Words for Week June 8- July 1
1. sol
2. arbol
3. flor
4. bicicleta
5. tren
6. avio'n
7. barco
8. auto
9. iglesia
10. cielo
11. parque
12. restaurante
13. banjo
14. cine
15. biblioteca
16. escuela
17. casa
18. hierba
19. tierra
20. lago
Words for Week 20-24
Many words for describing music!
1. corto
2. largo
3. rapid
4. lento
5. fuerte
6. tranquilo
7. bueno
8. malo
9. dificil
10. facil
11. correcto
12. incorrecto
13. bonito
14. feo
15. triste
16. feliz
17. enfadado
18. maravilloso
19. bien
20. enfadado
Words for Week 13-17
- Rojo
- Azul
- Verde
- Negro
- Gris
- Blanco
- Rosado
- Morado
- Cafe
- Amarillo
- Anaranjado
Additional Words for Week June 6-10:
My eldest is already bored with the handful of words that we review in the morning, so we added a few. FYI--the ASL signs are so ridiculously intuitive that I have not included descriptions here. Go to www.aslpro.com for a video dictionary:
1. Ojo
2. Oreja
3. Boca
4. Brazo
5. Nariz
6. Los pies
Words for the Week (June 6-10)
1. Corazon. Use middle finger of open right hand to touch chest over heart a few times.
2. Cabello. Grasp a lock of hair with right thumb and index finger.
3. La pierna. Hit outside of thigh with right hand.
4. Estomago. Hit stomach with four fingertips of right hand, palm up.
5. Cara. Point index finger at forehead and draw counterclockwise circle around face.
6. Mano. Cross hands palm side in. Draw right hand toward body across back of left hand. For plural, repeat same action drawing left hand across back of right hand. visualize one hand presenting the other.
7. La cabeza. Bend fingers of right hand at 90 degrees angle and place at side of forehead, then move fingers down in an arc to side of jaw.
8. El cuerpo. Tap open hands on each side of upper chest, then move both hands down to midriff and tap there.
What I'm doing;
I desperately want to give my kids a little leg up in reference to learning another language. They are currently learning Spanish at their elementary school, but to be honest, I haven't seen any sudden fluency!
Unfortunately, I do not speak Spanish. I have a bit of experience with two other languages, but it seems wise to persue Spanish so that anything I teach them can be reinforced at school and throughout our community.
So, I have this crazy theory. If I had the time or energy, I would research it and find someone somewhere to back me up. But since I don't have the time, I'm just going to follow my gut. No harm, no foul! What's my theory? Well, I suspect that if you can associate Spanish words with ASL, a child's retention of both would improve. Sure, some signs wouldn't make sense since they are based on English letters (like signing green involves using the 'G' hand, which makes no sense since it is verde in Spanish). But then again, most of my kids are too young to read, so maybe it doesn't matter anyways!
I just figure that if the child has a strong association with a physical movement with a Spanish word, the ASL sign would cue the child's memory of the Spanish word without forcing the child to use the English word as the link between the concept and the Spanish word. I think it is accepted as true that true bilingual people do not translate from their native tongue to the secondary language.
