Don’t these pigs looks happy? Talk about this great photograph to help your kids learn Spanish. The questions that follow, 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 pigs as you talk about them. Use gestures, facial expressions and actions to help your child understand what the words [...]
Talk about this photograph of taxis in Mexico City to help your child learn Spanish. The questions that follow, 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 talk about them. Use gestures, facial expressions and actions to help your child understand what [...]
You might be familiar with Wordle, the really fun website that makes word clouds with any text. Wordle is a great tool for adding Spanish to any space. The program works with individual words, so to make it an effective tool for children learning Spanish you will need to use related vocabulary and add context. You can add context by making a Wordle to describe a photograph and displaying them together. Another option is to [...]
Learn Spanish with Pictures helps you teach Spanish to children by talking about pictures, like these photographs of dolphins. Following the photos, as in all the Learn Spanish with Pictures activities, there are questions that are ordered to help children master the vocabulary and gain confidence with the language. First, Describe the photo (1). Be sure to point to the objects in the picture as you talk about them. When your child understands the key [...]
Help your child learn Spanish by talking about this wonderful photograph. The questions that follow, 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 talk about them. Use gestures, facial expressions and actions to help your child understand what the words mean. When [...]
Use this photo and the questions that follow to help children learn Spanish. Like the other Learn Spanish with Pictures posts, these 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 talk about them. When your child understands the key words, ask questions from Choose the answer (2) and Pointing [...]
Talking about pictures is a great way to speak Spanish with children. The activities in Learn Spanish with Pictures 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 talk about them. When your child understands the key words, ask questions from Choose the answer (2) and Pointing and counting (3). Ask [...]
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 as you talk about them. When your child understands the key words, ask questions from Choose the answer (2) and [...]
These photographs of houses are an excellent prompt for speaking Spanish with your child. The houses are so interesting! They are all very different. Some are whimsical, and others are elaborate or spooky. There are tree houses, rock houses and underground houses. The settings are impressive too, and they lend themselves to using lots of Spanish vocabulary related to nature and geography. You will have a great time checking out the photos, regardless of the [...]
Counting is one of the first things that many children learn in Spanish. It is logical that they learn the question ¿Cuántos? (how many) at the same time. This is a question that even very young children can understand and answer if there is a context that makes it clear. Use the verb hay, there is/ there are, to form a simple question. You can practice this question in many situations. You can ask “how [...]
Highlights has many printable hidden picture activities on their website. Kids like looking for the hidden pictures, and these can be good Spanish language-learning activities. As you repeat the word and point to the small clue picture, your child sees the object, hears the word, and has the concept present as she searches for the object in the bigger scene. She associates the image and the language, and she understands and learns the Spanish word. [...]
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 know. The following link will open a series of five photographs. I have provided a short, simple sentence to describe each photo, and a question [...]