Spanish Classes

Ages 3 to 5; Ages 6 and Up

SUBE HOME TOOLS

The Home Tools are materials designed to help parents who want to teach their child a second language, or preserve a native language at home. They are also used by parents of teachers using Sube to help support the work that they are doing in the classroom.

The Music Video/CD and Activity Book:

The Music Video introduces the vocabulary through videos of children engaged in activities that children love, using multicultural rhythms as a backdrop. There is a video for every SUBE theme. The Music CD provides the audio of the same music for listening to in your car or home stereo. The Activity Book reinforces the vocabulary from the video through reading, writing and coloring exercises. Together they become a powerful teaching tool.

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SPANISH BEGINNER

Music Video and CD

Teach Spanish to children through music videos!

Children are exposed to multicultural rhythms from around the world; Salsa, Cumbia and Ranchera music are brought to life in this video showing children engaged in fun everyday activities.

The eight themes are: animals, food, home, verbs, body, clothes, places and opposites.

Double jewel case includes DVD and a CD with lyrics in Spanish and English.

Activity Book

Reinforce vocabulary from music videos with worksheets!

Develop reading and writing skills and reinforce vocabulary with exercises that make learning fun.

Includes eight themes which correspond to the themes from the video/cd making this a powerful learning tool. The vocabulary from the video are integrated into the activities.

Spiral bound 8.5 x 11 workbook. Color cover with 57 black and white pages

CURRICULUM OVERVIEW

What is the methodology of Sube?

SUBE utilizes a multisensory approach that teaches academic and social language skills through games, music, art, role-playing, and spontaneous conversation. This approach assures that the diverse modalities of your class are being addressed, so that each student is engaged and learning.

We believe that the most important element in teaching children a second language is to provide a creative and nurturing learning environment that builds self esteem and confidence in each child. The multicultural curriculum stresses the importance of respecting and appreciating diverse cultures.

What makes Sube unique?

There are two things that make Sube unique. One, is that it is a multisensory approach that integrates the curriculum and the materials. The curriculum is divided into thematic units and for each unit there are a series of multisensory activities; a bingo game or other card game, an art project, movement, worksheets to practice reading and writing, and an interactive music video. This method reinforces the vocabulary through all the modalities.

Two, the art, music and games are fun and motivating for the child, but also become strategic teaching tools that develop the four major skills needed to acquire fluency: reading, writing, comprehension and speaking. Field-tested and research-based strategies are applied to each Sube game and activity so that you are consistently providing opportunities to develop these specific skills.

How is music incorporated into the curriculum?

The Sube music video is the highlight of the curriculum. There is a short three to four minute video/song for each unit. In Sube Spanish, each video features a song with a musical style from a different country in Latin America; salsa from Cuba or Ranchera from Mexico. Sube English features a musical style from different regions of the United States; Zydeco from Louisiana or Country music from the West. All of the videos depict real kids engaged in activities that kids love; playing dress up, going to the zoo or playing with friends.