{"id":57426,"date":"2018-09-15T06:31:28","date_gmt":"2018-09-15T06:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xenodochial-archimedes.45-76-20-142.plesk.page\/2018x109x1spanish-class-for-first-grade\/"},"modified":"2022-11-29T18:02:53","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T18:02:53","slug":"spanish-class-for-first-grade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/2018\/09\/spanish-class-for-first-grade.html","title":{"rendered":"How We’re Doing Spanish Class for First Grade with Whistlefritz- Mrs. Bishop"},"content":{"rendered":"

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*I received the Whistlefritz Spanish program in exchange for sharing my thoughts with you. All opinions are my own.*<\/em><\/p>\n

My son begged me to teach him Spanish last year when we started Homeschooling. But, it was Kindergarten and I really didn\u2019t want to overwhelm him (or me!). So, I knew once we started First Grade this year, that I wanted to add in a Spanish class once a week. One where he could learn the basics, and have fun! That\u2019s where Whistlefritz<\/a> came in.<\/p>\n

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Whistlefritz<\/a>\u00a0creates \u201chigh-quality\u00a0French and Spanish language immersion programs<\/strong>\u00a0that enable children to learn in a fun, educational environment.\u201d In their own words, they \u201cteach children Spanish and French in the same way they learned their first language: through words used in context by live speakers in fun skits, games, catchy music, and dance.\u201d<\/p>\n

I love this programming- because I took Spanish for 6 years. And my first 2 years were spent mostly conjugating verbs and reciting the same few key sentences over and over again.<\/h5>\n

Whistlefritz<\/a> is totally different!<\/p>\n

Each lesson is broken up into English and Spanish. As the instructor, I say one sentence in English, then repeat it in Spanish. That way he\u2019s hearing words in context. It\u2019s also really helping me with my speaking (it\u2019s been 12 years since I had a Spanish class- and it\u2019s all coming back to me, a little more each week!)<\/p>\n

Our Educator\u2019s Collection<\/a> is great, because the lessons are broken up into each week for me. There are 40 lessons, and 36 weeks of school. So, on Monday\u2019s we do Spanish! I\u2019ll fit the remaining 4 lessons in throughout the year.<\/p>\n

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Each lesson corresponds to DVD\u2019s and CD\u2019s that have fun songs, skits, animation and live action videos that are great for visual learners. Especially at the age we\u2019re at now. (It\u2019s made for ages 3-7, and my 6 year old loves them!) Are the videos going to seem a little over the top for an adult? Yes. But, they\u2019re perfect for kids. Even I think they\u2019re really fun. And again, really helping me with my Spanish as well.<\/p>\n

I feel like we\u2019re taking a class together!<\/h5>\n

My favorite part about it, is that each lesson has had a lot of different elements to them. Art projects, language learning, music, and the videos. Making it feel like a complete class instead of just an add on.\"workbook<\/a><\/p>\n

Like the first lesson, where we made puppets to help us talk about emotions. We learned how to ask people their names, ask how they\u2019re doing, and respond.<\/p>\n

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The second week we colored balloons and learned all of our colors. Then this week we learned to count! All practical parts of learning a new language, that I didn\u2019t learn until much later in my own Spanish lessons as a kid!<\/p>\n

It\u2019s conversational- we\u2019re learning how to actually speak to Spanish speakers.<\/h5>\n

Whistlefritz<\/a> is a great, affordable tool to add to your Homeschool curriculum if you\u2019re looking to teach a Spanish (or French!) class. {Some foreign language classes are VERY pricey.} It\u2019s super fun and makes teaching so easy. Even if you just want to supplement what your kids are already learning, you can buy the DVDs and CDs separately as well.<\/p>\n

Have you thought about teaching your kids a foreign language? I\u2019ll update you on on our journey at the end of the year and let you know my final thoughts!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Whistlefritz is perfect for First Grade Homeschool Spanish: high-quality Spanish language immersion programs\u00a0that teach in a fun, educational environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":59261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,14,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homeschool","category-reviews","category-uncategorized","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}