These printable wheels make it easy to talk about the Spanish days of the week. The days are on the outside wheel, and the inside wheel helps kids talk about them relative to hoy. There are two versions of the inner wheel. One has ayer, hoy and mañana and the other adds anteayer and pasado mañana. I have to admit that I really do not like to teach the days of the week. I know [...]
The school year is starting and many of us will be working with the days of the week in Spanish and the calendar. Talking about the month of September, children can practice questions, numbers, and the days of the week in a meaningful way. I wrote about the days of the week and the calendar last year, and this post has updated PDFs of the same activities for September 2012. I had plans to make [...]
Cada día de la semana (Each Day of the Week) is a song about the days of the week in Spanish. It is by Disney Jr. España and it is just ridiculous enough to appeal to kids. The video below has the lyrics on the screen so that kids can sing along. The song has a fun rhythm and once kids are familiar with the words, they will love singing with the video. There is [...]
Songs are a good way for children to learn the days of the week in Spanish. If they understand the concept of the week in English, they are learning new labels. As they apply the words to their daily activities they will learn the words at a deeper level, but songs are a good way to start. Here are two songs that work well to teach the Spanish days of the week. The first focuses [...]
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 the week helps children place events in time and understand routines. When they learn the days of the week in [...]
This is a song for learning the days of the week in Spanish. Songs teach pronunciation and natural grammar structures. Also, it is fun to learn the Spanish days of the week in a song! The week on Spanish-language calendars starts on Monday, just as the list of days does in this song. Click here to listen to the song for the days of the week in Spanish. Here are the words in Spanish and [...]