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

I love creating new products and am working on more Spanish Bingo games as the holidays come around. Valentine's Day is one we didn't have a game for yet, so I'm enjoying feeling all lovey-dovey and sweet as I draw and choose the words to make sentences for your young students. The best thing about Bingo Games in Spanish is that it hits all the important highlights of learning a language, of making it truly absorptive, as well as all the highlights of making it do-able in the Real Life Homeschool World. (Not the "my house is a magazine world...

I'm happy to say I feel the same every year. I just didn't know it yet!I'm enjoying happy memories about these kiddos from Waco, Texas, who are now 30 years old, or older!~~~~~~~~~~~~~To my first class:                       el 22 de mayo, 2000     I know that a teacher’s first class is always supposed to be special, and perhaps that is why I feel the way I do about y’all. At the same time, I can’t imagine moving to a new school district and getting a new classroom (without this beautiful green carpet! Whatever will I do?) with new students that could possibly...

How long does it take to learn Spanish? Twenty minutes, and just a bit more. That's the truth. Set a timer for twenty minutes, say your Spanish words. Speak, repeat, study. When the time goes off, repeat as many as you can, say a sentence using your new words. Really, just twenty minutes is all it takes. Once you learn some, it gets easier, and the next twenty minutes flies by faster!Some of our favorite "twenty minute" products include:Flip Flop Spanish Workbook Level 1 Flip Flop Spanish Workbook Level 2 Spanish Fun Activity Calendar and of course See it and Say it:...

The trick to achieving goals, other than stamina, motivation, and determination is being sure you haven't bitten off too much. Being too grandiose sets one up for failure... So, let's reconsider. What was your 2018 goal? Was it too big? Can we do half? Here are some ways:~ Achieve goals in less time, by beginning earlier in the day (just by a half hour.)~ Make goals half as long, half as big.~ Celebrate smaller steps.~ Add FUN (hobbies, treats) to the task to make it easier to complete. (We always did math on the trampoline, because, well.... math. and TRAMPOLINE!)...

Our verse for today was 1 John 3:18. "Hijos, no amemos de palabra ni de lengua, sino de hecho y en verdad." "Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth."   Being the teacher I am, I focused in on amar. To Love. Why is it "amemos," instead of amamos? Here's a little verb grammar: When we use the "opposite ending" for verbs when it's a verb contrary to fact. Like with any "let's do this" type of feeling. Just because we WANT to do it, doesn't mean it's going to be...