Synopsis
How to speak Spanish as a busy, non-bilingual family. Finally! A Spanish curriculum with NO lesson prep or language experience needed! Designed by a Spanish professor with an Ed.D. in curriculum and instruction, this book includes 12 weeks of Spanish lessons for the entire family, teaching Spanish immersion by basic routine. How does it work? Just 3 steps! 1) Simply cut out the one-page lesson summary & put it on your fridge (or eBook readers refer to it on your device)2) Practice with your entire family throughout the week whenever you're near the lesson 3) Read the lesson for tips. It IS that simple! Plus, the book is loaded with bonus materials: lesson explanations, tips for stubborn learners, conversation modeling, and ""mom phrases"". Also, visit their website for pronunciation help, language-learning resources, and videos.In this book, you’ll learn:1. Basic greetings2. Feelings3. Numbers4. Days of the week5. Months6. Family Members7. Fruits & Vegetables8. Colors9. Kitchen10. CookingThe curriculum was tested by dozens of moms with kids aging from infancy to 18+. Beyond earning her doctorate, Dr. Miriam Patterson teaches Spanish on the university level, with courses such as Grammar and Composition, Advanced Grammar and Composition, Conversation, Technical Spanish, Civilization of Latin America and Intermediate Spanish I and II. Dr. Patterson has used this curriculum method to raise tri-lingual children. As her college students graduate and have children of their own, they return to her for the answers that are in this book. Andrea Huerta, a co-author, is one of her former students who grew up in a non-bilingual home with very limited Spanish exposure and is now speaking Spanish regularly in the home with her children.*NOTE* The authors highly recommend the printed version as the most convenient way to engage in the curriculum. The eBook is a great way to test the material with your family and is intended to make this curriculum available to everybody at a lower price point, but in full transparency we want you to know that our pilot testers found the printed curriculum was more convenient for busy families.Don't forget the most important part of this curriculum - have fun together! Get your copy today by clicking the ""Buy Now"" button at the top of this page.
About the Author
Miriam Patterson was born in San Luis Potosi, Mexico and moved to the states as an international student. A native Spanish speaker, she learned English while at Bob Jones University and also earned a bachelor's degree in French and minored in Business Administration. After graduation she worked as a paralegal and an accountant at a Law Firm in Orlando, Florida, while teaching Spanish part-time at a Christian school. She earned a master's degree in Personnel Services while being a Spanish Teaching GA at Bob Jones University. Miriam now teaches full time as a Spanish professor in the Modern Language Department. She defended her dissertation in August 2013 and obtained an Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction at BJU. She teaches courses like Grammar and Composition, Advanced Grammar and Composition, Conversation, Technical Spanish, Civilization of Latin America and Intermediate Spanish I and II.
She met her husband at a language learning club. They travel as a family on missions teams to Mexico and Japan and have had the opportunity to live in Paris, France. They are now raising their three young children to be trilingual, speaking Spanish and French at home and English outside the home.
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