Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Como Atrapar una Estrella {+ An Activity and Some Art}


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Cómo atrapar una estrella is a precious story by Oliver Jeffers about a boy who desperately wants to have a star for a friend.  In the end, he gets what he wants.  A real, live star!  You will just have to read the book to see how it turns out! I have to say that this story just warms my heart! 

Here is some vocabulary that is used in the book.  You can use this vocab in games like Go Fish, Memory, and Pictionary in a classroom.  See this post for some ideas.



la estrella
la noche
la ventana
jugar a las escondidas
dar paseos
levantarse
cansado
brillar
esperar
el sol
el salvavidas
el nave especial
la luna
la gaviota
flotar
el cielo
pescar
la arena
 


If you are teaching younger kids this is such a cute activity!  It has the potential to get you wet, but what a way to reenact the book.  While the kids are doing the activity you can be talking in Spanish about what happened in the book while reinforcing vocabulary.  Check out this post from Small Potatoes! This activity would be great to reinforce the concept of counting for younger kids as they "catch" stars.

Here is a link to some star crafts to go with the book.

Here are my other reviews of Oliver Jeffers' books in Spanish.

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