Let's play with books: 'The Spanglish Girl',  by Natalia Simons

The Instituto Cervantes, the official Spanish Government Centre, is a public institution founded in 1991 to promote Spanish language teaching and knowledge of the cultures of Spanish speaking countries throughout the world.

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Storytelling with creative activities for bilingual learning

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Instituto Cervantes in Manchester organises the "Let's Play with Books" series. Coordinated by Magaly Flores, the programme wants to encourage children's interest and motivation in reading through stories, music and creative crafts in a way that allows their imaginations to soar and transports them to new worlds.The Spanglish Girl is a story written by Natalia Simons where she works on bilingualism as a way of learning from childhood. We launch the book in a storytelling session organised by the teacher Magaly Flores, who wants to encourage the creativity of the youngest children through reading and creative activities. In this story, you can meet Anna, a little girl who spends her summers in a village in Spain with her grandparents. The rest of the year she lives in England. Although Anna visits Spain every year, she cannot speak much Spanish yet. She only speaks it a bit at home, with her mum. The children in the Spanish village laugh at the way she talks; they say that Anna speaks differently than them. Her grandma reminds her how lucky she is to be able to speak two languages, Spanish and English, and to have two different cultures. Natalia Simons comment that "writing has always been a passion of mine, so when the pandemic hit, I had more time and I decided to write the book because I wanted to help bilingual children feel identified with a story and for monolingual children to learn Spanish and be aware of different cultures".

Activity at the Instituto Cervantes in Manchester.Recommended age: 5 to 9 years old.Free event in Spanish and EnglishFor more information, please contact cultman@cervantes.es<a href="https://manchester.cervantes.es/imagenes/seguridad_alumnos_instituto_cervantes_mcr_en_2020.pdf" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Check the measures implemented to keep you safe.</a>

El Instituto Cervantes de Mánchester organiza la serie «Juguemos con libros», un programa destinado a fomentar el interés y motivación de las niñas y niños por la lectura a través de los cuentos, la música y las manualidades creativas de una manera que les permita volar la imaginación y les transporte a nuevos mundos. La chica espanglish es un cuento escrito por Natalia Simons que trabaja el bilingüismo como forma de aprendizaje desde la infancia. Presentamos el libro en un cuentacuentos organizado por la profesora Magaly Flores que quiere potenciar la creatividad de los más pequeños a través de la lectura y las actividades creativas. El cuento narra la historia de Anna que es una niña que pasa los veranos con sus abuelos en un pequeño pueblo en España, pero reside en Inglaterra. Cuando va a España se encuentra con que no sabe español, ya que solo lo habla con su madre en casa. Los niños del pueblo se ríen de cómo habla, pero su abuela le recuerda la suerte que tiene por vivir dos culturas y hablar dos idiomas: inglés y español. Natalia Simons nos comenta que «Siempre me ha gustado escribir, entonces cuando llegó la pandemia tenía más tiempo y decidí escribir el libro porque quería ayudar a niños bilingües sentirse identificados con el cuento y que los monolingües se interesen por aprender castellano y saber sobre la cultura española».

Actividad en el Instituto Cervantes de MánchesterEdad recomendada: 5 a 9 años.Actividad gratuita y bilingüe, en español e inglés.Para más información, contacta cultman@cervantes.es<a href="https://manchester.cervantes.es/imagenes/seguridad_alumnos_instituto_cervantes_mcr_es_2020_2021.pdf" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Medidas implementadas para la prevención de posibles contagios.</a>

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Let's play with books: 'The Spanglish Girl', by Natalia Simons

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