Spanish Development Workshops
Teaching Spanish to young children is fun and easy. You just have to have the right tools, songs, games and lessons to capture each child’s attention while only speaking Spanish. Here are workshops that can be offered for groups, schools or individuals.
Songs and games that work! Learn how to introduce songs and games while incorporating basic phases. In our training, you will learn lyrics, hand movements (sign language), and basic phrases for each level: beginner-intermediate, toddler to Elementary.
Circle/Story Time Workshops: Know which books and stories truly help the children learn Spanish. Learn to use Spanish books to get your lesson across, teach the vocabulary clearly and keep each student’s attention.
Curriculum & Teaching Materials That Work! Flashcards, Montessori lessons, props, songs/poetry & worksheets – we have 4 years of curriculum for PK & Elementary plus hundreds of materials to share. We can train you on how to use them in the best way to truly teach the language. We will also train you to work with our unique curriculum that encompasses the best of Montessori, TPR, and the natural approach to make learning & teaching Spanish easy.
Class structure development: After 25 years, we have fine – tuned a class structure that interests all students and makes it easy for the teacher to lesson plan. It incorporates different methods and philosophies that make class exciting and simple for children to learn the language.
Discipline: Learn different simple methods (in Spanish) that keep the class in control and listening instead of being bored and out of control.
Classroom Observations: We will observe your classes and give support, feedback, follow up training and tips to improve all around class management and learning.
Josie, Spanish Teacher, Girls' School of Austin
The Mariposas workshops have been critical to our success with Early Elementary Spanish at The Girls’ School of Austin. In each class, songs, dances, and rhymes are used to engage the girls. The workshop ideas for teaching vocabulary and conversation with props have worked well also. The girls love Spanish and go home singing the songs!
Our Services
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There are no current public workshops available.
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Support your teacher’s continuing education through workshops, lesson plan training, and observation/feedback sessions. Contact us for our rates are per person or group. Training is currently available for educators in Austin only.
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Live trainings in person or via email/phone/video are available. Contact us to request rates are for private or group teacher trainings and consultation.
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We are excited to share that Mariposas Materials are currently available for personal and educational use at our Teachers Pay Teachers site. We also encourage you to look into our Music Albums that have educational songs for the classroom and our enriching app, Spanish School Bus. The app has games, vocabulary, music videos, coloring, tracing and much more!
School Consultations
Mariposas Spanish School Director, Yvette Montalvo and her team act as consultants and trainers for administrators and educators in early childhood programs including toddler, Pre-K and Early Elementary. They’ve done consulting for new schools, existing schools and teacher workshops on many topics plus individual teacher trainings/classroom observations with feedback. Our program also has a full curriculum that can be purchased.
The Mariposas team is happy to help in whatever capacity is needed for your school or staff:
Staff Development
Partnering with School Administrators
Use our Curriculum
School & Teacher Consultations