At the supermarket/store (Part 1)

If you’re shopping for groceries, you can use lots of colors with your child. In addition to the colors listed in Lesson 7, you can use the ones below.

Do you want to ride in the shopping cart? ¿Quieres ir en el carrito? (kee-EHR-ehs eer ehn ehl kah-REE-toh)
I like the _____ one . (fill in with color) Me gusta el _____. (meh GOO-stah ehl ____)
Blue azul (ah-ZOOL)
Purple morado (moh-RAH-doh)
Orange anaranjado (ah-nah-rahn-HAH-doh)

Be careful!

Be careful!

You can use a simple phrase to warn your children to take caution, whether it’s to watch for an oncoming car or to watch their step.

Be careful! Watch Out!, etc. ¡Cuidado! kwee-DAH-doh
Hold my hand. Dame la mano DAH-meh lah MAH-noh

El semáforo

Sometimes when I stop at a traffic light, my four year-old tells me to go! I try to show her that the colors tell me what to do. This is also a great set of vocab for playing Red light, Green light.

The (traffic) light is… El semáforo está en… (ehl seh-MAH-foh-roh eh-STAH ehn…)
…red. rojo (ROH-hoh)
…yellow. amarillo (ah-mah-REE-yoh)
…green. verde (BEHR-deh)

*In Spanish, the “V” sounds like a “B”

Fasten your seatbelt!

Fasten your seatbelt!

After you finally get your child(ren) in the car, make sure they buckle up.

To one child, say, “Abróchate el cinturón (de seguridad).” (ah-BROH-chah-teh ehl seen-too-ROHN deh seh-goo-ree-DAHD)
To more than one child, say, “Abróchense los cinturones.” (ah-BROH-chen-seh lohs seen-too-ROHN-ehs)

Let's go!

When it’s time to go somewhere, you can use the phrase “Vamos…” (BAH-mohs) to say, “Let’s go…” Then, you can add any of the following nouns to say where you’re going.

...to school ...a la escuela (ah lah ehs-KWEH-lah)
...to the grocery store ...al supermercado (ahl soo-pehr-mehr-KAH-doh)
...to the pool ...a la piscina (ah lah pee-SEE-nah)
...to Spanish class ...a la clase de español (ah lah KLAH-she deh ehs-pahn-YOHL)

To simply say “Let’s go!” we say, “¡Vámonos!”

Brush your teeth!

To tell your child to brush his/her teeth, say, “¡Cepíllate los dientes!” (seh-PEE-yah-teh lohs dee-EHN-tehs)

Eat your breakfast!

When asking your child what he would like for breakfast, say, “¿Qué quieres comer para el desayuno?” (keh kee-EHR-ehs KOH-mehr PAH-rah ehl deh-sah-YOO-noh)

You could then offer a series of choices from below.
Eggs= huevos (WEH-bohs)
Cereal=cereales (seh-reh-AHL-ehs)
Toast=pan tostado (pahn toh-STAH-doh)