<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312554132098135185</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2025 06:49:11 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>learn Spanish</category><category>Spanish for kindergarten</category><category>Spanish for preschoolers</category><category>bilingual</category><category>bilingual approaches</category><category>spanish lesson plans for children</category><category>teach Spanish</category><title>Discovering Spanish with Children Blog</title><description></description><link>http://spanish-lesson-plans-for-children.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Jessica)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>93</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312554132098135185.post-144063068969879466</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-08-25T03:01:42.201-04:00</atom:updated><title>Spanish Worship Songs for Kids</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I found some more Spanish worship songs for kids. That I thought you would like to share with your kids. (Click the links to hear sample of the songs)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003BIDKEG?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thinkandgrows-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957&amp;amp;creativeASIN=B003BIDKEG&quot;&gt;Bible Songs - Spanish&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; src=&quot;http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thinkandgrows-20&amp;amp;l=as2&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=B003BIDKEG&quot; style=&quot;border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;</description><link>http://spanish-lesson-plans-for-children.blogspot.com/2010/08/spanish-worship-songs-for-kids.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jessica)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKM7a9LR03rBB3A7dbJv4yuAE_3Rmkyy0BgPQjTVpfzMUY8CDFsG85wIkdnhL_RZ35Hy1VroeqcZO_SXL-_5C9D2StDyoPDzEe4nsdCEkbKMQZKnR5FNdR_27Vh1Bto4aD0R8MYPSli9o/s72-c/51NzBTFSZsL._SL160_.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312554132098135185.post-6516738953010224976</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 04:18:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-20T13:40:35.637-04:00</atom:updated><title>Jaida&#39;s Spanish Paper dolls</title><description>Hey everyone,&lt;br /&gt;
I (James) just wanted to share a video my daughter and I put together today. A friend sent Jaida a paper doll and she wanted to make it into an animation. I&#39;ve been messing around with some software (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003NS5KQ0?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thinkandgrows-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957&amp;amp;creativeASIN=B003NS5KQ0&quot;&gt;Anime Studio Debut&lt;/a&gt;). So we went for it.&lt;br /&gt;
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We had a lot of fun animating the paper dolls!&lt;br /&gt;
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Well here is the video&lt;br /&gt;
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Thanks for watching &lt;br /&gt;
Jaida and James&lt;br /&gt;
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For more fun, kid-Spanish shows like &lt;i&gt;Las Tres Mellizas Bebes&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Lazy Town&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Plaza Sesamo&lt;/i&gt; visit &lt;a href=&quot;http://ninos.vmetv.com/&quot;&gt;V-me (in Spanish)&lt;/a&gt; and try turning on the [CC], some but not all the shows will have it in Spanish.</description><link>http://spanish-lesson-plans-for-children.blogspot.com/2010/03/jim-de-la-luna-with-closed-captions-on.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jessica)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312554132098135185.post-7067959580365428982</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-03-16T15:55:10.917-04:00</atom:updated><title>Learning Leaders: Helping Students Succeed</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgh4ddkTKMYWe3L-tvCGOh7HsbM3nwknsxhHO5bhDNsE6CkjxHrhtBg17cRUPCFyoT09R6HAYvlY_88AoYw3SmgP7M2SuX0JiUgMRG4WMEQdibrrl4DJ5-ar8IIVyg6ax0HzWy2YbqNGM/s1600-h/LearningLeader.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;186&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgh4ddkTKMYWe3L-tvCGOh7HsbM3nwknsxhHO5bhDNsE6CkjxHrhtBg17cRUPCFyoT09R6HAYvlY_88AoYw3SmgP7M2SuX0JiUgMRG4WMEQdibrrl4DJ5-ar8IIVyg6ax0HzWy2YbqNGM/s200/LearningLeader.jpg&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Back in Oct or Nov the kids’ school had a 3-day training for parents to be Learning Leaders.&amp;nbsp; This program establishes volunteers to assist with reading, writing, ESL, math and other academic activities at the elementary, middle school, and high school level, as well as non-instructional aid such as general office and library assistance.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;I volunteer once a week for 2 hours, helping the English side of a class in the dual language program.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;The teacher asked me to work with students who are English language learners.&amp;nbsp; This prompted me to research more about ESL (English as a Second Language) teaching.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;The kids I&#39;ve been working with are wonderful and very receptive to my help.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;For more information about this NYC program, visit &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.learningleaders.org/about&quot;&gt;Learning Leaders&lt;/a&gt; today.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;The teacher facilitator in our workshop mentioned that oftentimes parents just ask about behavior and let the teacher do the talking regarding academics.&amp;nbsp; Asking about behavior is good, of course, but here are some other questions parents can ask their child&#39;s teachers:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&quot;Can you show me how my child is progressing in his/her work? (ask for running records, writing folders, math work, science, social studies)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&quot;¿Puede mostrarme como esta progresando mi hijo/a in su trabajo escolar?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;“What are my child&#39;s strengths?”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;“What does my child seem to like to do the most?”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;¿Qué es lo que mas le gusta hacer a mi hijo/a en la escuela? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;“How are my child&#39;s social skills?”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;¿Cómo es el comportamiento social de me hijo/a?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;“What would you like to know about my child that would be helpful to you as his teacher?”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;¿Qué informacion necesita saber sobre me hijo/a que le pueda ayudar a conocerlo mejor?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;“What can we do at home to support you?”&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;¿Cómo puedo ayudar a mi hijo/a en casa para apoyarla?&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;One action step parents can do to see how their child is doing in school and what they&#39;re learning is to ask questions:&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaMVEc3nMPWb0Qjouv3pF4E5cqP0Py6U_W9OcZAL1pxl0P6Xid9hWOlvjgQcB8KP3a3CvO-rUaRqkNAt1qyVtXQGxC3bfBxyDFfQtdwuwk_quxl1P8aXMyr5M6zWLygX15CgjAqgZCmj0/s1600-h/QuestionChild.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaMVEc3nMPWb0Qjouv3pF4E5cqP0Py6U_W9OcZAL1pxl0P6Xid9hWOlvjgQcB8KP3a3CvO-rUaRqkNAt1qyVtXQGxC3bfBxyDFfQtdwuwk_quxl1P8aXMyr5M6zWLygX15CgjAqgZCmj0/s200/QuestionChild.jpg&quot; width=&quot;186&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Yeah, I know...usually, when we as parents ask our children questions, the conversation may go something like this:&lt;br /&gt;
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Parent:  What did you do at school today?&lt;br /&gt;
Child: Nothing&lt;br /&gt;
Parent: Well, what did you learn?&lt;br /&gt;
Child: Nothing much.&lt;br /&gt;
Parent:  How was lunch?&lt;br /&gt;
Child: Fine&lt;br /&gt;
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You’ll see this conversation is going no where.  But depending on the kinds of questions you ask your child, you can actually learn more about how their day was and what they did.&lt;br /&gt;
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• “Tell me about the best part of your day.”&lt;br /&gt;
• “What’s your favorite time of day at school?”&lt;br /&gt;
• “Who did you sit with at lunch today?”&lt;br /&gt;
• “What was the hardest thing you had to do today?”&lt;br /&gt;
• “Who did you play with today? What did you play?”&lt;br /&gt;
• “Can you show me something you learned (or did) today?”&lt;br /&gt;
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Move beyond &quot;fine&quot; and &quot;nothing&quot; answers by asking your child to describe his world. The key is to ask about things that are specific, but still open-ended.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Today is my birthday and I’m celebrating by participating in a forum at my daughters’ school.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivOBCIzr6eKBNOvdUND6i-3JwsvWC-6Bg-ec4QrFm2DFwfQ5ohSvF821BjWV6-19T4lAAjdctID1bBUi8wFKLwAw_LZXn_HgAcIOtgqz_5JPC7XlPsD7gkRFxQsWO5Y-c8fGDjf3bv8tc/s1600-h/pencilimagepost.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;132&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivOBCIzr6eKBNOvdUND6i-3JwsvWC-6Bg-ec4QrFm2DFwfQ5ohSvF821BjWV6-19T4lAAjdctID1bBUi8wFKLwAw_LZXn_HgAcIOtgqz_5JPC7XlPsD7gkRFxQsWO5Y-c8fGDjf3bv8tc/s200/pencilimagepost.jpg&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;The city is proposing standardized testing for K-2&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;grade students.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Can you believe that?!&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;My 5-year olds can barely copy down a sentence that I write for them, but the city thinks it can accurately assess how kindergarteners are doing, ascertain the quality of teaching, and determine teachers’ salaries based on these young children bubbling in answers on a Scantron sheet.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Some teachers and parents organized the forum to get the word out and make other parents aware of what’s brewing in the pot.&amp;nbsp; The forum was divided into 4 workshops:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;1) What is the difference between authentic assessment and standardized tests?&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;2) What is the difference between an authentic reading lesson and a “test preparation” lesson?&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;3) What is the emotional and developmental impact of standardized testing on young children?&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;4) How do we know what our children are learning?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;I participated in workshop #4.&amp;nbsp; Basically, we stressed that while it is important to know how our children are progressing and to ensure quality teaching, standardized testing for k-2&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt; graders is not the best means for doing so.&amp;nbsp; We gave parents 8 action steps they can take to make sure their child is learning.&amp;nbsp; We gave them examples of questions they can ask their children about their day.&amp;nbsp; We gave them questions they can ask their child’s teachers.&amp;nbsp; And we explained what the principal and administrators are doing to maintain quality instruction. (I&#39;ll post these steps and questions later)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Taking part of this forum was a pleasure for me.&amp;nbsp; It felt good being part of a team of teachers, parents and administrators who are active, organized, and have a sincere passion for the children at the school.&amp;nbsp; This was the first time I participated in a forum.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;*Please visit these websites to learn more about this K-2 testing proposal.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com/2009/11/campaign-to-stop-k-2-testing-in-our.html&quot;&gt;Campaign to Stop K-2 Testing in Our Schools&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.timeoutfromtesting.org/&quot;&gt;Time Out from Testing&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;*Protest the plan by completing this online petition:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/toft_k2testing/&quot;&gt;Stop K-2 Testing Online Petition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;If you live in the NYC area, please help pass this information along. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;A lot has happened since I last posted, especially at my daughters’ school and with my son.&amp;nbsp; I’ll fill you in on all the details over the next few posts. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;For those who are new to my blog, let me describe a little bit about my daughter’s school:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;They attend a dual-language school.&amp;nbsp; My oldest daughter is in the 2nd grade and my twins are in kindergarten.&amp;nbsp; In kindergarten, they learn mostly in English and have 45 minutes of Spanish, where they may listen to stories and learn songs.&amp;nbsp; They also play games in Spanish on the computer.&amp;nbsp; I would have preferred more Spanish time during the school day, but they’re latching on to the Spanish they do get.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Starting in 1st grade the dual-language model is one day instruction in English and the next day the instruction is continued in Spanish.&amp;nbsp; The class consists of 50% English-dominant speakers and 50% Spanish-dominant speakers.&amp;nbsp; The students have a Spanish teacher and an English teacher and they’re taught all subjects (including science, music, and art) in both languages.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;The school also provides a Spanish enrichment program.&amp;nbsp; The girls go twice a week for a little over an hour.&amp;nbsp; The program is additional Spanish immersion for the children where only English is spoken in the home.&amp;nbsp; So, the girls get a lot of support in Spanish.&amp;nbsp; The English portion was a concern for me, I wondered if they would be challenged and supported as they go beyond grade level.&amp;nbsp; Well, they are.&amp;nbsp; My oldest daughter is reading above grade level and her class library has&amp;nbsp; books readily available to support and encourage that.&amp;nbsp; And, of course, as parents we give them additional work.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;This school is like a dream come true for me because I spent years preparing my oldest to speak Spanish and the private schools and programs were unattainable financially.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Does your child attend a dual-language school?&amp;nbsp; Are you considering it?&amp;nbsp; I’d like to hear from you.&amp;nbsp; Please comment below.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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I&#39;m very excited about LeapFrog because they offer so many toys and reading activities not only in English, but in Spanish and bilingual.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What I&#39;ve done on the blog is searched out the Spanish and bilingual toys on LeapFrog (as well as English) and put up a post about one toy a day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The toys are also categorized for visitors to easily search for the type of language learning toys they want.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please visit and if your child has any of the LeapFrog toys displayed, leave a comment to let us know how it&#39;s doing for your family.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These toys would make wonderful gifts for little language learners and enhance any preschool&#39;s language program!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nos vemos a &lt;a href=&quot;http://ourspanishlessonplansonline.com/hp_wordpress/&quot;&gt;LeapFrog Learning Toys Review&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jessica&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input id=&quot;gwProxy&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;!--Session data--&gt;&lt;input onclick=&quot;jsCall();&quot; id=&quot;jsProxy&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;div id=&quot;refHTML&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;input id=&quot;gwProxy&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;!--Session data--&gt;&lt;input onclick=&quot;jsCall();&quot; id=&quot;jsProxy&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;div id=&quot;refHTML&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://spanish-lesson-plans-for-children.blogspot.com/2009/10/new-website-leapfrog-learning-toys.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jessica)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312554132098135185.post-5040277706176730170</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:48:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-27T14:00:22.921-04:00</atom:updated><title>Moving Picture Books Giveaway--Ending Soon!</title><description>Visit &lt;a href=&quot;http://wannajugarwithmigo.blogspot.com/2009/10/moving-picture-books-review-giveaway.html&quot;&gt;Wanna Jugar with Migo?&lt;/a&gt; to enter for a chance to win a DVD with wonderful animated short stories in English w/captions, English and Spanish.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(excerpt...)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;&lt;a style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot; href=&quot;http://www.movingpicturebooks.com/&quot;&gt;Moving Picture Books&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt; takes adorable children&#39;s picture books and then animates, adds sound effects and puts music to them. They have them in English, English with read-along text and Spanish! The animation is well-done and perfect for kids to help them understand even if they know only a little Spanish.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hurry, giveaway ends 10/27 TONIGHT at 10 central/11 eastern.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;***&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I think my family will enjoy just about all of them, but I liked the Bible Stories one, and I especially liked &quot;On Top of Spaghetti.&quot;  My husband sang that song to the kids from the time they were babies.  The animation was so funny.  They&#39;ll get a kick out of it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And of course, I appreciate any audio resource that will help my children and me learn and practice Spanish--in a fun way, of course.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;¡Gracias Tati!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input id=&quot;gwProxy&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;!--Session data--&gt;&lt;input onclick=&quot;jsCall();&quot; id=&quot;jsProxy&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;div id=&quot;refHTML&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://spanish-lesson-plans-for-children.blogspot.com/2009/10/moving-picture-books-giveaway-ending.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jessica)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312554132098135185.post-6520431602068942626</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-27T06:53:00.138-04:00</atom:updated><title>Is Bilingual Education Best for American Students?</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;(excerpted from SchooDoodle.com)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I watched the piece featured below on the Today Show this morning that presents the pros and the cons of bilingual instruction in U.S. public schools. This is an ongoing debate, some feel that Hispanic students are better off being completely immersed in English so they may adapt to an English speaking nation- while others fear that teaching only in English limits what students will learn and will subsequently fall behind. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;The Hispanic population is growing rapidly and is playing a significant role in American society and the workforce. Public schools in cities such as Charlotte, NC have embraced teaching students both English and Spanish and are reporting positive results. Where do you stand on this debate? Watch the piece below and let me know what you think- share your comments in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot; href=&quot;http://twitter.com/SchooDoodle&quot;&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt; and on our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot; href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/pages/Willowbrook-IL/Schoodoodle/38013974413?ref=ts&quot;&gt;Facebook Page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;iframe src=&quot;http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/31424263#31424263&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;339&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; width=&quot;425&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-size: 11px; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); margin-top: 5px; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; text-align: center; width: 425px;&quot;&gt;Visit msnbc.com for &lt;a style=&quot;border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(153, 153, 153) ! important; text-decoration: none ! important; font-weight: normal ! important; height: 13px; color: rgb(87, 153, 219) ! important;&quot; href=&quot;http://www.msnbc.msn.com/&quot;&gt;Breaking News&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032507&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(153, 153, 153) ! important; text-decoration: none ! important; font-weight: normal ! important; height: 13px; color: rgb(87, 153, 219) ! important;&quot;&gt;World News&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032072&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(153, 153, 153) ! important; text-decoration: none ! important; font-weight: normal ! important; height: 13px; color: rgb(87, 153, 219) ! important;&quot;&gt;News about the Economy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input id=&quot;gwProxy&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;!--Session data--&gt;&lt;input onclick=&quot;jsCall();&quot; id=&quot;jsProxy&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;div id=&quot;refHTML&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;input id=&quot;gwProxy&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;!--Session data--&gt;&lt;input onclick=&quot;jsCall();&quot; id=&quot;jsProxy&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;div id=&quot;refHTML&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://spanish-lesson-plans-for-children.blogspot.com/2009/10/is-bilingual-education-best-for.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jessica)</author><thr:total>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312554132098135185.post-4010859705630094653</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-23T06:00:06.306-04:00</atom:updated><title>Unraveling how children become bilingual so easily</title><description>&lt;h2 style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;Baby brains offer clues to learning new language&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;                                         &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;font-size:85%;&quot; &gt;By Lauran Neergaard, AP Medical Writer                                 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;font-size:85%;&quot; &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;On 3:01 pm EDT, Monday July 20, 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;WASHINGTON (AP) -- The best time to learn a foreign language: Between birth and age 7. Missed that window?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;                                                                           &lt;!--- Insert the sidebar information --&gt;                                &lt;div style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot; id=&quot;y-article-related&quot; class=&quot;mod-group&quot;&gt;                     &lt;/div&gt; &lt;!-- Article Related Media --&gt;                         &lt;p style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;New research is showing just how children&#39;s brains can become bilingual so easily, findings that scientists hope eventually could help the rest of us learn a new language a bit easier.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;&quot;We think the magic that kids apply to this learning situation, some of the principles, can be imported into learning programs for adults,&quot; says Dr. Patricia Kuhl of the University of Washington, who is part of an international team now trying to turn those lessons into more teachable technology.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;Each language uses a unique set of sounds. Scientists now know babies are born with the ability to distinguish all of them, but that ability starts weakening even before they start talking, by the first birthday.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;Kuhl offers an example: Japanese doesn&#39;t distinguish between the &quot;L&quot; and &quot;R&quot; sounds of English -- &quot;rake&quot; and &quot;lake&quot; would sound the same. Her team proved that a 7-month-old in Tokyo and a 7-month-old in Seattle respond equally well to those different sounds. But by 11 months, the Japanese infant had lost a lot of that ability.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;Wait a minute -- how do you test a baby? By tracking eye gaze. Make a fun toy appear on one side or the other whenever there&#39;s a particular sound. The baby quickly learns to look on that side whenever he or she hears a brand-new but similar sound. Noninvasive brain scans document how the brain is processing and imprinting language.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;Mastering your dominant language gets in the way of learning a second, less familiar one, Kuhl&#39;s research suggests. The brain tunes out sounds that don&#39;t fit. (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot; href=&quot;http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Unraveling-how-children-apf-417194534.html?x=0&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;input id=&quot;gwProxy&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;!--Session data--&gt;&lt;input onclick=&quot;jsCall();&quot; id=&quot;jsProxy&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;div id=&quot;refHTML&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://spanish-lesson-plans-for-children.blogspot.com/2009/10/unraveling-how-children-become.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jessica)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312554132098135185.post-570869781060094530</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-19T12:20:49.293-04:00</atom:updated><title>LeapFrog Wants to Put Tag in Kindergarten Classrooms--FREE!</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;font-family:arial;&quot; &gt;If you&#39;re a kindergarten teacher, you may be interested in learning how to integrate LeapFrog&#39;s Tag Reading System into your classroom for free.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;width: 402px; height: 48px;&quot; src=&quot;http://drop.io/download/public/dprxsik3fvg04g5qxtbn/63d9e2b0b27aff2b58f628a1abb0166644a9eafa/8b8af7e0-9b2b-012c-00fa-f93314d8c095/51f9df50-9b3d-012c-4979-f6e0cfa70cad/v2/thumbnail_large&quot; alt=&quot;LeapFrog Tag Kindergarten Program&quot; /&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: center; font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;Helping teachers inspire children&#39;s love of reading&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;Thank you for your interest in the &lt;strong&gt;LeapFrog® Tag™ Kindergarten Program&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 6px 10px; float: right; width: 254px; height: 169px;&quot; src=&quot;http://drop.io/download/public/dprxsik3fvg04g5qxtbn/7584bdf7a1c52646299c1af09263676ae0be65ea/8b8af7e0-9b2b-012c-00fa-f93314d8c095/350d8ec0-9b2d-012c-1241-fc4e9b5ddd63/v2/thumbnail_large&quot; alt=&quot;A teacher helping a student use Tag.&quot; /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;With this exciting new program, LeapFrog partners with teachers, families, and schools to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;inspire the love of reading and learning &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;in children during their critical early years. The centerpiece of our program is the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;Tag School Reading System&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;, which features a pen-like tool that provides students with an easy-to-use, multisensory, independent reading experience. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;Children touch the Tag School Reader to a page of a Tag book to hear an entire story read fluently, hear a page from a story, hear the pronunciation of a single word or, in some cases, a word part, or initiate comprehension exercises in the form of fun games that extend learning and provide immediate feedback.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;All of this can be done independently&lt;/strong&gt;, which is a crucial feature in a busy classroom where it simply is not possible for teachers to give all children one-on-one attention at the same time. For example, if a child reading a Tag book gets stuck on a word, he uses the Tag reader to touch the difficult word and hear the pronunciation, allowing him to continue reading and enjoying the book independently.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;In this program, &lt;strong&gt;LeapFrog provides teachers with Tag School Reading System kits&lt;/strong&gt;, including several Tag Readers plus books that focus on phonemic awareness, vocabulary building, comprehension and other key reading skills. &lt;strong&gt;Teachers&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;agree to integrate Tag and Tag content into their classroom curriculum and to give feedback&lt;/strong&gt; on the program.  &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.formspring.com/forms/LeapFrog-TagKProgram&quot;&gt;Read whole article and FAQ&#39;s)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Application Deadline is &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;&quot; &gt;November 11, 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Let us know how it went!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;(and maybe they will develop a Tag reading system in Spanish!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input id=&quot;gwProxy&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;!--Session data--&gt;&lt;input onclick=&quot;jsCall();&quot; id=&quot;jsProxy&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;div id=&quot;refHTML&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;input id=&quot;gwProxy&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;!--Session data--&gt;&lt;input onclick=&quot;jsCall();&quot; id=&quot;jsProxy&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;div id=&quot;refHTML&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;input id=&quot;gwProxy&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;!--Session data--&gt;&lt;input onclick=&quot;jsCall();&quot; id=&quot;jsProxy&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;div id=&quot;refHTML&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;input id=&quot;gwProxy&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;!--Session data--&gt;&lt;input onclick=&quot;jsCall();&quot; id=&quot;jsProxy&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;div id=&quot;refHTML&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://spanish-lesson-plans-for-children.blogspot.com/2009/10/leapfrog-wants-to-put-tag-in.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jessica)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312554132098135185.post-3968008952990479885</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:59:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-18T14:51:02.808-04:00</atom:updated><title>Yo quiero un &#39;snack-o&#39;</title><description>¡Hola todos!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;ve totally slacked off in doing Spanish Discovery Time with my kids.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I guess with them being in school most of the day, by the time they get home from school it&#39;s homework, eat, ready for bed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They do somehow manage to get Spanish in themselves, though.  Earlier today, they were playing with Dora action figures and the dollhouse.  And they were playing pretend in Spanish, saying things like &quot;hola&quot; (hello), &quot;pase, pase&quot; (come in, come in), &quot;Yo quiero un snack-o.&quot;  I know, &#39;snack-o&#39; is not a Spanish word, but my oldest daughter corrected her younger sister and said, &quot;Oh, not &#39;snack-o&#39;.  You mean, &#39;Yo quiero una merienda.&#39;&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also have her read her Spanish books to us, when she does her homework.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, that&#39;s what we&#39;ve been up to.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;!Hasta pronto!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input id=&quot;gwProxy&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;!--Session data--&gt;&lt;input onclick=&quot;jsCall();&quot; id=&quot;jsProxy&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;div id=&quot;refHTML&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;input id=&quot;gwProxy&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;!--Session data--&gt;&lt;input onclick=&quot;jsCall();&quot; id=&quot;jsProxy&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;div id=&quot;refHTML&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;input id=&quot;gwProxy&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;!--Session data--&gt;&lt;input onclick=&quot;jsCall();&quot; id=&quot;jsProxy&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;div id=&quot;refHTML&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://spanish-lesson-plans-for-children.blogspot.com/2009/10/oh-oh.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jessica)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312554132098135185.post-3281208597666227020</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:05:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-11T06:05:00.322-04:00</atom:updated><title>Our Spanish Alphabet Song on You Tube</title><description>¡Saludos todos!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;m inviting you all to check out a video/slideshow my daughter and I did and put up on You Tube.  This was our first multimedia project for Spanish. Please write a comment and let us know what you think.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width=&quot;425&quot; height=&quot;344&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/IT8vfTWmWUw&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowFullScreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot;&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/IT8vfTWmWUw&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; width=&quot;425&quot; height=&quot;344&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;</description><link>http://spanish-lesson-plans-for-children.blogspot.com/2009/08/our-spanish-alphabet-song-on-you-tube.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jessica)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312554132098135185.post-7502142167630505864</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 09:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-08T05:45:00.617-04:00</atom:updated><title>Dual-Language School, Aquí Vienen!</title><description>In September, my 3 girls will be off to school-FULL TIME.  This is an exciting year for our family because the twins will be starting kindergarten, and now all of them will be in a dual language school.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My eldest daughter will be entering 2nd grade and she&#39;ll be continuing the bilingual model of one day English, next day Spanish.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The kindergarten classes operate differently.  As of last year, the school day is conducted in English with a portion of day in Spanish with a Spanish teacher.  I had spoken with the dual language coordinator who said they&#39;re thinking about changing the model to 90/10 - Spanish/English.  I told her that I am for that because I do believe immersion is the way to go.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, I will find out later this month how the K class will be handled.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As an aside:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even though I believe immersion is the way to go, it was a challenge for my family to do that totally for even 30 minutes.  And immersion schools were out of the question because of the cost.  That&#39;s why I sought other ways to create a bilingual environment in our home.  And I&#39;m proud to say that everything we&#39;ve done and are doing at home have been good for the girls and my son: they embrace Spanish, they&#39;re familiar with the language, they question how to say words in Spanish, and they have fun with it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you like to learn more about what I&#39;ve done with my children so that you can do it too with yours, visit &lt;a href=&quot;http://ourspanishlessonplansonline.com/&quot;&gt;www.ourspanishlessonplansonline.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;¡Hasta pronto!</description><link>http://spanish-lesson-plans-for-children.blogspot.com/2009/08/dual-language-school-aqui-vienen.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jessica)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312554132098135185.post-737655479799874153</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-06T08:22:30.613-04:00</atom:updated><title>How I&#39;m Improving My Spanish in 15 Minutes with a Study Partn</title><description>I have a Spanish study partner.  Her name is Ino.  She&#39;s from Puerto Rico. She&#39;s a friend I&#39;ve known for a long time through my husband&#39;s friend.    I&#39;ve been very slow going in calling her just to practice Spanish.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last Saturday I called her.  We talked about our kids, she mentioned that she took them to the circus, and she talked about plans for a birthday party for her daughter.  The conversation was great, but it was  all in English.  I told her, &quot;Ok, how are we going to do this Spanish practice.  I would not have a clue on how to talk about what we just talked about in Spanish.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, she reviewed everything we talked about in Spanish and had me repeat words and phrases. If I didn&#39;t understand what she wanted me to repeat, I said, &quot;No entiendo.&quot; Then she helped.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I enjoyed it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She also gave me study and practice help:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1.  Watch the news in Spanish or telenovelas.  She said that&#39;s what she did when she was learning English, and that&#39;s all she would watch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2.  Have a Spanish word of the day and create as many sentences I can using that word.  For example, &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;house&lt;/span&gt;.  The big house.  The little house.  The pink house.  The house is over there.  Come to my house.  So, in Spanish this exercise would be &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;casa&lt;/span&gt;.  La  casa grande.  La casa pequeña.  La casa rosa.  La casa está allí.  Ven a mi casa.  (The next time I speak with her I&#39;d ask her about using &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;allá&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;aquella&lt;/span&gt; for over there.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3.  She also recommended a website called &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.livemocha.com/&quot;&gt;Live Mocha&lt;/a&gt; - where you can study Spanish (or any other language) for free and have community members help correct your usage.  I&#39;m trying it now, and will write a post about it later.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;¡Hasta luego!&lt;input id=&quot;gwProxy&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;!--Session data--&gt;&lt;input onclick=&quot;jsCall();&quot; id=&quot;jsProxy&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;div id=&quot;refHTML&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://spanish-lesson-plans-for-children.blogspot.com/2009/08/how-im-improving-my-spanish-in-15.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jessica)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312554132098135185.post-8768983779574053657</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-29T14:47:54.776-04:00</atom:updated><title>Comment on Tortilla Española Recipe Video</title><description>¡Saludos a todos!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For those who are subscribers to my &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Spanish Discovery Time!&lt;/span&gt; e-newsletter, I just sent out my very own video recipe on como hacer tortilla española.   This is the first recipe video of many that I plan to do with my girls.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, let us know what you thought about it by leaving a comment below.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;¡Gracias!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And if you have other simple Spanish recipes you&#39;d like us to do a video on, please write your suggestion below.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finalmente, if you&#39;re not a &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Spanish Discovery Time!&lt;/span&gt; subscriber, you can sign up by filling out the form to the right of this post.  It&#39;s FREE and it&#39;s FUN!</description><link>http://spanish-lesson-plans-for-children.blogspot.com/2009/07/comment-on-tortilla-espanola-recipe.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jessica)</author><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312554132098135185.post-7894487726986161144</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-21T10:10:58.948-04:00</atom:updated><title>Let&#39;s Play Chess - Juguemos al ajedrez</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;&quot; &gt;Let&#39;s Play Chess - Juguemos al ajedrez&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk5V0LnMSuEcfJgfvpd2a-YctAX719vE8UHSRp_egFWRlCxpjuX340dySny7fFPMa7FJDSj2zR1kjhRoTxNp2XBI5Sp_yHRL6t_BHYgMFM6J8GxL4vTOIfOAsHztXRJDGp8Y-jXKHrS4A/s1600-h/GirlsPlayingChess.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 243px; height: 179px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk5V0LnMSuEcfJgfvpd2a-YctAX719vE8UHSRp_egFWRlCxpjuX340dySny7fFPMa7FJDSj2zR1kjhRoTxNp2XBI5Sp_yHRL6t_BHYgMFM6J8GxL4vTOIfOAsHztXRJDGp8Y-jXKHrS4A/s320/GirlsPlayingChess.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360900846831267250&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;This summer my girls (ages 7, 5, 5) are learning to play chess with their dad.  He&#39;s tried to get them into the game for about a year, but now they&#39;re really into the pieces and how they move.   &lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;They play &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;&quot;  &gt;Chessmaster&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;&quot;  &gt; on &lt;leo_highlight style=&quot;border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 150); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; display: inline; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;&quot; id=&quot;leoHighlights_Underline_0&quot; onclick=&quot;leoHighlightsHandleClick(&#39;leoHighlights_Underline_0&#39;)&quot; onmouseover=&quot;leoHighlightsHandleMouseOver(&#39;leoHighlights_Underline_0&#39;)&quot; onmouseout=&quot;leoHighlightsHandleMouseOut(&#39;leoHighlights_Underline_0&#39;)&quot; leohighlights_keywords=&quot;playstation 2&quot; leohighlights_url=&quot;http%3A//thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/highlights/keywords?keywords%3Dplaystation%202&quot;&gt;Playstation 2&lt;/leo_highlight&gt; and are actually having fun doing the tutorials.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They were able to visit a chess club once at a local library before the club closed for the summer.  My husband was impressed with how the chessmaster (that&#39;s what the girls called him) there was able to keep Jaida focused.  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width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312554132098135185.post-269015074125394382</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-21T10:19:19.343-04:00</atom:updated><title>Christian Music in Spanish for kids</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;Recently I had a visitor to my blog looking for Christian music in Spanish for kids.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;I remembered that I&#39;ve had these cd&#39;s for years since my oldest was little.  We&#39;ve thoroughly enjoyed the songs.  I chose these cd&#39;s because we&#39;re already familiar with the tunes to these songs in English.  Totally surprised that I didn&#39;t put these up before. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIvbfFCXxG9YrI2R8sDEUkTNGosinsb2xKkzxtNNovOIk5RJCKmeOFCotbBmTdYPxGDk3OuMMZaCqCaRkHxrvXYmlJxwgpk5zIgS7dg3lnThMmAu85TRrXwpHW2TyIjuK7-mFCqu5-O_E/s1600-h/25CantosCoritos.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 140px; height: 140px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIvbfFCXxG9YrI2R8sDEUkTNGosinsb2xKkzxtNNovOIk5RJCKmeOFCotbBmTdYPxGDk3OuMMZaCqCaRkHxrvXYmlJxwgpk5zIgS7dg3lnThMmAu85TRrXwpHW2TyIjuK7-mFCqu5-O_E/s200/25CantosCoritos.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360877623955353890&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;Visit the link below to hear audio clips of songs:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot; href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000996HQ?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thinkandgrows-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=9325&amp;amp;creativeASIN=B0000996HQ&quot;&gt;Songs Kids Love to Sing: Cantos de Escuela Dominical&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thinkandgrows-20&amp;amp;l=as2&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=B0000996HQ&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;border: medium none  ! important; margin: 0px ! important; font-family: verdana;&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;2003&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH1HymYQrXvG89CJXk2RhfM_oWMx70NmoHHJ4X5PQ86zi-cGQ0Os16j8zH7OXGFN061mxXbXVVEGe56WPXUVAawXeaH2IYVKJyRZgW4aXupHJm8XXGvUEx2FXIYVUj-7r9V8vcsTCLCAU/s1600-h/HimnosCD.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 140px; height: 140px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH1HymYQrXvG89CJXk2RhfM_oWMx70NmoHHJ4X5PQ86zi-cGQ0Os16j8zH7OXGFN061mxXbXVVEGe56WPXUVAawXeaH2IYVKJyRZgW4aXupHJm8XXGvUEx2FXIYVUj-7r9V8vcsTCLCAU/s200/HimnosCD.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360877453799387586&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;Visit the link below to hear audio clips of songs:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot; href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005CCCQ?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thinkandgrows-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=9325&amp;amp;creativeASIN=B00005CCCQ&quot;&gt;Himnos: 16 Himnos Para Niños&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thinkandgrows-20&amp;amp;l=as2&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=B00005CCCQ&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;border: medium none  ! important; margin: 0px ! important; font-family: verdana;&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;Cedarmont Kids&lt;br /&gt;2004&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;Please share with us albums like these you may have in your collection.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;input id=&quot;gwProxy&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;!--Session data--&gt;&lt;input onclick=&quot;jsCall();&quot; id=&quot;jsProxy&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;div id=&quot;refHTML&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;input id=&quot;gwProxy&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;!--Session data--&gt;&lt;input onclick=&quot;jsCall();&quot; id=&quot;jsProxy&quot; type=&quot;hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;div id=&quot;refHTML&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://spanish-lesson-plans-for-children.blogspot.com/2009/06/christian-music-in-spanish-for-kids.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jessica)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIvbfFCXxG9YrI2R8sDEUkTNGosinsb2xKkzxtNNovOIk5RJCKmeOFCotbBmTdYPxGDk3OuMMZaCqCaRkHxrvXYmlJxwgpk5zIgS7dg3lnThMmAu85TRrXwpHW2TyIjuK7-mFCqu5-O_E/s72-c/25CantosCoritos.gif" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312554132098135185.post-1467072141427861304</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-29T09:14:31.850-04:00</atom:updated><title>A School Near You?</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;I like to get updates on where public schools are opening up to and growing their dual language programs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;Here&#39;s a recent article about the progress of a school in Johnston County, NC:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;&quot; class=&quot;CH1&quot; &gt;SES reviews progress of Spanish/English program&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;&quot; &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-style: italic;font-size:85%;&quot; class=&quot;BYLINE&quot; &gt;By Rebecca Piscopo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;Selma Elementary School is one of 21 other schools in North Carolina, and the only one in Johnston County, to have a first grade class and two kindergarten classes taught every other day in Spanish and English, according to the school’s program sponsor company Splash! CEO Alan Young, who spoke in the school’s cafeteria Thursday night, March 26. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;SES administration welcomed interested parents of rising kindergarteners to inform and answer questions about its Spanish/English Dual Language Immersion Program, an educational program designed to teach students in two languages, which is entering its third year.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;The school has one of the highest Hispanic student populations in Johnston County, and it is a program, Young said, that is proven to help students of all backgrounds perform higher on standardized tests. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;The program currently has 60 students. In each of the dual language classes, there are 50 percent native English speaking children, and 50 percent Spanish speaking students. There are 70 families, according to SES social worker Kristen Percy, who have filled out applications for the program. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;Young was there along with SES administration and other Splash! – a company located in Chapel Hill that provides schools across N.C. with bilingual education programs -- to talk about how first grade and kindergarten students currently in the program were performing in class by showing a video. (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot; href=&quot;http://www.theselmanews.com/default.asp?sourceid=&amp;amp;smenu=74&amp;amp;twindow=&amp;amp;mad=&amp;amp;sdetail=1137&amp;amp;wpage=1&amp;amp;skeyword=&amp;amp;sidate=&amp;amp;ccat=&amp;amp;ccatm=&amp;amp;restate=&amp;amp;restatus=&amp;amp;reoption=&amp;amp;retype=&amp;amp;repmin=&amp;amp;repmax=&amp;amp;rebed=&amp;amp;rebath=&amp;amp;subname=&amp;amp;pform=&amp;amp;sc=1363&amp;amp;hn=theselmanews&amp;amp;he=.com&quot;&gt;Read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://spanish-lesson-plans-for-children.blogspot.com/2009/05/school-near-you.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jessica)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312554132098135185.post-8149772339088384673</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-16T07:19:50.796-04:00</atom:updated><title>Triumph Over Autism Bilingually</title><description>Something I&#39;ve been mulling over is what to do with my son in teaching him Spanish.  We were advised to teach him English only for now, so that he&#39;s learning the same terms for things at school, with his therapists, and at home with us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;m so used to doing the bilingual method* with my girls that I have to stop myself with my son.  But deep down inside I don&#39;t think exposing him to Spanish will confuse him.  It&#39;s just hard to know because he&#39;s not saying any words.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*speaking English and Spanish side by side.  For example, &quot;Are you thirsty? ¿Tienes sed?&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I came across this article about a little girl the doctors said would never speak, yet now she&#39;s bilingual!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;M2FullAStandfirst&quot;&gt;EXCLUSIVE LAURA, 9, IN TRIUMPH OVER AUTISM&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;add-linkout&quot; align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Little Laura Cuthbert&#39;s parents were delighted when she learned to speak after doctors warned she would never talk properly.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;add-linkout&quot; align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;But it was nothing to the couple&#39;s joy when their autistic daughter astounded experts by becoming BILINGUAL- chatting away in English AND Spanish.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;add-linkout&quot; align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;The nine-year-old&#39;s amazing achievement is a tribute to the devotion of mum Gill and dad Dave, who refused to accept predictions that she would never have a normal life.&lt;/p&gt; Gill, 43, said: &quot;The doctors said she would probably spend most of her time in an institution. Now we have a happy daughter who never stops talking - in two languages. (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.people.co.uk/news/tm_headline=doctors-said-our-girl-would-never-speak-yet-now-she-s-bilingual&amp;amp;method=full&amp;amp;objectid=21236882&amp;amp;siteid=93463-name_page.html&quot;&gt;Read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;***&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;The parents used a therapy call the Son-Rise Programme.  I decided to look more into this program and wrote about it in &lt;a href=&quot;http://a-pdd-nos-diagnosis.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;Jaden&#39;s Travels&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;**As this post becomes old, the source for this article may be archived or removed.</description><link>http://spanish-lesson-plans-for-children.blogspot.com/2009/05/triumph-over-autism.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jessica)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312554132098135185.post-778280657591895035</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-08T06:00:01.063-04:00</atom:updated><title>TV and Professor Pocket</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Last year my oldest daughter started a dual language school.  It was such an exciting time for us because after much searching, disappointments, and prayer, she&#39;s finally in a dual-language learning environment.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;It&#39;s fantastic that more and more public schools and districts are offering dual language schools and programs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;At my daughter&#39;s school, she has an English teacher and a Spanish teacher.  One day she&#39;s in English world and the next day Spanish world (el mundo de español.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;She seems to be enjoying her time there.  One of my concerns was would she be able to keep up with the other children in her class since she didn&#39;t do kindergarten there. But that didn&#39;t turn out to be a problem at all. Her teachers are impressed with how much Spanish she knows.  They love her enthusiasm for learning the language and her courage for speaking Spanish.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;One teacher told me that she asked my daughter, &quot;How do you know all of this Spanish.  Who speaks Spanish to you at home?&quot; My daughter told her that she learned from TV and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot; href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000XM1HFC?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thinkandgrows-20&amp;amp;link_code=as3&amp;amp;camp=211189&amp;amp;creative=373489&amp;amp;creativeASIN=B000XM1HFC&quot;&gt;Professor Pocket&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;.  So, the teacher said she had to ask me if I speak Spanish.  I said I know just enough to teach them the basics, but I&#39;m not a fluent speaker.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Then she wanted to know what we&#39;re doing at home.  I told her about the lessons we do, songs we sing, and shows we watch during our Spanish time.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;It&#39;s certainly possible for monolingual parents to teach their children Spanish.  We&#39;re doing it and so can you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://spanish-lesson-plans-for-children.blogspot.com/2009/05/tv-and-professor-pocket.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jessica)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312554132098135185.post-7343003794231596552</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 13:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-02T09:05:12.097-04:00</atom:updated><title>Keeping the Spanish Alive!</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;Well, hello everybody...I&#39;m back!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;And &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://babybilingual.blogspot.com/2009/04/er-hi-i-mean-bonjour-yeah-thats-it.html&quot;&gt;Sarah&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt; I can totally relate to how easy it is for 5 or 6 months to pass by without reading, writing, or doing anything with blogs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;Along with starting a children&#39;s ministry at my church, dealing with a child&#39;s (then children) illnesses, my Mom in and out of the hospital, and driving my children to and from school, another big adjustment for my family and I is having 2-3 therapists come into our home &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;6 days a week for 3-4 hours to work with our son. I also take him to school for 2 hours in the morning. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;You might remember in one of my &lt;a href=&quot;http://ourspanishlessonplansonline.com/Issue5_08_31_08.html&quot;&gt;e-newsletters&lt;/a&gt;, I mentioned that his speech was delayed.  Well, in August or so, he was diagnosed with PDD-NOS (Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified).  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;At the moment he&#39;s not saying any words and, according to the dr., demonstrates some characteristics of autism. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;I started a blog about it called &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://a-pdd-nos-diagnosis.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;Jaden&#39;s Travels&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;***&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;I thought long and hard about whether to close my blog and bid every one &quot;adieu&quot; or should I say &quot;adiós.&quot; But then I saw that there are 2 people following my blog.  That really encouraged me to get it going again.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;¡Muchas gracias!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;And the desire for my children to be bilingual never went away.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;So, here&#39;s to overcoming challenges and keeping the Spanish alive!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://spanish-lesson-plans-for-children.blogspot.com/2009/05/well-what-do-i-say-hi-everybody-im-back.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jessica)</author><thr:total>9</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3312554132098135185.post-158979780558396645</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-08-25T03:18:38.059-04:00</atom:updated><title>Christian Music in Spanish</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;I was delighted to find that many of the worship songs that my family enjoys in English are also recorded in Spanish.  My children have even started singing the songs in Spanish.&lt;a href=&quot;http://spanish-lesson-plans-for-children.blogspot.com/2010/08/spanish-worship-songs-for-kids.html&quot;&gt;(For Spanish Worship songs Especially for kids CLICK HERE)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;I Will Sing of Your Love Forever&lt;/span&gt; - &lt;span style=&quot;color: #3333ff;&quot;&gt;Cantar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3333ff; font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;é De&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3333ff;&quot;&gt; Tu Amor Por Siempre&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;Shout to the Lord&lt;/span&gt; - &lt;span style=&quot;color: #3333ff;&quot;&gt;Canta al Se&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3333ff;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?item_no=CD83022&amp;amp;netp_id=301558&amp;amp;event=ESRCN&amp;amp;item_code=WW&amp;amp;view=covers&quot;&gt;ñ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3333ff;&quot;&gt;or&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;Our God is an Awesome God&lt;/span&gt; - &lt;span style=&quot;color: #3333ff;&quot;&gt;Admirable Dios&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: red; font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;Trading My Sorrows&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3333ff; font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;Cambiaré Mis Tristezas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: red; font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;This is the Day&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3333ff; font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;Este Es El Día &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;Who is Like the Lord?&lt;/span&gt; - &lt;span style=&quot;color: #3333ff;&quot;&gt;Quien Como el Señor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: red; font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;It is Well &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3333ff; font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;Estoy bien&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Come, Now is the Time to Worship&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3333ff; font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;Ven, Es Tiempo De Adorarle &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: red; font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;My Life Belongs to You&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3333ff;&quot;&gt;Mi Vida Tuya Es&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;What a Friend We Have in Jesus&lt;/span&gt; - &lt;span style=&quot;color: #3333ff;&quot;&gt;Oh, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3333ff; font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;Qué&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3333ff;&quot;&gt; Amigo Nos Es Cristo&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: verdana; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3333ff;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;To hear audio clips, just click on the following links.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?item_no=CD30329&amp;amp;netp_id=338670&amp;amp;event=ESRCN&amp;amp;item_code=WW&amp;amp;view=covers&quot; style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3333ff;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;Songs 4 Worship: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0014BECG2?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thinkandgrows-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957&amp;amp;creativeASIN=B0014BECG2&quot;&gt;Glorificate&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; src=&quot;http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thinkandgrows-20&amp;amp;l=as2&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=B0014BECG2&quot; style=&quot;border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3333ff;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;Songs 4 Worship: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0014BECFS?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thinkandgrows-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957&amp;amp;creativeASIN=B0014BECFS&quot;&gt; Canta Al Senor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; src=&quot;http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thinkandgrows-20&amp;amp;l=as2&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=B0014BECFS&quot; style=&quot;border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3333ff;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;Songs 4 Worship: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0014BECGC?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thinkandgrows-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957&amp;amp;creativeASIN=B0014BECGC&quot;&gt; Sendas Dios Hara&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; src=&quot;http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thinkandgrows-20&amp;amp;l=as2&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=B0014BECGC&quot; style=&quot;border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;Songs 4 Worship: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001953OWQ?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=thinkandgrows-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957&amp;amp;creativeASIN=B001953OWQ&quot; style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt; El Poder De Tu Amor &lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; src=&quot;http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thinkandgrows-20&amp;amp;l=as2&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=B001953OWQ&quot; style=&quot;border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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