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Spread holiday cheer with our FREE downloadable Spanish E CARDS!

TIS THE SEASON AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO STAY CONNECTED than to send your friends, colleagues, and loved ones a card! We've created three E CARDS in Spanish you can download for free and send via email, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and more! Let's fill cyber space with joy and fun! (You can find my set for 2017 here!)

CLICK THE LINK BELOW EACH CARD to download!

Spanish holiday e card downloadable for free
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Spanish holiday e card free download
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Spanish holiday e card free download
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And one in Russian for the New Year, because I also speak Russian and just love hedgehogs! :)

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Enjoy!
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Fun and easy activity to do with musical instruments and Feliz navidad

MY KINDERGARTEN SPANISH STUDENTS are a wiggly bunch, and as much as they love to sing JosĆ© Feliciano's song 'Feliz navidad' during December, adding another layer with musical instruments really focuses them, and provides an additional cultural component to the song. I do confess: I got this idea from our Music teacher, the magnificent Mr. Dyer, tweaked it a little to ensure I could do it entirely in Spanish, and ¡Ta-chĆ”n! The fun ensues!

spanish activity elementary school feliz navidad

START BY GATHERING TOGETHER a bunch of instruments from Spanish speaking countries (beg, borrow or steal!)- your school music teacher is a great resource, as are many gen ed teachers who have a stray maraca hanging about. Over the years, I have collected quite a collection, taking advantage of yard sales, Good Will, and others, but work with what you have.

PUT THE INSTRUMENTS OUT in the middle of your circle or in front of your students so they can see them and take a minute to point out various ones and where they are from. Here are the ones I have:

elementary Spanish activity feliz navidad

NEXT, HAND OUT AN INSTRUMENT to each kiddo. I find this avoids bickering over certain instruments if I hand them out, rather than having kids choose for themselves. Establish a 1...2, 1..2...3 rhythm with the instruments- this is what they will "play" during the song (feliz- two syllables, hence 1...2, and navidad- three syllables, hence 1..2..3). Next, practice the rhythm saying 'feliz navidad' as you practice.

HIT THE MUSIC AND BEGIN PLAYING FELIZ NAVIDAD... each time JosƩ Feliciano sings the words 'feliz navidad' have the students play the rhythm. When not playing the instruments, have your students hold them quietly in their laps (I put up my hand in a 'stop/ alto' gesture so they know when to stop- this is also great to help them with self control, so you are also building social skills :) ). My kiddos love this! Each class I redistribute the instruments so they get to play a variety over the course of a couple of weeks. Have fun!

HERE IS A QUICK VIDEO OF THE RHYTHM (please forgive my singing voice!):


AND DON'T MISS OUR MINIBOOK 'Pepita lee sobre JosƩ Feliciano'- the perfect intro to simple facts about his life! You can find it by clicking here.


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