This Spanish guessing game teaches letter sounds, vocabulary and pronunciation. The idea for the game came out of moment of…
As teachers and parents, we want kids to read and write as much Spanish as possible. Like all teachers, I…
Debbie Annett is the author of Spanish for You!, a curriculum for home or class use for grades 3-8. She…
Many Valentine’s Day activities incorporate language and can be adapted to Spanish learning. Try these hands-on Spanish Valentine games and…
My Peruvian son-in-law, Jorge, does a simple magic trick little children love. Our family was together in Mexico over winter…
Are you planning a New Year’s celebration with friends and family? These Spanish New Year games are fun for kids…
Speaking and learning Spanish is fun, and we want it to stay that way for kids. A new book or…
Semillitas is a Spanish language cable television channel from SomosTV. It offers educational and culturally rich content for preschoolers. If…
It is important to introduce children to different Spanish-speaking countries. These Peru facts and crossword puzzles are a good place…
With my own kids growing up, I always wanted them to speak as much Spanish as possible. I looked for…
This game about the five senses has been removed from Discovery Kids. I’m leaving this post because it has lots…
Are your kids playing game apps in Spanish? Of course, there are lots of educational apps, but there are also…
I play lots of different kinds of Spanish learning games with students. Some of their favorites are quiz-type games, so…
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…
Enjoying the company of friends and family is the best part of a holiday. If you are celebrating Easter or…
It is spring! The activities below get kids moving as they teach language about the season. These suggestions for active…
Plastic eggs are an easy, hands-on way to play Spanish matching games. You can make the activities more effective by…
Kids love quiz-type Spanish questions and answers. They are useful to have on hand in class or for games at…
This printable Spanish vocabulary game involves identifying which object is missing from a set. It is easy to make for…
Many classes and families celebrate Valentine’s Day. Here are 8 easy Spanish Valentine activities to keep kids engaged with language…
I’m always looking for hands-on Spanish games. The more kids physically interact with words by moving them and ordering them…
Let’s start 2015 with a new set of Spanish questions to use with language learners. I use these questions for…
In 2014, readers viewed almost 2 million pages (1,966,896 page views from Jan 1- Dec 30) on Spanish Playground. Which…
This post has been update for 2015. Find the new gift guide here. This time of year lots of parents…
It is easy to tie almost any vocabulary into Thanksgiving activities. After all, we are thankful for family, food, community…
Journey to the Gratitude Garden or Viaje al jardín de la gratitud is without a doubt one of the best…
Recently a reader asked about adapting Spanish learning games, specifically a dice game, for middle school. The game she asked…
Bananagrams in Spanish is great for native speakers, but there are also fun variations that you can play with language…
It’s Friday and time for the Friday Five! These five Spanish activities for elementary students will help you speak the…
My kids grew up playing all kinds of Spanish word games. One of my favorites was definitely Bananagrams. It was…
Use these easy activities to help kids speak Spanish. With these low-prep activities, kids speak Spanish as they play online…
Finding quality Spanish language applications for the iPad and iPhone can be a challenge. This is partly because the iTunes…
It’s time for the Friday Five. Use these easy Spanish activities to keep kids engaged with the language over the…
Here are this week’s Friday Five – five fun Spanish activities to do with kids. These are low-prep ways to…
Many of us will be going to fireworks displays this weekend. Here is a printable scavenger hunt in Spanish that…
Speaking Spanish with kids is fun, but it can also be hard to fit into a busy schedule. Use these…
Writing in the sand is tons of fun! The cool online tool that this post was originally about is no…
Add a little Spanish to your weekend with these activities. They are the Friday Five! Five quick and easy activities…
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…
These five Spanish activities for kids take almost no preparation. I asked readers about making sets like this a series…
Valentine’s Day is one of my favorite holidays to celebrate with kids. It focuses on love and friendship, and cards…
My classes start the first week of February, so I am in Manzanillo, Mexico for a couple of weeks. It…
Children all over the world sing about elephants swinging on a spider’s web, and keep singing and singing as they…
Did your child get a jigsaw puzzle for Christmas? Does your family do puzzles together? A jigsaw puzzle, or rompecabezas…
Playing with patterns or sequences, kids can speak lots of Spanish. I like pattern activities because you can associate vocabulary…
Tic tac toe has many names in Spanish. Three of the most common are tres en raya (Spain), gato (Mexico)…
Giselle Shardlow is the author of Kids Yoga Stories and today she shares one of her favorite Spanish songs for…
This post on teaching Spanish syllables as a first step in learning to read is written by Frances of Discovering…
I think this Spanish vocabulary game is one of my better ideas for working with groups of kids. I call…
Halloween is more than candy and costumes. It is also a wonderful opportunity to practice all kinds of fun vocabulary…
Leanna is a stay-at-home mother to a sweet, funny, rambunctious three year old boy and his adorable, smiley baby brother…
Traditional games in Spanish teach language and culture. These 12 games are from Latin America and Spain, and all of…
Questions in Spanish are useful for all kinds of activities and games. Children also have fun asking each other, or…
Nos vamos a México by Laura Krebs is one of my favorite Spanish stories for kids. This beautiful book is…
I use this Spanish verb practice game for kids with small groups when I want to give them focused practice…
There are lots of hands-on activities that you can do with kids to teach the shapes in Spanish and use…
Oso pardo, oso pardo, ¿qué ves ahí? is the translation of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?. This…
When we introduce the letter names and letter sounds to beginning Spanish learners, we associate the sounds with words. Learning…