Short Spanish readings provide learners with exposure to language and an opportunity to work independently to build their skills. While…
The game I Spy in Spanish is called Veo veo. It is a quick way to have fun with language…
We want Spanish to be fun and relevant for kids. This photo challenge in Spanish is an engaging, kid-centered activity…
Spanish fluency strips are a useful, easy-to-make activity for beginning readers. When I make fluency strips, or sentence strips, I…
I love talking about animals with Spanish learners because the kids have so much to say. Picture cards make it…
This Spanish reading practice for beginners is easy to use in different ways. The printable pages have 12 picture cards…
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With enchanting stories and beautiful illustrations, these award-winning Latino picture books from Candlewick Press introduce young readers to language and…
Today is Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2021! Multicultural Children’s Book Day is in its 8th year! This non-profit children’s literacy…
TimTimTom Books creates wonderful personalized bilingual books in nine languages. Children see themselves as the hero of the story and…
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Ser and tener are some of the first verbs language learners understand and use on a regular basis. Of course…
I love the power of a familiar story for language learning, and fairy tales have an added dimension of magic…
What a year! With children being home and looking for things to do, gifts are extra special this year, and…
I’m so excited about this fabulous source for Spanish nonfiction children’s books. The Creative Company has three divisions that publish nonfiction…
With remote teaching and social distancing in classrooms, there is no more crouching beside a student to examine words and…
My granddaughter is 13 months old now. I take care of her for her busy lawyer parents, so baby books…
We still don’t know what the fall of 2020 will look like in terms of Spanish learning at school, but…
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It’s been clear for some time that the future of texts is digital, and that we will all access Spanish…
When students are engaged with a game, they learn without focusing specifically on the language. Mirar y recordar, or Look…
Teachers know reading is essential to developing language proficiency, but we often struggle to integrate sufficient reading into our classes…
For Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2020, I had the opportunity to read several bilingual books that celebrate extended family. The…
African American history is the history of this nation, yet it is rarely present in our Spanish language children’s books…
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We all want our children to have the opportunity to read books that reflect our families and the languages we…
Spanish learners need to hear language in context, and everyone loves an entertaining story. With that in mind, we created…
Are you looking for a Day of the Dead reading for Spanish students? If so, check out these two readings…
I recently discovered Lufi & Friends Spanish song books with built-in music, and they are fabulous! Children can push a…
I have a hard time finding Spanish picture books that deal with science concepts, so I was thrilled to discover…
I’m in Mexico right now making educational videos. Everywhere there are signs that Día de los Muertos will be here…
We know that language learning depends on comprehensible input through reading and listening. So, why not incorporate both kinds of…
My favorite games to play with students include language, but draw on other skills too. So kids are having fun…
Reading is one of the best ways to learn a language, and Spanish books for beginners are an important part…
We read to kids a lot, and we want to engage then with the stories and language in books. I’ve…
Today we are sharing our July 2019 activity calendars in Spanish. We also have some wonderful news. This weekend, we…
I like playing board games as language activities because they allow for lots of input and are easy to adapt…
Spanish reading games are an easy way to have fun with language. For example, these two I Spy games let…
Spanish reading challenges and progress sheets encourage children to read during the summer months. For many kids, they are a…
Summer activity calendars let kids discover something new each day. Spanish calendars also divide language learning into manageable bites, so…
I’m always happy to find a good biography in Spanish because these books are a wonderful way to share culture…
Talking about flowers is a terrific way to learn colors in Spanish. In addition, kids learn other important Spanish vocabulary…
Board books are an important part of children’s first experiences with reading, so I choose them carefully. For example, these…
Spanish learners need to hear lots of comprehensible language and then read texts with the same target structures. Below you…
This activity is like putting together a puzzle as students create sentences to describe the pictures. They build Spanish sentences…
It is important for Spanish learners to use the language to learn about other disciplines. The ACTFL World Language Readiness…
Children acquire Spanish by hearing and reading the language in context. This picture match and mini-book for beginning readers use…
The Day of the Dead is a rich, complex tradition. That’s why one of the best ways to share it…
I use Spanish sentences strips or fluency strips with my beginning readers. I relate the sentences to a picture and…
Reading is so important for building Spanish language skills! I love to read picture books and early readers with my…
Many of my students are novice learners, so I need Spanish books for beginners. Of course, we read picture books…
Use this Day of the Dead Spanish reading activity with elementary students to practice language skills and raise awareness of…
The United States has states, cities, rivers and mountains with names in Spanish. Looking at the meaning of Spanish place…
Speech bubble photos are a fun and effective way to encourage students to speak or write in Spanish. They also…
With this Spanish sentence building activity, students use three words to build a sentence. They choose a word of each…
This is more than a story to read or listen to. We want kids to participate as much as possible…
Cats know how to use a space, and they put a fun spin on learning house vocabulary in Spanish. This…
This is a list of Spanish book lists for kids. A list of lists? That’s right! Evaluating books online is…
I’m always looking for new ways to make Spanish fun and relevant for kids. I think this Spanish photo challenge…
Puerto Rico is 100 miles long and 35 miles wide, making its area about 3,500 square miles, the third largest…