Multiplicación En Movimiento! Spanish Immersion, Creative Times Tables (Waldorf)

🔢 Are you looking for a FUN way to memorize the times tables while being immersed in Spanish? 
This course will provide children with tools which they will WANT to use repeatedly to practice multiplication. Through hands-on activities and movement, they will integrate the process of memorizing the times tables in their heads, hearts and hands!

👓 This is a SELF-PACED (FLEX) class with NO live meetings. Your learner will be engaged through a variety of activities. There are *five*video lessons of approximately 30 minutes each and accompanying printouts to work with during or after class. All video lessons and resources will be available to you 12 months from the course start date. Advance at your own pace. The entire course is taught in Spanish by a Spanish native speaker (more info below).

🌟 "Multiplicación en Movimiento" brings math to life - in Spanish! 🤸‍♀️ The goal of this course is to help young students establish a deeper understanding of the times tables and the patterns found in them.  Students will follow the story of Porfirio ✖ POR and Tomás ➕ MÁS – the embodiments of multiplication and addition. Storytelling helps children comprehend fundamental math concepts while having fun.

🤹 Each class, students will stand up and move to the rhythm of skip counting. They will chant, clap and stomp the times tables, and use a small ball/hacky sack to coordinate their motor skills. By involving their whole body, children feel invigorated and awake. The course offers a multisensory learning experience to help students understand math from different perspectives.

🌈 Students will use their imagination to link the rhythmic quality of the times tables to the movement of animals. Students will use crayons to create symmetrical art known in Waldorf schools as “form drawing.” Benefits of form drawing include improved spatial orientation, visual tracking, a sense of balance and enhanced attention to detail. Short stories of animals and characters will accompany each drawing. We will use number circles (printouts are provided) to link geometry to the patterns found in multiplication tables. Students will be surprised to see the beauty behind numbers.

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📅 COURSE CONTENT 📅

Lesson 1: Introducing the concept; skip counting 2x, 5x, 11x tables,
              Setting the scene and meeting Porfirio ✖ POR (multiplication character)
              Making our 3D Magic Circle
              Discovering geometry in the 2x table

Lesson 2: Furthering the concept of multiplication; skip counting 3x table
               Discovering geometry in the 3x table 
               Playing hopscotch with multiples of 3 

Lesson 3: Skip counting 4x table; 
               Discovering geometry in the 4x table
               Meeting Tomás ➕ MÁS (addition character)
               Flower craft with multiples of 4

Lesson 4: Reviewing skip counting coordination movements
               Form drawing (2x, 3x, 4x) animal stories linking rhythm to number patterns
               
Lesson 5: Introducing the concept of Common Multiples
               Story and board game to practice common multiples
               
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SPANISH LANGUAGE LEVEL | This course is suitable for:
✅ Learners who are native or heritage Spanish speakers
✅ Learners who have attended Spanish immersion program for a couple of years
✅ Learners who are upper intermediate Spanish speakers and would be comfortable in an immersive language learning environment

🖐 To join this class, students should be able to recognize numbers and count on their own from 0 – 100.  They will need to have the printouts ready for class (provided) and would benefit from using materials (see supply list) for the hands-on activities and crafts. Children who have taken "The Story of the Four Operations" will benefit from this course. 


👓 AGE: If your learner is not in the age range mentioned, please message me and tell me about their experience with math and why this class might be a good fit for them. 

⏰ We offer other courses in Spanish. This SELF-PACED (pre-recorded) class allows families to learn at their own pace. ♥ Click "Follow" on our organization profile (WONDERSTAND) to find out more about our offerings.