Colors, Numbers, Vocabulary 29 May 2010

Color-by-number pictures in Spanish are a simple activity to reinforce color words and numbers for Spanish language learners. Older children can read the colors in the key (1-azul, 2-verde), and teachers or parents can read them to younger children.  As children color the picture, the numbers and colors are repeated.  …

 Numbers, Photographs, Verbs 25 March 2010

Look at the picture with your child. Read the questions that follow and answer them together.  Don’t worry about understanding every word in the questions.  You can often understand the main idea anyway.  The ability and the confidence to listen (or read) for the main idea without understanding every word …

 Books, Numbers 23 March 2010

Las gallinas de la señora Sato tells a simple story with both sequence and repetition. It moves through the days of the week and describes what the narrator finds each day as she visits Mrs. Sato’s hens.

El domingo fui a ver las gallinas de la señora Sato. On Sunday …

 How to, Numbers 22 March 2010

Here are some phrases to help you incorporate numbers in Spanish into your day.
¿Cuántos hay? – How many are there?
¿Cuántos tienes? – How many do you have?
Vamos a contar -Let’s count.
¿Qué número es eso? – What number is that?
¿Qué número sigue? – What number is next?
With younger children counting in …

 Numbers, Songs 21 March 2010

This is a simple song for learning numbers. Listening and then singing along is also a great way to practice pronouncing the words correctly.  These are words and a translation.
Click here to listen to the song.
Empieza con uno -                                     Begin with one -
uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco,                one, …

 Body parts, Numbers, Songs 24 February 2010

This song is sung to the tune of  “Ten Little Fingers.”   Wave your two hands as you sing dos manitas, wiggle your ten fingers as you sing diez deditos, and count with your fingers as you sing from one to ten.  If you’re not sure of the pronunciation or the …