The Bilingual Baby DVD is a wonderful collection of images to support a voice-over narration of basic Spanish words and phrases. There is no story, but this DVD is surprisingly engaging and entertaining. The live action video of people and animals has wonderful colors and the pacing is just right. It holds a child’s attention and yet it is never too busy or overwhelming.
Debajo de un botón (Under A Button) is a traditional Spanish song for children. Children love this song because it is tells a little story, and it is short and fun. It has great rhythm, as it repeats the last syllable of the last word of each line. It is one of the most common [...]
Este dedito compró un huevito (this little finger, or toe, bought an egg) is a rhyme that you say as you play with a child’s fingers or toes. It is a traditional Spanish rhyme and one of the most common games to play with little children. It is perfect for preschoolers and older kids too [...]
I use this Spanish song for kids with preschoolers and beginning language learners. I suggested it on Spanish Playground about a year and a half ago, but I wanted to share a couple of variations and a great video from a preschool in Spain. La luna y el sol teaches basic concepts about the sun [...]
This is a collection of videos to use in the classroom, and many of them are short and appropriate for children learning Spanish. The government of Chile makes these videos available on the education portal Educarchile. You can download the videos to use with children learning Spanish. You can also watch them on the site, [...]
I just watched the Whistlefritz Spanish for Kids DVD – Las estaciones. It is so well done! I am going to explain why I liked it, in detail, but I understand that some of you want just the basics and to know if the product is a good investment. The DVD is intended to introduce [...]
It is fall, and in Wisconsin we have calabazas, or pumpkins, everywhere! 1,2,3 Calabaza is a traditional game children play in Mexico. It is a good game for even the youngest children learning Spanish. I do not know if it is played in other Latin American countries or not, but in Spain it is called [...]
Los esqueletos, The Skeletons, is a great song for kids learning Spanish. It fits in well if you are doing anything related to El día de los muertos or Halloween, but it is also just a fun song to sing and teaches lots of language. When the clock strikes the different hours, skeletons come out [...]
Se hace de noche is a traditional rhyme in Spanish that tells the story of a vampire, or a witch in some versions. It does not really have anything to do with Halloween originally, but it fits in well with other Halloween vocabulary. The story starts out sounding spooky and the suspense builds. Then there [...]
I am participating once again in latinaish.com‘s Spanish Friday. Join us! Leí una vez un artículo de Anna Quindlen donde decía que el día más feliz de su vida fue cuando se dió cuenta de que su hijo podía leer. Me identifico complétamente con este sentimiento, porque cuando mis propios hijos aprendieron a leer sabía [...]
I am participating once again in http://latinaish.com/ ‘s Spanish Friday. Join us! Hace unas semanas un grupo de amigos hablábamos del poder de los medios de comunicación. Nos preguntábamos qué seríamos capaces de hacer si esos medios tan poderosos intentaran influir a la gente de manera positiva. De allí empezamos a hablar de las campañas [...]
At the end of my last post, I mentioned a video of a clapping game with cups called Escatumbararibê. The game is from Brazil and the song has nonsense words. The video I recommended is a version of Escatumbararibê combined with a traditional juego de manos, a clapping game, called Los hermanos de Juan. A [...]
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