Repertorio, Cuna - teacher guide + student songbook (DIGITAL)
Repertorios provide an opportunity for your family to encounter truth, beauty, and goodness in a second language.
Language study can be a means through which our children encounter living ideas, “giving them hundreds of pleasant places for their minds to roam in.” (Charlotte Mason, Philosophy of Education, p.45)
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Repertorios are for families looking for….
…fun, interactive and meaningful ways to use and learn Spanish.
…simple to use language-learning materials that can be enjoyed during a Spanish-language morning/circle time or teatime.
…ways to reinforce language-learning other than/outside of formal lessons.
…tools to create a home atmosphere that nurtures language learning.
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Each 12-week guide offers a repertoire of culturally authentic content that has been carefully curated and researched:
El Padre Nuestro , The Lord’s Prayer (included at the beginning of all Repertorio guides)
El himno, Hymn
La canción folclórica, Folksong
El verso de escritura, Scripture verse
El poema, Poem
La rima de mano, Hand Rhyme
While all components are intended for use by the entire family and language learners of all ages, the finger rhyme creates a special moment to interact in Spanish with infants, toddlers or young children.
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As your family prays, sings, and recites in Spanish, you will:
practice pronunciation
acquire new vocabulary
learn about Spanish-speaking countries and cultures
develop listening, reading, and comprehension skills
enjoy using Spanish in meaningful ways
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All guides offer HELPFUL TOOLS to help teachers and language-learners understand and interact with the material:
style-coded Spanish-English translations
gestures that accompany text to aid in comprehension
custom-made videos with helpful visuals or hand motions
custom-made (or carefully chosen) voice recordings with QR codes and links to help with pronunciation
open-and-go, easy to implement style
simple instructions for weeks 1-12
student song book with lyrics and visuals
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Each Repertorio is named after an element that appears in the guide. The name of this Repertorio is Cuna, or ‘cradle’, found in the folksong, a traditional lullaby in Spanish-speaking cultures.
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Your purchase of Repertorio, Cuna includes a DIGITAL DOWNLOAD of:
1) Repertorio (Teacher Guide), 30 pages
and
2) Cancionero (Student song book), 20 pages
Print version available here.
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Each digital file you purchase may be printed as many times as you like for your own personal use (one family). Please do not share the downloaded files with others or allow other people to make copies of the printed product. Contact me for pricing and guidelines for use if you are interested in using Repertorios in a coop or multifamily setting.
Repertorios provide an opportunity for your family to encounter truth, beauty, and goodness in a second language.
Language study can be a means through which our children encounter living ideas, “giving them hundreds of pleasant places for their minds to roam in.” (Charlotte Mason, Philosophy of Education, p.45)
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Repertorios are for families looking for….
…fun, interactive and meaningful ways to use and learn Spanish.
…simple to use language-learning materials that can be enjoyed during a Spanish-language morning/circle time or teatime.
…ways to reinforce language-learning other than/outside of formal lessons.
…tools to create a home atmosphere that nurtures language learning.
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Each 12-week guide offers a repertoire of culturally authentic content that has been carefully curated and researched:
El Padre Nuestro , The Lord’s Prayer (included at the beginning of all Repertorio guides)
El himno, Hymn
La canción folclórica, Folksong
El verso de escritura, Scripture verse
El poema, Poem
La rima de mano, Hand Rhyme
While all components are intended for use by the entire family and language learners of all ages, the finger rhyme creates a special moment to interact in Spanish with infants, toddlers or young children.
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As your family prays, sings, and recites in Spanish, you will:
practice pronunciation
acquire new vocabulary
learn about Spanish-speaking countries and cultures
develop listening, reading, and comprehension skills
enjoy using Spanish in meaningful ways
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All guides offer HELPFUL TOOLS to help teachers and language-learners understand and interact with the material:
style-coded Spanish-English translations
gestures that accompany text to aid in comprehension
custom-made videos with helpful visuals or hand motions
custom-made (or carefully chosen) voice recordings with QR codes and links to help with pronunciation
open-and-go, easy to implement style
simple instructions for weeks 1-12
student song book with lyrics and visuals
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Each Repertorio is named after an element that appears in the guide. The name of this Repertorio is Cuna, or ‘cradle’, found in the folksong, a traditional lullaby in Spanish-speaking cultures.
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Your purchase of Repertorio, Cuna includes a DIGITAL DOWNLOAD of:
1) Repertorio (Teacher Guide), 30 pages
and
2) Cancionero (Student song book), 20 pages
Print version available here.
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Each digital file you purchase may be printed as many times as you like for your own personal use (one family). Please do not share the downloaded files with others or allow other people to make copies of the printed product. Contact me for pricing and guidelines for use if you are interested in using Repertorios in a coop or multifamily setting.
Repertorios provide an opportunity for your family to encounter truth, beauty, and goodness in a second language.
Language study can be a means through which our children encounter living ideas, “giving them hundreds of pleasant places for their minds to roam in.” (Charlotte Mason, Philosophy of Education, p.45)
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Repertorios are for families looking for….
…fun, interactive and meaningful ways to use and learn Spanish.
…simple to use language-learning materials that can be enjoyed during a Spanish-language morning/circle time or teatime.
…ways to reinforce language-learning other than/outside of formal lessons.
…tools to create a home atmosphere that nurtures language learning.
—————
Each 12-week guide offers a repertoire of culturally authentic content that has been carefully curated and researched:
El Padre Nuestro , The Lord’s Prayer (included at the beginning of all Repertorio guides)
El himno, Hymn
La canción folclórica, Folksong
El verso de escritura, Scripture verse
El poema, Poem
La rima de mano, Hand Rhyme
While all components are intended for use by the entire family and language learners of all ages, the finger rhyme creates a special moment to interact in Spanish with infants, toddlers or young children.
————-
As your family prays, sings, and recites in Spanish, you will:
practice pronunciation
acquire new vocabulary
learn about Spanish-speaking countries and cultures
develop listening, reading, and comprehension skills
enjoy using Spanish in meaningful ways
—————
All guides offer HELPFUL TOOLS to help teachers and language-learners understand and interact with the material:
style-coded Spanish-English translations
gestures that accompany text to aid in comprehension
custom-made videos with helpful visuals or hand motions
custom-made (or carefully chosen) voice recordings with QR codes and links to help with pronunciation
open-and-go, easy to implement style
simple instructions for weeks 1-12
student song book with lyrics and visuals
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Each Repertorio is named after an element that appears in the guide. The name of this Repertorio is Cuna, or ‘cradle’, found in the folksong, a traditional lullaby in Spanish-speaking cultures.
—————
Your purchase of Repertorio, Cuna includes a DIGITAL DOWNLOAD of:
1) Repertorio (Teacher Guide), 30 pages
and
2) Cancionero (Student song book), 20 pages
Print version available here.
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Each digital file you purchase may be printed as many times as you like for your own personal use (one family). Please do not share the downloaded files with others or allow other people to make copies of the printed product. Contact me for pricing and guidelines for use if you are interested in using Repertorios in a coop or multifamily setting.
Charlotte Mason taught her students new foreign language folksongs each term. She recognized this as a way to make language-learning enjoyable and meaningful and to encounter cultural and linguistic aspects of the language by engaging directly with real, primary resource texts.
Before we get caught up in the usefulness of second language study, or the difficulties of vocabulary and grammar, we should consider the sustenance of our language lessons. Repertorios provide our children with living content in the second language, rich with imagery that nurtures their souls. Charlotte Mason recognized the importance of listening to the spoken (or sung) language: "Children should learn [French] orally, by listening to or repeating [French] words and phrases; that they should begin so young that the difference of accent does not strike them, [...]." Home Education, p. 80
In doing this, we give our children the opportunity to regularly encounter complex forms of language as they are found in music, poetry, literature, and speech. Furthermore, instead of learning isolated words, we are feeding them the highest expressions of language that, over time, they will absorb.
What is the difference between the Repertorios and the Folklore en la cabaña story collection?
Folklore en la cabaña is a collection of four story-telling guides that offer a language-learning curriculum for the whole family. Folklore includes a teacher guide, resource guide, student workbook, and printables for each story (cuento). Every lesson starts with a Repertorio of recitations (hymn, verse, poem, folksong), telling the date and describing the weather, and practicing useful phrases. Repertorio content in the Folklore collection comes with translations, model voice recordings, and ideas for how to implement and practice the content as a way to warm up for your (3x) weekly Spanish lessons.
You do not need to purchase a separate Repertorio guide if you already intend to use one of the language-learning story-telling guides.
Repertorios are for families who do not need an entire curriculum but are looking to introduce Spanish to their family or enrich their Spanish language-learning experience. The Repertorio guides offer a more in-depth experience with each song and verse (than the Repertorios found in the cuentos collection), providing gestures, visually appealing, easy-to-understand videos, and visual aids in addition to voice recordings and translations.