Children learn Spanish while having fun by using songs, a variety of games, movement, colorful visual aids and practical conversation.

• Teach Spanish to elementary students in grades K-8 using the same classroom program. Approximately 125 hours of classroom instruction.
   
• All materials to teach Spanish are provided and are designed to reinforce and complement each other to create variety in the presentations. There is less "prep-time" for teachers.
   
• Class presentations are fun and dynamic. They capture the attention of children through their preferred learning style (visual, kinesthetic or auditory.)
   
• The flexibility of the program allows instructors to adapt it to different age groups or present vocabulary units according to the school or the teacher's preference.
   
• American Sign Language can be incorporated into the songs in the program to learn two languages at the same time.

The Risas y Sonrisas program may be used in a classroom as well as for individual students and small groups of home school students.

The Classroom Program is more than a set of teaching aids. It is rooted in a method that is designed to stimulate different learning styles to capture the attention of all students. By using a multi-sensory approach, students learn much faster, with a higher level of retention and best of all…they enjoy learning!

The Classroom Program includes:

• Teacher's Manual with Instructional DVD
• 39 Large Color Posters (18"x24")
• 21 Black & White Posters of Q&A and songs
• 335 Pictures and Color Coded Word Cards
• 12 Bingo Sets with 30 cards each
• 1 Music CD
• 1 Sign and Sing DVD
• 1 Student Book with CD-ROM and Skits DVD
• 1 Cognate Folder with Pronunciation CD
• 5 Flashcard Sets with matching domino games, mini Q&A and mini conjugation cards
• 80 Pronunciation Cognate Word Cards
• 1 canvas poster bag, 2 fly swatters, peel & stick magnetic role & clips, 1 plush ball

Materials are copyrighted and non-reproducible.
Volume Discounts are available for: Student Book/CD-ROM/SkitsDVD, Music CD, Cognate folder/CD and Flashcard Sets.

This program is the mini-version of the complete classroom program. It is for the students to practice what they have learned in class, using the same visual aids. It is ideal for small group and home school instruction.

The Individual Program includes:

• Student Book with CD-ROM and Skits DVD
• Music CD
• Sign and Sing DVD
• Cognate Folder with Pronunciation CD
• Flashcard Set
• Parent Instruction Manual

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The 140-page hardcover Student Book is a colorful visual presentation of Pronunciation, Vocabulary and some grammar concepts such as Masculine and Feminine, Pronouns and Verb Conjugations. For each Vocabulary Unit there is a Song with lyrics, pictures in the same order as the song, frequently used Q&A, and a Skit.

	View the complete Table of Contents of the Student Book
	View the About section of the Student Book.

The book includes an Interactive CD-ROM and a Skits DVD. This audiovisual presentation helps students learn at their own pace. Students can hear the correct Spanish pronunciation of everything included in the book spoken by native speakers. Many of the exercises are appropriate for younger children as well because they can look at pictures or songs and learn the words without having to read.

The Interactive CD-ROM is the voice of the book. It is divided into five areas: Pronunciation, Songs, Vocabulary, Q&A, and Verb Conjugations. Try out a Song sample from the interactive CD-ROM. Try out a Vocabulary sample from the interactive CD-ROM. Try out a Q&A sample from the interactive CD-ROM. Try out a Conjugation sample from the interactive CD-ROM.

The Skits DVD incorporates vocabulary and Q&A learned in each chapter. They are acted skits by native speakers with subtitles to read and repeat by reversing and pausing whenever necessary. View a sample from the Skits DVD.

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What better way to learn Spanish than by singing and signing the songs included in the Risas y Sonrisas Program and learn two languages at the same time. American Sign Language offers signs that are easy to relate to words. So children can connect words to hand signs and learn vocabulary faster.

The presentation is similar throughout the DVD. First the teacher makes the sign along with a picture for each word in the song or vocabulary unit. Then she introduces the students to a frequently used question and answer where they can substitute vocabulary. At the end of each chapter, a group of elementary students sing and sign along with the song in the Music CD. A booklet with colorful song lyrics and the American Manual Alphabet is included. These songs can also be rehearsed with the Student Book, the Music CD and the interactive CD-ROM where song lyrics can be read and played one line or paragraph at a time.

View a sample from the Sign and Sing DVD.

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The Risas y Sonrisas Songs to Learn Spanish CD includes 39 original and entertaining songs designed to teach students Spanish vocabulary and phrases.

Music has proven to be one of the most powerful tools for accelerating and reinforcing learning of a foreign language. A booklet with colorful song lyrics is included. These songs can also be rehearsed with the Student Book, the Sign and Sing DVD and the interactive CD-ROM.

In the Student Book, the songs can be followed by looking at the pictures. Also, the lyrics for the 39 songs are written in the book with different colors to make them eye-catching and to emphasize song paragraphs. In the interactive CD-ROM, students can even read and play the song lyrics one line or paragraph at a time. The same songs are presented in American Sign Language in the Sign and Sing DVD.

Listen to some sample songs.

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The cognate folder is an excellent tool for the student. Cognates are very easy words to learn because they have the same origin as in English. The audio CD is included to learn correct pronunciation of the 162 words included in the folder plus five frequently used Questions and Answers used to substitute vocabulary. The vocabulary is divided into the following categories:

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The Flashcard Set can be used in the class or at home to reinforce vocabulary, questions and answers and verb conjugations. It includes 12 domino sets with 24 tiles each, 90 Q&A of frequent use and 9 personal pronoun conjugation cards with verb words to practice.

The Domino Game is designed to teach students vocabulary through simple matching of pictures to words. These pictures are the same throughout the program and can be used as flashcards to play other games or form picture sentences with the Mini Conjugation Cards.

See a demo of the Domino Game.

Ninety Question and Answer Cards are separated by different colors according to the unit in which they were presented in the book. On the left side is the question and on the right side is the answer. They are folded in half and cut by color to open and find the English translation inside.

Students can rehearse verb conjugations with the Mini Conjugation Cards, which include endings for the present, past and future. The verb word is inserted on the red, yellow or green side depending if it is Hoy (today) Mañana (tomorrow or future) or Ayer (yesterday or past), and according to the color coded (ar, er, ir) ending where it belongs. They can be used with the Domino tiles to form picture sentences.

See the Conjugation Cards and Dominos used together.

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The Risas y Sonrisas Classroom program includes a series of beautiful color posters that can also be purchased separately or as a set:

Click the links below to see samples.

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Read the interview with Risas y Sonrisas Program creator Leticia Smith in the August 4, 2005 issue of ¡ahora sí! (Spanish).

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