What an amazing time to learn Spanish online! When I started Spanish Playground, there were only a few blogs for…
A few months ago we started making Spanish listening practice videos. These are YouTube Shorts – very short videos with…
I get emails from parents on a regular basis asking me which Spanish learning apps I recommend for young children…
We still don’t know what the fall of 2020 will look like in terms of Spanish learning at school, but…
It’s been clear for some time that the future of texts is digital, and that we will all access Spanish…
With schools closed across the country, teachers are doing their best to move instruction online. Spanish video lessons are one…
To develop Spanish listening skills, learners need hours of exposure to spoken language. In addition, the language has to be…
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;…
Try this online quiz for fun listening comprehension practice. What does Jorge say about his dog? You can download a…
Exploring art and artists provides a wonderful context for learning language. Although many of the artists we talk about in…
Pictoline has an excellent selection of Spanish infographics. This Mexican-based news outlet presents information with engaging visual design and concise language…
Young native speakers of Spanish are creating content for YouTube, and their work is an excellent resource for kids learning…
Breaking language learning into manageable, enjoyable pieces is essential to acquiring Spanish. In addition, learners need consistent exposure to the…
Talk about this photograph of three women in Cartagena, Colombia to help kids learn Spanish. The questions that follow, like…
The Learn Spanish with Pictures activities are a fun way to speak Spanish with children. I added audio of the…
Semillitas is a Spanish language cable television channel from SomosTV. It offers educational and culturally rich content for preschoolers. If…
Math problems are excellent reading comprehension practice. Proble+ (pronounced proble-mas) are engaging online games that combine Spanish reading comprehension and…
The materials featured in this post now require a log-in. They are no longer available to the public. For that…
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…
Are you looking for online Spanish activities to do with kids this summer? Genmagic is a portal for making web-based…
It’s almost here! Summer means a change of routine for most families. It can be a challenge at times, but…
Have your kids met Noah? He is the protagonist of the PBS KIDS digital series Oh Noah!, designed to introduce…
Calico Spanish is a wonderful elementary Spanish curriculum. In addition to their classroom and homeschool materials, they offer an excellent…
Spring is on its way! These two easy Spanish stories make it easy to talk about spring with children learning…
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…
Aprendices Visuales creates online Spanish stories supported by pictograms. In the description of the project, the creators explain that the…
It is Friday, and that means time for five easy-to-do Spanish activities for kids. They are the Friday Five –…
It’s Friday and time to speak Spanish with kids using the Friday Five. These activities do not take much work…
Learning about the planets in Spanish, kids draw on information they already know. They learn the basic facts of the…
It’s time for the Friday Five! These no-prep Spanish activities are easy to do with kids. They can all be…
It’s time for the Friday Five! Use these activities for quick Spanish fun this weekend or come back to them…
Websites can be a useful way to give kids more exposure to Spanish and help them stay in contact with…
Here are this week’s Friday Five – five fun Spanish activities to do with kids. These are low-prep ways to…
Carrera de globos is a new online Spanish vocabulary game for learning key words in four categories. Players advance in…
I’m still in Nicaragua doing workshops, so this post is going to be really short. As a part of one…
Here are this week’s Friday Five. They are five easy Spanish activities to do with kids learning Spanish. Talk about…
It’s time for the Friday Five! Here are five ideas for Spanish activities. Add a little language to your weekend…
OnlineFreeSpanish has a game called ¿Puedes ver lo que yo veo? It is a searching game, and kids love looking…
This set of activities is part of a new series I am calling the Friday Five. I will suggest five…
These five Spanish activities for kids take almost no preparation. I asked readers about making sets like this a series…
Talk about this photograph of kids playing baseball to help your child learn Spanish. The questions that follow, like all…
Talk about this photograph of a dog catching a Frisbee to help your child learn Spanish. The questions that follow…
Rockalingua has a free 11-page set of printable activities to teach children Spanish colors and numbers. This is a wonderful…
Talking about the continents with children learning Spanish lets you introduce or review geography vocabulary. In addition to the word…
Día de los Muertos is a colorful celebration. Flowers, candles, and calaveras bring color to altars and graves as we…
This month, many of us are talking about Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, with our children…
Teaching children numbers in Spanish is fairly easy, so you might wonder why you would ever put a young child…
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…
The names of shapes, or las formas in Spanish, are basic vocabulary that children learn in preschool and kindergarten. 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…
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…
Talk about this photograph of a little girl and her dog to help your child learn Spanish. The questions that…
This Spanish online game, Un día en el circo, is from a set of activities called Diverland. The activities are…