Podcast: “El Rinconcito de Cuentos” – Episode 1

June 17, 2011 By Adriana and Elaine Leave a Comment

Hola and welcome to El Rinconcito de Cuentos, the Reading Corner.
Join Adriana and Carlos. They love to read books together in Spanish, en Español
As you know, reading to your child in Spanish boosts language development, and helps them develop an ear for the language, a very important step towards understanding and eventually speaking Spanish.
Today we are [...]

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Creating books for our kids

June 3, 2011 By Adriana and Elaine Leave a Comment
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¡Hola a Todos!
We had some fun creating books for our kids at our adult classes in Term 1.  We felt that creating our own books with our children as the central character would generate interest and passion.  The results were amazing with a firefighter themed book, a book about daily routines and one about starting [...]

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Website for Spanish children’s books – On Sale!

January 21, 2011 By Adriana and Elaine Leave a Comment

Hola amigos-
There is a wonderful website that features great children’s books and resources called Barefoot books (see link below). Best of all they have a good variety of  books in Spanish. As it happens they are having big sale until the 8th February. As you peruse their site, bear in mind two things:
- Most of [...]

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Happy Holidays – End of Term 4

December 6, 2010 By Adriana and Elaine Leave a Comment

¡Hola a todos!  Espero que tengan buenas vacaciones.  ¡Feliz Navidad y prospero año nuevo! Be sure to check out the latest soundbite for the Feliz Navidad song posted on our website.
If any of you wish to meet up during the holidays feel free to give me a call after 17thJanuary, perhaps we could have some [...]

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School Holidays Spanish Activity

October 3, 2010 By Adriana and Elaine Leave a Comment

¡Hola a Todos!
I hope you’re all enjoying las vacaciones and a break from the usual routine.  I’m looking forward to our trip to the Botanical Gardens on Monday 4th October (leaving Beachlands at 9am).  ALAC (Auckland Latin American Community) is running their school holiday programme again these holidays on a Tuesday and a Thursday.  Both Adriana [...]

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