I write about lots of traditional playground games, hand-clapping games and jump rope rhymes that children play in Spanish. Recently Summer Nanny featured one of my articles in list of 20 blogs with playground games. A few of the games mentioned in the list lend themselves particularly well to language learning and I wanted to share five of them here. Check out Summer Nanny for more outside activities – everything from classic games to ways [...]
Talk about this photograph of teenagers playing soccer in the rain to speak Spanish with your child. 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
School is starting soon for many of us, so I am passing on a couple of resources that might be helpful if you are looking for activities for the first few days. 1) This printable resource book has a variety of activities for the first days of school. It is made available to teachers by the Consejería de Educación of Andalucía and has material for all elementary school grades. The activities are designed to help [...]
Talk about this photo of kids on the first day of school 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 [...]
These photos of Olympic sports are a fun way to speak Spanish with kids. You can use them for activities like these: – Match the name of the sport to the photos. – Read the descriptions and find the picture that is being described. – Take turns describing a picture and guessing which picture is being described. – Teachers can project the pictures onto a whiteboard and use them as a tic-tac-toe board. Teams tell [...]
It is going fast, but there is still a lot of summer left to enjoy. Here is a list of activities to do during the remaining days of vacation and on into the fall. Kids can read the suggestions in Spanish, check off the activities they have done this summer and choose new ones to try. This Spanish list of activities is part of creating a print-rich environment for children learning the language. You will [...]
Kids learning Spanish can practice vocabulary and agreement with this photo collage based on the colors of the American flag. The common objects in the pictures are red, white and blue. Here are a few ideas for using the photos with Spanish language learners: – Read the descriptions. Try to find the photographs in the collage. (PDF below) – Categorize the objects by color. Find and name the red things, the blue things and the [...]
Talking about this photo of a little girl playing in the sand is a excellent way to speak Spanish with children. 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 [...]
At the end of the school year, kids have fun looking back on what they have done and learned. With my students who read and write, I do a simple activity where they record their favorite books, songs, games and other information about the year. These printable Spanish activities remind children of all they have accomplished and are a nice way to close a class. I have attached two of my activities for the end [...]
Talk about this great picture of a woman on her bike 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 [...]