I exhibited at the national TPRS conference in San Antonio, Texas last week. What is TPRS, you ask? TPR Storytelling is a method for teaching foreign languages that was invented by Blaine Ray, a Spanish teacher in Bakersfield, California, in 1990. Concerned that his students were disinterested in the unexciting...
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Reading is Fundamental
Cindy Tracy
I am pleased to announce that World of Reading is now an approved vendor for the RIF - Reading is Fundamental Program. Here is a little information about them, for those who do not know the program: Founded in 1966, RIF is the oldest and largest children's and family nonprofit...
Pourquoi take French?
Cindy Tracy
After a shocking and scathing editorial in our local paper in Atlanta, I feel very defensive about the importance of taking French. This uninformed man was up in arms that his child only had the option of taking French or Spanish in high school, because he wanted him to be...
Which foreign language to teach first?
Cindy Tracy1 comment
A lot of homeschoolers ask me which foreign language they should first teach their child (children). If your children are young (as in 6 or younger) - I would make this recommendation. If there is a language which you know well, then obviously start with that language. If your family...