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

None of us like to waste time - we fast forward through commercials, and hit SKIP as soon as we can on YouTube videos. If you'd rather hear me rant about this topic via video, you can find me on Seriously Suzanne.Wasting time is SUPER easy to do when learning ANYthing, not just a new language. What are the main time wasters to avoid?1) BREAK IT DOWN: Do not waste time looking at the WHOLE project. Before you sit down to learn or teach anything, break the lesson down into 20 minute slots, tasks, or bits of information. For Spanish,...

Sometimes the SHORTEST lessons have the most impact! In that vein, I've begun a new series on the SpanishGeniuses.com website. I've taken one of my favorite past times (reading comic strips) and my favorite method of learning Spanish (using flashcards and word chunking) and made some quick lessons for you - the goal is a less than FIVE MINUTE video and ONE MINUTE of practice per day. Can you do it? Here's the first comic strip. Watch the video, or just do these THREE STEPS!  Read the vocabulary word: MOJADO is our target word today. We're using it as an adjective, so it...

We all know that we have a hard time learning, or at least recalling when we're nervous or feel "put on the spot." So when is it easiest? When we're laughing! When do we laugh? When we are HAVING FUN! (and a little ice cream never hurts!) Games are my number one way to create true engagement without stress (on the part of the teacher or the student!) Grab the ebook download here!   ~~~~~~~~~~ Spanish Flash Card Game #1: Spanish Flashcard Fishing Game For this game, choose three cards your child is already familiar with and place them in a...

Here we are... SUMMER TIME! Planning out our "Planting" -- we need a guide, we need some input... Well! I'm here to help!   Let me give you an opinion to reject - These choices will most likely NOT suit your family, since your family is not even a little bit the same as our family. But, it's always helpful to have a jumping off spot. Here are my favorite curriculum choices that I've come back to again and again. Remember, our five are now ages 14 to 20. So... somehow, they keep getting smarter! These are some of the...

Something you may not know about me... well, first the stuff you probably already know. How many ways do you and I match? ~I'm left-handed. ~I'm a mother to five children (two lefties!) ~I'm married to a U.S. Marine. ~I LOVE *helping entrepreneurs, *chocolate, *traveling, *chickens, and *gardening. (Not necessarily in that order.) ~We live on a hobby farm and also have chickens (of course), dairy goats, turkeys, and ducks.   .... and here's the surprise part: My husband and THREE of our kids are "skaters."   I KNOW. That last one doesn't match me AT ALL. But here we are!...