Teaching Spanish to Preschoolers: BODY PARTS

I love movement and visuals. I tend to use both when I am teaching Spanish to preschoolers. Here are a few FREE SPANISH learning videos I use in my classroom.

Spanish Vocabulary Slideshow

WIGGLE SONG ^

Review or introduce body parts in Spanish to children with this great Youtube video clip. Near the end of the video all body parts are showing. I typically have my kids practice their Spanish vocabulary by using my laser pointer and saying the word out loud.

This song is great for review. I have my preschoolers just listen to the song. The song is a little to fast to sing a long or "tocar los partes" touch the body part. 

Our Preschool Chinese New Year Party

Lunar New Year Party

 

ART

Decorated a banner to display that said "Gung Hay Fat Choy"

 

DRAMATIC PLAY

Played pretend "New Years Eve Feast"

I ordered this sushi set on AMAZON

Coolie hat craft

 

I am so proud of my kids for trying all the different foods; pork steamed buns, noodles, and fried rice.

I was lucky to have many willing parents cook the food for our CNY party.

 

Happy chinese New year- Gung Hay Fat Choy Song for kids

Dance/ Music &MOVEMENT

 

Gung Hay Fat Choy – Chinese New Year Song(wishing you good fortune and happiness)

 

Sing as a fingerplay with the simple hand motions, or pass out rhythm instruments and have children play on the chorus. Or you use as a circle dancing, holding hands and walking around on the chorus, and stopping to make hand motions on the verses).

Chorus:
(keep a rhythm patting hands together one hand up, then the other)
Gung Hay Fat Choy, Gung Hay Fat Choy
Sing Happy New Year, Gung Hay Fat Choy

1. The new moon tells us, exactly when
(hold up one hand in C shape for crescent moon)
To celebrate with family and friends (clap hands in rhythm)

2. Clean up the house and get out the broom (pretend to sweep)
Sweep out the old year, bring in the new

3. Bring out the apples, the oranges too (hold out one fist, then the other)
Their colors bring us joy and good luck too

4. The dragon dances, the lanterns light
(place hands together, and snake around )
The firecrackers light up the night
(alternate right and left fist out with fingers opening quickly to mimic shooting fireworks).

 

PLEASE BE SURE TO CHECK OUT:nancymusic.com. Also, on her website you can download the MP3!

 

 

 

More Chinese New Year Math Ideas

Math Center Idea

  Adding Chinese lucky coins 

Subtracting gold coins 

 

I found these worksheets on www.teacherspayteachers.com and I took the math worksheets and cut them to make flash cards.

 

 

counting in Chinese with candies

Learn to count 1-10 in Chinese

 

Youtube math counting video/activity

 

 

 

This is a counting game to practice counting objects 1-12 and matching them with the correct number. Great worksheet/math game. Download it on www.teacherspayteachers.com

Chinese New Year Videos

CNY Cartoon Video clips:

 

 

 



Letter of the week: Nn

Nn is for...

Nn collage Coloring page

Art /Language Arts 

N is for newspaper- for their Abc book 

2014 Chinese New Year

Year of the Horse

Great site for Year of the horse coloring pages

Introduction viedo to CNY

Make a HORSE mask
Print, cut and string your own zodiac Mask



Language Arts and Craft

Chinese New Year dragon/lion inspired Smush Paint project
I will be trying a different method for making "smush paint" that I found on http://notsosahm.blogspot.com

 

PAINT/design on one side of the paper

FOLD AND RUB

 AND OPEN...

Voilà!

 

Once it's dried, they will  glue wiggly eyeballs on their dragon/lions face and decorate it with glitter glue.

 

Chinese New Year fine-motor activities

Found this printable on TeachersPayTearchers

 

There are numerous of ways to use chopsticks.

 

 

 

I GOT THIS NEAT DRAGON ON ORIENTAL TRADING

Respect-Character Building Lesson Plans and crafts for Kids

January Bible Study Virtue: Respect

Romans 12:10

 

I'LL WALK WITH YOU

Here a GREAT SONG for teaching kids about respect! I can't get then video to download on here so be sure to click the link below!!!!!

http://youtu.be/umdG-6aGQEc

 

 or

 

For FREE music download of this song just click here: I'll walk with you-childrens-songbook

    

Found the Lyrics to the song on http://www.sugardoodle.net

If you don't walk as most people do (walk fingers along wrist and palm)
Some people walk away from you (walk fingers up thumb)
But I won't, I won't (point to self and nod 'no')
If you don't talk as most people do (move fingers together as if 'talking', or point to mouth)
Some people talk and laugh at you (some talking gesture, or hand on tummy like you are laughing)
But I won't, I won't (same as before)
I'll walk with you (same action as before)
I'll talk with you (again same as before)
That's how I'll show my love for you (point to self, then cross arms across heart, then point outward)

 For clipart /visual aid with lyrics click on: http://www.jollyjenn.com/IllWalkWithYou.pdf

 



Here is the link for "respect others" coloring page for kids: http://www.coloring-pages-kids.com

Great sites with lots of FREE RESPECT Lessons Plans:

1.      http://www.kidsofintegrity.com/lessons/respect/bible-stories

2.      http://www.squidoo.com/respectlesson

3.      http://www.teachingforafrica.com/files/Bible%20Lessons/Respect%20vs%20Disrespect%204%20lessons.pdf

 

 

Free transportation worksheets

Who rides it http://www.education.com/files/95301_95400/95337/transportation-matchup-rides.pdf

Transportation Ideas for centers

Fun Math Center

You can purchase this on AMAZON

 

Science

Lakeshore has great science kits. I normally make my own, due to my budget, but a co-worker  offered let me borrow hers, so I did :)

 

Sink or float concept

http://www.lakeshorelearning.com/sink or float kit

 

 

I'm sooo lucky to have parent helpers!



Exploring Motion/Speed/Weight

http://www.lakeshorelearning.com/Motion

 

  PUZZLES

Transportation puzzles are another great center that improves spatial skills and critical thinking.

 

Looks like PLAY, but it's REALLY...

The kids were reviewing a lot of their new vocabulary during their "free play"

Here is their Transportation vocabulary for the week.

-      Yield, stop, railroad tracks, momentum, bridge, freeway, vehicles,  crosswalk, traffic, map, massive, bucket, haul, demolition, signal and transportation. 

I am sure there are many other words I left out. If you have a more, please be sure to share below in the comments section :) I am always trying to improve, as I still consider myself a rookie preschool teacher!

 

Letter of the week: Mm

M is for Marble painting

Materials:

*paint

*marbles

* a box or tray

 

 

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Transportation lesson plan ideas

 

 

I found these cute parking lot games on pinterest. They are free to download on the Happy Brown House blog. Here's the link http://happybrownhouse.com


MATH
Dump Truck counting activity

 

Gross-motor Skills
Outdoor Activity: (Red light green light)
There are so many ways to play this game to make it fun and educational. You can practice these colors in Spanish- Amarillo, rojo, verde
or
spell them out G-O, GO!GO!

It can also be fun to have each color be a different move like hop, tiptoe, skip, jumping jacks. Their jumping jacks are in progress, but hilarious to watch!
My kids like doing "random" sometimes I shout S-T-O-P STOP, then the next time I will say verde.

I found this on a kinder blog. Make sure to check it out http://mrsleeskinderkids.blogspot.com She has great ideas!

Language Arts
Letter recognition car theme center
All  you need are care and tape/dot stickers
I used blue tape, because that what I had available at the time.

 

Modify for more advance children by having them practice the sound each car makes. This activity can be altered in so many fun ways, such as:

 

1. find the letter that makes the sound /d/

2. find the letter__

or

 3. review and practice numbers

 

 

 

 

Transportation beginning letter sounds worksheet.

LOTS OF FREE TRANSPORTATION WORKSHEETS:

http://www.themeasuredmom.com/transportation-worksheets-for-preschool-20-free-pages-of-literacy-and-math/

 

ART 

Painting tire marks

 

 Shredding paper *FINE-MOTOR DEVELPMENT

 

 

BLOCKS 

building ramps and bridges

         CAR RACING