From A1 Day 3 – Búsqueda means “search,” and we’ll play a type of search game frequently to get kids moving around and interacting with language in different ways. For this activity, play a simple hide-and-seek game with sticky notes! Draw simple animal shapes on sticky notes – with at least half of the pictures […]
Spring = Spanish class outside! Looking for spring activities for your Spanish class? We’ve got you! It’ss hard to believe that the end of the 2021-2022 school year is fast approaching! But spring has sprung, and the excitement of summer is just around the corner. As I get ready to execute the final weeks, I […]
It’s beginning to look a lot like WINTER! Whether you’ve seen your first feet of snow or have yet to experience the wonder of those white flakes falling where you are, there’s no denying that winter can bring some serious fun and celebration! As we see the Christmas lights twinkling down the streets and think […]
In the technology-enhanced reality of today, let’s ask a question: Is learning Spanish really a big deal? Here at Calico Spanish, we would like to answer with a different question: What does the future hold for the children you know and love? The answer, of course, is a resounding “We don’t know.” We don’t know […]
If you’re looking to improve your Spanish (or at least maintain it), summer is a great time to do it! You know the old adage, “If you don’t use it, you lose it.” Let us help you figure out fun ways to use your Spanish and improve it this season. – Follow us on Twitter […]
Engage your learners with a Word of the Week today! – Follow us on Twitter – On social media, we’ve been posting a brand-new resource: Word of the Week! Teachers in our Teacher Team group on Facebook (which our members should definitely join) suggested we give our subscribers a template to create their own Word of the Week […]
As 2021 ends its first month, more schools across the country are resuming their in-person learning. Teachers are juggling more than they ever have due to the pandemic, with some teaching in-person and online students at the same time. The task at hand seems daunting enough but we also have to tack on the fact […]
Thinking Google Translate means you (or your child) won’t need a language learning experience? To be sure, Google Translate has helped us in a lot of ways like enabling language access to local government info, radically improving world travel, and even disseminating COVID-19 information. And every year, the beginning of the school year triggers a […]
Hey Calico Spanish, what are your virtual learning options? Requests for virtual Spanish learning have come across our desk from time to time for a long time. Sometimes it takes a crisis to make you figure out how to move something from the back burner to a front burner, and we’ve been watching that happen […]
Long ago in a home far from your own, there was a vague concept called “teaching from home.” It was something that a friend of a friend did as a moonlighting job. Perhaps they were helping kids with English at 5 A.M or becoming an adjunct in an online class at a university that needed […]