Kindergarten

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🌟Made for curious minds and wiggly feet. Songs, stories, routines, and classroom ideas for introducing Spanish with wonder, movement, and just the right amount of silliness.

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Kindergarten Overview

Students learn about and “travel to” a new Spanish-speaking country every few classes on our Floor Map, and complete a project based on that country (we start in South America). Our stuffed-animal hero Pato (duck) visits the classroom when possible. His storytelling adventures connect to these countries and introduce high-frequency language and practical expressions. As for his focus as a stuffed-animal duck, that’s still very much “a work in progress” — which is likely why kindergarteners love him so much!

Curriculum: Scope & Sequence

Explore the articles below for an overview of each curricular category and how it connects across grade levels. Think of these as your roadmap for the year.

🎭 Storytelling: Kindergarten

Story-based lessons and related activities — because the best way to learn a language is to live inside a good story.

🌎 Culture Projects: Kindergarten

Hands-on projects rooted in the real cultures of Spanish-speaking countries. No passport required.

The Foundation: Geography — Students learn the names and locations of 10+ Spanish-speaking countries; each country is paired with a memorable culture project. Later grade levels build on this knowledge.

✂️ Center Work: Kindergarten

Independent and small-group activities where students lead the way — and end up speaking more Spanish than they realize.

In kindergarten, students thrive with the boundless creativity available in center work. They naturally incorporate culture projects into centers—“Let’s sell helado (ice cream) like that shop in Venezuela”—and transfer vocabulary from their class story into conversations on a regular basis: “¡Ven aquí! ¡Rápido!” (Come here! Quickly!). Students practice the following infinitives.

  • Infinitives (17)
    • colorear, jugar, construir, trabajar, volar, pintar, hablar, cantar, bailar, dormir, patinar, saltar, cocinar, comer, compartir, limpiar, flotar

🎵 Daily Routines: Kindergarten

The recurring songs, greetings, and classroom rituals that give every class a familiar, comfortable rhythm.

  • Passwords: high-frequency words students say to enter the classroom
  • Songs: DannyGo! Español videos are always a favorite
  • Storytelling: the adventures of Pato
  • Group Activity: culture project related to story (every other week)
  • Centers: independent student work
  • Clean up/line up

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