Color in Spanish Culture

In Spanish culture, it seems that there is much more presence of color compared to Northern European countries. Through my explorations, I’ve come across several remarkable elements from the culture of Spain. Let’s focus on Spain, although Latin American...

The Week of Giftedness

A week dedicated to bringing positive attention to the subject of giftedness. It was a week with a positive approach! (see the website). The webinar I organized was titled “Challenging and Inspiring Learning Materials for Gifted pupils in Primary School.”...

Use of Part 1 for proficient English-speaking pupils

Recently, a teacher came with a request to use the English version of Juan y Rosa in the classroom for pupils who excel in English. To provide them with a continued challenge in English at the primary school level, these pupils are now learning Spanish in English....

The digital environment for the pupils

Because the Learning Management System of Edmodo has stopped we have build a digital environment for the two parts of Juan y Rosa. When you have ordered the books you will get a password with which you have access to all the websitelinks, games for learning the...

Cultural Spain – Valencia

In Valencia, it is customary to celebrate the arrival of  spring with large bonfires. Traditionally, workshops were cleaned up before the new year and sculptures were made out of the waste materials. At the end of the two-week-long festival, Las Fallas, the sculptures...

Invitation to the webinar on March 9th

During the online meeting, I will tell you more about the Juan y Rosa learning method, which is a challenging learning method for primary school pupils. It offers these pupils an extra challenge to learn the skill of learning, starting from early Key Stage 2. When...

Cultural Spain – Córdoba

Córdoba, city of patios Have I ever told you about Córdoba and the annual competition that is held there for the most beautifully decorated patio? La Fiesta de los Patios de Córdoba is the most important annual festive event in Córdoba. For 12 days in May, the...

New website under development

As the owner of Cino Spaans, I also develop material that has nothing to do with Spanish but everything to do with the challenge of supporting gifted primary school pupils in the classroom. I therefore have a separate website called https://cinospaans.nl, which is...
Changes to the ‘Juan y Rosa’ website

Changes to the ‘Juan y Rosa’ website

We have made several changes to the www.juanyrosa.com website: The videos have been aligned with the first two parts of Juan y Rosa: Part 0 and Part 1. We will not start preparing Part 2 for English-speaking pupils until the first batch of current students are halfway...