Fiesta Femenina is a collection of captivating stories with wonderful characters. They are drawn from the legends of the indigenous people of Mexico and the book is a celebration of the strong women central to these traditional tales. The stories also illustrate the cooperation and kindness that are the essence of Mexican culture and enchant [...]
This is a song with pictures, perfect for the very littlest children learning Spanish. Luna has the words luna (moon), sol (sun), caracol (snail), girasol (sunflower), ruiseñor (nightingale) and corazón (heart). The idea of labeling common objects to a familiar tune is one that you can easily adapt and use with your own pictures. The [...]
Children can draw on information they already know to understand new Spanish vocabulary and structures. When teachers and parents talk about familiar subjects in Spanish, children associate concepts they understand with the new language. This way, children learn Spanish vocabulary in context and applied to content, rather than as lists of vocabulary words which are [...]
This short, simple song asks the sun to warm the Earth. It is a good example of how word families extend a child’s vocabulary as she learns Spanish. Children can hear the relationship between the common words calor (heat) and frío (cold) and the verbs calentar (to heat something) and enfriar (to make something cold) [...]
Part of summer is protecting kids from the sun. We remind them to put on sun screen, to sit in the shade, and to wear a hat. Use these phrases in Spanish as you protect your child from too much sun. Talking about using sunscreen: Ponte bloqueador. – Put on sunscreen. Vamos a ponerte bloquedor.- [...]
This activity is from Manualidades para niños; thanks to them for the permission to embed the video! Make this sun with your child and at the same time provide the opportunity for her to listen to and understand native-speaker Spanish. Your child hears Spanish as she listens to the instructions, and the images make the [...]
There are several versions of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star in Spanish. Children love this familiar song, and both versions use basic vocabulary and structures. Choose the version that most appeals to you and sing with your child! If you are learning Spanish with your child, you can search Estrellita donde estás on You Tube and [...]
I love this pretty little song in Spanish.. It captures a child’s puzzlement at the changes in the moon and its coming and going. I also like the confidence it shows in Mom to be able to explain things! The phrase yo no sé or no sé (I don’t know) is vocabulary that all parents, [...]
Oso bajo el sol is the bilingual edition of Bear in Sunshine. Like the other Bear books in this series the illustrations are fanciful and full of details that create a world that appeals to children and adults alike. In addition to pictures that support the Spanish words about weather and the seasons, there are [...]
This Spanish song is short, simple and always popular with even my youngest groups. It lends itself to actions that reinforce the words the children are singing including día, noche, sol, luna, pequeña, mayor, frío, and calor. You can see the actions in the video. The kind people at Yo canto y bailo está canción [...]
Variations of familiar games are an easy way to incorporate Spanish into the day. The game Duck,Duck,Goose is a good example. I play this game in class in Spanish with the phrases buenas noches and buenos días. One child moves around the outside of the circle saying buenas noches as she touches each child on [...]
Day and night, sun and moon – these natural rhythms establish a child’s sense of time and daily routine. It is also vocabulary that children acquire at a young age. el día – day la noche – night el sol – sun la luna – moon la estrella – star These common words are easy [...]
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