Señora Gose's Homeschool Spanish Blog (aka "Seriously, Suzanne")

The fun progression of a chain advent calendar is the freebie in the newsletter today. (WITH audio!) Liven up your homeschool with a fun activity, and then enjoy the PROGRESS of ripping one chain word off a day. You can make great sentences like: Quiero dar el regalo. (I want to give the gift.)andVeo las luces en el árbol. (I see the lights on the tree.) All this while doing a great family tradition.  For a homeschool momma: this download checks a lot of boxes... tradition, learning, progress, and a craft?!? Win win win! #homeschoolspanish    

I'm always reading articles on language learning to pass nuggets of wisdom to you all... These are my thoughts as I read: What does the author say that matches my experience? How can I change my curriculum or classroom activities to best use our learning time together? Has anything changed, are there new studies, new findings?   I spent about three hours yesterday, reading the top qualified language learning companies (I try REALLY hard not to name drop, but you know them, I promise. They DOMINATE the shelves at every Foreign Language Aisle at every brick and mortar book store.)...

We'll take a few days off from the blog now, so we can follow this suggestion I'll leave with you. No matter if you're basting, frying, stirring, or mashing, take the moment! May all your moments be filled with peace and joy. (These images are from the ministry flash card set.)  

In this season of gratefulness (what a great theme, right?) I would like to give thanks for YOU, my Flip Flop Spanish Customers! We've been providing our community with local Spanish classes for homeschoolers for 15 years, and the world wide community with innovative practical Spanish curriculum for more than ten years now! My students and customers in turn have blessed us, as a family, with support, ideas, letters, emails, and calls. I'm so grateful to be on this road with so many families who want to do the VERY best for their children. THANK YOU.  ¡Muchísimas gracias! (moo-CHEE-see-mahs GRAH-see-ahs)...

We all look forward to holidays, but we also see a lot of memory loss in math and short term vocabulary learning when we pause our studies. How do we keep vocabulary going during a break?Here are a few fun ideas to keep the memory loss at a minimum... Thanksgiving crafts... the ones where you make a turkey by tracing your hand? Label it in Spanish, and decorate your bathroom or kitchen with them! (la mano, el dedo, la cabeza, el pavo...: hand, finger, head, turkey) - The bathroom and kitchen are the locations we spend the most time, after...