This year I am going to be incorporating numerous Thematic Units in direct correlation with what is happening in their main classroom. Thematic units are designed using content as the organizing principle. Vocabulary, structures, and cultural information are included as they relate to the themes in each unit(Nebraska Foreign Language Education).
For preschool and PreK we are going to begin by using music. Songs, like poetry, are one of the most powerful combinations in helping the learner commit limited phrases and word combinations to memory, to be put into active service at a later time in communication. Songs often contain the elements of repetition, rhyme and rhythm that facilitate quick memorization and easy imitation of the original text material(Garza).
