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Every four years an excellent opportunity arises to expose your children to the various cultures of the world when 32 nations unite in one country to vie for the FIFA World Cup.
Starting next week on June 11th, seven Spanish-speaking countries will be amongst the 32 qualifying teams competing in South Africa during el Mundial: Honduras, México, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile and Spain. In my house we are rooting for both México and the U.S.A. We are counting the days in my house for the inaugural game of South Africa vs México to kick off the biggest event on earth and to mark the first of many World Cups we´ll get to enjoy with my daughter. It is sure to be one of the family traditions she will endure for many years. It is also one more chance to for us to tell her more about her papá´s country of origin, México, and the rich soccer tradition it flaunts.
There are many ways to make this global event part of your family traditions and incorporate the month-long World Cup fever into your bilingual and bicultural learning activities.
- Sit with your child and explain to him/her the sport of fútbol and how it serves to bring together billions of people from around the world regardless of their language, culture or race.
- Show him on the map where these Spanish-speaking countries are and who the players with a “hero” status are: Rafa Marquez, Kaká, Messi, amongst others.
- Watch the matches live in Spanish on Univisión and get him to shout out loud the famous “GOOOOOLLLL” every time one is scored.
- Take him to a local fútbol game where the players are Spanish speakers and he gets to practice and play.
- Make him familiar with the players on the Men´s US Soccer team which will be representing this country in South Africa. The pool of players is very diverse with many of them from Hispanic descent. They can be your child´s hero this summer.
- Find a FIFA World Cup Panini collectible sticker album or play it´s online version together as a family. I remember collecting these as a child and it was a sport in itself!
- Watch the videos and sing along to the most popular World Cup anthems in Spanish. Here we have the Coca-Cola Official World Cup bilingual theme in Spanish and English, where famous pop singer from Spain, David Bisbal, joins Somalian rapper K´Naan in this uplifting song: Wavin’ Flag.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qihANYKYAp0
Can you tell just how excited I am about the Mundial!
Do you make it a tradition to watch the World Cup? How will you watch it with your kids? Who are you rooting for?
Teach your kids the WAKA WAKA!!!!
World-famous singing sensation, Shakira, is showing her support for 1GOAL, an international campaign to promote universal education, with a very special challenge. Shakira is asking people all over the world to support 1GOAL by recording themselves dancing the Waka Waka and uploading it to YouTube as a response to her original video.
http://www.youtube.com/shakirawakawaka
thank you for sharing this info, Gloria
We are totally getting ready for “la copa” in my household. I’m hoping my baby is here by then so she can get into it, too. It will be a great way to welcome her into our Latino culture. Her abuelita, who is coming from Miami, has already bought us Mexico shirts!
I have been counting down the days! This is such a great song, not only i love the beat but also the lyrics…
Chile never makes it to the world cup so you’d better believe we will be celebrating! I apologise to my neighbours in advance. Especially here in the UK where futbol is so big —wooooooo! Can’t wait! by the way, love this site. Please see my blog http://www.mummysbusyworld.blogspot.com. I too am raising my son to be bilingual…it would be a crime not to!
After the World Cup, my little 2-year-old now whenver he sees a soccer match is on TV he raises his arms and shouts GOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!
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