Many of my students are novice learners, so I need Spanish books for beginners. Of course, we read picture books…
One of my favorite activities with children learning Spanish is to act out short dramatic poems. Here are two Spanish…
My students love moveable paper crafts! They are fascinated by anything that spins, opens, waves or flies. So, whenever possible…
Children sing the traditional song Debajo de un botón throughout the Spanish-speaking world. It’s also an excellent song for language…
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…
Fun for Spanish Teachers is one of my go-to resources. I have been teaching with Carolina’s fabulous materials for years…
Dolphins are amazing! In addition, learning about these beautiful animals is an excellent way for Spanish learners to develop their…
Learning a language takes lots of repetition and practice, but repetition does not have to be boring. Spanish vocabulary review…
Spanish vocabulary picture cards help kids understand and learn new words. The pictures represent words so you do not have…
Graphic organizers help students see connections. For language learners, they also provide important support as they build sentences. Spanish vocabulary…
The Monarch butterfly life cycle and the migration to Mexico make excellent themes for Spanish learning. Talking about Monarchs, kids…
An onomatopoeia is a word that phonetically imitates the sound that it describes. In Spanish, the word is onomatopeya. Spanish…
Spanish yoga books are a wonderful addition to a classroom or home library. Nothing is more natural for children than…
Un elefante se balanceaba is one of the best known Spanish children’s songs. It is a counting song and the…
Task cards are a set of cards with a single question for students to answer on each card. Spanish task…
Armadillos live throughout Latin America and often appear in traditional stories and songs. Below, you will find a printable reading…
The short Spanish poem La ardilla is by the Mexican poet Amado Nervo. It is a fun poem to share…
Last week I read Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle’s Oso Pardo, oso pardo ¿qué ves ahí? to a class…
The Learn Spanish with Pictures activities are some of the most popular pages on Spanish Playground. I added audio of…
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…
This photograph of parakeets is a fun way to speak Spanish with your child. Talk about the picture using the…
Farm animals are often a part of our conversations with children. We talk about where our food comes from, the…
Use this photograph of a dog drinking water to help your child learn Spanish. The questions that follow, like all…
With my own kids growing up, I always wanted them to speak as much Spanish as possible. I looked for…
The charming new Spanish-language picture book by Delia Berlin, Dieta de Lunares, reminds children of the importance of eating well…
Are you ready to sing, dance and learn some Spanish? Mister G has just released a new CD, Los animales…
There are tropical forests in many Spanish-speaking countries. As kids learn about the rainforest, they explore geography and culture, as…
I recently finished a preschool Spanish unit on mice. We had fun singing lots of Spanish mouse songs. We also…
Talking to animals in Spanish can help children learn language. You can enlist the help of animal friends in several…
Talking about animals in Spanish introduces children to a lot of language. Learning about animals, children hear common Spanish verbs…
This year, we celebrate Poem in Your Pocket Day on April 30. It is part of National Poetry Month and…
Are you looking for a Spanish chicken song to use with language learners? You can find a Spanish chicken song…
The Itsy Bitsy Spider is a wonderful fingerplay to do with language learners. You can do lots of fun related…
This printable Spanish vocabulary game involves identifying which object is missing from a set. It is easy to make for…
Spanish is tons of fun, but children can learn more than language as they read, sing and play. Kids are…
With this printable activity, kids practice vocabulary and the Spanish vowels. The words on the printable are introduced and used…
Sequences, or patterns, of objects or shapes are a simple, fun task that can be done on paper or with…
Mandalas are circle drawings, art patterns that integrate figures, geometric forms and colors around a unifying center. Mandalas occur in…
I use paper cups for all kinds of activities in preschool Spanish. We count into cups and use them for…
It is easy to tie almost any vocabulary into Thanksgiving activities. After all, we are thankful for family, food, community…
It’s Friday and time for the Friday Five! These five Spanish activities for elementary students will help you speak the…
This photo with text is a good Spanish reading activity for beginning learners. The photo provides a context for new…
Are you looking for fun activities for the first week of school or a new morning routine for class or…
The verb forms ves and veo are some of the first ones I teach my students. Ver is high-frequency vocabulary…
Carrera de globos is a new online Spanish vocabulary game for learning key words in four categories. Players advance in…
Let’s give a warm welcome to Libros Arellano! I have been waiting for years for more Spanish children’s books by…
If you are looking for a fun language activity or a Spanish story for kids, this picture book is a…
These five Spanish activities for kids take almost no preparation. I asked readers about making sets like this a series…
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This review was contributed by Brooks Lindner from Sonrisas Spanish School. He writes about the Spanish story La sorpresa de…
The song Un amigo me enseñó from Babyradio is fun to sing with children learning Spanish and effectively teaches common…
Spring has officially arrived, and with summer just around the corner many schools and families will be taking trips to…
The poem Los pollitos by Argentine author Olegario Víctor Andrade is fun to read with children learning Spanish. Andrade lived…
In my work with Spanish learners, of course I look for picture books that teach Latino culture. Given that, it…
Spanish has a wealth of traditional finger plays, rhymes and songs for children. Kids love games with actions, and these…
Children all over the world sing about elephants swinging on a spider’s web, and keep singing and singing as they…
Playing with patterns or sequences, kids can speak lots of Spanish. I like pattern activities because you can associate vocabulary…
Talk about this photograph of a dog catching a Frisbee to help your child learn Spanish. The questions that follow…