This cube is a fun way to practice different actions like salta (jump) run (corre) and camina (walk). It also works with activities that can be acted out, like come una zanahoria (eat a carrot) or abre la puerta (open the door). I have included a few of my PDFs for simple cubes below. An [...]
¿Qué hay en un árbol? is a Spanish ebook for parents and teachers to read with young language learners. The repetition helps children absorb the sound and structure of the language. The text exactly describes the photos and teaches common nouns and the verb hay (there is/there are). Scroll down for a parent/teacher guide and [...]
This online game with Spanish audio works well for language learners who are starting to read. It associates the sound of the word with a picture and also with the written word. Description of online game with Spanish audio On each screen there are nine pictures with the word written under them. The Spanish audio [...]
Manitas is a magazine for kids published by the newspaper Prensa Libre of Guatemala. They have a fun set of activities and cards for Dia del amor y la amistad or Valentine’s Day. There are several things I like about using this page with Spanish language learners, both in the instructions and the activities: – [...]
Juguemos en el bosque is one of my favorite picture books to read to children learning Spanish. It teaches Spanish clothes vocabulary and it really makes kids laugh. The book is based on the traditional game and song Juguemos en el bosque. You can read a post about the game and hear the song here: [...]
This set of Spanish Valentine’s Day materials and activities is from the wonderful website Nourish Interactive. The free printable Spanish materials include coloring pages, cards, a word search puzzle and a worksheet of Valentine’s Day words to alphabetize. All of these activities teach Spanish food vocabulary if you talk about them with kids learning Spanish. [...]
These Valentine’s Day games are versions of memory (or concentration) and they are great activities for kids to speak Spanish. Kids who are reading can practice common verbs and younger Spanish learners can practice numbers and counting. Spanish game: Memory to practice pronoun-verb combinations These cards for playing memory (or other games) are based on [...]
Jokes are a fun way to speak Spanish to children. 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. You can find specific suggestions for telling jokes to kids with ten easy jokes in this post: First jokes [...]
These two games with Spanish audio teach children pronunciation, animal vocabulary and letter sounds. They are from the site Leo lo que veo (I read what I see). The games were designed for native Spanish speakers, but work well with children learning Spanish. These games can be played by children of any age and any [...]
This slideshare presentation has nine short Spanish poems about winter. They were compiled by a teacher in Alicante, Spain. One of the poems is a traditional song that I wrote about here: Spanish song – Winter. Unfortunately, I do not know the authors or sources of the other poems. You will find a Spanish transcript [...]
Grande y pequeño is a Spanish ebook for parents and teachers to read with young language learners. The repetition helps children absorb the sound and structure of the language. The text exactly describes the photos and teaches common nouns, the adjectives grande (big) and pequeño (small) and the verb hay (there is/there are). Scroll down [...]
This short Spanish story is available as a free download from El biblio de los chicos. It is a 24-line dialog by Melina Pogorelsky and has an illustration by Analía Godoy. This is a excellent example of authentic language that can be used successfully with Spanish language learners. The story is a dialog, but the [...]
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