Welcome back!

I am so excited to have the opportunity to work with the children at Mom's Day Out this year, and I have been especially thrilled to watch last year's students pick up where we left off in the Spring. The children are doing great!

This year our vocabulary, songs and books coincide directly with the themes for the classes. I am also linking to Bible stories or Bible verses that apply to our topics. We started the year by learning some basic commands and by learning how to talk about our friends. Here are some of the songs and activities we have done:

"Hola, amigo"
This comes from the Dr. Jean CD.
Hola, amigo (we wave to say, "hello friend")
¿Cómo está Usted? ("how are you?")
Estoy muy feliz de verlo a Usted. (We draw a smile on our faces, point to our eyes, then point to a friend to say, "I'm very happy to see you.")
Salude su vecino (wave to a neighbor)
Boogie para abajo (wiggle to the floor)
Dese un tope (give two little bumps with our hips)
y de la vuelta (do a spin)


"Yo tengo un amigo que me ama"
I learned this song at a Vacation Bible School in Mexico. It's a very easy to learn and fun to sing. Most of the children can already sing along with me. It says, "I have a friend who loves me; His name is Jesus." The lyrics are:
Yo tengo un amigo que me ama, me ama, me ama
Yo tengo un amigo que me ama
Su nombre es Jesús.

The signs we use as we sing are:
"amigo" (friend): click here to see the sign
"me ama"(loves me): we give ourselves a hug
"Jesús" (Jesus): click here to see the sign

You can download it or just listen to a sample here:



We have done a little bit of descriptions of our ourselves and our friends. We started with how our faces are similar:
Yo tengo dos ojos (I have two eyes)
Yo tengo una nariz (I have a nose)
Yo tengo una boca (I have a mouth)
Y estoy muy feliz (I am very happy)

We sing that quick rhyme to the same tune as a very fun song about hair color. The part the children are learning says:
Cabeza, cabeza (we pat our heads to the beat; this line says, "head, head")
La cabeza tiene pelo (the head has hair)
Pelo, pelo, pelo en la cabeza (hair, hair, hair on the head)
A veces es ______(a different hair color is mentioned each time)
A veces la cabeza no tiene pelo. (Sometimes the head has no hair)

This song is worth a quick listen. My kids love to sing and dance to it at home.