Online activities, Questions, Toys and Games, Verbs, Vocabulary 4 September 2010

This simple game is called Encuentre el bebé (Find the Baby). Each screen presents a different scene, such as a living room, or the park.  You and your child click where you think the baby might be hiding.
The game asks in Spanish ¿Puedes adivinar dónde está el bebé? (Can you …

 Questions, Songs, Verbs, Vocabulary 2 September 2010

There are several children’s songs in Spanish that teach or reinforce the question word dónde (where). These songs also teach estar, the Spanish verb for “to be” that is used to express location.
¿Dónde están las llaves? (Where are the keys?) is a traditional song with several versions. It can be …

 Photographs, Verbs, Vocabulary 24 August 2010

Photographs are one of the best ways to provide a context for Spanish language tasks.  With the visual support provided by the photo, children can understand Spanish words and structures that they might not otherwise recognize.  Also, text supported by pictures can reinforce vocabulary and verb forms that children already …

 House, Songs, Verbs, Vocabulary 18 August 2010

This song uses the verb tener, and other useful verbs, in the first person. This verb form, the yo form, is one of the first children learn and it lets them talk about what they do. Through actions, the song also teaches a common meaning of así – “this way”, …

 Songs, Verbs, Videos, Vocabulary 16 August 2010

This song, Si tú tienes muchas ganas de aplaudir (If you feel a lot like clapping) is the Spanish version of “If You’re Happy and You Know It.” It reinforces the meaning of the common Spanish phrase tener ganas de + infinitive (to feel like doing something). It also uses …

 Animals, Songs, Verbs, Vocabulary 13 August 2010

In addition to using tener to talk about what we have, we often use tener to express the way we feel. These are phrases that we use everyday.  Use them with your child to model the verb tener in its different forms.
Comment on how you feel before you ask your …

 Body parts, Songs, Verbs, Vocabulary 13 August 2010

This song teaches the Spanish verb forms tengo (I have) and tienes (you have) as children sing about the parts of the face. Point to yourself when you use tengo (I have) and to your child when you use tienes (you have) to clarify the change in subject. …

 Toys and Games, Verbs, Vocabulary 13 August 2010

Tener (to have) is one of the most common verbs in Spanish.  You can model the use of tengo (I have) and tienes (you have) with many activities and daily interactions.
Card game:
The game “war” in which two players turn over cards and the player with the higher card keeps both …