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Lately there has been a huge amount of research done that shows how important it is to read to your children before they go to bed. Why not take this opportunity, while you're already reading to your children to expose them even more to some great foreign language books! Courtesy of spanishplayground.net I found a free e-book that you can pull up on the computer or iPad or Tablet PC that has great pictures, simple text, and a great way for you to connect with your children over a book! Click here for a link to the e-book. Check in next week for a link to a French e-book!

Website Resources

SMILE, IT'S MONDAY! :)

So, i'm pretty sure I have used this site before, but I figured I would share it with you again as just another resource to add to your endless supply of websites i'm sure you have by now! Though the site isn't extremely user-friendly, I think it serves the purpose of sharing a variety of games for your children fairly well. The site is safe and if your children are old enough, let them explore on their own, finding the fun in learning!

Courtesy of Chillola.com,

click here for French

and click here for Spanish

Weather

Well I hope everyone had a fun, safe St. Patty's Day! Hopefully you were able to enjoy the beautiful weather we've been having lately! And speaking of weather, I figured this would be a good time for your children to familiarize themselves with some of the vocabulary that goes along with weather!

Click here for French

Click here for Spanish

You can cycle through the pictures by click the right arrow. Along with each word there is a picture to help those visual learners!

Color Activities

This month your kids will be reviewing the colors with use of the rainbow, so I thought it would be appropriate to share activities that you can do at home with their new vocabulary. Repetition and perfect practice makes perfect! Courtesy of enchantedlearning.com I found a fun HANDS-on activity!

You will need:

• Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple construction paper
• A large piece of neutral-colored paper (about 2 1/2 feet by 1 1/2 ft long), or work directly on a bulletin board
• Scissors
• A pencil and a marker
• Glue

Using the colored construction paper, have the children trace their hands. Make about 10 handprints of each of the colors of the rainbow (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple).

Cut out the hand prints and put the child's name on his or her print.

Glue the handprints onto the paper in a rainbow shape. You now have a Handprint Rainbow to help you celebrate St. Patrick's Day.

Be sure to use the vocabulary of the colors for each language.

For French color words, click here

For Spanish color words, click here

The Family

In our classes this month we spoke about family, and the various members of the family. There's nothing better than applying that language around the house on a daily basis! For French, click here, and print the page out and have your children color in the pictures and label them. For Spanish, click here and do the same!

Also, if your children still need review, OR you would like to brush-up on your Spanish, click here for French and click here for Spanish, for a nice little presentation with pictures (sorry no picture for the French one) and pronunciation.