📖 Morning Chat with a Sock Puppet
Charla matutina con un títere de calcetín
📖 Literacy & Language
SL.K.1SL.K.6WL.K.1
Objective: Practice back-and-forth conversation and listening by chatting with a friendly puppet in Spanish.
🧺 Materials
- a clean sock
- marker or stickers (optional)
📋 Instructions (parent)
- Slip a sock over your hand and give the puppet a fun name and a silly voice.
- Have the puppet greet your child in Spanish and wait for your child to answer.
- Let the puppet ask one simple question at a time, pausing for your child to respond.
- Encourage your child to ask the puppet a question back.
- Switch roles so your child wears the puppet and talks to you.
➕ Extension ideas
- Make two puppets and have them talk to each other while your child listens, then joins in.
- Have the puppet 'forget' a word and let your child teach it the right Spanish word.
🗣️ Parent script — say it in Spanish
Español
¡Hola! Me llamo Pepe y soy tu amigo. ¿Cómo te llamas tú? Mucho gusto. Hoy quiero saber muchas cosas de ti. ¿Cómo te sientes esta mañana?
💬 Conversation prompts
- ¿Cómo te llamas?
- ¿Cómo estás hoy?
- ¿Qué comiste en el desayuno?
- ¿Qué te gusta hacer para jugar?
- ¿Quieres preguntarme algo a mí?
🔑 Vocabulary
- hola — hello
- amigo — friend
- títere — puppet
- pregunta — question
- gracias — thank you
- adiós — goodbye
Other ways to do it
⚡ 5-minute version
Just have the puppet say hello, ask one question, and say goodbye.
🚗 Car version
Use your hand as a pretend puppet that 'lives' in the cupholder and chats during the drive.
😴 No-energy version
Lie down together and let the puppet whisper one quiet question, then listen to the answer.
🎯 California standards covered
| SL.K.1 | Taking Part in Conversations “I can take turns talking and listening when I have a conversation.” |
| SL.K.6 | Speaking Clearly “I can speak clearly so others can understand my ideas.” |
| WL.K.1 | Exploring Spanish “I can say hello, count, and name colors in Spanish.” |