Lesson 1

Welcome to your first day of school! I wanted to give you one important reminder before you begin. Many of your lessons below have an internet link for you to click on. When you go to the different internet pages for your lessons, please DO NOT click on anything else on that page except what the directions tell you to. DO NOT click on any advertisements or games. DO NOT click on anything that takes you to a different website. Just stay focused on your lesson and then close that window and you should be right back here for the next lesson. Okay?

1. If you didn’t get here through My EP Assignments, I suggest you go there and create an account.
2. Before you start actually studying Spanish, we’re going to spend some time developing our language-learning skills. This will help you when we start focusing on learning Spanish.
3. This week, we are going to learn about how languages borrow words from each other, and how this can help our learning of Spanish. English has borrowed a lot of words from Latin, Greek, and French.
4. So let’s get started. First, we’re going to practice looking for related (borrowed) words between languages. Let me give you an example of how English borrowed from the French: Avion in French means airplane. Now, I don’t think the words avion and airplane are related, but I think avion and the English word aviation are related. When you encounter new words, you will use your powers of observation to make connections like that to uncover their meanings and remember them more easily.
5. Look at this list of French words. Try to guess the meaning of each word.
6. This is the end of your work for this course for your first day. You are allowed to move at your own pace (this is homeschooling), but it’s intended you complete one lesson a day.

Lesson 2* (Note that an asterisk * indicates that there is a worksheet on this lesson)

1. English has borrowed a lot of words from Latin, the language of the ancient Romans.
2. (*)Look at this list of words in Latin. Use this worksheet (or start a Spanish notebook) and write the Latin words down in the Latin column. Then, next to them, write down what you think each word means in the English column. Then you can highlight the answers at the bottom of the Latin Vocabulary page to see how close you were. (Once again, you may be wrong. That is okay. It’s not about the answers. You aren’t actually learning Latin. You don’t have to learn the meanings of these words. I’m training you as a language learner.)
3. Save the worksheet; you’ll be using it again on Lesson 4.

Lesson 3

1. It’s not only English that borrows words from other languages. Spanish has borrowed words from English as well. Can you guess the meanings of these Spanish words? Accidente, Animal, Color, Director, Distancia, Error, Familia, Grupo, Hotel, Idea, Mapa, Piano, Restaurante
2. Word that look and sound similar and have a similar meaning in two different languages are called “cognates.”
3. Not only do languages borrow words from each other, but it’s also important to know that languages come in “families.” The families probably began at the Tower of Babel (see Genesis 11 in the Bible to read this story about how different languages started). Then, groups of people speaking the same language stayed together, travelling together, and ended up in different places around the world. Over time their languages developed and changed, and new languages evolved from those languages. Think of how many Americans came from England. Did they develop a different type of English from the “original” English of England? Yes, we use some different vocabulary and speak with a different accent. And the English used in England changed over time. You can see that as well in the King James Bible. It was written in English, but it’s a different English than we know today. Do we say, “Thus saith?” No, our language has changed, and that’s just over hundreds of years. Languages change.

Lesson 4

1. Spanish is a so-called “Romance” language; it is in the family of Romance languages. This has nothing to do with anything romantic; it just means that Spanish, along with other Romance languages such as French, Italian, and Portuguese, comes from LATIN. The Latin language, as you may know, was the language of the ancient Romans. When the Romans settled in different parts of Europe, and stayed there, the way they spoke in the different areas gradually got more and more different until you had Italian in Italy, French in France, Spanish in Spain, etc. So what does this mean? It means that you’ll find lots of similarities between words in Latin, Spanish, Italian, and French.
2. English is not a Romance language, but has borrowed a lot of words from the Romance languages.
3. Take that worksheet from Lesson 2 and type the English words into this French dictionary. See what similarities and differences you can find. If you find some French words that are similar to the Latin and/or the English, write them down on your sheet in the French column.
4. You are related to your siblings. There are ways you are the same, and ways you are different. You don’t have to be identical to be related. (There are no right answers. The only wrong answer is saying, “I don’t know” and giving up. Turn on your powers of observation and make some guesses, some assumptions.)
5. Make sure you use accent marks when you copy French or Spanish words. Accent marks are those little lines above and sometimes below a letter.

Lesson 5

1. Look up the Spanish words for those English meanings (your list from Lesson 2) and see if you can find any similarities. Write down on your worksheet (in the Spanish column) any of the Spanish words that you think are related to the Latin or French.
2. Do you see any French and Spanish words that are related? Do you think any of the English words are related? I’m asking what you see and think. I’m not giving answers to these. You are practicing your observation and thinking skills.

Lesson 6

1. OK, so now you know that languages can share some words, or have some words that are similar in both languages, because of borrowing and because of family resemblances between languages.
2. Now we’re going to step up your language-detective skills a notch. You’re going to be listening to the same story for five days in a row, and doing different things with it each day. The story is going to be…wait for it… all in Spanish! Don’t worry, it’ll be fine. You don’t have to understand everything. Why the same story so many times? Because with languages, repetition is the key to learning! You might as well get used to that idea now.
3. (*) Listen to this story in Spanish. (Turn off English captioning/subtitles. If it’s showing up, click on the CC to turn it off.)Be on the lookout for any Spanish words that you think look familiar and you think you could guess the meaning. When you see and hear a word that you think is related to the English, pause the video there and copy the Spanish word down. Here’s another sheet if needed.
4. Be sure to write them down exactly, including accent marks. Sometimes one letter or one accent mark can make a big difference in meaning.

Lesson 7

1. Listen to the story one more time. (Turn off English captioning. If it’s showing up, click on the CC to turn it off.)
2. Now, get out your sheet and write down in the English column what you think each of the Spanish words that you wrote down on Lesson 6 means. Again, it’s OK if you’re wrong!

Lesson 8

1. Listen to the story in Spanish again. (Turn off English captioning. If it’s showing up, click on the CC to turn it off.)
2.  Look up the French words for those English meanings you wrote down on Lesson 7, and see if you can find any similarities to the Spanish. Any French word that you think is related to the Spanish, you will write down on your sheet on the line with that Spanish word in it. If you don’t see any similarity, choose a word to write down for that meaning.
3. You may find more than one French word listed in the online dictionary. That happens in English too. You can say, for example, either sofa or couch. They mean the same thing. Car and automobile are the same thing. Plane and airplane are the same thing. So don’t get frustrated if French has more than one word for something. If there is a list of options, look for one that is related to the Spanish.

Lesson 9

1. Listen to the story in Spanish again. (Turn off English captioning. If it’s showing up, click on the CC to turn it off.)
2. Look up the Latin words for those English meanings from Lesson 7, and see if you can find any similarities. Write down on your sheet any of the Latin words that you think are related to the Spanish or French. Do you think any of the English words are related?

Lesson 10

1. Listen to the story in Spanish one more time.
2. This time click on the CC to turn on subtitles. What was it saying? Had you understood the story? Did anything surprise you?

Lesson 11(*)

1. You may have noticed that I never had you look up the meaning of any Spanish words; I only had you guess. Why? Because when you are living in another country, you often learn by observing, making assumptions and then testing them. You don’t always know the exact meaning of everything you see and hear.
2. Now, believe it or not, you’re going to be doing the same thing you did before, but this time the story will be in FRENCH! “Wait, I thought I was learning Spanish!?” you may be thinking. You are, but this will help train your ears and eyes to pick out familiar words and just in general to notice details about words, all of which will help you when we dive into Spanish.
3. So for today, listen to and watch this story in French. (Turn off subtitles.) Be sure to follow along with your eyes as you listen with your ears. You are looking for and listening for words that you think you can guess what they mean.
4. (*) Write them down under the French column of your sheet. Here’s another sheet if needed.
5. Feel free to pause the video as often as you need to. Definitely look at the words on the screen, because in French, the word may look almost the same as the English when written, but sound COMPLETELY different and strange when pronounced!
6. The sounds of French might be strange to you, and what you hear sometimes might not seem to line up with what you see…but that’s OK! It’s all part of training your brain to be a good language-learner.

Lesson 12

1. Listen to the story again in French. (Turn off subtitles.)
2. Write down what you think might be the English meaning for each word you wrote on Lesson 11.

Lesson 13

1. Listen to the story again in French. (Turn off subtitles.)
2. Look up the Spanish words for those English meanings from Lesson 11, and see if you can find any similarities. Write down on your sheet any of the Spanish words that you think are related to the French.

Lesson 14

1. Listen to the story in French. (Turn off subtitles.)
2. Look up the Latin words for those English meanings from Lesson 11, and see if you can find any similarities. Write down on your sheet any of the Latin words that you think are related to the Spanish or French. Do you think any of the English words are related?

Lesson 15

1. Listen to the story in French.
2. This time turn on the subtitles. Click on the CC and see how well you did guessing the meaning of the story.

Lesson 16(*)

1. This week, we’re going to continue training our eyes and ears, but we’re going to do it with a story in Portuguese, which is also a Romance language (meaning it comes from Latin) very similar to Spanish. They speak Portuguese in Brazil, Portugal, and a few countries in Africa.
2. For today, listen to and watch this story in Portuguese. (Turn off English subtitles.) Be sure to follow along with your eyes as you listen with your ears. You are looking for and listening for words that you think you can guess what they mean. As you saw with French, sometimes the Portuguese words will sound very different than they look.
3. (*) Print out another sheet if needed.
4. . When you find a word that looks familiar, pause the video and write it down under the French column of your sheet (you should probably cross out the word “French” and write “Portuguese”).  Feel free to pause the video as often as you need to.

Lesson 17

1. Listen to the story again in Portuguese. (Turn off English subtitles.)
2. Write down what you think might be the English meaning for each word you wrote on Lesson 16.

Lesson 18

1. Listen to the story again in Portuguese. (Turn off English subtitles.)
2. Look up the Spanish words for those English meanings from Lesson 17, and see if you can find any similarities. Write down on your sheet any of the Spanish words that you think are related to the Portuguese.

Lesson 19

1. Listen to the story in Portuguese. (Turn off English subtitles.)
2. Look up the Latin words for those English meanings from Lesson 17, and see if you can find any similarities. Write down on your sheet any of the Latin words that you think are related to the Spanish or Portuguese. Do you think any of the English words are related?

Lesson 20

1. Listen to the story in Portuguese.
2. This time turn on the English subtitles. Click on the CC and see how well you did guessing the meaning of the story.

Lesson 21(*)

1. My most embarrassing language-learning moment was when I was first learning Turkish. We were living in Macedonia, and I was using Rosetta Stone, a language learning program that doesn’t tell you what the new words mean. I got it in my head that this one word meant “need.” We visited some friends in Turkey and we went shopping. I was able to use some Turkish words and felt good about myself. As we were leaving one store, the owner pointed out some underwear in a bin and asked us if we were interested in buying any. I thought I told him that we didn’t “need” any. His mouth dropped open and his eyes bugged out. I learned later that I had really told him that we didn’t “use” underwear.
2. This week we’ll do something a little different. We’re going to listen to a new version of “The Three Little Pigs” in English…but some of the words are spoken in Latin. These might not be words that sound or look like the English, but they are words you should probably be able to guess the meaning of from the context.
3. (*) Print out another sheet if needed.
4. When you come across a Latin word, you’ll pause the video and write it down in the Latin column.
5. Listen to this story in English and Latin.

Lesson 22

1. Listen to the story again.
2. Write down in the English column your guess as to what the Latin words might mean.

Lesson 23

1. Listen to the story again.
2. Look up the Spanish words for those English meanings from Lesson 22, and see if you can find any similarities with the Latin. Write down on your sheet any of the Spanish words that you think are related to the Latin.

Lesson 24

1. Listen to the story again.
2.  Look up the French words for those English meanings you wrote down on Lesson 22, and see if you can find any similarities to the Latin and Spanish. Any French word that you think is related, you will write down on your sheet on the line with that Latin word in it. If you don’t see any similarity, choose a word to write down for that meaning.

Lesson 25

1. Listen to the story again.
2. Now, use this Latin dictionary to look up the English meanings of the Latin words you’ve been seeing all week. Did you guess their meanings correctly?

Lesson 26(*)

1. This week, we’re going to continue training our eyes and ears again, but we’re going to do it with a story in Italian, which is also a Romance language (meaning it comes from Latin). They speak Italian in Italy, the home of the ancient Latin language.
2. For today, listen to and watch this story in Italian. (Turn off English subtitles.) Be sure to follow along with your eyes as you listen with your ears. You are looking for and listening for words that you think you can guess what they mean.
3. (*) Print out another sheet if needed.
4. When you find a word that looks familiar, pause the video and write it down under the French column of your sheet (you should probably cross out the word “French” and write “Italian”).  Feel free to pause the video as often as you need to.

Lesson 27

1. Listen to the story again in Italian. (Turn off English subtitles.)
2. Write down what you think might be the English meaning for each word you wrote on Lesson 26.

Lesson 28

1. Seeing how words are related can help you figure out the meanings of English words too. What if you heard someone talk about “deconstructing” something? What clues are there? What are related words? You know that “construction” is building things. You maybe know that the prefix “de-” is like the prefix “un-,” meaning not or the opposite. Maybe you know words like “declutter” and “deactivate.” So, the opposite of constructing or building things. “Deconstruct” means to take apart.
2. Listen to the story again in Italian. (Turn off English subtitles.)
3. Look up the Spanish words for those English meanings from Lesson 27, and see if you can find any similarities. Write down on your sheet any of the Spanish words that you think are related to the Italian words.

Lesson 29

1. Listen to the story in Italian. (Turn off English subtitles.)
2. Look up the Latin words for those English meanings from Lesson 27, and see if you can find any similarities. Keep in mind that sometimes you might find that there is no translation for a certain word in a different language. That might happen for Latin especially, since the ancient Romans didn’t have some things that are common today, like telephones and email. They also apparently didn’t have a word for elves, which come into this Italian story 🙂 Anyway, write down on your sheet any of the Latin words that you think are related to the Spanish or Italian. Do you think any of the English words are related?

Lesson 30

1. Listen to the story in Italian one last time.
2. This time turn on the English subtitles. Click on the CC and see how well you did guessing the meaning of the story.

Lesson 31(*)

1. (*) OK, back to Spanish again. Listen to this story in Spanish. (Turn off English captioning.) Be on the lookout for any Spanish words that you think look familiar and you think you could guess the meaning. When you see and hear a word that you think is related to the English, pause the video there and copy the Spanish word down (print out another sheet if needed.)
2. Don’t forget to write the words down exactly, including accent marks. Sometimes one letter or one accent mark can make a big difference in meaning!

Lesson 32

1. Listen to the story one more time. (Make sure the English subtitles are off.)
2. Now, get out your sheet and write down in the English column what you think each of the Spanish words that you wrote down on Lesson 31 means. Again, it’s OK if you’re wrong!

Lesson 33

1. Listen to the story in Spanish again. (Turn off English captioning.)
2.  Look up the French words for those English meanings you wrote down on Lesson 32, and see if you can find any similarities to the Spanish. Any French word that you think is related to the Spanish, you will write down on your sheet on the line with that Spanish word in it. If you don’t see any similarity, choose a word to write down for that meaning.

Lesson 34

1. Listen to the story in Spanish again. (Turn off English captioning.)
2. Look up the Latin words for those English meanings from Lesson 32, and see if you can find any similarities. Write down on your sheet any of the Latin words that you think are related to the Spanish or French. Do you think any of the English words are related?

Lesson 35

1. Listen to the story in Spanish one more time.
2. This time, click on the CC to turn on English subtitles. What was it saying? Had you understood the story? Did anything surprise you?

Lesson 36(*)

1. One more time with French! Listen to and watch this story in French. (Turn off English subtitles.) Be sure to follow along with your eyes as you listen with your ears. You are looking for and listening for words that you think you can guess what they mean.
2. (*) Write them down under the French column of your sheet.  Feel free to pause the video as often as you need to. Once again, you should definitely look at the words on the screen, as well as listen carefully to them; in French, the word may look almost the same as the English when written, but sound COMPLETELY different and strange when pronounced! Or sometimes it may look very different, but sound similar…Here’s another sheet if needed.

Lesson 37

1. Listen to the story again in French. (Turn off English subtitles.)
2. Write down what you think might be the English meaning for each word you wrote on Lesson 36.

Lesson 38

1. Listen to the story again in French. (Turn off English subtitles.)
2. Look up the Spanish words for those English meanings from Lesson 37, and see if you can find any similarities. Write down on your sheet any of the Spanish words that you think are related to the French.

Lesson 39

1. Listen to the story in French. (Turn off English subtitles.)
2. Look up the Latin words for those English meanings from Lesson 37, and see if you can find any similarities. Write down on your sheet any of the Latin words that you think are related to the Spanish or French. Do you think any of the English words are related?

Lesson 40

1. Listen to the story in French one last time.
2. This time turn on the English subtitles. Click on the CC and see how well you did guessing the meaning of the story.

Lesson 41(*)

1. One more time with Portuguese now. We’re going to listen to and watch this story in Portuguese. (Turn off English subtitles.) Be sure to follow along with your eyes as you listen with your ears. You are looking for and listening for words that you think you can guess what they mean. As you saw before, sometimes the Portuguese words will sound very different than they look. Also, sometimes the first part of the word will look familiar, but the ending will be strange. Just remove the ending in your mind and guess what the word might mean.
2. (*) Print out another sheet if needed.
3. When you find a word that looks familiar, pause the video and write it down under the French column of your sheet (you should probably cross out the word “French” and write “Portuguese”).  Feel free to pause the video as often as you need to.

Lesson 42

1. Listen to the story again in Portuguese. (Turn off English subtitles.)
2. Write down what you think might be the English meaning for each word you wrote on Lesson 41.

Lesson 43

1. Listen to the story again in Portuguese. (Turn off English subtitles.)
2. Look up the Spanish words for those English meanings from Lesson 42, and see if you can find any similarities. Write down on your sheet any of the Spanish words that you think are related to the Portuguese.

Lesson 44

1. Listen to the story in Portuguese. (Turn off English subtitles.)
2. Look up the Latin words for those English meanings from Lesson 42, and see if you can find any similarities. Write down on your sheet any of the Latin words that you think are related to the Spanish or Portuguese. Do you think any of the English words are related?

Lesson 45

1. Listen to the story in Portuguese.
2. This time turn on the English subtitles. Click on the CC and see how well you did guessing the meaning of the story.

Lesson 46(*)

1. We’re going to listen to a new version of “The Princess and the Pauper” in English…but some of the words are spoken in Latin (as we did before). These might not be words that sound or look like the English, but they are words you should probably be able to guess the meaning of from the context.
2. (*) Print out another sheet if needed.
3. . When you come across a Latin word, you’ll pause the video and write it down in the Latin column.
4. Listen to this story in English and Latin.

Lesson 47

1. Listen to the story again.
2. Write down in the English column your guess as to what the Latin words might mean.

Lesson 48

1. Listen to the story again.
2. Look up the Spanish words for those English meanings from Lesson 47, and see if you can find any similarities with the Latin. Write down on your sheet any of the Spanish words that you think are related to the Latin.

Lesson 49

1. Listen to the story again.
2.  Look up the French words for those English meanings you wrote down on Lesson 47, and see if you can find any similarities to the Latin and Spanish. Any French word that you think is related, you will write down on your sheet on the line with that Latin word in it. If you don’t see any similarity, choose a word to write down for that meaning.

Lesson 50

1. Listen to the story again.
2. Now, use this Latin dictionary to look up the English meanings of the Latin words you’ve been seeing all week. Did you guess their meanings correctly?

Lesson 51(*)

1. This week we’ll do Italian one more time. You remember that it’s a Romance language just like Spanish, right? Listen to and watch this story in Italian. (Turn off English subtitles.) Be sure to follow along with your eyes as you listen with your ears. You are looking for and listening for words that you think you can guess what they mean.
2. (*) Print out another sheet if needed.
3. . When you find a word that looks familiar, pause the video and write it down under the French column of your sheet (you should probably cross out the word “French” and write “Italian”).  Feel free to pause the video as often as you need to.

Lesson 52

1. Listen to the story again in Italian. (Turn off English subtitles.)
2. Write down what you think might be the English meaning for each word you wrote on Lesson 51.

Lesson 53

1. Listen to the story again in Italian. (Turn off English subtitles.)
2. Look up the Spanish words for those English meanings from Lesson 52, and see if you can find any similarities. Write down on your sheet any of the Spanish words that you think are related to the Italian words.

Lesson 54

1. Listen to the story in Italian. (Turn off English subtitles.)
2. Look up the Latin words for those English meanings from Lesson 52, and see if you can find any similarities. Write down on your sheet any of the Latin words that you think are related to the Spanish or Italian. Do you think any of the English words are related?

Lesson 55

1. Listen to the story in Italian one last time.
2. This time turn on the English subtitles. Click on the CC and see how well you did guessing the meaning of the story.

Lesson 56

1. Let’s take a break and watch this video on the benefits of learning Spanish!
2. From this point on, we’re going to be focusing just on Spanish.

Lesson 57

1. OK, now we’re going to take another step towards training your ears to hear and understand a different language. We’re going back to Spanish.
2. Listen to this video and try to identify some sounds you are hearing that are different from English. Repeat some words after the speaker. That’s a great way to learn the sounds of a new language.

Lesson 58

1. Now, listen to this video of speakers of Latin American Spanish speaking in English (the first little part is in Spanish). You’ll hear that they have a strong Spanish accent when speaking English, and some words are difficult for them.
2. What clues about the sounds of Spanish can you pick up on from listening to their accent? What English sounds do they have trouble with? (Maybe Spanish doesn’t have those sounds.)
3. What different English sounds do they pronounce as the same sound?
4. What strange or different sounds do they use in their English? (Maybe those are sounds that Spanish has, which English doesn’t.)
5. There are no right or wrong answers. But listen carefully (and it’s OK to laugh along with them….you’ll have some trouble with some Spanish words too, so we’re all in the same boat!)

Lesson 59

1. Today, listen to this video and try to listen for the Spanish word la. It means the, and you’ll hear it a lot. Pretend it’s a hearing test. Raise your hand every time you hear it.
2. You’re training your ears. The speakers in this video are speaking very slowly, so hopefully it will be easier to pick out the words than if they were talking at normal (fast) speed.

Lesson 60

1. Now listen to the video one more time, and this time listen for the word una, which means a or an, as in “a lesson” or “an octopus.” When you hear it, STAND UP!
2. Then sit back down again so you can stand up the next time you hear it!

Lesson 61

1. Listen to this video (start at 0:34), where they are talking (a bit faster) about food. Make sure the CC (English subtitles) are turned off. Occasionally they show specific words that they want you to learn across the screen in big green letters.
2. You don’t have to learn them, but try to listen carefully and hear the words they are showing you in the conversation. Usually they show the word right as it’s being said.
3. It’s OK to back up a bit and listen again if you miss it. Try to hear the word you see on the screen and repeat it as best you can. It doesn’t have to be perfect 🙂

Lesson 62

1. Listen to this video and each time you hear the word español, shout (or say quietly if you really need to be quiet) español!
2. Do you know what that word means that you’re shouting? “Spanish” in Spanish!
3. By the way, the little squiggly thing over the n shows that it’s pronounced like the “n” sound in “onion.”

Lesson 63

1. Listen to the video again just for about two minutes, and this time, you are listening for the “r” sounds, which you will notice are pronounced differently in Spanish than they are in English.
2. This is probably the hardest sound in Spanish for English speakers to make. You can turn on the CC (Spanish subtitles) if you want help finding the “r” sounds, and pay attention to how they sound.

Lesson 64

1. Let’s focus a bit on the “r” sound of Spanish. Watch this short video on the pronunciation of “r.”
2. Don’t worry too much about the details; just listen and do your best to repeat.

Lesson 65

1. Go back to this video and now, listen for the word para (which means for). Each time you hear it, jump up and shout (or say quietly) para!
2. Do your best on that “r” sound.

Lesson 66

1. One more time, listen to this video and listen for the word tiempo, which can mean either time or weather.
2. Each time you hear it, turn to the nearest person or pet, and repeat it with a serious look on your face. You’ll freak them out. It’ll be fun.
3. If you are alone, you can just do the shouting/saying it quietly thing.

Lesson 67

1. Do you remember what a “cognate” is? It’s a word that’s very similar or the same in two different languages. Spanish and English share many cognates.
2. You actually already know many Spanish words; you just don’t know that you know them!
3. Watch this video and listen to the speaker pronouncing the 10 cognates in Spanish. Try to guess what each one means just by listening. Write down your answer after each one (feel free to pause the video).
4. Then you can check your answers below by highlighting after the word “answers.”
5. Remember, you don’t have to memorize these now, and it’s OK to get some wrong. You’re just working on training your ears!
6. Answers: (1. concert; 2. calculator; 3. verb; 4. machine; 5. angel; 6. silence; 7. essential; 8. president; 9. information; 10. hospital)

Lesson 68

1. Today we’re going to practice listening to and pronouncing, in Spanish, the names of Spanish-speaking capital cities and countries in South America with this rap.
2. Sing along with the speaker. It’s actually kinda catchy…

Lesson 69

1. Now let’s do the same thing we did before with capital cities and countries, but this time with Central America (where they also speak Spanish).
2. It’s not quite as catchy as the rap was, though…but do your best to repeat and learn something about the geography of the area.

Lesson 70

1. Go to this Voice of America news site in Spanish and listen to about 5 minutes of this news broadcast with news from Venezuela. Listen for about 5 minutes and try to identify as many words as you can.
2. You’re listening for words that are similar to English, but are (of course) pronounced in a Spanish way. It will help to remember that the English ending “tion,” as in “celebration,” comes out as “ción,” as in celebración. 
3. You don’t have to write them down today; just listen attentively and see how many words you can pick out.

Lesson 71

1. Now listen to that news broadcast from Lesson 70 again for about 5 minutes, and write down the ENGLISH for any words you think you understand.
2. Save this sheet, because you’ll need it again.

Lesson 72

1. Take that list of English words from Lesson 71, and look up the Spanish for them.
2. Write the Spanish word next to each English word. Keep saving this sheet!

Lesson 73

1. Now listen to the same five minutes or so of the news broadcast.
2. Listen for those Spanish words you wrote down on Lesson 72!

Lesson 74

1. Now, before we actually get into actual Spanish lessons, we’ll take two days listening to short, simple videos in which a guy from Spain tells a story all in Spanish, using hand gestures and drawings.
2. Actually, when you are in a different country and speaking a language you don’t know well, “sign language” and drawings are often used to communicate.
3. Do your best to follow the story. Don’t feel bad if you don’t really understand much; but you might be surprised! Here’s the first video, about a sick hamster.

Lesson 75

1. (If you want to try something simpler instead for today, here’s a game you can play.) Here’s your next video, about how Spain doesn’t have a tooth fairy. Again, just listen, enjoy, and do your best to understand some things. What does Spain have instead of a tooth fairy?
2. You might notice that this guy uses a sound something like the English “th” as in “this.” That’s a sound that they use in Spain Spanish, but not in Latin American Spanish.

Lesson 76

1. Click on each sound, listen and repeat. When I say repeat, I mean say each sound out loud. The letter is on the left and the way it sounds is written in (parenthesis).

Lesson 77

1. Click on each letter, listen and repeat.
2. This one lists CH and LL as “letters.” They obviously aren’t single letters. They are sounds you can practice, though.

Lesson 78

1. Watch the videos. It’s okay to not understand.
2. It’s important to just listen to the language in order to get a feel for it.

Lesson 79

1. Watch the video.
2. Match the letters to their names.

Lesson 80

1. Watch the video.
2. Listen and choose which letter the word starts with.  Click the speaker icon to hear the word.

Lesson 81

1. Watch the first 9 words and phrases and write them down.
2. Watch them again and repeat after the speaker.
3. Click on the X next to “English” and go through the flashcards until you can say what they mean.
4. Next, show the English and hide the Spanish and work on being able to say the Spanish.

Lesson 82

1. Review the ones you know and write down the rest of the words and phrases.
2. Watch them again and repeat after the speaker.
3. Click on the X next to “English” and go through the flashcards until you can say what they mean.
4. Next, show the English and hide the Spanish and work on being able to say the Spanish.

Lesson 83

1. Take the vocab quiz.
2. Take the photo quiz. When you get it right, it will say “Success.” You can exit at that point.
3. Play the matching game.
4. Practice the vocabulary. Say the Spanish before and after you hear it. You won’t be able to speak a language unless you practice speaking it. Make sure you say the words and phrases out loud.

Lesson 84

1. Take the photo quiz. Same as before; when you get it right, it will say, “Success.” You can exit at that point.
2. Take the photo quiz.
3. Take the spelling challenge.
4. Practice the vocabulary. Say the Spanish before and after you hear it.

Lesson 85

1. Watch, listen and repeat the sentences. Write down any new sentences or phrases.
2. What have you noticed about Spanish questions? (hint: ??) (answer: They start with an upside-down question mark.)

Lesson 86

1. Go through the video on, “What’s your name?” Listen to each version.
2. Watch, listen and repeat the sentences. Practice without the Spanish and without the English.

Lesson 87

1. Practice the vocabulary. Make sure you are practicing saying the Spanish out loud.
2. Learn your age in Spanish. Click on your age. It will read it to you. Write it down. Say it out loud.

Lesson 88

1. Learn this dialog through the phrase “I’m eleven.” Your goal is to memorize it. You can insert different names and ages. Perform the dialog with someone else or act out both roles.

Lesson 89

1. Write a dialog. Use different things than what was in the website dialog. Use the vocabulary and sentences to help you. Write out and perform your dialog.

Lesson 90

1. Match the sentences.
2. Put the words in order. This time, when it says, “Success,” click on the brown box to continue. Do ten.

Lesson 91

1. Study the first 10 body parts. Write them down.
2. Watch them again and repeat after the speaker.
3. Click on the X next to “English” and go through the flashcards until you can say what they mean.
4. Next, show the English and hide the Spanish and work on being able to say the Spanish.

Lesson 92

1. Go through the flashcards again. Review any words that you learned last time. Write down ten new words. Stop when you have written ten new words.
2. Watch them again and repeat after the speaker.
3. Click on the X next to “English” and go through the flashcards until you can say what they mean.
4. Next, show the English and hide the Spanish and work on being able to say the Spanish.

Lesson 93

1. Go through the flashcards again. Review any words that you learned last time. Write down ten new words.
2. Watch them again and repeat after the speaker.
3. Click on the X next to “English” and go through the flashcards until you can say what they mean.
4. Next, show the English and hide the Spanish and work on being able to say the Spanish.

Lesson 94

1. Do all of the quizzes and games.
2. Review with the flashcards if you need to.

Lesson 95

1. Have someone in your family quiz you.
2. My suggestion: play Simon Says with all the kids in your family. You be the caller and say, “Simon says touch your _____,” do it, and say it in Spanish. If you have little kids playing, they can call it out in English.

Lesson 96

1. Study the first 10 face parts. Write them down.
2. Watch them again and repeat after the speaker.
3. Click on the X next to “English” and go through the flashcards until you can say what they mean.
4. Next, show the English and hide the Spanish, and work on being able to say the Spanish.

Lesson 97

1. Watch the flashcards again. Review any words that you learned last time. Write down the ten new words.
2. Watch them again and repeat after the speaker.
3. Click on the X next to “English” and go through the flashcards until you can say what they mean.
4. Next, show the English and hide the Spanish, and work on being able to say the Spanish without reading it.

Lesson 98

1. Watch crazy face and play the matching game.
2. Take the photo quiz.
3. Practice the vocabulary. Make sure you are practicing saying the Spanish aloud.
4. *Print out a screen shot for your portfolio.

Lesson 99

1. Take the vocab and spelling quizzes.
2. Review all of the body parts. Click on the X by the Spanish and say the Spanish before the computer does.

Lesson 100

1. Have someone in your family quiz you.
2. My suggestion: play Simon Says with all the kids in your family. You be the caller and say, “Simon says touch your _____,” do it, and say it in Spanish. If you have little kids playing, they can call it out in English.

Lesson 101

1. Practice saying these letters and words. Jump ahead to a minute into it.
2. Watch the alphabet video.

Lesson 102

1. Click on each letter, listen and repeat.

Lesson 103

1. Listen to The First Well. Listen to how the words sound. Make observations.
2. Find at least one word in the story that you can understand because it is related to the English word. One is obvious.
3. What other words do you think you recognized? (Just say the English word. You don’t have to learn any of these Spanish words.)

Lesson 104*

1. *Print out the first two pages. Use what you know and your powers of observation to choose the correct meaning.
2. When you are done, check your answers.
3. If you can’t understand why yours is wrong, use the online dictionary to figure it out.

Lesson 105

1. Write a dialog of at least 8 sentences. Use the vocabulary and sentences to help you.
2. Perform your dialog.

Lesson 106

1. Study the first 10 clothing words. Write them down.
2. Watch them again and repeat after the speaker.
3. Click on the X next to “English” and go through the flashcards until you can say what they mean.
4. Next, show the English and hide the Spanish, and work on being able to say the Spanish.

Lesson 107

1. Watch the flashcards again. Review the words you know and write down the other 13 new clothing words.
2. Watch them again and repeat after the speaker.
3. Click on the X next to “English” and go through the flashcards until you can say what they mean.
4. Next, show the English and hide the Spanish, and work on being able to say the Spanish.

Lesson 108

1. Practice with the flashcards. Do the photo quizzes.

Lesson 109

1. Practice with the flashcards.
2. Do the spelling and vocab quizzes.
3. Play the matching game on the same page.

Lesson 110

1. Listen and repeat after each card. Then go back and watch them with no sound, and try to read the clothing sentences for yourself.

Lesson 111

1. Watch the videos. Say the numbers out loud with the videos.

Lesson 112

1. Click on numbers 1-10. Look at them. Write them down. Listen to them. Say them.

Lesson 113

1. Watch the flash cards. Practice with the Spanish off.
2. Play the matching game.

Lesson 114

1. Watch the flash cards.
2. Sit backwards. Listen to the Spanish and then say the English. You can ask a sibling to watch to see if you are right.
3. Take the quizzes: Drag N Match Numbers , Spelling Quiz , Questions & Answers Photos, Count the Animals, Memory Game

Lesson 115

1. Watch these flash cards. Repeat the sentences out loud. You don’t need to learn all of those animal names. You are just learning the numbers. But it’s good practice to try to pronounce them.

Lesson 116

1. Click on the numbers 11-20. Write them down.
2. Listen to them.
3. Say them.

Lesson 117

1. Practice saying the numbers to 20. Listen and repeat. Always try to sound like the speaker.
2. Read this page on numbers 11-19. What patterns can be found in the Spanish numbers 11-19?

Lesson 118

1. Practice saying the numbers 11-20. Click on the arrow to the right to find number 11 and start from there. It’s hard to see the numbers, but they are just counting up.
2. Answer the questions by typing in the number.

Lesson 119

1. Count out loud from 1 – 20 in Spanish. If you can’t, watch the counting to 20 video.
2. Take the photo quiz and play the matching game.

Lesson 120

1. Study your numbers.
2. Practice with a quiz if you like.
3. Practice saying them out loud!
4. Take a screen shot of your work today and put it in your portfolio.

Lesson 121

1. Look at which countries speak Spanish. The lists show the country names and their capital cities. You don’t need to memorize this list.
2. Watch and listen to The Greatest Treasure. Make observations.
3. What word in the title seems to be related to English? (answer: grande/grand That must be the word that translates to Greatest in the title.)
4. Write down other related words. Can you guess at any meanings?
5. What do you think “con” might mean? I see “Pedro con Leon.” I think it means Pedro (boy’s name) with the Lion.
6. Make some guesses. I see quotation marks. When they close, I think the next phrase must mean something like, “he said to the lion.”
7. Write down a few words and what you guess they mean.
8. Look for any word you recognize from your lessons.

Lesson 122

1. Repeat after each clothing flashcard.
2. Act out getting dressed and state, “I put on ____,” as you mime each thing.

Lesson 123*

1. *Print out the first page, body word match, and follow the directions. Try to get at least half of them. You can use these pages for reminders (body, face). Then use your powers of observation to try to get more.
2. You can use the link to check your answers when you are done.
3. Match the pictures and words.

Lesson 124

1. Take the quizzes and play the matching game. Do you need to practice with the flashcards?

Lesson 125

1. Repeat after each greeting flashcard.
2. Listen to and repeat each line of the dialog. You don’t have to know all of the words. Practice your pronunciation. Say each line over and over. Try to say them without stumbling. Try to sound like the speaker. I know it’s hard!

Lesson 126

1. Learn colors in Spanish. Click the settings icon in the top right corner and change the option to Beginner. First try to learn them and then try the learning challenge.

Lesson 127

1. Study the first 10. Write them down. Watch them again and repeat after the speaker.
2. Click on the X next to “English” and go through the flashcards until you can say what they mean.
3. Next, show the English and hide the Spanish, and work on being able to say the Spanish.
4. Which ones on the list are related to English?

Lesson 128

1. Watch the flashcards again. Write down ten new words. Review the words you wrote down before. Stop after finding 10 new words.
2. Watch them again and repeat after the speaker.
3. Click on the X next to “English” and go through the flashcards until you can say what they mean.
4. Next, show the English and hide the Spanish and work on being able to say the Spanish.

Lesson 129

1. Take the quizzes and play the matching game.
2. Do you need to practice with the flashcards?

Lesson 130

1. Look at the color words and take the test.
2. Repeat after each sentence. You don’t need to know all of those words. You are learning colors and practicing your pronunciation. Try to sound like the speaker. Say the sentences over and over; try to say them fluently, without stumbling.

Lesson 131

1. Click on each shape. Write down the word and meaning. Say it out loud.

Lesson 132

1. Study the shapes. Do you have them all written down?
2. Watch them again and repeat after the speaker.
3. Click on the X next to “English” and go through the flashcards until you can say what they mean.
4. Next, show the English and hide the Spanish and work on being able to say the Spanish.

Lesson 133

1. Take the quizzes and play the matching game.

Lesson 134

1. Click on each shape and repeat.
2. Write down the words for square, circle and triangle three times each.

Lesson 135

1. Pay attention to the spellings of the shapes. You are going to have to spell some of them.
2. Try this spelling game with shapes.

Lesson 136

1. Click on each number from 20 to 100 and repeat.
2. What pattern do you notice from 20 to 29?
3. Write down the Spanish words for 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100.
4. Count by tens. (Read your list.)

Lesson 137

1. Do you remember how 16, 17, 18, etc., were just ten and six, ten and seven, etc.? Well, that’s how the rest of the numbers go. The spelling can change a bit, but they each mean twenty and three, forty and nine, etc. Watch this video that counts up to 100. Count along out loud. Write down 38, 42, 56, 61, 77, 83, and 94 in Spanish. You can find them on the video and copy them.

Lesson 138

1. Count out loud from zero to one hundred in Spanish. Copy the speaker.
2. Choose five numbers to write down, one from 1-20, one from 21-40, 41-60, 61-80, 81-100.
3. Keep clicking on the next page at the bottom until you get to 100.

Lesson 139

1. Click on the shapes and colors. Say them out loud.
2. Review vocabulary with a crazy face.

Lesson 140

1. Match the colors.
2. Review colors and Connect Four. If your next question isn’t coming up, click on “answer now.”

Lesson 141

1. Count out loud to 20.
2. Study the first 10 family words. Write them down.
3. Watch them again and repeat after the speaker.
4. Click on the X next to “English” and go through the flashcards until you can say what they mean.
5. Next, show the English and hide the Spanish and work on being able to say the Spanish.

Lesson 142

1. Watch the flashcards again and learn another 10 family words. If you see words you wrote down before, just review those. Stop after you write down 10 new words.
2. Watch them again and repeat after the speaker.
3. Click on the X next to “English” and go through the flashcards until you can say what they mean.
4. Next, show the English and hide the Spanish and work on being able to say the Spanish.
5. When it talks about little and big brother or sister it uses mayor and menor. I don’t think the Spanish word mayor is related to “mayor” in English. I think it is related to “major.” And I think menor is related to “minor.” They call major league baseball the “big leagues.” Can you get big brother and little brother from “major” brother and “minor” brother? They aren’t exact, but they are related, and with a little brain power, you can figure out the general meaning.

Lesson 143

1. Watch the flashcards again and learn another 10 family words. If you see words you wrote down before, just review those. Stop after you find and write down 10 new words.
2. Watch them again and repeat after the speaker.
3. Click on the X next to “English” and go through the flashcards until you can say what they mean.
4. Next, show the English and hide the Spanish and work on being able to say the Spanish.

Lesson 144

1. Watch the flashcards again and learn the last family words. If you see words you wrote down before, just review those.
2. Watch them again and repeat after the speaker.
3. Click on the X next to “English” and go through the flashcards until you can say what they mean.
4. Next, show the English and hide the Spanish and work on being able to say the Spanish.

Lesson 145

1. Take the quizzes and play the matching game. Do you need to practice with the flashcards?

Lesson 146

1. Count out loud from 20-30. Do you need help?
2. Study the first 10 weather words.
   • Write them down.
   • Watch them again and repeat after the speaker.
   • Click on the X next to “English” and go through the flashcards until you can say what they mean.
   • Next, show the English and hide the Spanish and work on being able to say the Spanish.

Lesson 147

1. Watch the flashcards again. Review the cards you already wrote down and learn another 10 weather words. Stop after you have written down 10 new words.
   • Write them down.
   • Watch them again and repeat after the speaker.
   • Click on the X next to “English” and go through the flashcards until you can say what they mean.
   • Next, show the English and hide the Spanish and work on being able to say the Spanish.

Lesson 148

1. 1. Watch the flashcards again. Review the cards you already wrote down and learn the last 10 weather words. Write them down.
   2. Watch them again and repeat after the speaker.
   3. Click on the X next to “English” and go through the flashcards until you can say what they mean.
   4. Next, show the English and hide the Spanish and work on being able to say the Spanish.

Lesson 149

1. Count out loud from 30-40. Do you need help?
2. Take the quizzes and play the matching game.

Lesson 150

1. Count out loud from 0-40. Do you need help?
2. Watch these videos One and Two.
3. Use the second one (around the one minute mark) to write: What’s the weather in (wherever you live)? and the answer.

Lesson 151

1. Count out loud from 40-50. Do you need help?
2. Teach someone to ask you “What’s the weather?” in Spanish.
3. Tell them what the weather is like.
4. Learn the days of the week.
   • Write them down and practice them.
   • Listen to the song.

Lesson 152

1. Count out loud from 50-60. Do you need help?
2. Teach someone to ask you “What’s the weather?” in Spanish.
3. Tell them what the weather is like and what day it is.
4. Listen to the song.
5. Do the quizzes and game.

Lesson 153

1. Count out loud from 60-70. Do you need help?
2. Teach someone to ask you “What’s the weather?” in Spanish.
3. Tell them what the weather is like.
4. Learn the months of the year.

Lesson 154

1. Count out loud from 70-80. Do you need help?
2. Teach someone to ask you “What’s the weather?” in Spanish.
3. Tell them what the weather is like.
4. Write down today’s date as the number (write it in Spanish) and the month.
5. Do the quizzes and game.

Lesson 155

1. Count out loud from 80-90. Do you need help?
2. Teach someone to ask you “What’s the weather?” in Spanish.
3. Tell them what the weather is like.
4. Watch the video.
5. Tell someone the days of the week and the months of the year.

Lesson 156

1. Write down today’s date as the day of the week, the number (write it in Spanish) and the month.
2. Play the story of Rosa Goes to the City. Don’t watch it. Listen to the sound of Spanish. Cover the screen or turn away. Listen.
3. Learn about counting with this video. You don’t need to learn the phrases at the end.
4. Count to 100 in Spanish. If you need help, you can use this page.

Lesson 157

1. Watch the story of Rosa Goes to the City. Use your powers of observation to watch for word clues. Use the pictures, the sounds and the captions to help you understand what’s happening. What words do you recognize? What words can you guess at?
2. Watch the colors videos.
3. Have someone quiz you on your colors.
4. Teach some colors to your siblings and then play “I Spy” using Spanish colors.

Lesson 158

1. Repeat each family sentence out loud. Repeat the sentences several times to get them more fluent, without stumbling.
2. Play Match up.

Lesson 159

1. Connect Four and answer questions about clothing. (The last time I tried this it wasn’t working properly. I had to click on “answer now” get the question to come up.
2. Have someone use 1-100 site and click on numbers from along page. Don’t look. Just listen and tell them each number in English.

Lesson 160*

1. 1. Review the weather vocabulary.

1. *Match the sentences. (Print the first two pages.) Use your knowledge and powers of observation to find the answers.
2. When you are finished, you can check your answers. You can use the online dictionary to figure out any you got wrong.

Lesson 161

1. Study the first 10
   • Write them down.
   • Watch them again and repeat after the speaker.
   • Click on the X next to “English” and go through the flashcards until you can say what they mean.
   • Next, show the English and hide the Spanish and work on being able to say the Spanish.
   • Which ones on the list are related to English?

Lesson 162

1. Watch the flashcards again. Review the words you have already learned and learn the rest of the vegetables.
   • Write them down.
   • Watch them again and repeat after the speaker.
   • Click on the X next to “English” and go through the flashcards until you can say what they mean.
   • Next, show the English and hide the Spanish and work on being able to say the Spanish.
   • Make sure you say the little word in front: el, los….

Lesson 163

1. Take the quizzes and play the matching game.
2. Do you need to practice the words?

Lesson 164

1. Say the days of the week and the months of the year. (Do you need help? Then listen to the song.)
2. Have someone turn this counting video on somewhere in the middle, listen and start counting along. How long did it take you to figure out where it was counting?
3. Repeat all of the lines of this dialog.
4. Introduce yourself to everyone in your home. Tell them your name, age, where you live and one thing you like. Use the dialog to help you figure out how to say, “I like…” Then you could add a color, a vegetable… Give it a try. In order to speak a foreign language, you don’t have to know everything before you open your mouth; you just have to be willing to use what you do know and give it a try.

Lesson 165

1. Write a dialog or story.
   • Here’s your vocab page. Under the flashcards you can choose the other lists. Use the ones we’ve looked at so far. Don’t go crazy, but don’t be afraid to try something new.
   • You need to have a least eight lines.
   • Present your dialog/story to an audience in your best Spanish. This isn’t something to memorize. It’s speaking practice. This gives you a little more idea of what it’s like speaking in another country. You aren’t going to know all of the words that you would normally say in English or how to use them, but you can use what you know to get your point across. Don’t worry about being perfect. You only fail if you don’t try.

Lesson 166

1. Count out loud to 20.
2. Study the first 10 fruit words.
   • Write them down.
   • Watch them again and repeat after the speaker.
   • Click on the X next to “English” and go through the flashcards until you can say what they mean.
   • Next, show the English and hide the Spanish and work on being able to say the Spanish.

Lesson 167

1. Count out loud from 20-40.
2. Watch the flashcards again. Review the words you learned before and learn another 10 fruit words. Stop after you have written down 10 new words.
   • Write them down.
   • Watch them again and repeat after the speaker.
   • Click on the X next to “English” and go through the flashcards until you can say what they mean.
   • Next, show the English and hide the Spanish and work on being able to say the Spanish.

Lesson 168

1. Count out loud from 40-60.
2. Watch the flashcards again. Review any you have learned before and learn the last 10 fruit words.
   • Write them down.
   • Watch them again and repeat after the speaker.
   • Click on the X next to “English” and go through the flashcards until you can say what they mean.
   • Next, show the English and hide the Spanish and work on being able to say the Spanish.

Lesson 169

1. Count out loud from 60-80.
2. Do the matching game. Then reload it and try again with new words.
3. Find the matching pairs.

Lesson 170

1. Count out loud from 80-100.
2. Say the days of the week and the months of the year.
3. Talk about today’s weather and what you put on to wear today.

Lesson 171

1. Count out loud from 10-20.
2. Study the first 10 food words.
   • Write them down.
   • Watch them again and repeat after the speaker.
   • Click on the X next to “English” and go through the flashcards until you can say what they mean.
   • Next, show the English and hide the Spanish and work on being able to say the Spanish.

Lesson 172

1. Count out loud from 20-40.
2. Watch the flashcards again to learn another 10 food words. Review any you have written down before. Write down 10 new words. Stop after you write down 10 new words.
   • Write them down.
   • Watch them again and repeat after the speaker.
   • Click on the X next to “English” and go through the flashcards until you can say what they mean.
   • Next, show the English and hide the Spanish and work on being able to say the Spanish.

Lesson 173

1. Count out loud from 40-60.
2. Watch the flashcards again to learn the last 10 food words. Review any you have written down before. Write down 10 new words.
   • Write them down.
   • Watch them again and repeat after the speaker.
   • Click on the X next to “English” and go through the flashcards until you can say what they mean.
   • Next, show the English and hide the Spanish and work on being able to say the Spanish.

Lesson 174

1. Do the quizzes and the matching game.

Lesson 175

1. Repeat these sentences out loud. Repeat each one a few times trying to say them without stumbling.
2. Write five new sentences using these as patterns. “I like to eat…” ”My mom prepares…” “He serves…”

Lesson 176

1. Listen to the song. BEFORE you read the lyrics. Do you recognize any words?
2. Review colors and shapes.
3. Write ten sentences using five fruits and five vegetables.

Lesson 177

1. The English word “symbiosis” means a mutually beneficial relationship. Look for and listen for the Spanish version of that word.
2. Watch and listen to the story of Zippy the Zebra.
3. Did you notice the phrase repugnantes criaturas? What does it say in English? (answer: repugnant creatures)
4. Now just listen to the story. Turn around. Just listen. What do you hear? What words can you notice? What do you notice about the way Spanish sounds, not the words and their meanings, but just the way it sounds?
5. Now, start it again. Stop it and repeat what it says as best as you can. You don’t have to do the whole video. But try it for awhile. Listen. Pause and repeat. Out loud. So others can hear you.

Lesson 178

1. Review vocabulary with crazy face.
2. Review with food and Connect Four. If your next question isn’t coming up, click on “answer now.”
3. Listen to another story.  What words do you recognize? What can you tell about what the story is about?

Lesson 179

1. Read the dialog out loud without clicking on the speakers.
2. Then play each sentence and repeat after each sentence.
3. Listen to the flashcards (turn around and just listen). What words can you recognize?
4. Now do the activities at the bottom of the page.

Lesson 180

1. Pick a game or two. Choose a topic you think you can do. 🙂
2. Here’s another place you can practice your vocabulary.