Calico Spanish https://calicospanish.com Kids Learn Real Spanish. For Life. Elementary Spanish Curriculum. Wed, 11 Dec 2019 19:34:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3 https://calicospanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/calicospanish.png Calico Spanish https://calicospanish.com 32 32 Dual Language Immersion: 5 ways to help at home https://calicospanish.com/dual-language-spanish-summer-home/ https://calicospanish.com/dual-language-spanish-summer-home/#respond Wed, 04 Dec 2019 07:08:04 +0000 https://calicospanish.com/?p=185977 The (well-founded) pressure to raise bilingual kids In this modern world with all of its challenges and opportunities, parents have a lot of options to think through and a mountain of decisions to make. As parents contemplate preschool, homeschool, religious school, public school, unschool and any school, they keep facing the news that children need […]

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]]> https://calicospanish.com/dual-language-spanish-summer-home/feed/ 0 ACTFL 2019: Early language sessions https://calicospanish.com/actfl-2019-early-language-elementary-sessions/ https://calicospanish.com/actfl-2019-early-language-elementary-sessions/#comments Mon, 18 Nov 2019 19:44:08 +0000 https://calicospanish.com/?p=210001 Early language educators, it’s ACTFL week!  This Thursday kicks off the 2019 Annual Convention & Expo for the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL).  It’s an enormous conference that’s enormously fun and some of the best professional development around.  This year, the ACTFL Convention is in Washington, D.C.  Calico Spanish is not […]

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]]> https://calicospanish.com/actfl-2019-early-language-elementary-sessions/feed/ 4 Choosing the best Spanish curriculum: 11 questions to ask https://calicospanish.com/choosing-the-best-spanish-curriculum-11-questions-to-ask/ https://calicospanish.com/choosing-the-best-spanish-curriculum-11-questions-to-ask/#respond Mon, 23 Sep 2019 07:08:45 +0000 https://calicospanish.com/?p=202695 You want the best Spanish curriculum. How do you choose? As a teacher or parent who wants the young children in your life to speak real Spanish to real people, you have a lot of choices to make. You’ll find an array of programs that claim to help you teach Spanish to children. How do […]

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]]> https://calicospanish.com/choosing-the-best-spanish-curriculum-11-questions-to-ask/feed/ 0 Psst… guess what we launched in our Spanish learning curriculum? https://calicospanish.com/popular-spanish-curriculum-new-level-learning/ https://calicospanish.com/popular-spanish-curriculum-new-level-learning/#respond Wed, 18 Sep 2019 17:47:30 +0000 https://calicospanish.com/?p=203140 NEW: Popular Spanish curriculum expands with a fourth Level Here at Calico Spanish, we want teachers and parents to know our popular Spanish curriculum is fun and effective.  So, we’re always working to improve and expand the opportunities children have to learn real Spanish to use with real people.  If you follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, you’ve […]

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]]> https://calicospanish.com/popular-spanish-curriculum-new-level-learning/feed/ 0 Valentine’s Day cards for Spanish class: FREE printable https://calicospanish.com/valentine-spanish-free-printable/ https://calicospanish.com/valentine-spanish-free-printable/#respond Mon, 11 Feb 2019 23:26:42 +0000 https://calicospanish.com/?p=176559 In case the hearts, balloons, chocolates, and school dances haven’t been enough to remind you, it’s Valentine’s Day!  In other words, it’s Friendship Day! No, really, in Venezuela, Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, and the Dominican Republic, February 14th is Día del Amor y la Amistad – the day of love and friendship.  They have this “Galentine’s” thing […]

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]]> https://calicospanish.com/valentine-spanish-free-printable/feed/ 0 ¡Feliz Navidad! FREE Christmas coloring printable for Spanish class https://calicospanish.com/feliz-navidad-free-christmas-coloring-printable-for-spanish-class/ https://calicospanish.com/feliz-navidad-free-christmas-coloring-printable-for-spanish-class/#respond Tue, 18 Dec 2018 20:24:00 +0000 https://calicospanish.com/?p=171526 For most of the learners and teachers we know and love, the semester is wrapping up.  As we wrap up, many of us are also wrapping something else – the Christmas presents!  Whatever this holiday season holds for you, know that we appreciate you. We know that being bilingual in Spanish is an adventure that […]

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]]> https://calicospanish.com/feliz-navidad-free-christmas-coloring-printable-for-spanish-class/feed/ 0 Día de Muertos free download: Finger puppets! https://calicospanish.com/dia-de-muertos-free-finger-puppets/ https://calicospanish.com/dia-de-muertos-free-finger-puppets/#respond Wed, 24 Oct 2018 16:34:22 +0000 https://calicospanish.com/?p=166199 If you’re a Stories subscriber, you may have already noticed that magical yellow “Level D” button pop up in your subscription.  (Such a small button! Such a big step for us!)  In Level D, you’ll meet Ofelia la oveja blanca (the white sheep) and her friends. Some you may already know, like Pepe and Raúl.  Others […]

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]]> https://calicospanish.com/dia-de-muertos-free-finger-puppets/feed/ 0 Basics Video Playlist: Organize your elementary Spanish class with TL music! https://calicospanish.com/basics-playlist-videos/ https://calicospanish.com/basics-playlist-videos/#respond Thu, 11 Oct 2018 18:24:22 +0000 https://calicospanish.com/?p=156697 Elementary Spanish teachers, how is your school year going?  You’re a quarter of the way through! As you move through this semester with your early Spanish learners, we wanted to help you help them with our YouTube Basics Playlist.  This is something we’ve put together to help you organize your class around target-language music.  This […]

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]]> https://calicospanish.com/basics-playlist-videos/feed/ 0 Two keys to successful homeschool co-op Spanish https://calicospanish.com/co-op-homeschool-spanish-success/ https://calicospanish.com/co-op-homeschool-spanish-success/#respond Wed, 19 Sep 2018 19:18:28 +0000 https://calicospanish.com/?p=156538 I am the curriculum specialist in charge of developing Stories here at Calico Spanish, but I am also a mom to three young kids. For the last few years, we participated in a homeschool co-op that met once a week.  At the co-op, I taught Spanish.  For my younger age group (K-4th grade), I used the […]

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]]> https://calicospanish.com/co-op-homeschool-spanish-success/feed/ 0 NEW SONG: “La ropa” Spanish children’s song for clothing, weather, activities https://calicospanish.com/clothing-spanish-song-children-weather-activities/ https://calicospanish.com/clothing-spanish-song-children-weather-activities/#respond Wed, 05 Sep 2018 19:17:25 +0000 https://calicospanish.com/?p=156536 How do you teach children clothing words in Spanish? Well, you approach it like any other set of vocabulary – in context. There’s some spirited questioning in the early language (and secondary!) field about how best to present some concepts.  Daily activities, particularly reflexive verbs, is one.  You’ll hear teachers be quick to question how […]

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