Stories, laughter, puppets, and games make compelling forces in language-learning! In this one-on-one flex (NO live meetings) course, those at or near the beginning of their Spanish-language journey will practice different kinds of phrases and dialogues each week while playing games and listening to simple books. No previous Spanish knowledge is required. However, learners with some beginning Spanish experience will still benefit from most of the lessons.

In this four-week one-on-one version, the learner and/or parent messages the teacher prior to the start date to let me know what four lessons (of the 35 listed at the bottom of this description) you would like to do over the course of the four weeks. If I don't hear from you before the start date of the course, I will select the lessons. Note that you may enroll more than once for this course and select different lessons from the list!

~Instructional videos~
Each week, I will post an instructional video: 
1 - Introducing and modeling the new phrases and vocabulary with my puppets,
2 - Reading the lesson's story (by the instructor) with explanations,
3 - Modeling the game of the week, and
4 - Guiding a quick quiz on what we have just learned.
Depending on the lesson chosen, I make use of props, my flannel board, shared slides, and of course puppets in these videos. 

Though this flex version of the course includes no live class time, please see below the various ways we will interact over the course of this learning experience:

~Interaction by sharing puppet conversations~
I ask that learners submit video recordings (through the Zoom function in the classroom page) showing conversations with their puppets or stuffies with the phrases we are working on that week. I give feedback on these videos via a personalized video for each learner. 

~Interaction through feedback on homework~
Each week with the instructional videos, I provide class notes, a printable version of the week's story, at least one worksheet (tracing, cut-and-paste or drawing) for learners who may not be reading and writing on their own yet and at least one other worksheet for learners who are reading and writing.  Learners can post their completed worksheets in to receive feedback from me.

Some learners who are already reading may wish to submit recordings of themselves reading the book of the week. I love receiving and giving feedback on those as well!

~Interaction through asynchronous games~
At the beginning of each week, I will also present a game to practice that week's focus together on the classroom page. These differ depending on the lessons selected. Examples are: 
- Mystery Item (We post an image that goes with a vocabulary word from the week (very close up or at an odd angle to make it tricky and we guess what each other's item might be.) 
- Charades (We act out a vocab word or phrase in a quick recording and try to trying to guess which vocabulary item the other person acted out.)
- Guess the drawing (We illustrate a vocabulary phrase from the week in a drawing and guess which one each other drew.)

Sometimes, depending on the lessons picked, I also provide additional optional games for learners to practice outside of our online classroom with family or friends. Examples are: simple board game, memory games (finding pairs), charades, "Juguemos en el bosque" (Let's play in the forest) running game, and "¿Dónde está?" (Where is it?) guessing game. I also love to see photos of learners playing the games if they share those on the classroom page!

These are the options for lessons. They can be done in ANY order. Please let me know which FOUR you select before the start date of the course:
1 - Telling our names and ages
2 - Asking and answering what things are with common animals and items
3 - Telling how we feel
4 - Telling what we are doing
5 - Telling where we are in the town
6 - Expressing food likes and dislikes
7 - Describing with personal attributes
8 - Telling what we have

9 - Talking about facial features and body parts
10 - Describing colors
11- Talking about clothing
12 - Talking about the weather
13 - Talking about family members
14 - Talking about rooms in a house
15 - Talking about farm animals
16 - Asking and answering what we like to do

17 -  Telling what we want to drink
18 - Talking about the days of the week
19 - Talking about what we see in nature
20 - Telling time by the hour and what it is time to do
21 - Talking about transportation methods
22 - Telling our favorite sports
23 - Talking about animals of the jungle
24 - Telling how to set the table in Spanish

25 - Talking about chores
26 - Describing with opposites
27 - Talking about professions
28 - Telling what we would like to eat
29 - Telling what musical instruments we play
30 - Giving action commands
31 - Talking about furniture
32 - Telling location with prepositions of place

33 - Talking about body parts and clothing with snowmen
34 - Naming and describing ocean animals
35 - Talking about the seasons of the year
36 - Sharing what instruments we play
37 - Telling what school subjects we study
38 - Introducing ourselves with names, pronouns (optional), and favorites
39 - Identifying two-dimentional shapes