Building bilingual babies (toddlers) through intentional play!
In play school it is so important to never loose the element of fun and sometimes unpredictability. This week was a surprise week, the surprise week consisted of Mo Willem's books and extension activities. I have a few Elephant and Piggy books and Pigeon books, but the library helped us out and gave us a… Continue reading Author Play with Mo
One of my closest friends Alyssa Court and I would always try to celebrate random holidays and create traditions together when we were growing up. One of those random traditions was giving each other an orange on Earth Day and eventually wearing Earth Day shirts every year. Talking about random... Well, I always loved that… Continue reading Where did Bless’Oween come from?
The Lord has been convicting my heart so much over the last few days regarding the unhealthy balance I have in directing Emma's play. Juan has been gone this week and I have had to play Mama and Papa 24/7. It has been exhausting and let me tell you, convicting! I am seeing so much… Continue reading First Shepherding the Heart, then Filling the Mind!
This week has been off to a great start, dinosaur week has been extremely fun. Let me tell you, I am not a dinosaur person. Actually, to be honest I think it has been doing Dino Week that I can now finally spell it correctly... Haha! Don't ask me to tell you a Dinosaur name… Continue reading D-Week
Today I made some dinosaur Spanish materials for Dino Week next week. I am kinda proud of my first Spanish material making. I have a LONG way to go in this process, but these Spanish materials meet a basic need for Toddler Play-School. I hope you can enjoy them. I attached a few other dinosaur… Continue reading Dinosaur Week
This whole idea of blogging is actually really amazing, but a lot harder to actually get to. I really admire the blogging world and the incredible teachers who blog, teach, and still have time for their family. I do work part time from home, supporting my husband who together we are raising support for our… Continue reading Calabazas and Pumpkins
One of the greatest experiences in my career was teaching Kindergarten at Caldwell Elementary School in Mckinney, TX. I worked with an incredible group of teachers who were more then just a team, but dear friends. I learned SO MUCH working alongside of them each day. Although, I would have to say a bulk of… Continue reading What is Play-School?
The Santafe Family I am so excited to begin this fun journey of sharing our life with the world, well maybe the few who tune in... We are missionaries to Colombia and are currently raising support and traveling to present our ministry throughout the US. I am an educator and have loved my nine years… Continue reading First of Many
You can have all the knowledge in the world, but to lack love your knowledge has little value to others. My Single Missionary Days 2012-2014 I am Melissa Santafe, missionary to Colombia and former elementary teacher. My husband is a pastor and church planter from Colombia, so you can imagine where the importance of bilingualism… Continue reading My Journey
Mama's Bilingual Play-School 