Jan. 31, 2008 - Fab Field Trip resource!
Thanks to friends from FIAR, I was introduced to a fantastic resource for virtual field trips. Check this site out! Nine Spanish-speaking nations are featured.
You and your child can choose a country, learn cool facts, view a history timeline, learn some lingo specific to that country, and see some beautiful sites. For older children, this may be a great source for country reports! Notebooking fans can use this as a great resource for chronicling a study of these countries. Maybe your family can visit a country a week, and top off your study by cooking a recipe from your chosen country!
Here is an example of some of the neat things you can learn about Ecuador on this site. While we all know that amigo means friend in Spanish, it is common in Ecuador to hear the word pana instead. Goodbye is commonly chao, There are even audio files so that you can pronounce these words correctly.
You can also visit important areas of your chosen country. Here is a picture of Cuenca, Ecuador, a city that still boasts Spanish architecture from the 1500's.
You and your child can choose a country, learn cool facts, view a history timeline, learn some lingo specific to that country, and see some beautiful sites. For older children, this may be a great source for country reports! Notebooking fans can use this as a great resource for chronicling a study of these countries. Maybe your family can visit a country a week, and top off your study by cooking a recipe from your chosen country!
Here is an example of some of the neat things you can learn about Ecuador on this site. While we all know that amigo means friend in Spanish, it is common in Ecuador to hear the word pana instead. Goodbye is commonly chao, There are even audio files so that you can pronounce these words correctly.
You can also visit important areas of your chosen country. Here is a picture of Cuenca, Ecuador, a city that still boasts Spanish architecture from the 1500's.
Last but not least, you can take a quiz to see how much you learned about your country, then send a friend a postcard with a scene from that country. How fun!
My only disappointment with the site is that it doesn't show flags for each country. Never fear, the coloring book of flags is here. If you want to print a great map, try this UN sponsored site. Just choose a country from the menu on the left, and print away. Excuse me while I sharpen my colored pencils....
My only disappointment with the site is that it doesn't show flags for each country. Never fear, the coloring book of flags is here. If you want to print a great map, try this UN sponsored site. Just choose a country from the menu on the left, and print away. Excuse me while I sharpen my colored pencils....
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