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

Buenos días. Today we get to talk about the differences between Flip Flop Spanish and Spanish Geniuses. What are all the differences? I've gotten a lot of questions this week, especially with the back to school flurry!Flip Flop Spanish. Let's start with the younger ages. If you have a kindergartner, as young as three years old, all the way up to 13, 14, or 15, and any of those ages in between, you're going to want See it and Say it Flip Flop Spanish. It's a full set, two years of curriculum that is fit for the whole family. Everything is...

Prefer a video summary? In America, the most useful second language is Spanish, so I hope these 12 days help you engage and have a SUPER FUN stress free time of learning along with your teen. I have 5 kiddos, and each of them have put forth various amounts of effort In learning their second (and some third!) language. When they WANT It, man, there's no STOPPING them! And when they don't, it's VERY difficult to help. So.... here are the DIRTY DOZEN - simple tips to help you and your high schooler acquire a second language - because they...

There are SO SO many options to studying The Very Hungry Caterpillar. I haven't gotten my felt set in yet, but I'll be adding that to the reading lesson videos as soon as I do! Here are all the files for my newsletter subscribers! What else did you study with this book? Leave a comment and help the others out!Need to buy the book? Click the cover!   Here's a bilingual version, too! Click the cover for a board book or hardcover option - both less than $10.   In Spanish or English, your homeschool can be filled with lessons...

Answer: Because "Read it, Mispronounce, Memorize, and Then Forget it" was already taken, and frankly, was too long to fit on the box.🤣   Just kidding.    But seriously....   When you think about how you learned to speak as a baby, no one broke out the dictionary, a phonics chart, any sort of app or a book. They simply spoke to you. You associated sounds with items, and your parents and siblings held items up when they wanted to know if you wanted it, or liked it.  "Ba-ba? You want your baba?" 🍼 "Juice? 🍊  Milk? 🥛 Wa-wa?" 💦 Some...

Immersion is ALWAYS a buzz word in the Spanish learning and curriculum network, because we know that we learn best by absorption. The thing is --- you can't do it. So any Spanish curriculum or Spanish class that promises learning through immersion that doesn't include airfare to a Spanish speaking nation is not going to be able to deliver on that promise.(Don't worry, I have happy news in a second. Keep reading.) I'm really sorry that there's not better news about this. Immersion means... TO IMMERSE. If you want to learn a language by immersion, then you'll need to study...