This short video from Discovery Kids lends itself to lots of Spanish learning activities. As Doki paints a picture, he talks to his friend Pincel (paintbrush). The small range of vocabulary, repetition, and great visuals make this video perfect for Spanish language learners. The video is very short, just one minute long, but there is lots of Spanish that kids will understand. It is important that children have the chance to watch the video more [...]
Kids can learn lots of Spanish from a text-rich environment at home or in a classroom. Posters, signs, bookmarks, screensavers, place mats, notepads – any surface with words is an opportunity to expose children to Spanish. HP México has some really cute printables in Spanish that will appeal to lots of kids. The graphics are fun and it is an easy way to add a little more Spanish to a space. Click the link to [...]
Use this photo and the questions that follow to help children learn Spanish. Like the other Learn Spanish with Pictures posts, these activities are ordered to help children master the vocabulary and gain confidence with the language. Start with Describe the photo (1), and be sure to point to the objects in the picture as you talk about them. When your child understands the key words, ask questions from Choose the answer (2) and Pointing [...]
Talking about pictures is a great way to speak Spanish with children. The activities in Learn Spanish with Pictures are ordered to help children master the vocabulary and gain confidence with the language. Start with Describe the photo (1), and be sure to point to the objects in the picture as you talk about them. When your child understands the key words, ask questions from Choose the answer (2) and Pointing and counting (3). Ask [...]
Learn Spanish with Pictures helps you teach Spanish to children by talking to them about a photograph. The type of question in each section is ordered to help children master the vocabulary and gain confidence with the language. Start with Describe the photo (1), and be sure to point to the objects in the picture as you talk about them. When your child understands the key words, ask questions from Choose the answer (2) and [...]
This collection of drawings is called Las caras de Zanahorio (The faces of Mr. Carrot) and they are an entertaining way to teach or review Spanish vocabulary. The drawings are cute and show Mr. Carrot doing common actions, in different moods, and in different conditions. The graphics are fun enough to interest children, and obvious enough to make the meaning of the Spanish caption clear. All of the faces are labeled with Zanahorio’s nickname “Za” [...]
Spanish, like other languages, has many ways to express even the most basic ideas. Sí and no are usually the first two words that children learn, but there are many ways to say yes, no and maybe in Spanish. It is important that Spanish language learners become comfortable with the concept that the same idea can be expressed in many different ways. Hearing a variety of expressions for the same idea, when they can understand [...]
This website is great for talking about food in Spanish, especially if you are taking your children with you to the grocery store, or doing a food unit in Spanish. It from a Mexican supermarket, Alsuper, and lets families make and print a grocery list. The foods are divided into categories, which helps with the grocery shopping and also with learning vocabulary. You can select certain foods and print that list, or you can print [...]
Me gusta contar (I like to count) is a Spanish counting song. I like this song because it teaches kids to count by tens. It is an easy way for them to become familiar with the numbers and once they know the tens, the numbers one to one hundred are simple. This song is easily adapted as a listening exercise, and it is also fun to sing because of the dynamics. You can use this [...]
Descubre las palabras del cuerpo humano is a good activity for children who are learning to read and write the body parts in Spanish. Each screen has a picture of a body part and a word with two letters missing. There are letter combinations above the word and you drag and drop the correct letter combination into the spaces. Children do not have to recognize the word with the letters missing. Instead, they can identify [...]
Children play Frío o caliente in Spanish the same way they play Hot or Cold in English. There are just a few Spanish phrases to learn, and this game can easily be adapted to review Spanish vocabulary. It works well with just two or three children or a larger group. To play Frío o caliente, choose one person who will look for something. That person leaves the room, and the others hide a small object [...]
Spanish jokes are a fun way to expose children to the language. There are jokes at all language levels, and kids learning Spanish love it when they can understand the word play that makes a simple joke work. These Spanish jokes use slightly more complicated structures than First jokes for children learning Spanish but are still simple enough for language learners to understand. Some depend on the way sounds combine in Spanish, or on how [...]