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Valentine’s Day Bilingual Activities and Read-Aloud Story
Valentine’s Day bilingual activities can boost those language skills forgotten from previous months. Winter breaks or long pauses between learning periods can disrupt the learning pattern in the classroom. Sometimes you might have to reinforce or refresh concepts. In most cases, reviews of early concepts can help bilingual students stay on track.
Keep ReadingWinter Holiday Ideas for Bilingual Learners
Winter holiday ideas are easy to put together with little to no preparation. You often might find yourself wondering what to teach during those last few days of school. Or, you might be wondering how to keep your bilingual children learning? Either way, consider bilingual activities that can engage and entertain during the busy holiday season.
Keep ReadingSpanish Winter Learning Activities
Spanish winter learning activities for bilingual learners consist of quick ideas to keep them learning. While the winter season brings lots of joy and enthusiasm, you can still create Spanish lessons to engage your students and children. These lessons don’t have to be elaborate. On the other hand, you can use the winter break as a precursor for concepts in the next few months. Adding…
Keep ReadingLearning Letter Identification Activities for Bilingual Learners
Learning letter identification is probably the beginning step to knowing Spanish. Each letter in the Spanish alphabet combine with syllables to create different words. That is, knowing beginning letters is the precursor to acquiring vocabulary and stepping into reading. With fun letter identification activities and games, young bilingual learners learn while playing.
Keep ReadingHoliday Bilingual Reading Activities and Stories
Holiday bilingual reading may not be on every children’s wish list this year. Perhaps, they wish for fun toys and games that entertain. However, the school year may pause for a few days or weeks for winter break. So, what do you do to encourage your children or students to continue learning?
Keep ReadingThanksgiving Bilingual Reading for Young Learners
Thanksgiving bilingual reading is a wonderful time to begin to learn to share and learn traditions. With fun bilingual stories like Thanksgiving, you can easily use this holiday theme to learn about language skills. Besides, holiday themes like Thanksgiving are fun lessons to integrate vocabulary, phrases, and reading. The after-reading activities encourage your readers to look for prepositions. Afterwards, look for these words using the interactive…
Keep ReadingHalloween Bilingual Reading Activities
Halloween bilingual reading is a fun technique to encourage bilingual learners to read, interact, and learn new vocabulary skills. How fun would it be when you use themes like Halloween to focus on prior knowledge? Activate that knowledge of experiencing Halloween or trick-or-treating to enhance new or previous words. Of course, you may want to use fun and light-hearted stories. In this way, these bilingual…
Keep ReadingSpanish Sight Words Patriotic Activities
Spanish sight words patriotic activities are fun ways to learn high-frequency words. Learning sight words in Spanish and English is a vital part of taking the next steps in reading. So, you want to create fun learning experiences to encourage your young learners to remember these words. Rote memorization can quickly turn into boring exercises and might lead to frustration. By generating other ways to…
Keep ReadingBilingual Reading Strategies Using Holiday Themes
Bilingual reading strategies are crucial techniques for any teacher’s toolkit. As many children learn in different ways, teaching strategies are also different. An approach for one child might not benefit another child. Of course, this idea does not indicate that you need multiple lessons. On the other hand, you need different strategies. When supporting bilingual learners, you probably might need various texts to relate and…
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