Miércoles 25 de Septiembre, 2013

We began our first meeting with greetings and introductions.

Buenos días

Buenas tardes

Buenas noches

      Try practicing these at home during the appropriate time of day. Your child should also have an introduction of him/herself in their binder. Have them read it to you. They will be reading it to the class during our next meeting.

      We also touched on word gender, i.e. la niña, el niño, and the Spanish pronunciation of vowels. To practice their sound, they learned a song called La Mar Estaba Serena. It should be in their binders, and they are assigned to teach it to their families to practice for our next class.

In addition, we had a look at the Spanish alphabet and pointed out differences compared to the English version. Namely the use of letters ch, ll, ñ, rr, the silent h sound as well as the double question and exclamation marks ¿? and ¡! and a brief mention of accents. Please review this in the beginning pages of the Cuaderno de Práctica your child brought home.

      Your child also learned an important question I encourage her/him to ask me, and you to them:

¿Qué quiere decir xxxxxxx?

 Literally translating to: What does xxxxxxx want to say? Or, what does xxxxxxx mean?

Hasta el próximo Miércoles.

Saludos,

Señor Lobo