In this flex (NO live class meetings) course for beginner to intermediate Spanish students, children hear whole language in context, have an opportunity to repeat it while watching the videos and practice vocabulary while sharing their responses.

Each week, in the pre-record lesson, we will:
1. Practice forming the week's letter and/or theme with our hands, arms and/or bodies.
2. Sing one or more songs or say a rhyme or chant related to the week's theme, focused on the Spanish but with English support.
3. Enjoy a book reading or flannel-board story by the instructor in both languages.
4. Extra activity.
5. Create a simple drawing of one or more animals in that category, sometimes using the letter of the week.
In the video, I will ask learners their favorite kind of animal from that week's category, giving them a variety of options.  I will encourage learners to make a quick video telling us what their favorite is using the Spanish word.
Additionally, I will also provide a second short weekly video reading the same book or telling the same story as previously, this time only in Spanish.

Although this is flex (asynchronous class), meaning it includes no live meeting, depending on each learners ability, they will be able to participate by:
1. Sharing the Spanish word for their favorite animal in the weekly category (You can use the integrated Zoom function in the Outschool classroom to easily make a short video),
2. Showing their drawing from the video and copies of their worksheets,
3. Singing the week's song for us,
4. Re-telling or reading the week's story or book using a little, a lot, or all Spanish, depending on individual ability, and
5. Participating in our weekly learner-to-learner-interaction extension activity.

~~The following are the themes, stories, hand-outs, and learner-to-learner extension activities by week.~~
Week 1 - Animales del océano/Ocean animals (Letter O)
Book: "Quiero ver los animales del océano" (I Want to See the Ocean Animals) by the instructor in Spanish and English. 
I will provide: (1) this week's book (2) coloring sheet with ocean animals with their names and Spanish, and (3) a few worksheets.
Learner-to-learner interaction: Charades game, in which we each act out an ocean animal and guess which one others are acting out. 

Week 2 - Insectos/Insects (Letter I)
Book: "¿Quién puede cargar la manzana?" (Who Can Carry the Apple?) by the instructor in Spanish and English. We will practice writing a lower case letter I and drawing an insect with it.
I will provide: (1) this week's book, (2) lyrics to songs, and (3) tracing worksheet and math worksheets.
Learner-to-learner interaction: Mystery scavenger hunt, in which we look for an insect and share a photo or video of it and guess which insect others have shown us.

Week 3 - Dinosaurios/Dinosaurs (Letter D)
Story: Flannel board story about baby dinosaurs
I will provide: (1) lyrics to songs, (2) finger-puppet print-outs to accompany one of the songs, and (3) worksheet about things that start with D in both languages and math worksheet.
Learner-to-learner interaction: Mystery drawings, in which we each draw a dinosaur and guess which one others have drawn. 

Week 4 - La noche y los animales nocturnos/Night and nocturnal animals (Letter N)
Book: "Estrellita, ¿qué haces tú?" (Little Star, What Do You Do?) by the instructor. 
I will provide: (1) this week's book, (2) songs lyrics, and (3) tracing worksheet.
Learner-to-learner interaction: Charades game, in which we each act out a nocturnal animal and guess which one others are acting out.