It's been a great 2015 here at www.senorashby.com! I love teaching because I love being creative.  Starting this site as a way to intentionally share my resources with other teachers has been a great way to further motivate myself to continue to create new Spanish educational content. In early September, I set a lofty goal of releasing new content on www.senorashby.com each week.  
​Since that time, I have added the following resources to the site:

12 New Songs- Including (click to listen):
-Mírame Whip                                                                    -O to Ue Stem-Changers                                                    -Central America Rap
-Gringolicious                                                                     -Subject Pronoun Rap                                                         -South America Rap
-Los Meses Macarena                                                      -¿Qué hora es? (the remix)                                                 -¿Qué hay en la mochila?
-Sobre mi cuerpo                                                              -¿Qué hora es?                                                                       -E to I stem-changers   

4 New music videos or re-recordings of existing songs (click to listen):
-Number Rap                               -Días y Meses                                   -Las profesiones Rap                                    -Los Opuestos Rap

​3 New Online Lessons (click to view):
-Tener                                                                                 -Preterite Conjugations                                                              -Car Gar Zar Verbs

And​ other fun resources such as (click to view): 
-Classroom number Lesson              -Gringolicious Packet               -Clothing Vocabulary Video                       -Top 10 Vocabulary Activities

Out of all of the resources I added to the site this year,  I most enjoyed making "Gringolicious". From being honked at by cars while I walked down the street in my sombrero, to turning my yellow lab into a bull, "Gringolicious" was just plain fun. 

That brings the total number of original songs on www.senorashby.com to 38, and the total number of online lessons to 39​.  As we approach 2016,  I would love if you could do one or both of the following:
1. Think of a fellow Spanish teaching colleague to whom you can recommend my site.
2. Comment on this post, or send me an email at [email protected] with suggestions for what other resources and songs you'd like to see added in 2016.  

Feliz año nuevo from www.senorashby.com! 

My class is currently at the end of Unit 3, Lesson 2 from the Avancemos textbook.  We used this partner conversation for some activities today in class and my students had a lot of fun with it! See the conversation below:

During my first year of teaching almost 10 years ago, I knew that learning through music was an extremely powerful way to engage students and produce lasting learning results.  Teaching in an urban school setting, I began taking popular songs and changing the lyrics to match language learning objectives.  I added visual aids and TPR motions to the songs and was amazed at the results.  This week, I am releasing a new music video featuring a song I recorded back in 2006. The initial target demographic was for upper elementary students in a FLES elementary Spanish program.  Check out a preview of the song below.  Senor Ashby subscribers have full access to the song here.

In addition to this song, I also have begun to develop song resources for my Paco y Anita Rap.  Thus far, I have just added the lyrics, as well as a powerpoint with lyrics and visual aids.  I plan to expand this soon to lesson plan ideas and other resources.  Senor Ashby subscribers can access the resources  here. Check out the Paco y Anita Rap below. 

I am excited to release two new songs this week about present tense stem-changers! The first is my "o to ue" stem-changing rap and it is available on youtube.  Check it out below. 

"The second song is my  "e to i" stem-changing rap.  A youtube preview is available below, and the full version is available for www.senorashby.com subscribers. 

Look for my "e to ie" stem-changing rap to be released in the coming weeks!  These songs tie in well with my Gringolicious music video and resource packet.  You can check that out here.