Sharing an English Book in Spanish
Educator: What was the book called? What was it called?
Boy No.1: Monkey.
Educator: Monkey? It's a monkey, that's right. I'd told you guys already what it's called.
Boy No.1: A little monkey.
Educator: Hug! Well done.
Boy No.1: It's a very little monkey.
Educator: What was the little monkey doing here? Can I have that, Jose? Thank you, Jose. Sit down, please.
Boy No.1: He asked the elephant to give him a hug.
Educator: He asked a hug from the elephant. And what did the elephant say?
Boy No.1: He said no because I'm giving my baby a hug.
Educator: No, because he was giving a hug to whom?
Jose: To his baby.
Educator: To his baby. And what did he say, José? What did the lizard say? What did he say?
Jose: Give me a hug.
Educator: Whom was he hugging?
Boy No.1: The lizard.
Jose: The lizard.
Educator: Well done. Alex, what was the snake doing with her baby?
Alex: She's hugging its baby and she would not give him a hug.
Educator: Oh, why not?
Alex: Because she was hugging her baby.
Educator: Well done. How was the little monkey feeling here?
Educator: What did its face say?
Jose: He's sad. Tell me, Jose, tell me why he's sad.
In this video from a Migrant Head Start program in California, an educator in a transitional bilingual education program reads an English book in Spanish. This clip is part of the Dual Language Learners: Program and Family Support module, one of several EarlyEdU Alliance Higher Education Learning Modules.
