This post covers weeks 7-10 of the Speekee Accelerate programme. We did pretty well to keep momentum going what with Christmas and New Year, I think there was just one week where we didn’t do anything! It is definitely important to do a little bit as often as possible with this so as to maintain your child’s interest, even if that means simply watching the videos every day. Read More »Speekee® Accelerate Review: Weeks 7-10
We have just signed up for the Family Subscription with Rockalingua and I just had to write this blog post about it as it is a fantastic resource! Everything from the design and quality of the videos and songs to the worksheets is faultless – As a Home Educator and Spanish teacher I can’t believe I didn’t subscribe sooner!Read More »Review: Rockalingua
I like to read children’s books to my students that have one word or phrase that is repeated a lot, that way I can read the story in English and just translate one word or phrase into Spanish so that they are hearing it in it’s context, over, and over, and over again.
I Want My Hat Back
Arriba, Abajo y Alrededor = Up, Down and Around
by Katherine Ayres & Nadine Bernard Westcott is a wonderful book that was a great hit with all the children. It is simple to read with lovely bright illustrations. I used it to accompany a food unit I did during the Autumn.
With the older children, we read it together, taking turns as we passed it around the class. This was a great exercise for them to practice reading with vocabulary they recognised but in short sentences.
With the younger one as well as simply reading it, we played a game. Whenever I said each of the words in the title the children had to act out the meaning. So when I read (arriba) they stretched up as high as they could, get down on the floor as low as they can when I read (abajo) and spin around for (alrededor). This is great fun and really gets the children listening and understanding first prepositions while learning new vocabulary.Read More »Book review – Arriba, Abajo y Alrededor
Weeks 1 & 2
These lessons introduce simple everyday phrases in Spanish such as “Donde esta…” (where is) and “No lo sé” (I don’t know). They are introduced in the videos without written meaning and repeated often.
We did the name & number worksheet activities that go with these lessons.Read More »Speekee® Accelerate Review: Weeks 1-6
I am reviewing the Speekee® Accelerate Programme that was launched in November 2015.
Speekee is an Online Spanish resource designed for children that are Home Educated. I subscribed to the Fastrack program designed for 4-7 year olds earlier this year and found it to be very useful in supporting our language learning journey at home. The Accelerate programme is designed for students age 8+.
This is a great game to accompany a food unit. The children have to think of 10 fruits and vegetables. Once they have ten items s/he is required to draw that person using only the items on the list. Then they can label the body parts in Spanish.Read More »“Plant People” Game
I have teamed up with Jim Porter at Speekee.com to offer children on my Home Ed Spanish Club the opportunity to win three weeks free subscription to this amazing On-Line resource!
If your child currently attends my Home Ed Spanish Clubs in Warrington or Haslington you are eligible to enter the giveaway.
Here is a list of my Top 10 Spanish learning Apps for children. I’d say these Apps are suitable for children up to the age of 7 as some of them are quite basic and older children could get bored.
When I was home educating my own daughters in Argentina, “free Spanish resources” wasn’t really a concept that existed in any useful form. You had textbooks, you had dictionaries, and you had the world outside the front door.
The world outside the front door was, admittedly, quite effective.
Read More »Top 10 FREE Resources to Support Your Child’s Spanish Learning at Home