Spanish tongue twisters, or trabalenguas, are authentic language and packed with culture. Try learning a new tongue twister in Spanish…
If religion is a part of your family or school life it can be a valuable source of language for…
One of my favorite activities with children learning Spanish is to act out short dramatic poems. Here are two Spanish…
When you’re raising kids, time flies. This is especially true when you are raising bilingual kids. Every day is an…
Learning the days of the week in Spanish helps children talk about their activities and schedules. The easiest way for…
Martí’s Song for Freedom/ Martí y sus versos por la libertad is a new bilingual picture book from Lee & Low…
Mariana Llanos has just released Poesía Alada, a book of poetry and art for children. The release coincides with the…
Traditional Spanish hand clapping games combine language, movement, rhythm and culture. There are many juegos de manos (juegos de palmas…
Spanish choosing rhymes add language to a classroom or household. Choosing rhymes are used to start games, but kids can…
The short Spanish poem La ardilla is by the Mexican poet Amado Nervo. It is a fun poem to share…
Douglas Wright writes short poems for children. Many of them are at a perfect level for language learners. His poetry…
Kids learn Spanish as they jump rope and chant rhymes. The combination of movement and language inserts the words and…
Recetas graciosas y saludables by Graciela Castellanos has simple recipes in Spanish. Best of all, these recipes are extension activities…
I recently wrote about The Poetry Friday Anthology for Celebrations published by Pomelo Books. This wonderful collection has 156 poems…
One of the biggest challenges elementary and middle-school Spanish teachers face is finding quality content at the right level. Pomelo…
There are many traditional finger plays in Spanish. Kids love games with actions, and these are perfect language learning tools…
I love these two short Spanish poems about fall. They are perfect to use with Spanish language learners. The vocabulary…
The Babies Need Words Every Day: Talk, Read, Sing, Play campaign offers a series of posters with traditional Spanish nursery…
This is an easy poem Spanish poem about fall. It is about leaves falling in autumn. I made it up…
Summertime is full of scraped knees and elbows. With the bumps and bruises, we have many opportunities to say Sana…
I recently finished a preschool Spanish unit on mice. We had fun singing lots of Spanish mouse songs. We also…
This year, we celebrate Poem in Your Pocket Day on April 30. It is part of National Poetry Month and…
April is National Poetry Month! Celebrate with these short Spanish poems about spring. They are by Douglas Wright, a well-known…
The Itsy Bitsy Spider is a wonderful fingerplay to do with language learners. You can do lots of fun related…
April is National Poetry Month. Poems in Spanish are a wonderful way for children to hear the rhythm and sounds…
With this printable activity, kids practice vocabulary and the Spanish vowels. The words on the printable are introduced and used…
My students have lots of fun playing and experimenting with rhyme. Spanish rhymes are easy to make and recognize, partly…
We have turned the corner on winter and the days are getting longer! There is still plenty of cold left…
These five short Spanish poems about fall are by Douglas Wright, a well-known children’s poet and illustrator from Argentina.
I wrote these simple rhymes with Spanish color words for my youngest learners. I mostly teach colors in the context…
Award-winning author Rita Wirkala recently sent me two wonderful collections of her Spanish poems for kids. Mis primeros poemas and…
Here are this week’s Friday Five – five fun Spanish activities to do with kids. These are low-prep ways to…
Douglas Wright is a well-known children’s poet and illustrator from Argentina. He writes some of my favorite Spanish poems to…
The poem Los pollitos by Argentine author Olegario Víctor Andrade is fun to read with children learning Spanish. Andrade lived…
Spanish has a wealth of traditional finger plays, rhymes and songs for children. Kids love games with actions, and these…
What do children learn from books? They learn language and a world of content, but too often kids also learn…
My classes start the first week of February, so I am in Manzanillo, Mexico for a couple of weeks. It…
Douglas Wright is a poet, author and illustrator from Argentina. I love his Spanish poems for kids learning the language…
This Spanish poem for kids is by Douglas Wright of Argentina. I love his poetry because it is direct, conversational…
Attention getters are chants, rhymes or songs to get kids listening or quiet down a group. They are a huge…
Oso pardo, oso pardo, ¿qué ves ahí? is the translation of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?. This…
In Spanish, The Itsy Bitsy Spider is La araña pequeñita, La itzi bitzi araña, Winsy, winsy araña or Wichi, wichi…
Pakapaka is an educational television channel for children from el Ministerio de Educación of Argentina. The channel has an internet…
Nanitas is Francisco Rodríguez Gómez’s website dedicated to his Spanish poems for children. Rodríguez Gómez is a poet, musician and…
Class rules in Spanish can help establish a positive, cooperative atmosphere and are also an opportunity for language learning. This…
A reader recently asked me to share a short, easy poem we recite in my preschool Spanish classes. It is…
A beach ball, pelota de playa or balón de playa in Spanish, is a classic summer toy. It is inexpensive…
April is National Poetry Month in the United States. It is an excellent time to share a Spanish poem with…
April is National Poetry Month. Poems are a wonderful way for children to hear and speak Spanish and enjoy the…
Antonio Selfa Molina is a performer and composer from Spain. He is also a teacher. Last year, he recorded Spanish…
¡Hola, Crayola! ¡Adios, carita de arroz! There are lots of Spanish rhymes like this, and kids like learning them because…
This is a Spanish Valentine game based on completing a two-line rhyme with a silly word. I do it with…
¡Qué tan grande era todo cuando yo era chico! is a Spanish poem to share with children. It uses basic…
Douglas Wright is a well-known author and illustrator from Argentina. He writes clear, fun Spanish poems for children. Activities for…
Poems in Spanish are a wonderful way for children to experience and learn the language. These three websites all have…
Tagxedo is an online tool for making word clouds in different shapes. It is a wonderful way to play with…
These two sets of printable Spanish cards have pictures of words that rhyme. There are thirty pairs, sixty words in…
Aula Editores is a Chilean company that publishes a series of magazines for teachers: Aula Creativa, Aula Infantil and Aula…
Poems for children in Spanish teach language and culture through rhythm, rhyme and images. Simple structures and familiar vocabulary make…
This free iPad app from Ridili teaches a simple finger play. The traditional rhyme, originally in German, is called Plums…