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Hi Everyone, Today I want to share the floor with Sra. Morato. Her online classes include elementary Spanish (for Kindergarten through Grade 6), Spanish 1 and Spanish 2 (36-week classes). This past year I have gotten to know her well and she is actually now teaching my girls Spanish (via video lessons and face-to-face meetings)! Let me share the story of how that happened!! It’s a funny story, one day while...
Freebies / Homeschool Den / Spanish
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 14, 2017 · Last modified April 23, 2020
Today, I have teamed up with Sra. Morato once again to share a new set of free Spanish worksheets. Our topic this time: In the Garden! ¡En el jardín! You’ll find a link to download these free Spanish worksheets below. Let me turn it over to Sra. Morato! Hola Padres! I am honored to collaborate with Liesl once again. Spring is almost here and what a wonderful opportunity to learn...
Freebies / Homeschool Den / Spanish
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published February 7, 2017 · Last modified January 28, 2024
Hola Parents! Feliz Día de San Valentín (Happy Valentine’s Day!) Once more, Liesl and I are coming together to help you teach Spanish to your homeschooler! Growing up in Guatemala I remember how I used to celebrate Valentine’s Day with my friends. It was a day to celebrate “friendship” we also called it “El Día de la Amistad” (The Day of Friendship). Have fun learning the words and making them...
Freebies / Holiday: Christmas Activities / Spanish
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published December 8, 2016 · Last modified December 5, 2021
It’s the holiday season and today we have some Christmas word cards and worksheets for those of you who are helping your kids to learn Spanish! This year, I teamed up with Sra. Morato from Homeschool Spanish Curriciulum to create a series of free Spanish worksheets for you. This is the 5th post in this series. Sra. Morato teaches Spanish classes online. She is a native Spanish speaker and has...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published November 10, 2016 · Last modified October 10, 2020
Are you teaching your kids Spanish? You’ll want to grab this free Spanish worksheet to help your kids learn about the body – el cuerpo! Scroll down to download the Free Spanish Worksheet: the body – el cuerpo Free Spanish Worksheet She has also provided us with some interactive online activities that you can do write here to learn the parts of the body – el cuerpo – including online flashcards,...
Freebies / Homeschool Den / Spanish
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published October 20, 2016 · Last modified October 10, 2020
El Otoño es divertido! Dear Parents! I am so excited to be part of Liesl’s Fall project! What a wonderful way to learn the colors and fall related words. She and I worked together to create another free Spanish printable for you. With these activities, you can help your students learn some fall-related words and practice their colors in Spanish. As you know, Liesl and I believe learning should be...
Freebies / Homeschool Den / Spanish
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published October 6, 2016 · Last modified April 24, 2020
Tarjetas para clasificar las frutas y los vegetales Once again I’ve teamed up with Sra. Morato from Homeschool Spanish Curricululm and we have another free Spanish printable for you. This week our free printable is on fruits and vegetables! These are great for beginning language learners for basic vocabulary building and conversation practice. Let me turn the post straight over to Sra. Morato! Hola parents! I want to congratulate you...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published September 2, 2016 · Last modified April 24, 2020
Are your kids learning a new language? These free number matching pages are available in Spanish, German, and French. Meanwhile, preschoolers can use the pages in English to practice number recognition. These are free to download, just print out the pages that are of interest to you! 🙂 There are also two sets of matching pages. These pages and the ones below. These are free to download! ~Liesl Number Matching...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published September 1, 2016 · Last modified April 24, 2020
It is a new school year! Start learning about the calendar in Spanish! These three video lessons will teach you about the: • Days of the week • Months • How to talk about the weather Hola! I am Sra. Morato, a homeschool mom of three and Spanish certified teacher. I am so excited Liesl has given me the platform to share with you all some of my Spanish lessons....
Freebies / Science: Chemistry Unit
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published January 28, 2024 · Last modified February 4, 2024
This FREE Chemistry Packet includes printable worksheets which introduce students to Balancing Chemical Equations. The answer keys are also provided! The first balancing chemical page introduces the seven diatomic molecules. Students also practice counting the number of atoms of each element in a molecule. The second page introduces coefficients. Coefficients tell us how many molecules of a given formula are present. The next two worksheets have students practice balancing chemical...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published May 16, 2023
We have hundreds of resources on our blog. Many of them are free! Hi! Again, I’m so happy you joined our newsletter! I’ve been blogging and writing about our homeschool life for many years now! I ♥love♥ what I do! It has allowed me to “meet” homeschoolers (just like you!!) from all around the world! I’ve become friends and gotten to know educators from the US, Canada, UK, Australia, New...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published May 15, 2023 · Last modified March 10, 2024
Hi! The good news and the bad news about homeschooling is much the same… you have SO much flexibility to decide what you want do and what to cover!! In today’s email I want to talk about that feeling of overwhelm we all can get as we try to figure out what to teach our kids. First, we have to decide what basic subjects we want to cover (or not)....
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by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published May 5, 2023 · Last modified August 10, 2023
Hi! I’m Liesl! It is conference season again and I wanted to share our free conference handouts not only with those who are attending/attended this weekend’s conference, but for my audience in general! I hope you find some helpful resources here! If you attended the homeschool conference, you probably noticed that we have a lot of history and science resources as well as other packets for German, Spanish, math (K-2...
Ages 2-6: Fall Theme / Freebies
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published October 17, 2022 · Last modified November 2, 2022
Fall Freebie! Today I have a fun fall freebie for you! This is a fall/autumn word search with fall words such as acorn, apple, autumn, fruit, harvest, hay, rake, red, yellow and others. Just click on the link or picture below to download the PDF. There are two pages, one with color clipart and one in black and white. I made each fall word search slightly different in case your...
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