Good Spanish language resources?

[cfreeman]

I help teach catechesis to high school freshmen. One of my students is a Spanish-only speaker. I speak very little Spanish. Thankfully, some of my students are fluently bilingual. My student still misses out on a lot, however, as I conduct the class in English and have other students translate what they can once they’re in small groups.

Does anyone know of any free or low-cost Spanish language catechesis resources that I could give to this student?

Thanks
To Jesus through Mary

 

[1ke]

May I ask, where is your DRE in all this? It shouldn’t be up to a volunteer catechist to handle this on their own.

I suggest you first contact your diocese for resources and suggestions on how to provide religious education for a non English speaker if you don’t have a catechist who speaks their language.

In addditon ask for a bilingual parishioner to step forward to be a Spanish speaking catechist. The student should be taught in their own language if at all possible.

I also suggest you go to Communications Center at comcenter.com and look on their Spanish tab for Spanish resources for teachers, parents, and students.

 

[cfreeman]

The DRE knows all about it. And I do have a bilingual catechist that helps teach the class. But since the student is the only one who doesn’t know English, it’s hard to teach him one on one.

I wonder if I should split our group into two. One with students who speak Spanish and the bilingual catechist, and the other group with me and the English speakers.

 

[Luz_Maria]

One option that some Pastors in my area have is to send the person to catechesis at a parish that holds classes in Spanish. I believe that the two Pastors (the one sending and the one receiving the student) have to be in agreement. The parent would possibly also should “be in agreement” if the student is a minor. The diocese catechesis office might have information for you as to which parish/es have the classes or how the diocese can help. 1ke might know more about this.

May Our Lord guide you, and thank you for trying to help this young person.

 

[1ke]

The DRE knows all about it. And I do have a bilingual catechist that helps teach the class. But since the student is the only one who doesn’t know English, it’s hard to teach him one on one.

I wonder if I should split our group into two. One with students who speak Spanish and the bilingual catechist, and the other group with me and the English speakers.

I’d split them and have Spanish resources for the Spanish speakers.