¡Noticias de Alicia!

¡Bienvenidos familia, amigas, y amigos! Welcome! For this school year, 2012-13, I will be teaching Spanish to the youngest members of our AFS community and I couldn’t be more excited. In fact, our journey has already begun. During our “clase de Español” (Spanish class), we have been practicing words for greetings. My aim is for the children to demonstrate an understanding of Spanish words used when greeting someone as well as common and polite gestures such as a hand shake or a wave. The phrases we have been working on are:

¿Cómo estás?  (How are you?)

¡Muy bien, gracias! (Very well, thank you!)

 ¡Asi, asi! (so,so)

No muy bien, gracias. (Not very well, thank you)

¡Hasta luego! (See you later)

¡Adiós! (Good-bye)

To reinforce this new vocabulary, I introduced the children to a few songs. To the tune of “Are you Sleeping...”, sing with your child the following:

Buenos días, Buenos días

¿Cómo estás?, ¿Cómo estás?

Yo muy bien gracias, yo muy bien gracias.

¿Y tú? ¿Y tú?

And, to the tune of “London Bridge”, try these:

Hola means hello,

hello, hello.

Hola means hello

¡Hola amigos!

Adíos means good-bye

good-bye, good-bye

Adíos means good-bye

Adíos amigos

Also, we have been practicing how to say “Thank you” and “You’re welcome”. I have a little friend who will help me reinforce these terms at the end of every class.  Ask your child who this little friend is.

¡Muchas gracias! (Many thanks)

¡De nada! (You’re welcome)

So, go ahead and give it a try! Practice at home with your child how to greet one another in Español. Until my next “noticias” (news) ....

Paz,
Alicia