Effective Spanish conversation practice activities are essential to building conversation skills. Building these skills is a progressive process. Just like learning to speak your native language, the student’s speaking skills will emerge first in single words, then phrases, and finally full sentences. In the classroom or at home we can provide students with Spanish conversation practice opportunities to develop speaking skills. You do not have to know the language to provide these opportunities. You just need to know some methods and activities. Response Conversation Activities These ..read more

In Spanish, we use preterite conjugations of verbs to communicate completed actions in the past. Learning how to produce the preterite conjugations and when to properly use this verb tense are something that is included in our comprehensive Spanish homeschool curriculum or schools and classes curriculum, specifically the Verbos themed course for each. This article will provide you with explanations and practice ideas to support learning preterite conjugations. Understanding Preterite Conjugation Spanish verb conjugation is about changing the ending of an infinitive verb (un-conjugated ver ..read more

Learning a new language includes learning a combination of essential daily words, as well as other vocabulary and phrases that help you to express yourself. Understanding the days in Spanish can help students learn how to communicate more effectively and even manage planning and scheduling. Learning these essentials is easy with the right tools. Here I’ll provide you with tips and tricks for simple and effective learning, just like what you’d find in my elementary Spanish curriculum. What Are the Days in Spanish? In English, we know the days of the week as Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday ..read more

Teaching with an elementary Spanish curriculum can be the best thing you do for yourself and your students. A quality program will make teaching easier and more enjoyable. It will give you everything you need to create an engaging and effective learning experience for your students. And, it will guarantee you results! A quality elementary Spanish curriculum will teach students more than just vocabulary and phrases. It will develop their ability to understand, speak, read, and write in complete sentences. It will teach them the mechanics of the language too. They will be able to use those skill ..read more

Using Spanish lapbooks with flashcards is a fun and effective way to enhance the use of flashcards and help kids learn language concepts. Through their own creativity, kids can organize their flashcards and use them to display the concepts they are learning in a way that uniquely works for them. In this post, homeschool co-op teacher, Nelda McAllister, shares how she had her students make Spanish lapbooks. She used them as a way for safe-keeping of the Spanish for You! flashcards and to help review and practice them. Read on to see how she did this and to get inspiration on how you c ..read more

Grandfather, Victor Rodriguez, teaches Spanish online to his grandchildren using Spanish for You! COVID changed schooling for his grandchildren this year. And so, his two sons, who live in different towns, asked him to teach a Spanish course to the kids via the internet. Not only would teaching the course allow the kids to learn Spanish, but it would also be a way for them to see each other during this time of social distancing. When Victor told me about what he was doing and began sharing some of his Spanish online class experiences, I asked if he might like to write a guest blog po ..read more

If you are teaching students online this year, you may find these Spanish listening activities fun and easy to use. They are low-prep and keep students engaged. They provide that essential Spanish listening practice all language learners need. Each Spanish listening activity is one I have used with my class this year and that my students have enjoyed. My group is small, so some of these activities may need to be modified for a larger group. Read a Spanish Story and Ask Questions This year I am using the Spanish for You! Mi vida school-year themed package to teach my class. I created a short st ..read more

A BIG “HOLA” to my Top Picks Homeschool friends! I put this here for you! (It’s also available to anyone else who happens across it!) Last year I put together this Spanish Christmas activity, a “What Do You Like Survey”, so my students could practice using the verb “gustar”. “Gustar” is a verb used to talk about what people like or what pleases them. And, since it was Christmastime, I combined the practice with Spanish Christmas vocabulary. You can download this activity below. There is a coordinating audio file so that you can hear all the content if needed. There is no Spanish experience ..read more

You’re a parent looking for a path on how your children can become fluent in Spanish. There are many paths that can be taken. Some people have access to dual-language programs where their children attend the local school and are immersed in Spanish everyday. Dual-language programs do the work for you. This article is for those who don’t have an option like that. I will provide you with a suggested path that considers your time and budget. Everyone has different amounts of time and money they can give to this effort. So, the goal is to provide a path where just about anyone can help their kids ..read more

Teaching Spanish remotely with Spanish for You! is easy. In my April newsletter, I provided teachers with a guide on how to do this, but I thought it would be beneficial to write a blog post to hopefully reach more Spanish for You! teachers. It may also give other Spanish teachers helpful ideas. You Can Still Cover Content You Planned Before I get into “how” to teach remotely using Spanish for You!, I’d like to assure you that you will be able to cover the curriculum content you planned for the school year without being in a classroom together. The curriculum is designed so that stud ..read more