Señora Gose's Homeschool Spanish Blog (aka "Seriously, Suzanne")

Hola a todos, hello everyone, and welcome back to my page! Today I wanted to address a very important topic that I find a lot of homeschool moms are struggling with – teaching Spanish to high school students with dyslexia or any sort of visual processing disorder. I recently received a message from a homeschool mom who was feeling overwhelmed and needed some guidance on how to approach this challenge. She had already done a TON of research... for various reasons, she had tried and found that virtual live classes, various software programs, and all sorts of apps did NOT...

As a mother who has been through 5 kindergarten first days ... and five of every other age too, except 11th and 12th... I have some ideas to help your back to school season be simple, effective, memorable, and dare I say FUN?   If you're the gift type person, these look SUPER fun for a Homeschool Uniform.   Looks like they have Pre-K through 6th grade, and walmart.com has some fun ones too! (Plus, people will stop asking your kid what GRADE he's in, lol!)        Want something more "Homeschool Centric?" Here are our favorite shirts. (I...

For teens, and littles, keeping the Spanish practice going throughout the summer feels impossible! But here you go - Not only do I have 24 simple ideas for you, but it's BINGO GAME! (You know how much I LOVE BINGO!) Print this out, and fill it in as you do the different options, or save the photo on your phone and just mark it up as you go.....   This game will run from now until July 30, 2024! POST AWAY! Here's a printer friendly version.  ~ Mastery Quizzes = FREE on the Flip Flop Spanish Site - and accessible at the...

I don't know if you know all our team members here at the Flip Flop Spanish family... But over the years, the company has SHRUNK dramatically! Back 15 years ago, it was just me, Suzanne, Señora Gose. Happily, I added our eldest son, Mitch, in as a booth mate, traveling companion, and company representative in 2010 - at the ripe old age of 9! As the company grew up, so did the family, and each child took on responsibilities in testing, marketing, building products, and finally even distributing orders. Each of the five children have taken part earning money in...

Are you still plugging away at your school lessons? Or maybe you've already begun that lovely portion of the school year called "summer break! Let's talk a little about the pros and cons of breaks and NOT taking breaks during the school year. First, let's follow the pocket book $$$:  Curriculum costs! One of the most wonderful parts of homeschooling is getting to choose from the plethora of tools out there. When you continue to have lessons year round, many things happen, and one is that you don't lose the textbooks - each item sort of stays in the circulation,...