Los animales en el jardín de infancia / The Animals in Kindergarten

To compliment kindergarten’s in-depth study of animals, the students learned a variety of names and characteristics of animals during Spanish class. Many games and activities were provided to enhance their learning for animales domestico (domestic), animales de la granja (farm), animales salvaje (wild), and animales en peligro de extención (endangered).

To introduce the students to the Spanish vocabulary for some of the common animales, we read many books and viewed YouTube videos such as these:

Animales Domesticos para Niños y Bebés [2:11]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80Q1thtAXTU

Animales Salvages [2:25]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWlbQnn97SQ&src_vid=80Q1thtAXTU&feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_1887963443

10 animales en peligro de extención

http://www.sostenibilidad.com/top-10-animales-en-peligro-de-extincion#1

In their homeroom class, each kindergartener chose a particular animal of interest to do further research. So, it only seemed right to explore this idea during la clase de español (Spanish class) as well. After learning their chosen animal’s name, the students were introduced to the Spanish vocabulary that describes some of their characteristics, {e.g., cabeza (head), ojos (eyes), orejas (ears), nariz (nose), boca (mouth), cuello (neck), cola (tail), cuernos (horns), cornamenta (antlers) patas (feet), and aleta (fins). To help reinforce the learning, the students participated in a variety of games and activities. To culminate the study, each Kindergartener was provided with a picture of their chosen animal and they were encouraged to draw and label the parts of their animal. What fantastic work!