Learn Spanish with Pictures helps you teach Spanish to children by talking to them about a photograph. The type of question in each section is 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 [...]
This collection of drawings is called Las caras de Zanahorio (The faces of Mr. Carrot) and they are an entertaining way to teach or review Spanish vocabulary. The drawings are cute and show Mr. Carrot doing common actions, in different moods, and in different conditions. The graphics are fun enough to interest children, and obvious [...]
Spanish, like other languages, has many ways to express even the most basic ideas. Sí and no are usually the first two words that children learn, but there are many ways to say yes, no and maybe in Spanish. It is important that Spanish language learners become comfortable with the concept that the same idea [...]
This website is great for talking about food in Spanish, especially if you are taking your children with you to the grocery store, or doing a food unit in Spanish. It from a Mexican supermarket, Alsuper, and lets families make and print a grocery list. The foods are divided into categories, which helps with the [...]
Me gusta contar (I like to count) is a Spanish counting song. I like this song because it teaches kids to count by tens. It is an easy way for them to become familiar with the numbers and once they know the tens, the numbers one to one hundred are simple. This song is easily [...]
Descubre las palabras del cuerpo humano is a good activity for children who are learning to read and write the body parts in Spanish. Each screen has a picture of a body part and a word with two letters missing. There are letter combinations above the word and you drag and drop the correct letter [...]
Children play Frío o caliente in Spanish the same way they play Hot or Cold in English. There are just a few Spanish phrases to learn, and this game can easily be adapted to review Spanish vocabulary. It works well with just two or three children or a larger group. To play Frío o caliente, [...]
Jokes are a fun way to expose children to Spanish. There are jokes at all language levels, and kids learning Spanish love it when they can understand the word play that makes a simple joke work. These jokes use slightly more complicated structures than First jokes for children learning Spanish but are still simple enough [...]
I have to admit that a lot of the jokes my children told when they were little, in Spanish or English, did not make me laugh. They were usually basic word play or just silly. Of course, even when I didn’t think they were very funny, the kids thought they were hilarious. There are lots [...]
This song teaches the days of the week in Spanish. It is from Los pimpollos, an educational television program from Peru. There is an official YouTube channel where you can hear lots of educational songs from Los pimpollos. As this song says, the days of the week give our lives order. Learning the days of [...]
This is a set of online activities to introduce and teach the body parts in Spanish. It is part of the website El Diálogo – La web de los profesores de educación permanente de Almería in Spain. There are eleven screens of simple activities and you can move forward or back using the arrows in [...]
I am a big fan of mini-books, so I was happy to see that OnlineFreeSpanish.com has added a selection of bilingual mini-books to their website. I was even happier when I saw that these books include online Spanish audio! Printable mini-books let kids make the language their own. They can color the pictures, read the [...]
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