Clothing-Spanish Pneumonics

Clothing
Calcetas - cal-set-as;  Put a big SET of SOCKS on CALifornia, SET AS nicely as possible.  Picture socks fitting over the shape of Cali on a map.

Botas- boats - His Boots were Boats  - botas means Boots

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Blusa  -  blouse - her BLUE Blouse was LOOSE.  Blusa means blouse. 

Vestido  - Dress  She looked best DRESSed in her VEST, TEED with O's.   Vestido means dress. 

Gorro  - hat (not like a sombrero)  He put on his WARM HAT so he could GO ROW the boat in the cold.  Gorro means hat or cap. 

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Vocabulary Image For Furniture: (Muebles, Escritorio, Cama, Mesa, Silla)

Five Spanish Vocabulary Image Cards For Furniture

written by: Bright Hub Education Writer • edited by: Tricia Goss • updated: 1/24/2013

Learn the names of common pieces of furniture with these image flash cards.The trick is finding an image or combination of images that remind you of the appropriate word. Here you'll find flashcards for five words but you'll actually learn six.

• Muebles

  In Help With Memorizing, we discussed how pairing absurd images to hard-to-remember Spanish country names helps you recall the words at need. The same technique works for any vocabulary words, including Spanish furniture names. In this article, we’ll look at how to remember some common Spanish words for items of furniture, or muebles.

• Escritorio

  One way of calling up the correct word in Spanish is pairing the image that represents that word--in this case, a desk--with an English word that sounds very similar. In this case, I have chosen the English word excrete which, when said aloud, sounds very similar to the Spanish word for desk, escritoire. To remember this link, I just think of a desk excreting... desk supplies. Not only is the image easy to remember--it comes up every time I think of a desk--it also points me directly toward the word I am looking for in Spanish.

• Cama

  Sometimes the “sound-alike” word you choose will also look very similar, but might have a very different meaning. That is okay. In fact, the more absurd the pairing, the easier it is to remember. Here I have used the pairing of “kama,” something that is a bit like a short-handled sickle that I became familiar with during my martial arts days, to cama or bed. Sickles and beds are hardly related, but kama and cama do sound alike--and again, the more absurd the pairing the easier it will be to remember new Spanish furniture names.

  
  

• Mesa

  Sometimes we already associate Spanish words with familiar objects, but they may have other meanings when used in the context of the Spanish language. Here, we pair the familiar English-language usage of the word mesa --a flat table-land-- with the most common Spanish-language use of the word: Table.

• Silla

  Sometimes the pairing of words you choose may look alike instead of sounding alike. Here, I have used a very silly looking chair to represent the concept of “silly,” which in turn reminds me of the Spanish word for chair, silla. Note that the two words look alike but, when pronounced properly, silla does not sound like silly at all.

• Cómoda

  Once again, we are relying on visual cues to provide the correct association. In this case, it is both the ridiculous idea of a commode seat on top of a dresser and the visual similarity of commode to the Spanish word for dresser, cómoda.

• Variety

  If what you’ve just read doesn’t make much sense, download the Spanish furniture names picture cards, have a quick look, then read through again. That should bring things into perspective.

  As you can see there are several different ways of approaching vocabulary picture cards or image cards as language learning tools. Which way you choose to tackle the project may show a lot about your preferred learning style; start reading up about incorporating visual, auditory and kinesthetic learning techniques into your lesson plans or learning strategy.

• Vocabulary Picture Cards

  You can download the vocabulary picture cards discussed above for free; just follow this link. They’re fairly rough sketches, but should be good enough to give you an idea of what you’re shooting for.
  
  Tips for creating an Elementary Spanish Curriculum also from Bright Hub
  
  

Spanish Picture Flash Cards to Help Remember 5 Verbs (Brincar, Correr, Morder, Bailar, Gritar)

Spanish Picture Flash Cards to Help Remember 5 Verbs

written by: Bright Hub Education Writer • edited by: Rebecca Scudder • updated: 1/24/2013

These downloadable picture flash cards pair funny images with basic Spanish vocabulary, helping you retain and recall the words at need. We also present the concepts you need to create your own cards for memorizing additional verbs.

• Make Your Own Memory Cards

  By now you've probably seen several articles with examples of Spanish picture cards. We present another series of downloadable Spanish picture flash cards, this time for memorizing basic verbs. But we also want to challenge you, and your students, to draw your own memory-enhancing cards.

  In this article we look at how and why we came up with the various images on the cards; use this as a guide for brainstorming ideas for creating your own Spanish picture flash cards, either as a class or individually. As you envision ways to illustrate each Spanish verb, remember that you're trying to create memorable images, not artistic masterpieces.

  Read more about Spanish vocabulary for food and furniture here on Bright Hub Education

• Brincar

  As is often the case, the Spanish word brincar doesn’t translate directly to any one word in English. Instead it has multiple interpretations, depending on context, but they’re all fairly close together. Imagine people hopping, skipping or jumping around. Then imagine them doing so right at the brink of a precipice, and you have a properly ridiculous, memorable image that makes the leap, pun intended, from brink to brincar.

    Or picture a little boy with a toy car, HOPPING to you after you said to BRING CAR

• Correr

  The mental image of an apple core running around is pretty ridiculous, isn’t it? The word core also sounds very much like the Spanish word correr, which means "to run." This simple yet absurd word-image association works both ways: If you're trying to remember the word for “to run”, there’s a good chance the apple core will jog through your thoughts, prompting the thought process: Core... core... ah yes, correr. And if you’re faced with the word correr but can’t remember what it means, that same apple core -- forever caught trotting by on the Spanish picture card you create -- will help you remember what it means.
          You're playing tag with an apple core -  you RUN and hold the CORE in the AIR to tag the person.   CORE-AIR and RUN in the game of tag. 

• Morder

  Image association isn’t all about sound; the visual learners among you will understand right away that an English word that looks like a Spanish word makes a great recall tool, even if the two words don't sound alike. In this case, the English word “border” doesn’t sound anything like the Spanish word morder, but it looks almost exactly like it. Illustrating a Spanish picture card with a pair of biting teeth on a border makes a great image to recall the almost-lookalike word morder and its meaning: To bite. Use whatever image best summons up the word "border" for you. It could be a wallpaper border or a map showing the border between countries.

• Bailar

  Sometimes you can’t think up an English word that sounds or looks exactly like a Spanish vocabulary word, but you might be able to cobble together a short phrase. In this case, the simple phrase of “’bye, Lar!” sounds almost exactly like the Spanish word bailar or to dance. If Lar -- the guy who's leaving -- is forever dancing his way out on your Spanish picture card, you have a memorable, silly image that immediately calls the new Spanish vocabulary word you were looking for to mind.

• Gritar

  The words and images you choose to illustrate your picture flash cards are fairly personal; they depend on how your mind works. For me, the image of screaming sandpaper calls to mind the Spanish word gritar -- to scream -- because when I see sandpaper I think of grit. And again, a piece of screaming sandpaper makes for such a ridiculous mental image that it's very easy to recall.

  If your students enjoy using or creating their own Spanish picture cards, they might also enjoy other activities geared toward visual learners.