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Whether you use a digital format or a paper form of lesson plan, what are some effective ways to help you reduce time in lesson planning? Have you heard that AI or artificial intelligence has become a common way to lesson plan in education?

Yes, AI technology is now a fundamental part of education. While there are still some areas to improve, this type of technology is making waves in education. 

Hi, my name is Barbara. I’m the owner and founder of Spanish4Kiddos, and your host for today’s show. 

Join me for Season 9 of the Spanish4Kiddos podcast. I’ll be sharing fun bilingual stories for the spring season. 

Listen to fun episodes and watch exclusive videos, quick strategies to help bilingual students, and so much more. 

Spring time is the opportunity to spruce up bilingual reading and activities. Refresh this season with fun bilingual stories in English and Spanish. 

So, join me as we read together fun stories and more. 

Let’s have fun learning Spanish! 

Are you a monthly subscriber yet? Subscribers to the Spanish4Kiddos podcast get exclusive episodes and videos. Listen and watch exclusively on Spotify. Become a subscriber today. 

What can you do on a snowy day? Play in the snow with your gingerbread and snowmen friends. Invite along other friends to join on the fun. 

Gobble, gobble! The Thanksgiving friends are getting for a party. In this episode, the Thanksgiving friends get together and collaborate to bring a happy celebration. 

In this video episode, count along the numbers in English and Spanish for Halloween. Whether you use bilingual counting in either language, reading together this story is not-so-spooky. 

In this bonus episode, you’ll watch and listen to a fun brief story about Halloween. In this short episode, you get to experience videos in English and Spanish. 

Back to school can be an exciting time. How can you prepare for that first day back to school? 

In this episode, discover useful tips to encourage bilingual students to get ready with fun stories and activities. 

Back to school can be an exciting time. How can you prepare for that first day back to school? 

In this episode, discover useful tips to encourage bilingual students to get ready with fun stories and activities. 

Hi, my name is Barbara. I’m the owner and founder of Spanish4Kiddos. 

Join me for Season 8 of the Spanish4Kiddos podcast. I’ll be sharing fun bilingual stories for the fall season. 

Listen to fun episodes and watch exclusive videos, quick strategies to help bilingual students, and so much more. Warm up and get cozy this season with fun bilingual stories in English and Spanish. 

So, join me as we read together fun stories and more. 

Let’s have fun learning Spanish! 

Are you a monthly subscriber yet? Subscribers to the Spanish4Kiddos podcast get exclusive episodes and videos.

Listen and watch exclusively on Spotify.

Become a subscriber today. 

Summer is the ideal time to relax and enjoy the warm weather. However, as back-to-school rolls in, there are a few things you might want to refresh. 

Consider these tips that can help your bilingual student with back to school. Summer may be coming to a close, but learning still continues. So, take a few moments to refresh skills that otherwise may go unnoticed. And prepare for a bright new school year. 

As members of Spanish4Kiddos, you get fun stories like this and so much more.

Do you help feed your pet? Or do you help with chores in general? Then, this bilingual story is for you. 

In this episode, read along with common chores you can do around the house. This bilingual story helps with Spanish vocabulary, action verbs, and sentence structure.  

As members of Spanish4Kiddos, you get fun stories like this and so much more.

The summer season can bring many insects. What are some fun ways to learn about insects with Spanish reading and activities?

Find out in this episode how to incorporate summer themes like insects into your Spanish learning. 

Are you part of the free summer bilingual reading challenge? Get fun printables and bilingual stories to start your summer reading.

What do pirates see when they are on an adventure? Oh, the many exciting things they see! Discover how little pirates see different objects and places in this English-Spanish story. 

Hi, my name is Barbara. I’m the owner and founder of Spanish4Kiddos. 

Join me for Season 7 of the Spanish4Kiddos podcast. I’ll be sharing fun bilingual stories for the summer season. 

Listen to fun episodes and watch exclusive videos, quick strategies to help bilingual students, and so much more. Chill this summer season with fun bilingual stories. 

So, join me as we read together fun stories and more. 

Let’s have fun learning Spanish! 

Are you a monthly subscriber yet? Subscribers to the Spanish4Kiddos podcast get exclusive episodes and videos. Listen and watch exclusively on Spotify. Become a subscriber today. 

Using ocean life as a theme is a wonderful way to incorporate Spanish learning with the vocabulary of sea turtle life cycles and other marine animals. 

Earth Day celebration is a fantastic way to deepen Spanish learning. Besides learning about recycling and other environmental lessons, you can include other activities too.   

Generate a wonder of learning with this fun Easter theme. Along with reading this story in English and Spanish, bilingual readers practice sight words for in-depth learning.  

How can you use a spring theme to captivate the attention of your bilingual learners? With simple lessons and activities, you can create a meaningful learning experience.

What are fun ways to talk about wild animals and their habitats? Try this short and cute bilingual story in English and Spanish to introduce terms and simple reading strategies.

Spanish colors is a fun way to begin learning Spanish. In this quick English and Spanish story, follow along with two friends as they learn Spanish colors.

Who can help Rapunzel from the tower if she lets down her hair? Find out in this classic tale of Rapunzel and her adventures.

How easy is it to organize your lesson plans? Sometimes it’s challenging. 

And, other times, you just don’t know where to start.

In this episode, you’ll learn three easy takeaways you can implement for your lesson planning. 

These tips will encourage you to write your lesson plan with ease and less headache.

Hi, my name is Barbara. I’m the owner and founder of Spanish4Kiddos.

Join me for Season 6 of the Spanish4Kiddos podcast. I’ll be sharing fun bilingual stories for the spring season.

Listen to fun episodes and watch exclusive videos, quick strategies to help bilingual students, and so much more. The spring season is a time to refresh and renew.

So, join me as we read together fun stories and more.

Let’s have fun learning Spanish!

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Ho Ho Ho Happy Holidays! In this fun English and Spanish bilingual read-aloud, bilingual readers enjoy an adorable story.

Santa’s helpers need to get toys for little boys and girls around the world. But they need help!

Bilingual readers learn more than dual-language reading. Take-away lessons are Spanish vocabulary, sight words, and elements of a story.

Thanksgiving is a wonderful time to talk about gratitude and being thankful. There are so many fun lessons that you can do with a Thanksgiving theme.

Besides creating fun crafts for Thanksgiving, try using this holiday theme for Spanish learning. You can easily integrate fun games like scavenger hunts and matching.

Where do pumpkins go for Halloween? They go around and visit fun places here and there. 

In this bilingual read-aloud, you’ll get to listen to a cute Halloween story.

Themes like Halloween or holidays are fun starter lessons to learn other topics. In this bilingual reading, bilingual readers learn bilingual vocabulary and Spanish sentence structure.

Ease that anxiety of returning to school with this fun bilingual read-aloud in English and Spanish. These little monkeys are anxious about school. They’re so excited they wonder about and explore many aspects of school.

So enjoy this cute bilingual story just in time for back-to-school or the first week of school.

Hi, my name is Barbara. I’m the owner and founder of Spanish4Kiddos.

Join me for Season 5 of the Spanish4Kiddos podcast. I’ll be sharing fun bilingual stories for back-to-school and the fall season.

Listen to fun stories, quick strategies to help bilingual students, and so much more. Back to school is the time for a fresh start and new beginnings.

So, let’s have fun learning Spanish!

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What are ways to celebrate the Fourth of July with young bilingual readers? Besides using a bilingual text, you can create various fun activities.

• Use word matching after you read the text and look for those terms.
• Add a scavenger hunt list of keywords from the text.
• Create a patriotic wreath and use it to match bilingual terms.

How can bilingual literature support reading at home or in the classroom? I chat with Natalia Simons from Bilingo Books about that.

In her latest books, The Spanglish Girl and Mexiglish Girl, the characters immerse into the language. The young bilingual girls enjoy learning about Hispanic traditions and being bilingual.

Natalia’s Biography:

Natalia Simons was born in England to a Spanish mother and an English father. She grew up bilingual and spent every summer in a quaint village in Spain with my grandparents and many cousins. She has always loved languages and different cultures so she decided to study Modern Foreign Languages at the University. She has traveled extensively around Latin America, Spain and has worked in Children centers. By merging the two experiences, Natalia decided to write bilingual books for children. She runs a publishing business called "Bilingo Books" as well as teaches Spanish at after-school clubs. So far she has published 4 books which are called: “The Spanglish Girl, The Mexiglish Girl, The Frenglish Boy and ABC Spain”. She plans on writing even more books in order to help children feel empowered to speak a second language. Natalia also runs workshops and author events at schools all around the world which so far have been a great success.

Reach out to Natalia Simons from Bilingo Books at:

Aargh! In this bilingual story, young bilingual readers can learn about dinosaurs using a simple fun, informational text. 

Along with the story, there are adorable after-reading activities you can do. From learning Spanish sight words to writing tips, this bilingual story is ideal for summer learning.

Social-emotional learning skills are necessary for the classroom or homeschool group to help students with difficult emotions or feelings. Today, Miriam Campbell shares her tips for SEL and her book, Bubble Double.

Miriam discusses how a ‘bubble’ can actually support students with friendships and relationships. This approach is a wonderful way to help special education students to express their emotions in a healthy way.

Miriam Campbell Biography:

Miriam Campbell is a Speech Therapist, Social Worker, Teacher, and mom who supports therapists, teachers and parents in helping their kids develop ‘Skills for Connection’. She utilizes a holistic language, emotional, cognitive, behavioral, and practical approach to integrating skill development for children. She provides therapist and parent cohorts as well as school-wide professional development in SEL RTI. She is available for 1:1 coaching as well. Her debut novel, Bubble Double: visualizing social skills for connection, serves as the framework of her social skills curriculum.

Reach out to Miriam Campbell from Skills for Connections at:

Summer reading can be adventurous. Dr. Dawn Menge discusses her books of marvelous characters that venture into amazing adventures.

In her stories, Dragon’s Breath and Queen Vernitas, characters explore different places while learning valuable lessons. The series of adventures help characters develop emotional skills to understand valuable life lessons.

Dr. Dawn Menge’s Biography:

Dr. Dawn Menge is the creator of the Queen Vernita’s Visitors educational series and Dragon’s Breath, which has won over 70 international awards including the Special Recognition champion Award from Conquering Disabilities with film, Best book from Miracle Makers Film festival, and Honorable Mention from Hollywood Dreams Film Festival and International Author Boss from Power Conversations Magazine. Dr. Menge has a Ph.D. in Education with a specialization in Curriculum and Instruction. She also holds a Master's and a Clear Credential in Moderate/Severe Disabilities and a Bachelor's Degree in Human Development. Dr. Dawn Menge has been teaching students with severe cognitive delays for over twenty years, and mentors/lectures graduate students. Dr. Dawn Menge is the mother of three, and the grandmother of six beautiful grandchildren.

Reach out to Dr. Dawn Menge from Rush More Press at:

Encouraging bilingual learners to develop vocabulary can be fun with activities that encourage specific language skills. Besides using rhyming, you can also use silly songs.

In learning bilingual body parts, you chant to the traditional Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes song or clap to the lyrics.

In this brief bilingual story, bilingual readers learn about the different words for common body parts. You can also use this lesson for matching or a cut-and-paste activity.

Implementing different instructional texts can encourage bilingual learners to read. Using how-to instructional bilingual texts helps students grasp the sequence of events and instructions. 

Perhaps, using projects can sometimes be challenging for bilingual learners. There are many steps to follow, and they may wonder how to start. Use simple projects like making s’mores or a bird feeder to encourage following a sequence of events.

In this brief bilingual story, bilingual readers practice moving from one sequence of events to another. The little bear cubs follow mama bear step-by-step until they reach their destination. This activity also includes practicing numbers in English and Spanish.

Start summer reading with this informational text about ocean life. Bilingual readers learn about various marine organisms that live in the ocean and their special features.

Along with this bilingual story, you can also add other after-reading activities like matching, puzzles, and virtual field trips.

Check out these lessons and reading ideas:

Summer is a refreshing time to relax and take a moment to renew. After all, school is out and learning is done. Well, that’s what the kiddos like to think. However, every summer students go into the summer slide.

The summer slide is the loss of learning during the summer break. Perhaps, your children may experience a lack of engagement or get bored easily.

That is why encouraging your children to participate in summer camps helps them to regain that learning loss. You can enroll in free programs that have summer storytimes, activities, and reading.

Earth is a unique planet that sustains life. Learning about outer space can be a fun experience. 

However, having to memorize many challenging words is not.

In this bilingual story, you’ll learn about the planets and Earth. Then, discover how Earth is special in many ways. 

Many of these features include knowing about planets, space, and the Sun.

Then, add fun activities to integrate Spanish learning based on the reading.

The Grimm brothers’ stories were so popular during their time. But, how can these children’s stories be scary yet fascinating to read? In this bilingual version of the story, discover how this traditional tale can help bilingual readers learn about story elements and comprehension.

This version of Little Red Riding Hood takes bilingual readers into the concept of helping and understanding how to ask for help. Likewise, your bilingual readers get to explore the five elements of a story in English and Spanish.