Tales of a Crafty Mommy

Snails - Caracol What do you know about snails?  Show pictures of snails: google 'snails' or 'caracol.'  Talk about their bodies -   tell them that caracoles or snails don't have feet.  My kids, wondering what that would be like,  threw themselves on the floor and pretending to move (arrastrarse) like a snail .  Hehehe. I am pretty sure that was their favorite part of the lesson!!!  caracoles have wet bodies - sprinkle water on their arms and legs and have them compare a wet arm with a dry one and which they prefer. Of course they said that having their arm wet made them want to go to the pool!  Craft time :  Make a snail: use a paper plate, cut up pieces of paper, and antennas. Have the child cut and paste the pieces.  brush on a glue and water mixture (more glue than water) to make it shiny which will make it look like it's wet.  Music:  Caraco

We've read the title   Ve, Perro, Ve!    ( Go, Dog, Go!)   by P.D. Eastman   multiple times lately. The kids enjoyed seeing the colorful pictures of the dogs and the different transportation systems the animals used to reach their final destination, a party at the top of a tree. Quite humorous!  In reading this book, they were able to learn about a variety of transportation systems, the meaning of the traffic lights and its relation to speed.  When first reading the title, I asked the children what they thought "ve" meant. If it meant to 've' as in   ver   or to see someone or if it mean   ve   as in going for which I did a hand motion to indicate 'to go.' I used only Spanish when explaining the difference between the homophones  ve   and   ve .  The first time I read the story all the way through, a different time,  the children had to use picture contexts to tell the story.  Another time,  I read each sentence and the children had to repeat what th