If you are like me, you are always on the lookout for opportunities to expose children to Spanish. Of course…
We want all kids to enjoy reading, or having someone read to them. Many children like to keep track of…
Are you homeschooling Spanish for multiple children? It can be a real challenge to meet the needs of all of…
I love Spanish. And I decided a while back that I want to pass that love of Spanish on to…
Yesterday morning, a parent raised a concern I hear over and over. He was worried learning Spanish might confuse his…
Spanish counting activities teach numbers and are also useful for teaching other vocabulary. I made these printable Spanish counting activities…
Spanish number games build skills and confidence with important vocabulary. Play these Spanish number games with your students to give…
When you’re raising kids, time flies. This is especially true when you are raising bilingual kids. Every day is an…
Spanish vocabulary picture cards help kids understand and learn new words. The pictures represent words so you do not have…
Teaching preschool Spanish is wonderful! Preschoolers are active, curious little people ready to play and learn. However, many teachers contact…
This Spanish Halloween infographic is excellent support for high-frequency words. You can use it for a variety of activities with…
We practice los saludos in every class, but I made this Spanish greetings game for my youngest students to take…
Routines are essential for classrooms and households, and they are also an opportunity learn language. One of the easiest ways…
Spanish hand washing songs are a good way to get more language into a day and cleaner hands. If kids…
Kids need practice producing the Spanish they have learned. However, speaking practice can be hard to structure. It is much…
Guessing a character by asking about physical description is an excellent language activity. Monarca Language is sharing a free download…
Spanish learners need the opportunity to practice using the words they know. As they practice speaking, they build confidence and…
There is a rich tradition of nursery rhymes and children’s songs in Spanish. My children grew up singing them, and…
Blowing soap bubbles is a fun way to learn new vocabulary or practice common words in a new context. Here…
Exploring art and artists provides a wonderful context for learning language. Although many of the artists we talk about in…
Music is one of the best ways to help kids transition from one activity to the next. So, I use…
These Spanish vowel songs teach the essential sounds of the language. As they sing, children learn to recognize the consistent…
Un elefante se balanceaba is one of the best known Spanish children’s songs. It is a counting song and the…
Spanish choosing rhymes add language to a classroom or household. Choosing rhymes are used to start games, but kids can…
I based this active Spanish color game on an activity kids do in P.E class. It works well for the…
Body parts are some of the easiest words to learn because kids can use their own bodies as a reference. …
Pumpkins are one of my favorite parts of fall, and not only because they make delicious pie. Pumpkin activities in…
In Wisconsin, the leaves have turned and a lot of them are on the ground. Leaf activities in Spanish are…
Music, movement and language are a winning combination. Given that, it makes sense for kids to learn verbs like saltar…
Spanish learning in this country keeps getting better and better! My most recent find is a new preschool Spanish program…
Mariana Iranzi’s song Hola Hello has easy Spanish words and a bright, upbeat sound, making it an excellent first song…
My students learn so much vocabulary when we do a community helpers theme! First, there are new verbs as we…
Singing is a wonderful way to start the day or a class. In a school setting, we sing Spanish greeting…
Today we are sharing a wonderful Spanish story PDF and a set of cut outs for telling the story. This…
Printable stacking dolls are a fun and easy way to practice Spanish size words and other vocabulary with early learners…
Kids practice listening all the time. When they listen to conversation, instructions, music, or a story they are developing their…
Last week I read Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle’s Oso Pardo, oso pardo ¿qué ves ahí? to a class…
This game with Spanish actions keeps kids laughing, moving and thinking. It is easy to make and play and can…
Kids learn Spanish as they jump rope and chant rhymes. The combination of movement and language inserts the words and…
The Learn Spanish with Pictures activities are some of the most popular pages on Spanish Playground. I added audio of…
When it comes to language learning, songs are extra special language. They have a dimension that makes them more than…
Color activities teach kids lots of additional vocabulary, and Spanish color songs are no exception. Relating colors to objects gives…
Telling stories is a powerful tool to teach Spanish. From picture books to entire methodologies like TPRS, telling stories in…
One of the best ways to teach Spanish is by using a variety of activities related to a content theme. Using…
I love telling stories with language learners, and I do lots of different story activities. One of my favorites is…
There are wonderful activities available online that were not originally intended for teaching a second language. If you want to…
Reading is one of the best ways to build vocabulary and give kids consistent exposure to Spanish. These online Spanish…
Rhyming is an important early literacy skill. To adults, rhyming seems simple, but it takes practice to learn to hear…
Pacca Alpaca makes educational games for children. Both Pacca Alpaca Basic Language Learning app and Pacca Alpaca Travel Playtime app introduce…
I am in Nicaragua this week working on an early literacy project. Whenever I’m here, things are a little quieter…
Farm animals are often a part of our conversations with children. We talk about where our food comes from, the…
Semillitas is a Spanish language cable television channel from SomosTV. It offers educational and culturally rich content for preschoolers. If…
There are many traditional finger plays in Spanish. Kids love games with actions, and these are perfect language learning tools…
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…
There are tropical forests in many Spanish-speaking countries. As kids learn about the rainforest, they explore geography and culture, as…
The calming melodies and rhythms of lullabies, or canciones de cuna, help babies fall asleep and provide early exposure to…
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…
It’s summer, and the vegetables are delicious! It is an excellent time to talk to kids about vegetables in Spanish…