Tarjetas Navideñas

Now that all of our K-4 students are together in one school, I thought it would be fun for the 'big kids' (4th graders) to make Christmas and Channukah cards for our Kindergartners. It is a fun way for students to use the language for a real purpose and builds community between grade levels, fostering the notion that Spanish can be used to communicate with others. We are keeping the messages very simple, so that the Kinders can understand them, with a related illustration on front. The added bonus is that students reinforce letter-writing vocabulary, such as 'Dear...' and 'Besos y abrazos' or 'Saludos' or 'Adiós'.

Too cute!

Villancicos

I am in love with Kumquat's 'Villancicos' cd. by Constanza Basaluzzo. Published and recorded in Argentina, each and every Christmas carol is just divine. Not to mention I adore the accent...
In class we have a great time singing and humming along with some of my favorites, including 'Navidad'. For older students you can copy the lyrics and highlight the chorus so they can follow along.
I bought this cd from Scholastic a couple of years ago- you can get it on Amazon.