The key to becoming really proficient in Spanish is practice, practice, practice…but how is a homeschool family to accomplish this goal most advantageously? Obviously, choosing an effective curriculum is important. Make sure that your program’s approach is based on sound principles. Many common practices are not best practices, and they will waste your valuable time…
As young children, we acquired our native language via relevant, personalized, compelling comprehensible input. Unfortunately, this is lacking with most foreign language programs. Fortunately, finding solutions is easier than ever, once we know what to look for. Appropriate input might include videos, music, television, news articles, podcasts, books, conversations, sports narrations, and more. You’ll be…
Now here’s a resource that’s just begging to be shared– authentic music from every Hispanic country under the sun, clearly pinpointed on the world map for easy reference! These songs are a sure-fire way to further engage your homeschool students and to synthesize their language study with geography and culture. Click on the pushpins and…