Miércoles 3 de Diciembre, 2014

Buenos días,

     I want to update your family on our class activities for Wednesday, December 3rd, 2014. Lucy Ruggles was out of town due to family matters and asked if I could sub for her. My birth name is Gabriel Wolff, however, while teaching the Los Chicos group last year it was changed to Señor Lobo, by popular consent. 

     Coming back to teach one of the groups was a real treat. You have adorable children, willing to be linguistically challenged and motivated to learn in a fun environment.

     We begun our class on the 3rd with a round of introductions. Each scholar was asked to introduce themselves, as well as their classmates using the following format:

Yo Soy .....(I am....)

Tú eres.....(You are....)

Ella es.....(She is....)

Él es.....(He is....)

Some chose to use their real names, others their middle names, and some, even used both. I, and they, stuck with Señor Lobo for me.  Ask them to go around the table introducing your family at dinner time.

After this round of introductions, we moved on to an all time favorite game of mine which I played with my four brothers without realizing I was learning anything. It is called Veo, Veo.........(I see, I see........), and goes something like this:

Person #1 - Veo, Veo...                           (I see, I see...)

Person #2 - ¿Qué Vés?                          (What do you see?)

Person #1 - Una cosa                              (A thing)

Person #2 - ¿Qué cosa?                         (Which thing?)

Person #1 - ¡Una cosa maravillosa!       (A marvellous thing!)

Person #2 - ¿De qué color?                    (Of which color?)

Person #1 - Color.....                                (Color.....)

Person #1 chooses (very discreetly) the marvelous non-moving object, then tells the rest of the group it's color. The group (Player #2) takes turns guessing which object it is. The player guessing the right object starts the game again by choosing their own object.

This is a great game for expanding vocabulary and learning colors. Remind the children they can always point at an object if they are unfamiliar with the name and say - Eso (That), Esto (This), Aquello (That, over there).

Your child should have a handout which covers the basics of the game as well as color names.

Hasta la próxima,

Señor Lobo