Animals are a high-interest way to engage children with language. Below you’ll find favorite activities for kids to learn animals…
I love talking about animals with Spanish learners because the kids have so much to say. Picture cards make it…
Ser and tener are some of the first verbs language learners understand and use on a regular basis. Of course…
Encuentra los animales is a printable Go Fish Spanish game to practice animals, places and verbs. Players look for animals…
It’s May, and it’s beautiful. This month is going to be a hard one in many ways, but spring is…
Spring is on the way, and Los pollitos dicen is the perfect song to sing with language learners. Children sing…
I recently discovered Lufi & Friends Spanish song books with built-in music, and they are fabulous! Children can push a…
Spanish reading games are an easy way to have fun with language. For example, these two I Spy games let…
It is important for Spanish learners to use the language to learn about other disciplines. The ACTFL World Language Readiness…
Many of my students are novice learners, so I need Spanish books for beginners. Of course, we read picture books…
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…
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 a fun way to speak Spanish with children. I added audio of the…
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…
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…
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…
With this printable activity, kids practice vocabulary and the Spanish vowels. The words on the printable are introduced and used…
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…
The verb forms ves and veo are some of the first ones I teach my students. Ver is high-frequency vocabulary…
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…
Taro Gomi’s book My Friends/Mis amigos is one of my favorites to read with kids. The book teaches Spanish animals…
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…
Children all over the world sing about elephants swinging on a spider’s web, and keep singing and singing as they…
Talk about this photograph of a dog catching a Frisbee to help your child learn Spanish. The questions that follow…
Vivamos la granja is a rhyming story that playfully introduces children to life on a farm. It is written by…
Giselle Shardlow is the author of Kids Yoga Stories and today she shares one of her favorite Spanish songs for…
When children are engaged with the language, they learn. It can be a challenge, though, to keep kids engaged, especially…
Do you talk about what you are thankful for at Thanksgiving dinner? It is a tradition at our house to…
Leanna is a stay-at-home mother to a sweet, funny, rambunctious three year old boy and his adorable, smiley baby brother…
Oso pardo, oso pardo, ¿qué ves ahí? is the translation of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?. This…
In Spanish, The Itsy Bitsy Spider is La araña pequeñita, La itzi bitzi araña, Winsy, winsy araña or Wichi, wichi…
Talk about this photograph of a little girl and her dog to help your child learn Spanish. The questions that…
Kids Yoga Stories recently published an post with a sequence of farm-related yoga poses for children. In addition to being…
I use picture cards for all kinds of games and activities. This PDF has the following sets for 12 animals:…
The snow is almost gone here in Wisconsin, and many of us are talking and singing about the change of…
Old McDonald is a song many English speakers learn when they are very young. The equivalent Spanish song for kids…