Here are several videos to jump start your learning of the vowel sounds in both English and Spanish!  Later this week I will send you some other cool teaching tips regarding this topic.

I am not certain in this first video if the little boy is enjoying teaching us the vowel sounds in the English language, but we all know that children really enjoy watching other children so here it goes:

This song just goes on and on and on with the English vowel sounds, but repetition is the key to learning.  I know that children find it catchy and jump around like crazy when they hear it:

In Spanish you will find this video catchy, short, and cute to introduce the vowel sounds:

This children’s video on YouTube is with Mickey teaching the Spanish vowel sounds!  The quality of the sound is not so great, but I have not met a child who doesn’t love learning with Mickey Mouse:

Happy Educating!  ¡Sea feliz educando!

Boca Beth

I spoke about the differences in how we use capital letters earlier this week – Spanish language vs. English language.

Now let’s talk about just a couple of other nuances when going from English to Spanish:

Sounds of the vowels!  (We have the vowel sound song on this CD – see how to save on it below!)

a = ahhhh, e = long a sound (ay), i = long e sound (eee), o = long o sound (oh), u = ew

Cute video on how to teach vowel sounds to kids:  httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23MwnxmOohc

Rolling Your Rs!    httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLsUXDkVKYA

This lesson sums it all up!

Happy Educating!  ¡Sea feliz educando!

Boca Beth

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