Spanish Kindergarten 15 min

Los Días y los Meses (The Days and the Months): Calendar Vocabulary

Learn the days of the week and months of the year, and practice using them in context.

What you'll learn

  • Identify at least 8 out of 12 months of the year in Spanish, presented orally and in written form, with 80% accuracy.
  • Translate a minimum of 5 English dates (e.g., "July 4th") into grammatically correct Spanish, following the standard date format, with no more than one error per translation.
  • Construct 3 original sentences in Spanish, each including at least one day of the week or month of the year, demonstrating correct vocabulary usage and grammatical agreement.
  • Respond accurately to comprehension questions about a short paragraph in Spanish that contains calendar vocabulary (days and months), achieving a score of 70% or higher on a multiple-choice quiz.

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Introduction & Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives Say the seven days of the week in Spanish. Recognize the names of the 12 months in Spanish. Answer the question '¿Qué día es hoy?' (What day is it today?). Identify their birthday month in Spanish. Sing a simple song about the days of the week. Use the words 'hoy' (today), 'ayer' (yesterday), and 'mañana' (tomorrow). Do you know what day it is today? 🗓️ Let's learn to say it in Spanish! We will learn the Spanish words for days and months. This helps us talk about fun things. Like birthdays and holidays! 🎂 Real-World Applications Telling someone when your birthday is. Knowing what day you go to the park 🌳. Talking about holidays like Navidad (Christmas) 🎄. Understanding the classroom calendar.
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Key Concepts & Vocabulary

TermDefinitionExample El Día (The Day)One single day, like Monday. ☀️Hoy es un día bonito. (Today is a pretty day.) La Semana (The Week)Seven days all together. 🌈Hay siete días en la semana. (There are seven days in the week.) El Mes (The Month)A big group of days, like January. 🗓️Mi cumpleaños es en el mes de mayo. (My birthday is in the month of May.) Hoy (Today)The day that is happening right now. 👇Hoy es lunes. (Today is Monday.) Mañana (Tomorrow)The day that comes after today. 👉Mañana jugamos. (Tomorrow we play.) Ayer (Yesterday)The day that was before today. 👈Ayer comí una manzana. (Yesterday I ate an apple.)
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Grammar Rules & Patterns

Days and Months Use Small Letters lunes, martes, miércoles... enero, febrero... In Spanish, we don't use a big capital letter. We use a small letter to start the word. Days are Boys (Masculine) el lunes, el martes, el miércoles... We say 'el' before the day. It means 'the'. Think of 'el' like a little boy robot. 🤖 The Week Starts on Monday lunes, martes, miércoles, jueves, viernes, sábado, domingo In many Spanish-speaking places, the calendar week starts with lunes (Monday)!

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Sample Practice Questions

Challenging
Si hoy es "viernes", ¿qué día será en DOS días? (If today is Friday, what day will it be in TWO days?)
A.Sábado
B.Lunes
C.Domingo
D.Jueves
Challenging
The school year starts in "septiembre". What month is it TWO months AFTER "septiembre"?
A.Octubre
B.Noviembre
C.Diciembre
D.Enero
Challenging
Ana goes to school on "lunes", "martes", "miércoles", "jueves" y "viernes". How many "días" does she go to school?
A.Tres (3)
B.Siete (7)
C.Cinco (5)
D.Dos (2)

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