http://www.spanishstepsonline.com/blog Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:17:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of the greatest concerns in elementary schools is HOW TO HELP SPANISH-SPEAKING PARENTS BE MORE INVOLVED IN HOMEWORK?  We have a solution to that.  Just realeased, Footsteps Through First Grade guides your parents, step-by-step, through the curriculum of their first-grader, and assists them in playing an active role in ... http://www.spanishstepsonline.com/blog/?p=15 Summer is coming! and there's no better time to provide your Hispanic parents with the tools they need to GET INVOLVED at school next year!  English acquisition is important to them and, at such affordable prices, Spanish Steps materials will give all your Latino parents the support they need to be a big part of their ... http://www.spanishstepsonline.com/blog/?p=14 What a great time we had at Tennessee TESOL's annual conference in Chattanooga the beginning of March.  It was great to see everyone and we felt very well-received.  Thanks to everyone for your support and see you next year!   Laura Willbur, Publisher   http://www.spanishstepsonline.com/blog/?p=13 In these hard economic times everyone is cutting back.  Even with the help of stimulus dollars, budgets are still tight and every penny must be spent wisely.  One of the great aspects of Spanish Steps products is that they are all very affordable.  All of our products range from only ... http://www.spanishstepsonline.com/blog/?p=12 Step Into English certainly has been well-received over the past three years!  Many parents have attended Latino Parent Night or a special workshop at school and have been excited to take home their very own copy of the workbook.  They've continued writing notes to school in English, preparing in advance for their parent/teacher ... http://www.spanishstepsonline.com/blog/?p=11   Did you know that there are actually three levels of preschool/kindergarten in Mexico?  The first two levels serve children ages 3 and 4, and the third level serves children ages five and six.  Up until quite recently this schooling was not required by the Mexican government, but a new law ... http://www.spanishstepsonline.com/blog/?p=9 Are you the designated translator at your school or district?  Whether it's an article, a newsletter for the Early Childhood Education Department, standard school forms, letters home to parents, a flyer, the student handbook, etc., every translator, native to the language or otherwise, knows that there is always a word or ... http://www.spanishstepsonline.com/blog/?p=8 Summertime is a great time to kick back, soak up the sun and catch up on all those things that you've been wanting to do.  If one of those things that you've been wanting to do is to better communicate with your Spanish-speaking students and their parents, there is no better ... http://www.spanishstepsonline.com/blog/?p=7 While no one can really say with absolute certainty, experts estimate that the English language contains somewhere around 600,000 words, making it the 'wordiest' language in the world.  That's really interesting, especially if you think about how many words native English-speakers typically use in their average day . . . ... http://www.spanishstepsonline.com/blog/?p=6 Have you ever felt overwhelmed as you've attempted to learn a new language? All of those vocabulary words and what about those verb conjugations!?! But, learning Spanish really can be simplified. First of all, there literally are THOUSANDS of words in Spanish and English that are cognates. ... http://www.spanishstepsonline.com/blog/?p=5