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Spanish A2.28.2 The Treasure of Childhood

An adult remembers his childhood with nostalgia while exploring a box of old toys.

Cuento corto: El Tesoro de la Infancia

Un adulto recuerda con nostalgia su infancia mientras explora una caja de juguetes antiguos.

Spanish A2.28.2 The Treasure of Childhood

A2 Spanish

Level: A2

Module 4: El buen pasado (The good old past)

Lesson 28: Infancia y recuerdos (Childhood and memories)

Teaching guidelines +/- 15 minutes

Audio and video

Audio
Audio
Audio with translations
Audio with translations

Text and translation

1. En mi casa guardo una caja llena de juguetes viejos. In my house, I keep a box full of old toys.
2. Cada vez que la abro los recuerdos de mi infancia vuelven a mí. Every time I open it, the memories of my childhood come back to me.
3. Echo de menos esos días. I miss those days.
4. Cuando era niño siempre jugaba con mis amigos en el parque. When I was a child, I always played with my friends in the park.
5. Ahora soy adulto y la nostalgia vuelve a mí. Now I am an adult and the nostalgia returns to me.
6. Recuerdo cuando mi hermano era solo un bebé. I remember when my brother was just a baby.
7. Era un tiempo muy divertido. It was a very fun time.
8. A veces salgo a caminar y pienso en cómo todo ha cambiado. Sometimes I go out for a walk and think about how everything has changed.
9. La infancia no muere. Childhood never dies.
10. Vive en nuestra memoria siempre. It lives in our memory always.

Exercise 1: Discussion questions

Instruction: Discuss the questions after listening to the audio or reading through the text.

  1. ¿Qué hay dentro de la caja que guarda el narrador?
    2. What is inside the box that the narrator keeps?
  2. ¿Qué recuerda el narrador de su hermano?
    3. What does he remember about his brother?
  3. ¿Qué siente el narrador cuando recuerda su infancia?
    4. What does the narrator feel when he remembers his childhood?
  4. ¿Tienes algún juguete o objeto de tu infancia que todavía guardas?
    5. Do you have any toy or object from your childhood that you still keep?
  5. ¿Qué recuerdos te hacen sentir nostalgia y por qué?
    6. What memories make you feel nostalgic and why?

Exercise 2:

Instruction: Fill in the correct word.

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infancia, muere, divertido, nostalgia, juguetes, memoria

1.
En mi casa guardo una caja llena de ... viejos.
(In my house, I keep a box full of old toys.)
2.
Era un tiempo muy ....
(It was a very fun time.)
3.
La infancia no ....
(Childhood does not die.)
4.
Ahora soy adulto y la ... vuelve a mí.
(Now I am an adult and nostalgia returns to me.)
5.
Vive en nuestra ... siempre.
(It lives in our memory always.)
6.
Cada vez que la abro los recuerdos de mi ... vuelven a mí.
(Every time I open it, the memories of my childhood come back to me.)
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