The Bridge, El puente

$ 21.95

See it and Say it Flip Flop Spanish has helped hundreds of families to learn Spanish together, and enjoy the journey!

The Bridge is named aptly - it serves as a 15 lesson bridge between SiSi Level 1 and SiSi Level 2.

The Bridge Level of See it and Say it is optional, because it's not an absolutely necessary component to moving forward in Spanish mastery.

However, a family would want to use the Bridge in several scenarios:

~ You finished SiSi Level 1, and maybe had a little break, and a review to solidify the flash cards would be GREAT!

~ You were a little sporadic working through Level 1, and could use some lessons to fill in any gaps.

~ You have a mix of older and younger students (13 year olds or so) and you know they're ready for some grammar and the younger ones would love another run of games and flash card fun.

Would using The Bridge ever be a "bad idea?" Well, yes. (I know... I'm the WORST salesman, but I just can't handle any of the helpful Spanish learning tools I create not being helpful!)

If your oldest student is only 5 or 6 years old after finishing SiSi Level1, it would be unlikely that The Bridge's grammatical concepts would be grasped. It could cause frustration, and we NEVER want frustration paired with language learning. With an older student along side them, they get the X+1 level (just enough understandgin) and can move on WITH the one who is the focus. Later, these concepts will emerge and be useful without causing them to work "too hard" to understand syntax or semantics or proper usage at the moment of exposure.

In short - you're looking for comprehensible input. MANY students will LOVE this part - but moving straight into Level 2 is also completely acceptable.

After completing SiSi Level 1, students of all ages will continue to enjoy moving forward with confidence as they review the flashcards and add in more grammar. Just as in Level 1 of SiSi, older family members will grasp grammar and tense concepts more deeply than younger ones, and the absorption and exposure for all ages is as always an absolutely crucial part to our language learning journey.

You'll use the flashcards (Spanish Flashcards: Verde, Azul, and Rojo Sets) to continue to learn how to form more and more complex sentences. See the attached Table of Contents for more details on the 15 lessons.

More Description of the Bridge:

Complete with Break Weeks (Just like SiSi Level One), your whole family will enjoy the adventure of digging deeper into their current vocabulary, as well as absorb more and more nouns, verbs, and adjectives in the form of deeper conversations - questions, answers, stories and games.

As with just about all Flip Flop Spanish curriculum, audio is included! A handy USB flashcard is contained in the form of a card. The sturdy card is a holder for an easy to use Flash Drive, which inserts into any USB port. Each card is easy and quickly accessible and contains MP3s that will load on to any of your computers or devices that has a USB port. The 15 audio files match up perfectly with the 15 Bridge, Puente lessons, in that comfortable, familiar format that is simple for the SiSi family to access.