A character trait we always hope to see in our own children is that they be encouragers to their friends and family. A wonderful way to engrain these words in your children is to have them learn the positive phrases and words in their target language. You can find posters with the words listed in bright colors in many different languages. To get you started in Spanish, here are some you can post on the walls and doors of your home right away:
Brilliant! - brillante (bree-yahn-teh)
Good job, good work! - buen trabajo (bwehn-trah-bah-hoh)
Excellent - excelente (ehk-seh-lehn-teh)
Great, marvelous - maravilloso (mah-rah-bee-yoh-soh)
Very good - muy bien (moo-ee-bee-ehn)
Fantastic - fantástico - (fahn-tah-stee-koh)
How sweet, How nice - que lindo (keh-leen-doh)
Suzanne Gose (known by her students as Señora Gose) is a homeschooling mother of five children. A former public school teacher, she currently teaches over 80 homeschooling students in weekly Spanish classes at Key Curriculum in Bryan, Texas. She is also the author of the Flip Flop Spanish Workbooks and other language teaching tools. You can see them at www.flipfloplearning.com and in the Schoolhouse Store.
