Elementary School Foreign Languages

Jamaal Abdul-Alim:

That's about all the time she has if you add up all the 15-minute Spanish lessons she gives twice a week to kindergartners at Stormonth Elementary School.

The other day, her instruction involved an animated session using stuffed toys for a lesson about the Spanish words for animals, as well as the movements and sounds they make.

"¿Cómo mueve la rana?" Harris asked the students, posing in Spanish the question: "How does the frog move?"

Posted by Jim Zellmer at March 13, 2007 5:11 AM
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