Spanish Lessons

So yesterday I wrote about the new addition of Spanish to our homeshooling. It is amazing how quickly I am remembering my High School Spanish teachers lessons. "Clase, por favor, repita este" It has come full circle for me. I got out my Spanish book and started to study! And I have to say it is really exciting. Today we went from math in English to math in Spanish! I was thinking this is exactly right. When I taught my daughters to speak- I used picture books and pointed to items and told them the proper names for each item. That is exactly what is going on here. We use a lot of flash cards for numbers, letters, small words- etc. I have been going over them in English and then again in Spanish. It is a simple way to do vocabulary in both languages. Pretty cool!! I found a free Spanish (for kids) website http://www.123teachme.com that has the game memory for colors, numbers, letters etc... in Spanish! My daughter went crazy with it this morning. Now my two year old is trying too! It is something else to see your four year old reciting numbers and letters in two different languages! What a blessing! I am not looking forward to the grammer aspect of Spanish as that is where the greatest struggle was for me but I think my husband will be a great help with this. He loves rules of the written word. So glad I married a smarty pants!! Hasta pronto, mi amigos!