The video below by Fiestikids is a great review of the Spanish numbers 1-20. It teaches kids how to express multiplication in Spanish by showing the multiplication table for the number 2. In fact, this short video models the two most common ways of sayings these mathematical expressions. Even if your kids are not doing multiplication yet, it is a good way to learn or review these numbers. The video also has excellent native-speaker audio. [...]
LinguiMind is an iPad app designed to introduce children to numbers, letters and colors in Spanish (and French and English). Like all the best apps for language learning, it takes advantage of the interactive nature of the device to engage kids with the language. This app is for very young children who are just beginning to recognize their letters and numbers. It is skillfully structured so that they actively participate with the language as they [...]
Proble+ (pronounced proble-mas) are engaging online activities that combine Spanish reading comprehension and basic math skills from the Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte of Spain. These are perfect for Spanish language learners because the questions and activities are presented in a context that continually reinforces meaning. There are also graphics to give visual support to the words and printable follow-up activities. I think these are great activities for children learning Spanish! You will find [...]
The title of this Spanish song and game, A pares y nones, is Evens and Odds (numbers) in English. This is a traditional game and it is played a lot with groups of kids in Mexico. Everyone joins hands in a circle and walks singing the song. Then, the leader (teacher) calls out a number and everyone hurries to form a group of that many people. I have also seen the game played using other [...]
Kids can learn and practice lots of Spanish as they do math problems. Math word problems have language that kids will hear and use in other situations, too. With children learning Spanish, doing math problems that are easy for them, that use material that they have already mastered, is a great way to learn language. For example, word problems that practice basic math skills use important Spanish verbs to express the problem that children need [...]
Manzanita del Perú and En un café are traditional counting-out rhymes to start games. For both, kids usually count to ten, but sometimes they stop at three, since tres and diez rhyme. I have also seen Manzanita del Perú used as a jump rope rhyme. It has a great rhythm for jumping! Spanish rhymes like these are a good way for beginning learners to produce the language. Chanting a rhyme, kids will use vocabulary and [...]
Kids can learn lots of Spanish by measuring. I use measuring as an at-home activity with my students to practice vocabulary and numbers. In addition to the names of the objects they measure and the tools they use, kids learn words like ancho (width), largo (length), alto (height) and the verb medir (to measure). There are lots of online activities in Spanish to teach measuring that work well with children learning Spanish. This is a [...]