These questions in Spanish are useful for all kinds of activities, including board games, classroom games or just asking each other for fun. Children learn many of these words and structures in elementary school. They also are familiar with the content. Of course, what kids understand will depend on their level and age. You can always reword the questions to make them easier for your students or children to understand. Una preguntita is a continually [...]
These Spanish questions are based on vocabulary children learn early in their exposure to the language. The questions include words for numbers, seasons, colors, animals and food. I use questions like these for all kinds of games and activities, including board games. Una preguntita is a growing collection of questions that encourage kids to draw on information they know to understand Spanish. Although some words in the questions will be new, kids use their prior [...]
This set of Spanish questions is based on some of the first vocabulary that children learn. The questions include words for numbers, body parts, colors, animals and food. I use questions like these for all kinds of activities, including board games and classroom games. Una preguntita is a continually growing collection of questions that encourage kids to draw on information they know to understand Spanish. Although some words in the questions will be new, kids [...]
Una preguntita is a continually growing collection of questions that encourage kids to draw on information they know to understand Spanish. These questions are perfect for all kinds of games and activities. Although some words in the questions will be new, kids use their prior knowledge as context to understand and answer. You can find a more complete explanation of using knowledge as context here and a set of questions for very beginners here. Be [...]
Una preguntita is a continually growing collection of questions that encourage kids to draw on information they know to understand Spanish. Although some words in the questions will be new, kids use their prior knowledge as context to understand and answer. You can find a more complete explanation of using knowledge as context here. You can find a set of questions for very beginners here. Be sure to check back for more question sets. These [...]
I have used Spanish quotes with students of many different ages. They are good exposure to authentic language and also introduce children to the names of writers and thinkers from Spanish-speaking countries. Printed on colored paper, quotes are an easy way to make a bulletin board. They also make great writing prompts or springboards for small group and class discussion. The Spanish quotes you use will depend on the age and language level of your [...]
No-Work Spanish recently contacted me about sharing their audiobooks with my readers. These books are designed as a language-learning product, so the format is different than that of a typical audiobook. Each chapter is read sentence by sentence in both languages – first a sentence in English and then the same sentence in Spanish. Then the whole chapter is read again in Spanish. I cannot claim to understand what theory of language acquisition No-Work Spanish [...]
Congratulations to Laura Kelly and Christie Esparza (numbers 9 and 18), the two winners of this giveaway! Thank you to everyone for the advice you shared for parents learning Spanish with their children. There are lots of great suggestions. And as always, thanks for reading and participating on Spanish Playground! We are giving away two copies of 52 Weeks of Family Spanish to Spanish Playground readers. To be eligible to win, leave a comment here [...]
52 Weeks of Family Spanish is a little book with a big goal – to help families speak the language, one weekly lesson at a time. Author Eileen McAree took up learning Spanish with her four children. Based on her experiences, she wrote a book that is more than Spanish for children; it offers manageable Spanish lessons for families. 52 Weeks of Family Spanish is available on Amazon in print or for the Kindle. These [...]
Hi, I’m Andrew, and I’ll be your friendly guest poster today. I run a website called How to Learn Spanish and I’ve been a big fan of Jenny’s site for a while. I believe, based on my own experience, that resources for learning a foreign language that are designed for children are also some of the best possible resources for adults who are learning a language. I’m constantly encouraging my own readers to check out [...]
I often get questions about Spanish programs for adults from parents who want to learn Spanish with their children. I recently had the chance to try Visual Link Spanish, and I thought it might be something Spanish Playground readers would be interested in. I tried Level 1: Sentence Building and Conversation. This Spanish software program is intended for adults, but it could certainly be used by motivated high school students. The Basics of Visual Link [...]
Every now and then, I get questions about Spanish programs for adults from parents learning Spanish with their children. So when I had the chance to try Visual Link Spanish, I thought it might be something Spanish Playground readers would be interested in. I tried Level 1: Sentence Building and Conversation. This Spanish software program is intended for adults, but could certainly be used by motivated high school students. The Basics of Visual Link Spanish [...]