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

When attempting anything new, most of us humans have one of two ways that we go about it: ALL IN - deep dive, huge change or BABY STEPS - small changes, building to bigger moves I think we can all agree that the ALL IN method sometimes works, is invigorating and often helpful to break out of ruts or bad habits, but the BABY STEPS method (I call it x+1 throughout my blogs, lessons, books, and articles) is in general more sustainable. With that agreement, let me give you SEVEN awesome, easy ways to make the one word a day...

This is a VERY common question - "I want my kids to learn Spanish from someone who knows the language well, is a passionate teacher, and be with other students! How can I do that? No one in my co-op knows Spanish!" I have solution for you!~ Weekly Recorded classes with both "Class Teaching" - a recorded class of me teaching actual students, as well as the same lesson with power point slides. (20 minutes or so)~ Vocabulary video (5minutes or so)~ Guidebooks with note-taking for class time and Assignments~ Textbook assignments with answer key~ Optional Exams and quizzesMany homeschool co-ops...

This "Seriously, Suzanne" post has nothing to do with homeschooling, except that you're likely a homeschooler. In the new year, many families are looking for ways to decrease out go or increase income or a bit of both. Flip Flop Spanish came out of this very need back in 2002 when I began my small Spanish classes at a local educational toy store in Bryan, Texas. It was a side gig that helped with grocery bills, piano lessons, and eventually all five of the kids' sports and educational desires from football, art, and beekeeping to speech and debate tournaments, and...

 This last sector of these three blogs will be to help you, the parent, to understand how much DEPTH the simple act of learning Spanish (or any second spoken language) will add to your pre teen or teen's brain health. (And yours too!) Interpersonal Communication - Teenagers, especially boys, often have such a hard time thinking outside of themselves - the filters of self focus almost absolves them of even noticing others, much less responding appropriately to others. How do we fix this? Well, other than putting them in situations with other people, learning another language is HUGE. Students watch the mouth of the...

Wondering what benefits learning Spanish (or any second language that's spoken) may have on your teen's BRAIN??? (Or yours?)Check it out! It's not just about "credits!"  Part TWO: "What did I come in here for? Short Term Memory - Do you struggle with short term memory? Does your teen struggle with short term memory? There are SO many tools - highlighters, post it notes, apps, alarms - to help with short term memory! Did you know the color YELLOW helps to activate the memory portion of the brain? That's right! So, you're not alone!In case you wondered why all those...