Kelly is owner and head tutor at Adventures in Spanish. She has been creating and delivering fun and engaging Spanish lessons for learners of all ages and abilities since she returned to the UK in 2014 following an epic 20-year Adventure in South America. Check out how our Spanish courses can support you or the young learner in your life along your Spanish-learning journey here; www.adventuresinspanish.co.uk
*Updated 14/10/24* The El Día de los Muertos (Day of The Dead) Festival in Mexico is celebrated on the 1st and 2nd of November each year. On these dates people remember their loved ones who have passed away. Sound a bit morbid? Well it’s not at all. Read on to learn more about this intriguing festival.
Read More »The Day of The Dead FestivalI’m so excited to be writing this post…it’s an exhilarating time for me as I announce the launch date for my first bilingual children’s book with acclaimed author Jude Lennon.
“Am I Nearly There Yet?” (¿Ya Estoy Llegando?) Follows the adventures of Frida a Monarch butterfly as she makes her migratory journey down to Mexico for the ‘Day of the Dead Festival’. But, Frida is a day dreamer. She wasn’t paying attention and the other butterflies have left without her. Who will help Frida find her way? And, will she get to the festival on time?
Following the success of my last Six-Week On Line Spanish Course I have designed a two-hour conversation workshop in which beginners can improve the speaking and listening skills gained in previous courses. Tickets are just £35 per person and are available via Eventbrite. Read More »On Line Spanish Conversation Workshop
Yay! We have finished the Spanish Playground Summer Reading Challenge, a free programme designed to encourage children of all ages to read in Spanish. Between the 15th May and 1st August children read as many books in Spanish as they want. These can be all types of books from electronic books to poems. Parents are provided with books lists and online reading resources as well as tips on how to encourage your child to read more. At the end of the challenge the children receive a certificate!
There are two important dates around Argentina’s independence from Spain; 9 de Julio which is the day Independence was declared and the 25 de Mayo which is when the first local government was established in Buenos Aires in 1810. 25 de Mayo is known as The May Revolution (Revolución de Mayo) or Revolution Day (El día de la Revolución). The famous Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires is named in honor of this event.
Starting this June you can now learn Spanish from the comfort of your own home with my 6-week Online Spanish Course in which I will teach you basic holiday Spanish.
We will meet OnLine every Monday 7.30-8.30pm from 6th June – 11th July 2016. Read More »OnLine Spanish Course for adults
Weeks 23 & 24 were fun to do…all about musical instruments! We started off looking at the different musical instruments on the worksheets and talked about what they are and asked ¿Qué instrumento es? (What instrument is it?). The lesson evolved and before we knew it the children we playing and tuning the ukulele!
This is one of the things I love about Home Education – seeing the children’s Spanish learning-journey evolving with them – there are no limits to where they can take it. Read More »Speekee® Accelerate Review: Weeks 23 & 24
My eldest daughter is six and is bilingual. She has no problem speaking in Spanish (spending the first three years of her life in Argentina laid a solid foundation). She can also read in Spanish, but when it comes to writing she usually just shuts down. I’m not too bothered as I’m not one of those pushy, competitive parents who compares my children to their peers (not all the time anyway!!) and understand that each child is unique and develops in different ways at different times. She hasn’t shown much interest in writing in English yet so I’m not surprised that there hasn’t been any demand to do it in Spanish, until now…Read More »How can I encourage my child to start writing in Spanish?
Using the vocabulary learnt in the last unit I prepared a shopping list in Spanish with 10 items that the children had to find in our local supermarket. It was a race and the first one back to me with all the correct items in their basket was the winner. Read More »Speekee® Accelerate Review: Supermarket Scavenger Hunt
Units for weeks 21 & 22 are all about animals!
For week 21 we spent time talking about our different animals and which are our favourite, forming questions like “¿Cúal es tu animal favorito?” (What is your favorite animal?). We also played a game of animal charades which was fun! Read More »Speekee® Accelerate Review: Weeks 21 & 22