Category: Online activities

Image of actors in Spanish listening practice videos.

A few months ago we started making Spanish listening practice videos. These are YouTube Shorts – very short videos with…

Image of home screen of Spanish app for kids

I get emails from parents on a regular basis asking me which Spanish learning apps I recommend for young children…

The image shows 2 of 4 Spanish choice boards.

We still don’t know what the fall of 2020 will look like in terms of Spanish learning at school, but…

Cover images of Spanish readers online for remote learning.

It’s been clear for some time that the future of texts is digital, and that we will all access Spanish…

Use these Spanish video lessons for remote learning and online classes.

With schools closed across the country, teachers are doing their best to move instruction online. Spanish video lessons are one…

Spanish listening practice like these video-based activities develop comprehension skills.

To develop Spanish listening skills, learners need hours of exposure to spoken language. In addition, the language has to be…

These Spanish PowerPoint games use high-frequency vocabulary and make an excellent get-to-know-you activity.

These Spanish PowerPoint games are a fun get-to-know-you or back-to-school activity. They use photos and include lots of comprehensible input…

I like activity calendars because I always appreciate a list of suggestions and new ideas. It is like making dinner;…

This online listening comprehension quiz for the video Mi Perro focuses on Spanish body part vocabulary.

Try this online quiz for fun listening comprehension practice. What does Jorge say about his dog? You can download a…

Kids learn Spanish colors with an online activity inspired by the work of Jackson Pollock.

Exploring art and artists provides a wonderful context for learning language. Although many of the artists we talk about in…

Pictoline makes Spanish infographics that teachers can incorporate into their classes.

Pictoline has an excellent selection of Spanish infographics. This Mexican-based news outlet presents information with engaging visual design and concise language…

Spanish YouTubers produce fun videos for kids learning language.

Young native speakers of Spanish are creating content for YouTube, and their work is an excellent resource for kids learning…

A Spanish word of the day with two ordering activities for kids.

Breaking language learning into manageable, enjoyable pieces is essential to acquiring Spanish. In addition, learners need consistent exposure to the…

Learn Spanish with Pictures with a photo of three women selling fruit.

Talk about this photograph of three women in Cartagena, Colombia to help kids learn Spanish. The questions that follow, like…

Easy Spanish listening practice with the audio description of the photo of a dog.

The Learn Spanish with Pictures activities are a fun way to speak Spanish with children. I added audio of the…

Semillitas has educational and cultural contentin Spanish for preschoolers.

Semillitas is a Spanish language cable television channel from SomosTV. It offers educational and culturally rich content for preschoolers. If…

Spanish reading comprehension actvities based on basic math skills for language learners.

Math problems are excellent reading comprehension practice. Proble+ (pronounced proble-mas) are engaging online games that combine Spanish reading comprehension and…

Spanish reading program for K-6 has many effective activities for language learners.

The materials featured in this post now require a log-in. They are no longer available to the public.  For that…

Los cinco sentidos for children learning Spanish.

This game about the five senses has been removed from Discovery Kids. I’m leaving this post because it has lots…

BookBox creates online stories to teach children languages and support global literacy.

BookBox creates animated books with Same Language Subtitling (SLS) to support reading and literacy development around the world. Language learners…

Spanish reading comprehension games for kids to match sentences to pictures.

Are you looking for online Spanish activities to do with kids this summer? Genmagic is a portal for making web-based…

Spanish summer activities for kids like nature walks and traditional games keep them learning Spanish during vacation.

It’s almost here! Summer means a change of routine for most families. It can be a challenge at times, but…

Oh Noah is a digital series to teach children Spanish.

Have your kids met Noah? He is the protagonist of the PBS KIDS digital series Oh Noah!, designed to introduce…

Free online Spanish games teach basic structures and vocabulary to kids.

Calico Spanish is a wonderful elementary Spanish curriculum. In addition to their classroom and homeschool materials, they offer an excellent…

Easy Spanish stories introduce children to spring vocabulary.

Spring is on its way! These two easy Spanish stories make it easy to talk about spring with children learning…

Spanish stories online created by Imactiva with a variety of reading activities.

Imactiva is an education technology company that works with the Chilean government, publishers and companies to develop education software. They…

Spanish vocabulary listening and speaking practice.

On the website created by LanguageGuide.org, users move the mouse over an image to hear vocabulary pronounced. The images and…

Online Spanish stories for pre-readers, Spanish learners and children with special needs.

Aprendices Visuales creates online Spanish stories supported by pictograms. In the description of the project, the creators explain that the…

Spanish materials for keeping kids engaged over the weekend.

It is Friday, and that means time for five easy-to-do Spanish activities for kids. They are the Friday Five –…

Speak Spanish with kids with these 5 activities.

It’s Friday and time to speak Spanish with kids using the Friday Five. These activities do not take much work…

Resources for learning about the planets in Spanish

Learning about the planets in Spanish, kids draw on information they already know. They learn the basic facts of the…

Five no-prep Spanish activities for kids.

It’s time for the Friday Five! These no-prep Spanish activities are easy to do with kids. They can all be…

Five quick Spanish activities for fun with kids.

It’s time for the Friday Five! Use these activities for quick Spanish fun this weekend or come back to them…

A list of the best websites for kids learning Spanish.

Websites can be a useful way to give kids more exposure to Spanish and help them stay in contact with…

Fun spanish activites including songs, online games and printables..

Here are this week’s Friday Five – five fun Spanish activities to do with kids. These are low-prep ways to…

online spanish vocabulary

Carrera de globos is a new online Spanish vocabulary game for learning key words in four categories. Players advance in…

no-prep spanish activities

I’m still in Nicaragua doing workshops, so this post is going to be really short. As a part of one…

Five Spanish vocabulary activities that can be adpated for learners of different levels.

Here are this week’s Friday Five. They are five easy Spanish activities to do with kids learning Spanish. Talk about…

Five ideas for Spanish class.

It’s time for the Friday Five!  Here are five ideas for Spanish activities. Add a little language to your weekend…

An online Spanish game to teach letter names and vocabulary.

OnlineFreeSpanish has a game called ¿Puedes ver lo que yo veo? It is a searching game, and kids love looking…

spanish lessons friday

This set of activities is part of a new series I am calling the Friday Five. I will suggest five…

Spanish activities for kids

These five Spanish activities for kids take almost no preparation. I asked readers about making sets like this a series…

learn spanish

Talk about this photograph of kids playing baseball to help your child learn Spanish. The questions that follow, like all…

learn spanish with pictures catching frisbee

Talk about this photograph of a dog catching a Frisbee to help your child learn Spanish. The questions that follow…

spanish color activity

Rockalingua has a free 11-page set of printable activities to teach children Spanish colors and numbers. This is a wonderful…

geography in spanish continents

Talking about the continents with children learning Spanish lets you introduce or review geography vocabulary. In addition to the word…

spanish color by number calavera

Día de los Muertos is a colorful celebration. Flowers, candles, and calaveras bring color to altars and graves as we…

day of the dead skulls

This month, many of us are talking about Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, with our children…

These online Spanish number games teach kids to count.

Teaching children numbers in Spanish is fairly easy, so you might wonder why you would ever put a young child…

learn spanish with pictures pumpkins

Talk about this photograph of two girls in a pumpkin patch to help your child learn Spanish. The questions that…

For years, OnlineFreeSpanish has offered an excellent set of free activities for children learning Spanish. Now they have a new…

Three great resources for teaching kids shapes in Spanish online.

The names of shapes, or las formas in Spanish, are basic vocabulary that children learn in preschool and kindergarten. Kids…

A photo collage to practce Spanish vocabulary for kids.

This activity uses a photo collage to help kids decipher Spanish sentences. They match sentences to the photos they describe…

Kids can practice listening to Spanish with this short description of a common food. They try to guess the word…

Spanish story for kids is Goldilock and the three bears told with pictograms for kids learning language.

Pictocuentos are stories that use pictures or symbols to support the meaning of the text. The pictures, or pictographs, are…

Chile Crece Contigo was established by the Chilean government to support and protect children and families. As one small part…

We Give Books is a free online library of children’s books and they now have a few Spanish stories and…

Talk about this photograph of a little girl and her dog to help your child learn Spanish. The questions that…

An Spanish online game to teach kids prepostions.

This Spanish online game, Un día en el circo, is from a set of activities called Diverland. The activities are…

Educapeques is an educational portal with lots of resources for teachers and parents. On the website, Editorial Educapeques of Spain…