Hi Parents!
We hope that you have enjoyed seeing all the things that we have sent your children home with these past couple of weeks. Hopefully your children have been practicing the Italian words we've been teaching them every Friday afternoon.
Every week we start and end our lessons with a great song that we have adjusted for the purposes of our lesson. It is a lot of fun to sing with the class and do the movements together. In case you want to be able to sing along with your children here are the lyrics and a translation!
Fai un saluto, fanne un altro,
Fai la giravolta, falla un'altra volta.
Guarda in su, guarda in giù
Dai un abbraccio a chi vuoi tu.
Roughly translated, the song means this:
Give a wave, give another,
Spin in a circle, spin once more.
Look up, look down,
Give a hug to whoever you want.
The children have really enjoyed singing this song and it gets better every week as the children remember more and more lyrics!
Thus far, the students in Alezandra's class have learned how to introduce themselves in Italian and they've learned the colors of the rainbow and some fruits. In addition, the children learned how to count to ten in Italian and also the names of several farm animals. Learning to introduce ourselves in Italian was so much fun! The children really loved learning the phrases and got to design portraits of themselves that they were able to take home. The week that we learned the colors and fruits, the children colored in flashcards so they could practice at home and we also played a really fun game in class. Recently, we applied our knowledge of the numbers when we counted the number of animals on the farm. It was so much fun to learn the names of animals and practice counting in Italian!
For reference, we have included all of the vocabulary your children have learned with us thus far.
Ciao, mi chaimo______. --> Hi, my name is ______.
Come ti chiami? --> What is your name?
Colori - Colors
Rosso - Red
Arancione - Orange
Giallo - Yellow
Verde - Green
Blu - Blue
Viola - Purple
Frutte - Fruits
Fragola - Strawberry
Arancia - Orange
Banana - Banana
Mela - Apple
Mirtillo - Blueberry
Uva - Grape
Numeri - Numbers
Uno - One
Due - Two
Tre - Three
Quattro - Four
Cinque - Five
Sei - Six
Sette - Seven
Otto - Eight
Nove - Nine
Dieci - Ten
Animali - Animals
Gatto - Cat
Cane - Dog
Papera - Duck
Vacca - Cow
Cavalo - Horse
Maiale - Pig
Pollo - Chicken
We hope that this has been helpful and cannot wait to see all of your children again next Friday! We are so excited to keep on teaching Italian and also for our Field Trip to Harvard's Sackler Museum in May!
Sincerely,
Stacey, Jackie, and Teddy
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