneering French immersion programs developed in Canada in the 1960s, foreign language immersion programs in the United States are designed to enrich the education of native-English-speaking students by teaching them all of their academic subjects in a second language.
Parents who are considering an immersion program for their child usually have many questions. What is a foreign language immersion program and how does it work? In foreign language immersion programs, the regular school curriculum is taught in the immersion language for at least half of the school day.
Why should I consider enrolling my child in an immersion program? Conclusion. Más arriba: Spanish Language Exercises. Más arriba (©2013 by Gary Aitken) is an interactive workbook of introductory Spanish language exercises, based on the pictorial contextualization of fundamental vocabulary and language points. The exercise material includes full-colour drawings, sound clips, instant feed-back, vocabulary help and a voice recorder (powered by Vocaroo).
Más arriba can be used with any introductory approach. You can follow the alphabetical Exercise Index directly below or click here to go to the Lesson Index, provided for users of the Third Canadian Edition of ¡Arriba! Comunicación y cultura (©2013 by Pearson Education Canada). Click here to learn how to type accents in Spanish. Signing Strategies in Spanish. Spanish for Kids.