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The truth about Learning Bundles

In this blog we will go over what are they, when and how to use them; and why are so many parents presently using them.

Stay tuned and read on because there is a lot of helpful information inside this post!

Perhaps you have heard about them, or have seen them around Instagram or Facebook. You wonder what they are since all of a sudden you see many of your favorite homeschooling accounts promoting them and then all of a sudden, they disappear.

What are Learning Bundles or Mega Bundles?

In short, a mega bundle is a compilation of digital resources made available to families for a limited time at an exceptional price.

To further explain, these bundles are planned throughout the year by homeschooling creatives, small shop owners, and artists that work designing quality educational material for homeschooling families or families who want to explore fun, specific topics with their children at home. They usually have a particular theme, but they are very diverse and unique since there are so many people involved in creating the material. For example, today, I am sharing the the newest mega bundle available: THE WORLD AROUND ME MEGA BUNDLE. This bundle focuses on connecting children and their families with the world around them through geography units, nature studies, and social studies. 

Features of a Mega Bundle:

  • A bundle usually ranges from 30 to 50 contributors.
  • Each contributor usually provides 1 to 5 digital files with flashcards, posters, unit studies, full-year guides, and memberships.
  • You receive about 2000+ pages of the best quality resources available to print at home.
  • All files are organized and sent to you through an email with a Google Drive link.
  • Once you receive your files, you get to keep them for life.
  • The resources included in a bundle are usually geared towards families that learn together, meaning you will receive material that can be used with your children- no matter what age they are!
  • All material usually has a net worth of $1500 BUT for the duration of the bundle, it is offered at an incredible discounted price. For example, the current bundle is priced at only $25 dollars.

Too good to be true, right? Well, it is!! the only catch is that bundles only last about a week. After that, you won’t find them anywhere. They are gone for good.

Downloading and organizing bundles:

Okay, so by now you must be feeling a bit overwhelmed with all the numbers I just gave you. Yes, they are FANTASTIC, but you must be thinking how do you keep up with all of that material and how do you use it?…Bear with me, I will guide you through the whole process and will give you some tips so you can keep everything well organized.

Once you receive an email with the link to Google Drive, you have two choices: download and save everything on your own Google Drive folder or leave it where it is. Some bundles are kept there forever so you would be all set, but some get deleted after a limited time, so I suggest you save them to your own drive just to not have headaches later on. If you don’t already own a Google Drive account, I encourage you to create one. It is free and amazing! you can keep everything organized and “on the cloud” which will give you access to all your files wherever you find a computer or directly from your phone if you have the app (free as well).

Once all that precious material is saved, I go back and create folders within your designated folder in Google Drive where you saved all files. Spend some time checking out the material. Seriously, I once purchased a bundle and didn’t take this step and missed out on a lot of information that I could have used during that school year-ouch!. Once you know exactly what’s included, then everything can be organized by main subjects like Math, Language Arts, Science, History, Geography, Art, etc. Inside each of those categories, I sometimes go all out and organize the resources by age group: Preschool and Kindergarten, Elementary and Middle school.

Taking the time to do this upfront will ensure you will get the most out of your bundle. And since you organized all of it, you will sort of making a mental note about what’s included. But it will also be organized so you can easily go back to it and find what you need.

If you have in mind some material that you would like to use already then you can proceed to print, cut, laminate, and get everything ready to use with your kids. In this case, a three-ring binder with separators and a clear box to organize your flashcards will come in handy.

Recap:

  1. Find email with Google Drive link
  2. Create folder on your Google Drive
  3. Organize by subject
  4. Organize by age
  5. Print, cut, laminate and file into folders to get them ready to use with your kids.
  6. Remember to write down what resources you would like to from the bundle when you are lesson planning.

Resources included in a learning Bundle:

Unit studies: A unit study is a collection of learning activities with a specific theme that incorporate multiple subjects into the study plan and are very popular with homeschooling families because they usually include material for kids in different age groups, making it a fun way to explore a topic as a family. They can consist of hands-on activities as well as some paperwork ones. You will find Poetry, Math, Language Arts, and more. All centered on one topic helping the child understand the subject as a whole and not in small pieces. 

Educational flashcards: Learning bundles are unique places to get quality flashcards to use with your kids! You usually find a couple of these included, and they are great for Gameschooling, reviewing concepts, learning vocabulary in a different language, and more.

Pictured here is our New Release explicitly made for THE WORLD AROUND ME MEGA BUNDLE. Our World-Bilingual cards were inspired on Earth’s Day, but we want to promote using them all year long. Each alphabet card includes a word related to planet earth, a definition, and a fun task or activity suggestion for families to have fun caring for our planet!

Classroom educational decor: Bundles are also wonderful places to find excellent, and colorful decor to display in your learning spaces. Take for instance these beautiful posters made by @mydarlinchickadees

Memberships: If you are fortunate enough, you will even land full access to memberships or clubs included with the bundle. For example this time around our favorite online watercolor school Lily & Thistle. Hanna will be offering a full free month of watercolor Nature’s Art Club. These resources alone are fantastic!

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Here is what I use for printing and organizing all the resources:

  1. To print all material: The BEST printer in the world! Okay, that might not be very objective, but I do think I have found one of the best-most affordable printers out there. It does not print 100% quality because it is a toner printer, but it does the job beautifully. Actually, this is the printer I use for my shop; it is good enough to print everything and look beautiful and sharp in product photography. I have only had to replenish the ink once in about 1.5 years and I think that is an incredible deal. I’m pretty content with it.
  2. To store printables: Three-ring-binders with Dividers. Once I print everything, I organize what I will use per subject and use the dividers to create new divisions in the same binder. I have two 2″ binders, and those two have been plenty to store about four bundles worth of material. Looking inside of those bundles makes me feel like a child at Christmas time. It’s so wonderful to get access to so many unique products and have them all there available for us to use whenever we want or need to.
  3. To store flashcards: Plastic stackable boxes I use these fun boxes to keep everything that is not full size material. Think, cut-outs, learning cards, game pieces, etc.
  4. Another option for all the smaller resources is plastic clear photo album sleeves. I love those too because I can add them inside the binder. It’s nice to have everything in one place.

How and why we printable resources in our (bilingual) homeschool

In efforts to not isolate the minority language for my kids, I find myself (quite often) using any unit studies and printables in English to practice Spanish. I’m not going to lie; this requires a little bit of extra work on my end BUT let me tell you, this has been a successful practice at our house. By connecting the unit that we are studying in other subjects with our Spanish learning, the kids are constantly learning new vocabulary and remembering concepts that we know already. Like everything else in life, it will take some time before you feel comfortable with this task but eventually, you will get the hang of it, and what once looked like so much work you will get done in no time. IT is worth it, mamas!

Here is how I make the most out of a unit that is not in the target language:

  1. Create a vocabulary list and we review it (Say it, repeat it and review it daily)
  2. Locate fun concepts in the unit that I can connect with the language and write them down in my planner so I remember to cover them during our learning time with the kids.
  3. I search online (or come up with my own) activity where we can practice the language. This can be anything. It usually depends on my energy level and how much time we have that week or day, I try to make it fun for the kids and easy for me to put together. For example: A bingo game, a craft, a crossword puzzle, a memory matching game…you get the idea.
  4. If the unit includes flashcards, I always, always print, cut and laminate these and add them to our stack of flashcards. The kids LOVE flipping through those during car rides, and I don’t get mad about it.
  5. If I have enough time I order thought my local library’s website books in the target language that goes with the unit or unit we will be covering during the upcoming weeks
  6. We have fun learning together!

Last words

Well, I hope I have covered all your questions about mega bundles, but if I didn’t please let me know in the comments. Also, I would love to hear your feedback on this post. I hope I convinced you to try a Mega Bundle or more, they truly are a big blessing for the homeschooling community. With them, you are getting a ton of great quality resources at an affordable price to diversify your kids’ education AND also with your purchase you are blessing the many moms and small business owners that gather together to make these events happen. ♥

Want to try a bundle? Click on the button below:

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Happy learning, families!

Dayana.

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Understanding Different Bilingual Parenting Strategies

At the end of this post you will find a Freebie that we hope helps you organize your bilingual goals!

If you are reading this blog post is probably because we have the same goal: to work towards teaching our kids a second language. In other words, to become a BILINGUAL FAMILY.

The reason behind this goal, however, is different for each of us but based on several studies realized in the United States, we have have come to the conclusion that some of the most common reasons to raise bilingual children are:

  • Better job opportunities
  • The United States is becoming increasingly multilingual at a very fast speed
  • Children can help past generations learn the language
  • Bilingual children offer different points of view than monolingual children
  • Bilingual children become more empathetic and sympathetic with others
  • To communicate well with relatives 
  • Language and culture are intertwined. To understand the community you are living in better.
  • Preservation of family’s heritage, and connect with older generations
  • To understand and become aware of cultural differences to respect them and appreciate them better.
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Now, the way we approach our bilingual goals are unique for each family and there are several ways to teach the target language to the next generation. Let’s look at different ways how we can accomplish it.

Language Learning Strategies:

1.Minority Language at home (MLAH):

In this strategy the whole family uses the minority language in interactions with each other and the child is exposed to the majority language in the community. Keep in mind that, while this strategy is called “Minority language at home” is inferring to using the target language within family interactions and not necessarily the place where the language is used.

Both parents are usually fluent in the target language. An example of this approach is a family where both parents are from Brazil but live in the United States. They speak entirely in Portuguese at home and when they are together without other people like when they are out in nature or at a park. Parents may choose to speak the majority language in the neighborhood, at school, with friends, and in other community activities.

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Because the majority language is a dominant force in kids’ lives, parents use their native language at home daily to continue working towards their language goals. There is a significant exposure to the target language and learning might happen effortlessly. It also promotes the strengthening of everyone’s language skills.

Tip: It is important to not only focus on speaking but also taking the time to work on reading writing and comprehension. Watching movies, having dinner dates with friends that share the same language goals, library story time are some ways a family can seek out more opportunities to practice the minority language.

Educational Resources: families in this category benefit from translating any book or any material for their children into the minority language if they have a hard time finding material already in the language. They can use printables, unit studies and other material available with the benefit of knowing both languages.

2. One parent One Language (OPOL):

This strategy involves one parent speaking one language to the child and the other parent speaking a second language. This can be a successful method if each parent is a native speaker of a different language. for example, mom is a native Spanish speaker from Perú and dad is a native English speaker from England. This strategy might have one minority language and one majority language; or, two minority languages. The child knows exactly what to expect and knows which parent will speak which language.

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Tip: You can get the most out of this strategy by using your language to communicate no matter the place, time, or activity when you are alone with the child. At the same time be sure to have an initial conversation as to which language will be used when the whole family is together so everyone knows what to expect. A workbook, textbooks and other aids can be used to improve grammar, reading and writing skills in the minority language.

Educational Resources: Families in this category benefit from having one parent translate anything into the target language to diversify the material used at home to learn if they lack material in the language. They can use printables, unit studies, and other material available with the benefit of one parent knowing both languages.

3. Time and Place:

This strategy allows families to decide when, where, and how long they use the minority language. Using the target language can either be determined by a planned schedule or a contextual opportunity. This strategy is optimal for families with one monolingual parent and one bilingual parent; it is a method where everyone comes together to plan do they want to use the language depending on their goals, and the family decides it within the boundaries of time, space, and activities. My family uses this strategy, for example. Dad only speaks English, and I am bilingual. We use Spanish mostly when he is not around to practice core language competencies. I use this time to teach the kids vocabulary and grammar; I read to them in Spanish and help them read books to me. Spanish is added to our homeschooling days and I make sure to include into our daily rhythm. During Lunchtime, we try our best to only speak in Spanish. When he is home, we practice some in a more laid-back way, making it fun and inviting for dad to learn some, encourage the kids, and for him to be part of our family’s bilingual goal. We try to make it less academic and more fun and I think bringing that into the picture adds up significant value for the kids to understand this is simply who we are and what we do. It is part of our family life.

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Tip: A clear plan is essential for this strategy to work. The plan should be consistent and steady. Also, remember that for a child to learn a language they need constant interaction with the minority language. So, if it’s needed, consider using external material and resources to supplement their learning and for them to have diverse opportunities to practice. You might want to invest in an online program, a tutor or virtual classes. Books, videos, educational apps, and unit studies will be aids that you also want to have always available.

Educational Resources: Families that use this method have the same advantages when talking about resources for home as those using the OPOL strategy. They can use printables, unit studies, and other material available with the benefit of having one parent that knows both languages and can translate material for the children.

4. Outsource Family:

This method is for families who have agreed on investing their time, efforts, and money toward helping their children become bilingual. These families understand the numerous benefits of bilingualism. Once the family has agreed on a target language, they seek external help since neither speaks the target language. In this approach, families rely on outside help and material to provide that bilingual education for their children. For example, a family has their kids in a mandarin after-school class or a Spanish immersion school.

Tip: While this is more of a long-term commitment where a budget must be designated towards it, Immersion programs are the most effective type of world language program currently available in the united States. Consider also a bilingual school where the children learn normal academic subjects like math, science, and social studies in two languages.

This strategy is very successful. However, just as the ones above, the support of the parents is as important; they play an important role at home and must have an intentional approach to support their children in their bilingual journey.

Educational Resources:Families that use this strategy will have to outsource the material used at home but count on the benefit of finding a significant amount of material available for printing at affordable prices.

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So, what do you say? Which category does your family fall in?, What method do you think would work best for you?

Final thoughts to consider:

Remember, the strategy used does not matter as much as our nurturing support towards our kids’ language learning. I am including a free questionnaire in this post that will help you jot down your ideas and determine the goal for a second language for your family. Having a clear overview of what methods others use and why provides helpful insight to decide your family’s needs, what goals you have, and the best way to go about it. Keep in mind there is no one-size fits all approach and the success depends on each individual family and their unique goals and language experience. But having the need to use both languages and raising happy kids matters most!

Enjoy the journey, read to your children or find ways others can read to them in both languages, whether it be through unit studies, printable material, a video, storytime at the library or a native speaker friend, playing games, listening to music, and dancing are great ways to connect with the kids and turn language learning into a fun family affair. Seek out support for you as parents, your child, and at home. Last but not least, talk to your child about your bilingual goals, make sure they are on board and up for the challenge!

To download and print your FREE questionnaire click on the button below:

Free Bilingual Family Goals- Questionnaire

Thank you so much for reading! We hope this post helped you organize your ideas some, and most importantly, it helped you get excited about the future of your family’s language adventure!!

Be sure to let us know if you have any questions, thoughts or suggestions in the comments.

“Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.”

– Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Welcoming a bilingual lifestyle

Languages have always been my passion. I was born and raised in Colombia but came to the US in 2007 at the age of 19  with the desire to experience American culture with my own eyes. I found love and a family on the way. I now spend my days at home with my children, our animals, our garden, and our books. I have been married to my husband for almost 12 years and together, we decided home-education was the path we wanted to take for our three children.

The intent behind that decision was to create a safe space for our kids to be who they want to be, seek their passions, and preserve their childhood; but also, and of the same level of importance, was to have the time to work on their second language. We felt the desire to preserve their roots, my husband’s as well as mine. Most of my family only speak  Spanish, so it was essential for us to have our children learn the language. At the same time, raising bilingual children not only has cognitive and academic benefits, but it also supports a greater sense of openness, empathy, and appreciation for other cultures; it opens doors for our children’s futures and they acquire a broader world-view. All in all just what we want our children to grow up having. 

In addition to home education, I knew I needed some accountability. It all sounds beautiful on paper but from there to the actual execution we can find a big gap. Taking on a second language can be a beautiful thing for the family but just like any other thing it requires a level of commitment and you must put effort to be able to reach your goal.  That is when I decided to open the doors to our house to other homeschooling children to come and learn with us. Opening the doors to our house has made the learning of the language a more interactive experience for our children and those that are wanting to learn alongside us. My kids have made some good friends and have gotten real life practice in the process. Something that once sounded like an unreachable idea, is now something that we all look forward to every week at our house.

There is a quote by Gandhi that I love and think about often: “The future depends on what you do today” and today means every day. Learning a second language is something that you need to work on daily. But that is the beauty of homeschooling, you have the freedom to adjust things to make it work. And as advised by Charlotte Mason, the sooner you can start, the better -as long as our children show interest and are encouraged by what we are presenting to them.

Whether that means adding some things to your daily rhythm, creating a library for reading aloud, or practicing saying a few sentences during lunchtime in the target language. Being at home with your children will facilitate the time that you need to be successful. You can certainly form a  great language foundation in your children and even yourself.

It is important to keep it simple and find practical ways to bring your kids in contact with the language.

With this in mind, here are some of the things that we do at our home:

  • Label as many parts of the house as possible. Making an effort to repeat and ask the children what each of those words mean often. Translating our children’s chore charts or schedules and placing them in a visible place.
  • Have a hanging whiteboard in the bathroom and start writing one word per day/one sentence, etc. (This is a method called “Captive Reading” in case you want to look into it)
  • Create a list of 5 to 10 daily commands, translate them, and practice until you feel comfortable saying them to your children. Then use them every day. (Adding a second language should be a family affair and the more your children see you excited about it the more they will feel the same).
  • Read at least one book per day in the target language. 
  • Create a playlist and dance to it. Have fun with it! The more they see Spanish as a fun thing, the more they will want to practice it often.
  • If your kids have a favorite movie, let them see it often but set it up in the target language.
  • Go out to eat! Visit restaurants that speak the target language and practice ordering together.
  • Lastly, finding a community of families that share the same goals is always a great idea!

The only two things that you need to start teaching your children a second language are the desire to do it, and the discipline to keep at it. Small steady efforts each day will add up to consistent progress over the years.

Even if you don’t have previous knowledge, I assure you there is no one more equipped than you to teach your own children anything you want. And that includes a new language. On this website, you will find labels for the house, schedules, free printables, and even the daily command cards that I mentioned above, along with a video, so you can hear the pronunciation of those from a native speaker.

I hope those help you get started!

Thanks for reading, mamas.

– Dayana

Interested in my daily commands and words of affection cards? Get them here

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New product

Hello friend!

Today I have a short and sweet-VERY SWEET message to share. Basically I want to introduce you to my new unit study! A comprehensive guide on Tropical fruits where the focus is for your child will put his/her senses to work while experiencing all the new textures, smells, flavors and more.

http://www.cedarhillkids.com

Included you will find basic but interesting information about tropical fruits, what makes them “tropical” where do we find them, a climate zone map and more.

You will also find a two-page poster with the names of some of the best tropical fruits. I tried to keep it somewhat “common” that way you can still try to find them at your local supermarket, because this fun guide works best if you are able to find some of these fruits and try them.

I included a couple fun STEM activities including a science experiment, math (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and fractions) You will find math activities for K-5th grade that way everyone can join in the fun!

To work in some LA you will find a couple tracing activities for the little ones, handwriting for writing siblings a crossword puzzle, a poem and more!

As a bonus am sharing a booklist that will tie beautifully with this unit.

Available in Spanish and English and after purchase you will receive a 33-page PDF file that you can save on your computer and use it for years to come!

Would you like to take a look?

Feel free to heck it out here

If you decide to try it, and take the time to leave us a review, I will send you a bonus coupon that you can redeem in my shop as a way of saying thank you. We all know reviews are EVERYTHING nowadays 🙂

Happy learning!!

Dayana ♥

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Learn more about my Spanish Immersion classes

¡Hola! Are you located in Rochester, MN?- I have a great opportunity waiting for you and your family!

Bring your elementary and middle school-age kids to join my Spanish class.

I am a native Spanish speaking homeschooling mom, born and raised in Colombia (South America) but moved to the U.S in 2007. I came to this country to learn English but found love on the way!

On Tuesdays and Wednesdays, we will meet and have fun while we practice Spanish. I will be using the curriculum that I have been putting together through all the years of tutoring and teaching Spanish to kids at the elementary level.

I was a Spanish teacher for Futura Language Professionals for almost 3 years and worked for almost 3 years as a bilingual teacher for Tri-valley Opportunity Council. In addition to these, I have worked for 10+ years as a translator and for different hospitals as a medical interpreter.

Each week, we will have a fun and different topic (Farm, Shapes, Greetings, etc.). I like to make my lessons very practical and interactive. There will be singing, acting, playing games, story-time and, crafts. All while incorporating the Spanish language.

Your kids will get first hand immersion so that means they will learn the best pronunciation possible and I like to keep the group small for each class which means they will get a lot of undivided attention. We will slowly work our way up to a Spanish conversation type of class and I am planning to have extra events where parents can join us as well!

If you would like to see what my class is all about, be sure to check our FB group here

I have 4 options for you:

  1. Level 1: Class is designed for students that are new to Spanish or the following: Recognize numbers, alphabet, colors, shapes, greetings, body parts, and opposites. We will study the Alphabet, numbers 1-100, greetings, shapes, parts of the body, farm animals and, colors and more.
  2. Level 2: Class is designed for students with basic Spanish knowledge (see Level 1). Child is also able to read and write in English. We will study alphabet, numbers 100-1000000, the rest of level 1 topics plus continents, time, city, parts of the house and transportation. Child is able to read and write in English
  3. Level 3: Class is designed for students that have completed Level 1, Level 2 (or equivalent), have previous Spanish knowledge, and is able to read and write in English in a more advanced way). We will also study:
  • Grammatical rules.
  • Speaking in full sentences (beginner’s Spanish conversation).
  • Expanding his/her vocabulary to more complex topics.
  1. After-school class: This is an option for kids that attend a school or don’t want to interrupt the regular school rhythm at home. This class combines Level 1 and level 2.

Classes meet every Tuesday morning (8:30-9:30, 10-11 am), afternoon (4-5 pm) and Wednesday afternoon (4 – 5 pm)

The class is $15/hour and you pay by the month during the first class of each month (cash or check is accepted). If interested in any of these for your kiddos, please fill out the following form.

https://forms.gle/aVkhBTLdMukAMjhb9

¡Muchas gracias!

Maestra Dayana 🙂

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Spanish Immersion at home

Incorporating Spanish in a consistent basis is an essential part of learning the language. This is why Spanish Immersion classes are the best approach you can take to learn a second language. It is only when you immerse yourself in the language, that you start to make internal connections of how the language works.

But how do we do this when we don’t have the time or can’t afford to spend a prolonged amount of time abroad?

There are actually several ways that you can approach a Spanish Immersion at home. To our benefit, the United States’ Spanish speaking population is growing at hyper speed and this is causing us to have a broad access to resources at our fingerprints. In addition to this, the internet now is as powerful and diverse as never before so it it should not be too complicated to incorporate Spanish on a more consistent basis.

Here are a couple ideas, that I try to do with my kids:

Coloring one of my Spanish coloring pages. Check them out here

  • Create a daily schedule and label it in Spanish (Make sure you include pictures). This is a fun way to see Spanish right from the start of your and your child’s day. The printable that I designed has pictures and is of course labeled in Spanish. I have also attached a couple ideas to hopefully help you get the most out of this resource. from playing a matching game to watching the video I created to practice correct with the correct pronunciation to laminated and creating your own schedule and taping it to the wall, etc. You can use the one I made here:
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  • Lastly, audiovisuals are great ways to support Spanish Immersion at home. What kid does not like “screen time”?! Perhaps you can use their screen time and make it educational by allowing them to do activities in Spanish. Here are a couple ideas:
    • Do they have an iPad or tablet? …then install a couple apps for them to practice vocabulary!
      • Gus on the go you’ll be able to get an intro to topics like colors, numbers, animals, and more. For iOS and Android. Recommended for ages 2-5 or for new Spanish learners. Only available version is paid, at $3.99
      • DuoLingo for Kids Through games, kids can learn whole phrases and sentences in Spanish. FREE
      • FabuLingua teaches Spanish through interactive storytelling. This one is a beautiful app. It presents the language in context instead of teaching selective vocabulary.
      • ABC Magico-Abecedario This app is designed to teach the sounds of the alphabet letters, with three game levels and images for each letter. It’s pretty neat, my kids really like it.
    • Do they have a favorite movie that they love and almost know it by heart? Then let them watch it but set it up in Spanish. (I use the library at least once per month to get their absolute favorites!) Make it fun by providing a yummy treat. Have popcorn and lemonade for example so it is a “fun” activity all around for them.
  • It is also important for your child to see you excited and engaged in learning Spanish too so try to model that for him/her whenever possible.

I hope you enjoyed this post and hope you are able to incorporate some, or all of my ideas to help you make Spanish part of your kids regular routine and you all feel that “Immersion” in the language right from the comfort of home.

If you have any ideas on how you we all incorporate Spanish on a regular basis please let me know in the comments and also let me know what you think about the ideas above.

Thanks for reading!

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