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Curriculum- Kindergarten

  • Storytelling
    • Overview
    • Class Stories- Plot
  • Culture Projects for Kindergarteners
    • Overview
    • Floor Map
    • List of All Projects
  • Center Work
    • Overview
    • Centers
  • Daily Routines
  • Blog Posts

Overview. Class story, chapters 1-10. Instead of studying separate units about colors, numbers, weather, etc., students listen to and act out a yearlong saga that weaves together practical vocabulary and high-frequency expressions in the target language. Students participate in multiple hands-on culture projects that relate directly to the main character’s travels in the class story.

Curriculum. The Four Pillars (below) work in tandem with one another. These are not chronological units; they occur simultaneously, overlapping vocabulary in both probable (Center Work) and improbable (creative Storytelling) linguistic situations.

KINDERGARTEN — Students learn the name of and “travel to” a new Spanish-speaking country every few classes on our Floor Map, and do a project based on that country (we start in South America). The year tends to begin with science projects, which are highly visual and make Spanish more comprehensible for beginners. Our stuffed-animal hero Pato (duck) visits the classroom when possible — anyone have tips on ventriloquism that doesn’t lead to laryngitis?

Cultural connection

Featured resources

Year 25-26

Passwords

  • Es-pañ-ol, es-pañ-ol
  • Yo hablo español
  • Yo hablo inglés
  • El plátano
  • La manzana
  • Yo hablo español y yo hablo inglés
  • ¿En serio?
  • Yo como manzanas y plátanos y pollo
  • Pollo-banana
  • Yo camino a mi color
  • Yo tengo ___ años (Zapatito blanco, zapatito azul)

Year 2024-25

Songs

Year 2023-24

Songs

Skills

Year 2022-23

Culture Projects

Songs

Cartoons

Year 2021-22

Culture Projects

Songs

Cartoons

Year 2020-21

Culture Projects

Songs

Cartoons

2019-20

2018-19

2017-18

2016-17

2015-16

Songs 2022-23

Cartoons

Year 2021-22

  • For a playlist of Scholastic read-alouds in Spanish, click HERE;
  • For fairy tales in Spanish, click HERE.

Songs

Year 2020-21

Songs

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