Oh oh oh!!! I teach Spanish and the kids and parents love it! And I'm not wasting my time because it is followed up with in Kindergarten here.
I hire someone who speaks Spanish as her native language to come and give the kids an immersion experience. It's very cool. That happens two times a week for two hours each time.
I also do basic word commands in both English and Spanish all the time. I don't say "thank you", I say "thank you/gracias" and sometimes just "gracias". All of my kids say hello, goodbye, more, thank you, and you're welcome in Spanish, all the time. They don't greet me or say goodbye to me in English, they do it in Spanish. This takes serious commitment!
There are a lot of YouTube videos we use for fun songs, and the dck's can now sing them by heart. I would be happy to share more if you message me that you are interested.
Adios!
