Children like making a gift to give to their mothers for El Día de la Madre, but whether you are in class or at home, it is hard to find time for projects. These printable bracelets can be used in different ways, and they make a cute, easy gift in Spanish. The words la pulsera and el brazalete are both used for bracelet in Spanish. There are four designs that can be printed on plain [...]
This song and music video have a wonderful message for Mamá on Mother’s Day. The song is upbeat and fun and you will love Mariana Iranzi! Mariana is originally from Argentina. An accomplished professional musician, she also composes and performs Spanish songs for children. Her personality comes shining through in this video; it is sure to have both kids and adults singing along with smiles on their faces. Looking at language, this song works well [...]
Cantoalegre is an amazing resource. This fabulous organization from Colombia offers free downloads of their Spanish songs for kids. They explain their generosity saying Porque la música es de todos, te traemos canciones para descargar gratis. Because music belongs to everyone, we bring you songs to download free. Cantoalegre is a non-profit cultural organization in Colombia dedicated to the creation, study and performance of children’s music. The group performs, produces CDs, and has founded numerous [...]
These free Spanish coloring pages from Song School Spanish include lots of basic vocabulary. The pictures are big, clear and labeled in Spanish. There are pictures for many common nouns related to topics like food, animals, weather and the parts of the body. There are also sheets for numbers and colors. In addition to common nouns, there are Spanish coloring sheets for the question words, emotions and most common verbs forms, like tengo, tienes, quiero [...]
This printable Spanish organizer is an activity to help children think about a character they will pretend to be. Kids love finger puppets and other kinds of imaginative play and creating a character is a perfect way to practice personal questions. You can find links the organizer and to printable finger puppets at the end of this post. Speaking for a puppet or character is an great language activity, but it is hard to create [...]
I have written about 9letras before, but with the school year starting I thought it would be a good idea to remind teachers and parents of this great resource. 9letras is a blog by Alberto Abarca Fillat of Huesca, Spain. Alberto shares educational material that he creates for teaching Spanish and his website has a huge number of printable activities for young Spanish learners. These are some of the features and pages that make 9letras [...]
School is starting soon for many of us, so I am passing on a couple of resources that might be helpful if you are looking for activities for the first few days. 1) This printable resource book has a variety of activities for the first days of school. It is made available to teachers by the Consejería de Educación of Andalucía and has material for all elementary school grades. The activities are designed to help [...]
Cántame un cuento is a wonderful project by Natalia Spialter and Filip Tee, both of Spain. Together, they produce fun, educational songs, and many of them can be used with Spanish language learners. You can learn more about their story and music on the Cántame un cuento website. Nat began to write songs when her oldest daughter was an infant as a way to connect and pass on her values. The songs deal with the [...]
One of my favorite websites is Made by Joel. Joel Henriques is an artist and designer in Portland and he shares art and handmade education projects for children on his site. He has many beautiful free printables that are excellent for language activities. Below you will find links to the paper cities, but take time to explore the whole site. It is full of wonderful art activities for kids and adults. For my classes, I [...]
I love this card for Día del Padre! Several of my private students are going to be giving this tarjeta to Dad this Father’s Day. The printable card has a pirinola that you can cut out to play Toma todo with Dad. A pirinola is a top with instructions on each side. Toma todo is a traditional game that my kids played all the time in Mexico. In some countries the top is called a [...]
OnlineFreeSpanish has added a set of activities for Día del Padre. Follow the link below to reach these interactive games. The vocabulary in these games tends to be associated with Dads, but it is also just practical, common Spanish that will serve any language learner well. The set of lessons includes five different interactive games and printable cards in Spanish for Father’s Day. The first game is titled simply Father’s Day and has lots of [...]
One of the most well-known songs for Father’s day in Spanish is Hoy tengo que decirte Papá. It has been recorded by many children’s artists and is dedicated to lots of fathers each Día del Padre. The most famous group to record the song was the Mexican group Timbiriche. Both Thalia and Paulina Rubio, now internationally famous recording artists, sang with Timbiriche. The group has at least two versions of the song, one when they [...]