Teacher Catalina

27/07/2023

Travel Ecuador with me: Comprehensible Input Spanish – Discover Ecuador with Gate 1 Travel and me! With this video, you will be able to learn Spanish.

Throughout the video, Comprehensible input is used to help you understand the majority of the message. Learn new Spanish vocabulary, and grammatical structures, and more about the beautiful country of Ecuador and its culture.

During this trip, we explored different cities. Learn about Quito and a bit of its history, travel to Otavalo to explore the market, head to Papallacta to experience the hot springs of Papallacta, enjoy the sounds and the action in Punta Ahuano in the Ecuadorian Amazon before making our way back to Quito. On the way back, we will explore Baños, Ecuador, a small city known for adventure. Along the way, we will see the Devil’s Cauldron, a beautiful waterfall. Meet locals and experience the culture.

Comprehensible Input Spanish - Discover Ecuador with me and Gate 1 TravelJoin me as I travel through Ecuador with Gate 1 Travel. With this video you will be ...

19/04/2023

Hola amigos, If you are looking for a video to introduce the food chapter or, if you are looking to learn about food in Colombia, I invite you to check out this new video.

Learn about traditional Colombian food as we travel through different cities in Colombia and try different things for breakfast, lunch, las onces and, dinner.

This video is full of Colombian culture, Colombian food and Spanish vocabulary.

Learn about traditional Colombian food as we travel through different cities in Colombia and try different things for breakfast, lunch, las onces and, dinner...

26/01/2022

Hello everyone,

I wanted to share with you two videos that you may find useful. During my last trip to Colombia (this past July 2021) I met a sweet and super welcoming lady named Doña Dionisia. She is in her own words, a "campesina 100%" in a small town about 4 hours from Bogotá.

My family and I spent a couple of days with her getting to know her and learning from her and, here are 2 videos that you may enjoy watching and/or sharing with your students.

1. La Rutina de Doña Dionisia (in Spanish). While she is showing me how to shear a sheep, she describes her daily routine to me. I tried to include a lot of visuals to help with understanding. My students have loved to learn about her routine and discuss it an compare it to theirs. Link: https://youtu.be/yugJQ40b0zw

2. Tour de la casa de Doña Dionisia (in Spanish). She built this little house along with her husband. We walk through her house, her "huerta" and she also talks about how she uses a lot of the food from her land. In class, we've talked about similarities and differences. https://youtu.be/DL2Y1dOfKk4

3. I still have a few more videos of this experience where she taught us how to milk a cow, shear the sheep, etc. and I will be posting them as I am able to edit them.

4. To see other videos from this trip to Colombia (some in English and some in Spanish) check out my playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsE_x52N4s3JuOTFvSKdSdhlziZGApV9I

5. I met another amazing campesino that just moved to a new city and he introduced us to his family and told us a bit about his routine also. Video coming soon to the above playlist.

6. Don't forget to check out www.teachercatalina.com for a lot of FREE resources.

7. If you are looking for another video about Daily Routines: https://youtu.be/fIvq1HrkrnM

Wishing you an awesome day,

Catalina

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This video will teach the daily routine in Spanish. Doña Dionisia is a lovely Colombian woman who welcomed us into her house in the country side and the moun...

25/10/2021

Gracias por este lindo mensaje “Juan Pablo”.

Thanks for this kind message “Juan Pablo”

21/10/2021

Meeting Doña Dionisia was one of the highlights of our trip to Colombia and today you can see her unique farm house at the top of a hill in the mountains of Boyacá. Enjoy the tour!

It’s located in a rural area full of nature. We met at the bottom of the hill and we walked up because our car simply couldn’t make it up that steep incline.

Although we are avid hikers, adding the altitude made it another level of challenging. It was impressive to see her going up so comfortably and she told us she does it 2-4 times a day. She’s in very good shape 😉.

We spent the entire day with her exploring her life and learning from her. We learned a variety of things, from learning how to work with wool that we removed directly from her sheep to milking a cow, life in the countryside and finally a tour of her house. Can’t wait to share those videos too.

Today, you’ll see the tour of this lovely farm house where she made us agua de panela and cuajada. My husband, a chef, fell in love with the traditional kitchen that Doña Dionisia made herself along with her husband.

We loved seeing how self sustainable they are. They grow a lot of their own food in their “huerta ” and they raise different animals for different purposes. Sheep, cows, cuyes, chickens, etc.

Can’t wait to share the rest of the videos with you. It was a beautiful day en el campo. Bas and Nano are still talking about it.

✨✨Tour of the House - Doña Dionisia ✨✨

What did you think?👇🏽

Let me show you this beautiful Farmhouse in Colombia; this house tour will show you how time has not moved for some places. The house is located in a very re...

07/10/2021

¿Ya viste el video de hoy en Villa Rouse Posada ?...

Si no lo haz visto, mira estas fotos y veras que vale la pena verlo.

El video lo puedes encontrar en el post anterior o simplemente ve a mi canal de Youtube "Teacher Catalina"

Saludos a todos,

Catalina

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07/10/2021

Durante el verano, después de pasar unos días preciosos en Villa de Leyva, hicimos un paseo a Gachantivá, Boyacá, Colombia. Vive Gachantivá Secretaría de Turismo de Boyacá

Gachantivá queda como a 45 minutos de Villa de Leyva (aprox. 4 horas de Bogotá).

Nos quedamos en un hermoso y maágico lugar llamado Posada Ecoturística Villa Rouse Villa Rouse Posada

Allí tomamos un hermoso taller de amasijos donde aprendimos a hacer galletas de maíz tradicionales y las deliciosas almojábanas colombianas.

La Sra. Rocío compartió con nosotros esas recetas que han sido pasadas de generaciones en generaciones en una hermosa familia de panaderos. Mi hijo quedó encantado con el horno de leña.

Hoy, en nuestro canal de YouTube, encontrarás uno de dos videos que grabamos en este bello lugar. El video tiene una introducción en inglés pero el resto del video está en español.

Te invito a que aprendas un poco más sobre el campo, esta preciosa posada y una receta para galleticas de maíz absolutamente deliciosa.

Profes: Pueden compartir este video con tus estudiantes.

https://youtu.be/f97nN6EkEdw

Join us in this Vlog of our trip to Colombia to learn how to make traditional corn cookies. The class is taught by traditional baker Mrs. Rocio who comes fro...

29/09/2021

We had so much fun creating this video.

Comprehensible Input: The Verb Gustar

Find out what Profe Nano and Café like to eat ...

Let's learn how to say "I like" "He/She likes" in Spanish. In this Spanish lesson we are going to talk about the verb Gustar. In this video Café and Profe N...

25/09/2021

Hola amigos,

Thank you so much for all of the comments and messages you sent about Café ☕, our puppy🐶. We love that he is able to share his love for Spanish with you too!

Do not think we have forgotten the Colombia Vlogs, we are continuing to work through all of that footage to continue to share it with you. The videos that are coming up are so amazing! We cannot wait to share those experiences with you.

The videos with Café ☕, our puppy🐶, are focused on Comprehensible Input where you get to hear and see the language in context. You will hear lots of repetition to help you practice and understand.

Café ☕, the puppy🐶 is loved by kids, adults, teachers and students. We are thrilled!

Here is his latest video: 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾

Thank you for the yummy treats 🦴 (via Super thanks) that you've sent to Café. He has been enjoying them!

Wishing you a lovely weekend!

With grateful hearts,

~ Teacher Catalina & Family

How to describe yourself in Spanish, Learn Spanish from a dog. (How to describe Others in Spanish)

Learn how to describe yourself in Spanish, with Cafe our puppy. Have you always wanted to learn Spanish now is the time to do it in the most fun way ever wit...

13/09/2021

Hola amigos.

Profe Nano's birthday is coming up. This year, we gave him an early birthday gift. (un regalo). Profe Nano was super excited to meet his new perrito or cachorrito. His name is Café.

Why Café? We love a good coffee and in Colombia coffee is at the center of happy memories, good times and every day life. Our little Café or "Cafecito" is already at the center of happy memories, good times and in our every day life.

He is already practicing his Spanish and since it's the beginning of the school year and he is a puppy, he is starting with the basics. He went around introducing himself and saying hello to everyone.

Watch the video below ... Comprehensible Input in Spanish.

https://youtu.be/EyO2wppDn2w

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Learn how to introduce yourself in Spanish, with Cafe our puppy. Have you always wanted to learn Spanish now is the time to do it in the most fun way ever wi...

28/08/2021

Hello everyone!

Happy new school year.

I just wanted to share some resources that I use with my students and that many teachers and students have used in the past; just in case you want to use them or you haven't downloaded them yet. Everything is FREE.

I am a virtual school teacher in Florida (10th year virtually and 16th year teaching) and therefore I do create a lot of resources and videos that are useful with virtual learning. I teach mostly middle and high school but I also have a group of Elementary kiddos.

NEW Comprehensible Input Activities (videos and handouts): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_9cCv8oyXFeW6C6rdM8J6jHUQB-_zyq3/view?fbclid=IwAR2ryFhIO1eerKE9ZIbdHHQ_rN5XI7eHHXxycPHm056HNFKFR-AZAPCseww

This is a PDF that I share with all of my Spanish 1 students at the beginning of the school year and I ask them to keep it on their desktop. It's clickable and it takes them to a video lesson on that topic in case they need extra help. I also use it with my Spanish 2 students as a review: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11Jk0Yw4ihLZs8PZV5C9RbGCfV0GLdfVJ/view?fbclid=IwAR0xqkgyzMhf9UZuScUJCO_wcWXEz2kHKRAgYWOuCm3w3VcIgkq9fDD8i6Y

Elementary Spanish Lessons with my son that I use with my Elementary students OR also to introduce topics to my middle/high school students --> https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsE_x52N4s3IDrIdV9_wyWfBekX4FCniW

Spanish 1 and Spanish 2 Video Lessons (Vocab, grammar, culture, vlogs): www.youtube.com/Teachercatalina

n my Free Library of Resources you will also be able to find a lot of free handouts and materials that you may find useful: https://www.teachercatalina.com/library-of-resources

Exploring Colombia (these videos are in English as the focus is more travel and culture): https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsE_x52N4s3JuOTFvSKdSdhlziZGApV9I

Wishing you an awesome School Year,

~ Catalina

24/08/2021

Today we bring you Day 3 of Villa de Leyva, Colombia. Did you know there is a desert in Villa de Leyva? Check it out!

You know when you are on a roll and things are just happening? That's how our summer started ... and then things got a bit hectic.

Our intent was to get all of our summer videos released before school started, however, we are a bit behind schedule. We are still working on editing a few of our U.S. Summer travel videos and also our Colombia Vlogs.

Once we release our summer videos and we settle into our new life we will resume recording and releasing videos with Teacher Catalina and Profe Nano. We've heard many of you want to see Profe Nano again (he took his summer vacation to enjoy kid stuff and he very much deserved it) but he can't wait to be back.

Stay tuned! Lots of awesome things happening!

https://youtu.be/9_-7oETpoHw

Travel through the desert of Villa de Leyva, Colombia to discover many beautiful locations. Explore the geography of this town and learn a bit about the cult...