Señora Gose's Homeschool Spanish Blog (aka "Seriously, Suzanne")
Top Ten Obstacles to learning Foreign Languages, #6 and #5 (KEEP IT SIMPLE!)
Flip Flop Spanish is counting down this week with the top ten obstacles (and solutions!) to learning Spanish (or any foreign language.)Today we are on #6 Memory, and #5 Keep it Simple! #6 MY MEMORY ISN’T GREATThis is an interesting obstacle many parents have brought up - they feel they can’t possibly teach or learn new vocabulary because their short term (and even long term) memory performs so poorly for them on a daily basis. Sometimes their concern is because their child (frequently the pre-teen) has such poor memory, they feel they’ll set them up for “another” difficult subject, and...
Growing Pains.. are real!
WOW WOW WOW! We are experiencing a lot of "growing pains" here in Central Texas. THANK YOU! Our printer and distributors have been working around the clock to fill your orders efficiently. We finally made the decision to upgrade our distribution set up to better serve our customers! This means there will be a slight delay in orders made since Wednesday, July 29. Thank you in advance for your patience. We'll have everything ready to go again by Monday - and have faster shipping speeds because of this "time out" for better inventory control and access. We are amazed and...
Seriously, Suzanne? HUGE Oopsie...
Ugh. I was SO excited. I opened up my new Flip Flop French Flash Cards, and happily flipped over the first card: THE ARM, practicing my newly remembered French Pronunciation... Wait a second. Something's not right. And it's all my fault. ... So! Until we sell them all, this first OOPSIE Flip Flop French batch is 40% off. There's only 100, well 98 now. And some Charlotte Mason mommas have been waiting a LONG time!
What if my child wants to learn (any other foreign language) instead?
Many times, our children enjoy choosing a path that is... an ALTERNATE journey, shall we say? We have chosen their curriculum, the best method, the most useful tools, and they have dug in their heels. Here's the thing. That's ok. Take a quick listen about when and how to let your child choose their own foreign language study (for a time.) We do offer flash cards for Flip Flop German and Flip Flop French! Seriously Suzanne choosing a language from Suzanne Gose on Vimeo. Something I failed to mention in my video -- they have to PROVE that they're...
Why and How does the Charlotte Mason Method Work with learning languages?
There are a few principles that create a successful language learning journey. Charlotte Mason and I happened to agree on them! When I learned about her method, AFTER I had developed See it and Say it, I decided to add on to the process. Just a little I've expounded a bit more, seeing that all the pieces definitely are a catalyst to the ONE key to learning. (Motivation.) So that's WHY it works - you're presenting information in a GENTLE way that creates curiosity (which is the precursor or sometimes consequence to motivation) - watch the Charlotte Mason Conference Seminar...