Arts and Crafts/Manualidades

Yesterday we had a super heavy duty Geography session in Spanish class. We visited and traveled to a bunch of countries all over the world.

Next day in class both groups (older and younger) will meet to create our hats for the festival. I will have everything you need to make a cool chicken hat, so just come ready to work on your hat AND help others.

Perhaps I will assign each of you (older students) to supervise and help a younger one with their project?

Also, don't forget that soon we will start our already legendary tradition of piñata building for this year's 5 de Mayo.  Below is a simple idea that perhaps we could try in class. We pull a string instead of whacking it with a stick.

Hasta la vista.

Mini piñatas





See you soon.

Semana Santa/Holly Week.

Every year, some communities in Spain celebrate the Passion and Easter with processions that last for about a week. This period is called Semana Santa or "Easter Week" and Seville (Sevilla) is well know for its festivities. Please watch the video below in preparation for class. We will discuss its content in detail, so please come prepared with questions, if you have any.

Next Tuesday we will try to cook monas de Pascua (Easter cake). Please read this link and watch the video below to find out more about this dessert. If I can figure it out, I will try to have a gluten/lactose free version of this recipe available, we will see.

Also, remember to find out the names and location of the ten largest countries in  Western Europe, (you should already know where Spain/España and Portugal are located). And, yes, please learn their Spanish translations: eg. Germany/Alemania, Italy/Italia, etc.

Hasta el martes.

Semana Santa de Sevilla



Mona de Pascua tradicional.

Sombreros y pollitos/Hats and chicks

 These are our chicken hat "prototypes" for the festival. Easy to make but not the only way to make them,

Each of us will be making our own hat in class, so come prepared with ideas.

I will bring feathers and other decorations that we can hot glue gun to them.


Also, we got some chicks for our singing skit. Aren't they adorable?! Maybe we can all pretend to be hens/roosters while singing and take care of our little chicks. I know, right?

Continue enjoying your break and see you next week!

Spring Break!

Spring Break!

During the next few weeks, we are going to cook some dishes (monas de Pascua, a tradicional Spanish Easter pastry and cocas, a Spanish variation of pizzas).

We will also make a piñata for Cinco de Mayo and decorate a sombrero in preparation for our festival.

Enjoy your break and please watch the videos below. The cooking ones to learn about our dishes and the song, to memorize it (so please watch it as many times as needed):

The lyrics are as follows,

Los pollitos dicen, pío, pío, pío
cuando tienen hambre, cuando tienen frío

La gallina busca, el maíz y el trigo
les da la comida y les presta abrigo

Bajo sus dos alas, acurrucaditos
hasta el otro día, duermen los pollitos.

Los pollitos dicen (cancion tradicional)





Mona de Pascua




Cocas de verduras

Vamos a estudiar el futuro

Please watch the two videos below in preparation for class.

The grammar is strong with the first one. The second one is more fun. Pause and use the dictionary as needed.

Gracias

El futuro



IR + a + infinitivo.