Spanish Songs for Kids – Free Downloads from Cantoalegre

 Animals, Audio, Body parts, Christmas, Earth Day, Emotions, Family, Food, Greetings, Holidays, House, Online activities, Songs, Values, Verbs, Videos, Vocabulary, Websites  3 Responses »
Apr 292013
 
Spanish Songs for Kids - Free Downloads from Cantoalegre

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 [...]

40 Ways to Use Sticky Notes to Teach Kids Spanish

 Body parts, Colors, Food, House, Language learning, Letters, Miscellaneous, Numbers, Position words, Shapes, Toys and Games, Verbs, Vocabulary  No Responses »
Feb 102013
 
40 Ways to Use Sticky Notes to Teach Kids Spanish

Sticky notes have to be one of the handiest inventions ever. In addition to keeping us organized, they are wonderful for language activities to teach kids Spanish. You can rearrange sticky notes, so they are perfect for matching activities. You can put them on a wall, so everything is bigger and kids can stand up and move. You can put them anywhere, so language can be applied to the physical world (I couldn’t resist the [...]

Spanish Poem for Children – ¡Qué grande era todo! for Beginning Spanish Learners

 Day and Night, House, Opposites, Poems, Reading, Vocabulary  No Responses »
Jan 302013
 
Spanish Poem for Children - ¡Qué grande era todo! for Beginning Spanish Learners

¡Qué tan grande era todo cuando yo era chico! is a Spanish poem for children. It uses basic vocabulary that is appropriate for beginning Spanish language learners and is excellent exposure to the imperfect tense. This poem is about the sensation children have that the world around them is getting smaller as they grow. Many kids remember when they could not reach the counter or the faucet, for example. The poem is by the well-known [...]

Printable Spanish Lacing Cards – Self-checking Practice for Beginning Readers

 Animals, Colors, House, Printable, Reading, Verbs, Vocabulary  No Responses »
Jan 282013
 
Printable Spanish Lacing Cards - Self-checking Practice for Beginning Readers

These printable Spanish lacing cards are a hit with students, especially the ones who do best with hands-on activities. The cards are basically matching or fill-in-the-blank exercises, but kids do them by lacing string or yarn to join the two columns. If they lace the cards correctly, the yarn on the back of the card matches the lines. These are not preschool lacing cards. One of the cards focuses on colors and animals. The order [...]

Shape Books to Make Mini Books for Kids Learning Spanish

 Animals, Body parts, Books, Clothes, Colors, Crafts, House, Numbers, Printable, Reading, Vocabulary  1 Response »
Jan 082013
 
Shape Books to Make Mini Books for Kids Learning Spanish

These patterns of common objects from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt can be used in lots of ways with children learning Spanish. I usually use shape books to make mini books related to the object or animal, but they also make excellent stick puppets, props for storytelling, craft materials kids can decorate and writing paper. Most of these shape books are available with and without lines. Also, the website gives permission to print and copy the pages [...]

Learn Spanish with Pictures – A Birthday Party

 Food, House, Language learning, Learn Spanish with Pictures, Numbers, Online activities, Photographs, Questions, Vocabulary  No Responses »
Jan 022013
 
Learn Spanish with Pictures – A Birthday Party

Talking about photographs is a good way for children to practice Spanish. This activity with a picture of a birthday party lets children hear common vocabulary and structures. The questions that follow the photo, like all the Learn Spanish with Pictures activities, are ordered to help children master the vocabulary and gain confidence with the language. Start with Describe the photo (1) and be sure to point to the objects in the picture as you [...]

Spanish Poem for Children with Suggested Activities – Mi casa está viva

 House, Poems, Printable, Reading, Songs, Vocabulary  No Responses »
Nov 192012
 
Spanish Poem for Children with Suggested Activities – Mi casa está viva

Douglas Wright is a well-known author and illustrator from Argentina. Among his many talents, he writes poems for children in Spanish. I use his poetry with Spanish language learners because the language is accessible, the poems are from a child’s point of view and children identify with feelings and experiences. They also have rhythm and rhyme so that they are wonderful to listen to and fun to recite. Mi casa está viva has familiar vocabulary, [...]

Spanish Song for Kids – La Casa Disparatada

 House, Jokes, Songs  No Responses »
Oct 302012
 
Spanish Song for Kids - La Casa Disparatada

This Spanish song for kids teaches lots of house vocabulary and is also a good way for kids to hear and sing negative structures. Mostly though, this song is great fun. It describes a crazy house – without a roof, walls, floor – and has a funny twist at the end that kids love. The original song by Vinicius De Moraes is in Portuguese, but lots of artists sing it in Spanish. The versions have [...]

Printable Spanish Activities for Children – 9letras

 Animals, Body parts, Clothes, Emotions, Family, Food, House, Letters, Numbers, Opposites, Position words, Printable, Professions, Questions, Reading, Toys and Games, Verbs, Vocabulary, Websites  No Responses »
Aug 302012
 
Printable Spanish Activities for Children - 9letras

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 [...]

Spanish Game with Actions to Teach Prepositions – Síganme

 Animals, House, Outside, Outside-Nature, Position words, Toys and Games, Vocabulary  No Responses »
Aug 202012
 
Spanish Game with Actions to Teach Prepositions - Síganme

This activity involves acting out a series of movements with prepositions, like encima de una silla or debajo de una mesa. The objects are imaginary in this game; we are just pretending to climb over a chair and go under a table. The game is quick, physical and I have used it with students of all ages to practice prepositions with other vocabulary. It works as well at home with one child as it does [...]

Spanish poem for kids – Una casa con un sol

 Day and Night, House, Outside, Outside-Nature, Poems, Pronunciation, Reading, Seasons, Summer, Vocabulary  No Responses »
Jul 092012
 
Spanish poem for kids – Una casa con un sol

This Spanish poem for children is titled Una casa con un sol. It uses familiar, conversational language to describe the way sunlight enters and brightens a house. It is a summer poem with basic vocabulary that Spanish language learners understand. Una casa con un sol is by the well-known Argentine author and illustrator Douglas Wright. His books are hard to get in the United States, but he generously shares his work on his blog El [...]

Speak Spanish with Kids with Printable Paper City

 Crafts, Family, House, How to, Polite expressions, Position words, Printable, Toys and Games, Vocabulary, Websites  No Responses »
Jun 212012
 
Speak Spanish with Kids with Printable Paper City

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 [...]

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