I made two printables to use with a listening activity I do with pictures of snowmen. These activities involve matching…
Douglas Wright is a poet, author and illustrator from Argentina. I love his Spanish poems for kids learning the language…
Thanksgiving crafts are an opportunity to practice Spanish food vocabulary and words related to turkeys. Many Thanksgiving crafts also focus…
The new Thomas and Friends DVD has a Christmas title, Santa’s Little Engine, but kids will watch the 5 episodes…
Do you talk about what you are thankful for at Thanksgiving dinner? It is a tradition at our house to…
Talk about this photograph of two girls in a pumpkin patch to help your child learn Spanish. The questions that…
This summer my daughter has been working in a summer program with a Pre-K class of native Spanish speakers. They…
Looking and listening for specific things on a walk, kids can get lots of focused practice with the Spanish verbs…
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…
This printable Spanish game for kids uses words we associate with the 4th of July. It is a fun way…
Talk about this photograph of a little girl and her dog to help your child learn Spanish. The questions that…
I write about lots of traditional playground games, hand-clapping games and jump rope rhymes that children play in Spanish. Recently…
The snow is almost gone here in Wisconsin, and many of us are talking and singing about the change of…
The traditional folk song De Colores is sung throughout the Spanish-speaking world. The song is often associated with the Catholic…
Easter is just a few days away and many of us will be spending time with friends and family. These…
Below you will find a word search with Spanish Easter vocabulary. The words go in all directions, including backwards. The…
In this printable Spanish board game, kids move around the board by clapping and counting the number of syllables in…
This time of year there are lots of plastic eggs around. If you find yourself with a few extra, consider…
Antonio Selfa Molina is a performer and composer from Spain. He is also a teacher. Last year, he recorded Spanish…
Josefina la gallina is a Spanish song for kids by Elizabeth Carmona of Chile. She creates entertaining and educational programs…
Los conejos (The rabbits) is a Spanish song for kids with lots of movement. Students learn it in preschool and…
Kids in Wisconsin are building lots of snowmen this week, so we are talking about them in class too. This…
This Spanish song for children is called Invierno. It is by Grupo Encanto and, as you can guess from the…
These Spanish songs for kids from Spanish Together are all about fall. Children learn about the change of seasons…
Speak Spanish with your child by talking about this photograph of two boys playing in a leaf pile. The questions…
This Spanish song for children is about the arrival of fall, and children learn it in many preschools in Latin…
Talk about this photo of kids on the first day of school to help your child learn Spanish. The questions…
It is going fast, but there is still a lot of summer left to enjoy. Here is a list of…
This Spanish poem for children is titled Una casa con un sol. It uses familiar, conversational language to describe the…
Printable Spanish activities can keep children reading, writing and thinking in Spanish during the summer. It is common for teachers…
Summer is here and kids will be spending lots of time in the water. In Spanish it is very common…
Can you guess this word? Listen to this short Spanish audio description of a word that we often associate with…
Talking about this photo of a little girl playing in the sand is a excellent way to speak Spanish with…
At the end of the school year, kids have fun looking back on what they have done and learned. With…
This traditional Spanish game, El juego de la oca, is a board game similar to Snakes and Ladders. Players roll…
If you are looking for ways to expose kids to Spanish during the summer, websites with Spanish audio are an…
This Spanish song about spring is from Los pimpollos, an educational television program from Peru. There is an official YouTube…
There are lots of versions of the traditional Spanish song Pedro el conejito. All of them are about a rabbit…
¡Es primavera! is a Spanish ebook for parents and teachers to read with young language learners. The repetition helps children…
Since the time I wrote this post, Northumberland Grid for Learning has begun to charge users who are not in…
These bunnies are so cute! You can help your child learn Spanish by talking about this picture. The questions that…
Charlotte Diamond has been singing wonderful songs for children for over 15 years in Spanish, French and English. Somos como…
The days are getting longer and warmer, and I have started to talk about spring in my classes. Here are…
This is a traditional Spanish song about the sun. The lyrics are about the shape, the warmth, and about how…
Talking about pictures is a great way to speak Spanish with children. Use this photo of a little girl and…
These traditional Spanish poems about winter are taught in school throughout Latin America. All of the poems I’ve included here…
Spanish Together has a wonderful free video about a snowman that is perfect for using with beginning Spanish learners this…
Talk about this picture of a snowman with your child to help her learn Spanish. The questions that follow, like…
It is snowed here in Wisconsin, so it is time for a winter song in Spanish. This song is called…
It is easy to talk about the calendar and the weather in Spanish with these colorful materials. They are provided…
It is fall, and in Wisconsin we have calabazas, or pumpkins, everywhere! 1,2,3 Calabaza is a traditional game children play…
These Spanish poems for children are by Douglas Wright, a well-known author and illustrator from Argentina. He writes poems and…
The activities in this post have been updated for 2012. You can find them here: The Days of the Week…
This song about summer is a good example of authentic language that can be used effectively with Spanish language learners…