I love the power of a familiar story for language learning, and fairy tales have an added dimension of magic…
Podcasts are an excellent way to increase exposure to Spanish. In addition to authentic podcasts on a wide range of…
To develop Spanish listening skills, learners need hours of exposure to spoken language. In addition, the language has to be…
I recently discovered Lufi & Friends Spanish song books with built-in music, and they are fabulous! Children can push a…
We know that language learning depends on comprehensible input through reading and listening. So, why not incorporate both kinds of…
The most basic functions of a phone are useful tools for learning language. Try these 5 creative, interactive ways to…
Try this online quiz for fun listening comprehension practice. What does Jorge say about his dog? You can download a…
You are probably familiar with Scholastic’s Weekly Reader, but did you know that they publish a Spanish Weekly Reader for…
Video offers a world of language and culture, and of course we can use video to teach listening comprehension skills…
Breaking language learning into manageable, enjoyable pieces is essential to acquiring Spanish. In addition, learners need consistent exposure to the…
This game about the five senses has been removed from Discovery Kids. I’m leaving this post because it has lots…
BookBox creates animated books with Same Language Subtitling (SLS) to support reading and literacy development around the world. Language learners…
YouTube is a fabulous source of authentic language for young Spanish learners. Of course, you have to select the videos…
Imactiva is an education technology company that works with the Chilean government, publishers and companies to develop education software. They…
On the website created by LanguageGuide.org, users move the mouse over an image to hear vocabulary pronounced. The images and…
I just watched Worlds Together Cuba, a beautiful 25-minute documentary released in anticipation of Hispanic Heritage Month. It is part…
Award-winning author Rita Wirkala recently sent me two wonderful collections of her Spanish poems for kids. Mis primeros poemas and…
OnlineFreeSpanish has a game called ¿Puedes ver lo que yo veo? It is a searching game, and kids love looking…
Vivamos la granja is a rhyming story that playfully introduces children to life on a farm. It is written by…
Talking about the continents with children learning Spanish lets you introduce or review geography vocabulary. In addition to the word…
The new Thomas and Friends DVD has a Christmas title, Santa’s Little Engine, but kids will watch the 5 episodes…
Goodnight, Moon by Margaret Wise Brown is a classic picture book for young children. Like the original, the Spanish translation…
Teaching children numbers in Spanish is fairly easy, so you might wonder why you would ever put a young child…
For years, OnlineFreeSpanish has offered an excellent set of free activities for children learning Spanish. Now they have a new…
The names of shapes, or las formas in Spanish, are basic vocabulary that children learn in preschool and kindergarten. Kids…
Kids can practice listening to Spanish with this short description of a common food. They try to guess the word…
Pictocuentos are stories that use pictures or symbols to support the meaning of the text. The pictures, or pictographs, are…
Pakapaka is an educational television channel for children from el Ministerio de Educación of Argentina. The channel has an internet…
The Angelina Ballerina DVD, Mousical Medleys, will be released tomorrow. This new video features high-quality Spanish audio, along with audio…
Chile Crece Contigo was established by the Chilean government to support and protect children and families. As one small part…
This online game is a good way to practice Spanish color words. It is from Spanishspanish and players hear and…
Cantoalegre is an amazing resource. This fabulous organization from Colombia offers free downloads of their Spanish songs for kids. They…
These two online games are from Educapeques. They are designed to teach basic concepts and prepositions to native Spanish speakers…
Discovery Kids has created a Spanish color game called El juego de los colores. The game has wonderful, clear audio…
This new activity from OnlineFreeSpanish introduces children to the concept of the gender of nouns in Spanish. There is a…
The video below by Fiestikids is a great review of the Spanish numbers 1-20. It teaches kids how to express…
Semillitas is a Spanish language cable television channel for preschoolers from SomosTV. In Wisconsin, it is available through Charter Communications…
This video teaches the words for twelve Spanish body parts. It begins with a head and adds parts until there…
These online Spanish games to teach letters are from the Ministerio de Educación of Spain. They are part of a…
Andaluna and Samir are characters in animated Spanish videos for kids produced by the government of Andalucía to teach children…
Since I wrote this post, Telmo y Tula, has made some of their videos available only by subscription. You can…
The government of the Canary Islands hosts this set of activities called Jugando con palabras. The games use Spanish Christmas…
OnlineFreeSpanish has a set of activities to introduce kids to Christmas vocabulary in Spanish. The words are supported with images…
Listen to this short Spanish audio description of a common word and try to guess what it is. This is…
These two sites have online Spanish games that kids can use to practice vocabulary related to different professions. The first…
This app is no longer available in the US store. I will update this post if the developer brings it…
This online game in Spanish teaches children about the five senses. La máquina de los sentidos is a game from…
The Noyo Spanish Vocab app for iPad is a supplemental vocabulary builder for beginning Spanish learners. It is available from…
Can you guess this word? Listen to this short Spanish audio description of a word that we often associate with…
If you are looking for ways to expose kids to Spanish during the summer, websites with Spanish audio are an…
Si yo pongo mis dos manos para arriba is a rhyme that children learn in preschool in Latin America. The…
Can you guess this word? Listen to this short Spanish audio description of a very common place. This is one…
¿Qué hay en un árbol? is a Spanish ebook for parents and teachers to read with young language learners. The…