At-Home Spanish Learning Resources And a Free Quick Start Guide
Due to the COVID-19 virus, schools across the nation are closing for weeks, some indefinitely. Parents and children are going to be spending hours a day at home doing remote learning and attempting to fill the hours that school used to take up.
If you’re looking to work on your child’s Spanish skills or even start learning Spanish for the first time, this time at home can be the perfect opportunity to begin!
When building your daily schedule for home learning, build in a block of time to work on Spanish language skills. Research shows that an hour a day of Spanish learning is ideal and will help you on your way to fluency.
If you’re a non-native speaker or don’t know much Spanish, it’s important to fill the hour block with as much Spanish language as possible.
One way that you can start learning Spanish with your child is to set aside an hour in the morning and start by working on the weather. There’s a lot of weather vocabulary and it can be overwhelming at first. I created a “Quick Start Guide” with some phrases, questions and answers that are already conjugated.
Here’s a way that you could start out:
You can start your days by asking your child about the weather and having them look out the window to observe. Go outside and take a look around. Prompt your child with the phrases, “Que tiempo hace? Observa el cielo” (What’s the weather like? Look at the sky).
Show your child the quick start guide so they can indicate the weather and help them with one of the possible responses, “Esta lloviendo. Hace mal tiempo” (It’s raining. It’s bad weather).
You can continue the conversation by asking about the temperature: “Como es afuera? Cual es la temperatura? (What’s it like outside? What’s the temperature?)
And prompt them again with a response: “Hace frio!” (It’s cold!”)
Once you start using these phrases daily, they’ll come more naturally and you and your child will start to memorize them. As you become more proficient, you can research more Spanish vocabulary to support your talk about weather and clothes that you can wear to prepare for the weather.
In order to boost your Spanish language time, it’s important to hear and engage with as much Spanish language as possible.
If you stick with the weather theme, there are several songs and websites that can support your vocabulary and learning.
Nursery Rhymes:
Little Baby Bum: La Cancion de la Nieve
Little Baby Bum: Lluvia lluvia vete ya
Websites:
thespanishexperiment.com – has a whole section on weather vocabulary and weather learning
Netflix: The Magic School Bus Kicks Up A Storm (switch the audio to Spanish)
Brain Pop Espanol – this site has tons of informational videos on a variety of topics. It includes games and extension activities as well. During the COVID-19 school closures, the site is free to use.
Through constant immersion from a variety of resources, I was able to bring native Spanish language to my daughter. If you’re looking to start your own language-learning journey, check out some of these great resources to get started.
Happy Learning!
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