We've been plugging away at our Spanish all year.  Phrase by phrase, I've been teaching them snatches of Spanish.

Examples: Quieres leche o agua? (Do you want milk or water?)

Buenos dias, Abuelo! (Good morning, Grandpa!)

Lavate las manos.  (Wash your hands.)

We have some books in both English and Spanish which we read regularly.  Periodically, we check out other favorites from the library and compare the Spanish and English.

It's been very slow going.  But in the last few weeks, the kids have started using their phrases more and pointing out words from books that are in our phrases. 

It's like planting seeds and watering them for months... and now spring is here-- I'm seeing small green shoots in the earth.

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Posted by Kayluray

Where did you find your phrases? Was there a particular book? I really like this idea and would love to incorporate into our daily life as well.

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Posted by momco3

My friend Ruth and I came up with this idea together at one of our coffee-shop mornings. We bought sharpies and index cards and came up with phrases from daily life. I wrote mine in Spanish, she wrote hers in Portugese. (These are languages we speak.) But there's a curriculum called Learnables that has a similar concept in it, and I believe you could get the phrases from it.
Blessings,
Annie

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