I AM SOOOO BUSY :(

I’m trying to write The Fun Spanish Level 2. My father-in-law will once again do all of the translations for me. It’s much easier with him, a native of Cuba, doing that for me than me trying to do it on my own. The hard part of writing level 2 is trying to keep the grammar tight while at the same time preparing kids for reading in Spanish.

Basically, I’m trying to cover the past tense of the most frequently used irregular verbs–those that don’t follow a pattern. I’m also trying to cover direct and indirect object pronouns because those are frequent in children’s books and in everyday life.

This book is going to be laid out a little different than The Fun Spanish level 1 because only three days will have sentences to copy and illustrate. But there will be longer and more complex sentences to copy. On day four and five there will be memory work and reviewing. It should go well.

I started writing The Fun Spanish when my dd expressed a desire to be able to read in Spanish. I purchased a bunch of curriculum, but while many of them were quite good, very few of them focused on reading and writing in Spanish. By this I mean, they didn’t cover the past tense.

Now I know the important thing to learning a foreign language is the ability to hear and understand the separate words. But if you can’t understand the verbs in the past tense then you can’t read most children’s books. And if you can’t read in the target language then it’s even harder to acquire new vocabulary in the target language.

So The Fun Spanish books give children a background in the high frequency words and try to equip them to read and write in Spanish leading to more independent learning.

Eventually, my dh who is also a native speaker will make audio CD’s to accompany the books. But this will probably be a long time coming. He is just too busy working now.