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Spanish Christmas Vocabulary – Great Online Activities from Spain

December 16, 2012
Audio, Christmas, Culture, Holidays, Online activities, Outside, Outside-Nature, Pronunciation, Reading, Vocabulary

The government of the Canary Islands hosts this set of activities called Jugando con palabras. The games use Spanish Christmas…

Spanish Songs for Kids – Otoño llegó marrón y amarillo

September 11, 2012
Colors, Fall, Outside, Outside-Nature, Preschool Spanish Activities, Seasons, Songs, Vocabulary

This Spanish song for children is about the arrival of fall, and children learn it in many preschools in Latin…

Spanish poem for kids: Una casa con un sol

July 9, 2012
Day and Night, House, Outside, Outside-Nature, Poems, Pronunciation, Reading, Seasons, Summer, Vocabulary

This Spanish poem for children is titled Una casa con un sol. It uses familiar, conversational language to describe the…

Spanish Audio for Kids – Guess this Common Summer Word

June 15, 2012
Audio, Online activities, Outside, Outside-Nature, Seasons, Summer, Videos, Vocabulary

Can you guess this word? Listen to this short Spanish audio description of a word that we often associate with…

The Itsy Bitsy Spider in Spanish

June 13, 2012
Animals, Outside, Outside-Nature, Poems, Pronunciation, Songs, Vocabulary

There are lots of versions of The Itsy Bitsy Spider in Spanish. The lyrics are fairly close to the English…

Spanish Poem for Children with Color and Nature Words

This Spanish poem for children has color and natural world vocabulary.

May 31, 2012
Colors, Day and Night, Emotions, Outside, Outside-Nature, Poems, Reading, Vocabulary, Websites

Reading El jardín de Douglas recently, I was happy to find a new Spanish poem for children that I think…

Learn Spanish with Pictures – Playing in the Sand

May 29, 2012
How to, Learn Spanish with Pictures, Online activities, Outside, Outside-Nature, Photographs, Questions, Reading, Seasons, Spring, Vocabulary

Talking about this photo of a little girl playing in the sand is a excellent way to speak Spanish with…

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star in Spanish: Free Printable Wall Art

May 3, 2012
Day and Night, Outside, Outside-Nature, Poems, Preschool Spanish Activities, Printable, Reading, Songs, Vocabulary

I’m happy to offer this free printable poster of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star in Spanish to my readers. A print-rich…

Learn Spanish with Science – Activities using Peep and the Big Wide World Videos

April 26, 2012
Online activities, Outside, Outside-Nature, Preschool Spanish Activities, Printable, Videos, Vocabulary, Websites

As part of the celebration of El Día de los Niños on April 30th, I wrote about using the PEEP…

11 Easy Spanish Activities Using Printable Landscapes

April 24, 2012
Crafts, Outside, Outside-Nature, Photographs, Poems, Printable, Reading, Vocabulary, Websites

I use background scenes and paper figures for lots of Spanish games and activities. You can find printable scenes online…

Earth Day Activities in Spanish – El día de la tierra from OnlineFreeSpanish

April 16, 2012
Earth Day, Holidays, Online activities, Outside, Outside-Nature, Printable, Pronunciation, Vocabulary

OnlineFreeSpanish has a great set of Earth Day activities for Spanish language learners. The games teach vocabulary related to the…

Spanish poem for children and printable activity – No los veo by Douglas Wright

April 10, 2012
Crafts, Outside, Outside-Nature, Poems, Printable, Reading, Vocabulary

April is National Poetry Month and it is a wonderful time to share poetry with children. The rhyme and rhythm…

Spanish song – La primavera from Los Pimpollos

April 6, 2012
Online activities, Outside, Outside-Nature, Pronunciation, Seasons, Songs, Spring, Vocabulary

This Spanish song about spring is from Los pimpollos, an educational television program from Peru. There is an official YouTube…

Spanish Activities for Spring and Easter

March 27, 2012
Crafts, Earth Day, Holidays, Online activities, Outside, Outside-Nature, Printable, Reading, Seasons, Spring, Vocabulary

Since the time I wrote this post, Northumberland Grid for Learning has begun to charge users who are not in…

Spanish song for spring – Somos como las flores

March 22, 2012
Outside, Outside-Nature, Seasons, Songs, Spring, Vocabulary

Charlotte Diamond has been singing wonderful songs for children for over 15 years in Spanish, French and English. Somos como…

The days of the week in Spanish: Songs for kids

February 2, 2012
Days of the week, Outside, Outside-Nature, Songs, Vocabulary

Songs are a good way for children to learn the days of the week in Spanish. If they understand the…

Learn Spanish with pictures – Playing in the snow

January 21, 2012
Body parts, Clothes, Colors, Family, How to, Learn Spanish with Pictures, Online activities, Outside, Outside-Nature, Photographs, Seasons, Vocabulary, Winter

Talking about pictures is a great way to speak Spanish with children. Use this photo of a little girl and…

Spanish Song About Winter: Nos gusta el invierno

December 4, 2011
Holidays, Outside, Outside-Nature, Poems, Preschool Spanish Activities, Printable, Seasons, Songs, Vocabulary, Winter

It is snowed here in Wisconsin, so it is time for a winter song in Spanish. This song is called…

Spanish song for kids teaches vocabulary and verbs – La luna y el sol

October 31, 2011
Culture, Day and Night, Opposites, Outside, Outside-Nature, Pronunciation, Songs, Verbs, Vocabulary

I use this Spanish song for kids with preschoolers and beginning language learners. La luna y el sol teaches basic…

Kids Learn Spanish with Pictures: Happy Pigs

October 30, 2011
Animals, Body parts, Colors, Emotions, Language learning, Learn Spanish with Pictures, Online activities, Outside, Outside-Nature, Photographs, Vocabulary

Don’t these pigs looks happy? Talk about this great photograph to help your kids learn Spanish. The questions that follow…

Whistlefritz Las Estaciones DVD for Kids

October 10, 2011
Clothes, Colors, Day and Night, Fall, Greetings, Holidays, Language learning, Months, Outside, Outside-Nature, Preschool Spanish Activities, Product reviews, Pronunciation, Seasons, Songs, Spring, Summer, Verbs, Videos, Vocabulary, Websites, Winter

I just watched the Whistlefritz Spanish for Kids DVD – Las estaciones. It is so well done! I am going…

Fall poems with illustrations for children learning Spanish

October 5, 2011
Fall, Months, Outside, Outside-Nature, Poems, Preschool Spanish Activities, Seasons, Uncategorized, Vocabulary

These Spanish poems for children are by Douglas Wright, a well-known author and illustrator from Argentina. He writes poems and…

Art activity teaches the seasons and months in Spanish

August 24, 2011
Fall, Months, Numbers, Outside, Outside-Nature, Printable, Reading, Seasons, Spring, Summer, Uncategorized, Vocabulary, Websites, Winter

As school starts and the seasons change, teachers and parents will be talking about the months of the year and…

Fiesta Femenina: Enchanting Stories for Children Learning Spanish

August 11, 2011
Body parts, Books and Stories, Clothes, Day and Night, Outside, Outside-Nature, Product reviews, Reading, Values, Vocabulary

Fiesta Femenina is a collection of captivating stories with wonderful characters. They are drawn from the legends of the indigenous…

Basic vocabulary, classic melody – wonderful song for Spanish language learners

August 4, 2011
Outside, Outside-Nature, Songs, Verbs, Videos, Vocabulary

Escucha, hermano, canción, alegre, nuevo, día, ven, canta, sol, vive, estrellas: these words could come from any picture book or…

Use Wordle to Teach Spanish to Children

August 1, 2011
House, How to, Online activities, Outside, Outside-Nature, Photographs, Printable, Reading, Verbs, Vocabulary, Websites

You might be familiar with Wordle, the really fun website that makes word clouds with any text. Wordle is a…

Sing about summer in Spanish

July 19, 2011
Online activities, Outside, Outside-Nature, Seasons, Songs, Summer, Verbs, Videos, Vocabulary, Websites

This song about summer is a good example of authentic language that can be used effectively with Spanish language learners…

Printable scenes for teaching Spanish to children

July 17, 2011
Family, Food, Outside, Outside-Nature, Playground, Preschool Spanish Activities, Printable, Vocabulary

I am always on the look out for pictures to use to teach Spanish to children. Ideally, the pictures are…

Beautiful Dolphins: Learn Spanish with Pictures

July 1, 2011
Animals, Body parts, Colors, How to, Learn Spanish with Pictures, Outside, Outside-Nature, Photographs, Vocabulary

Learn Spanish with Pictures helps you teach Spanish to children by talking about pictures, like these photographs of dolphins. Following…

Kids Learn Spanish with Famous Paintings

June 19, 2011
House, Online activities, Outside, Outside-Nature, Vocabulary, Websites

The blog, Pequeños Artistas, Grandes Obras, is the collaborative work of preschool and elementary teachers in Spain and Argentina. The…

A little girl on the beach – Learn Spanish with Pictures

May 27, 2011
Clothes, Colors, How to, Learn Spanish with Pictures, Outside, Outside-Nature, Photographs, Questions, Verbs, Vocabulary

Use this photo and the questions that follow to help children learn Spanish. Like the other Learn Spanish with Pictures…

A walk on the beach – Learn Spanish with Pictures

Learn Spanish with pictures like this photo of a mom and baby on a beach.

May 25, 2011
Clothes, Colors, Family, How to, Learn Spanish with Pictures, Outside, Outside-Nature, Photographs, Questions, Verbs, Vocabulary

Talking about pictures is a great way to speak Spanish with children. The activities in Learn Spanish with Pictures are…

Kids playing in the sand – Learn Spanish with Pictures

May 23, 2011
Language learning, Learn Spanish with Pictures, Online activities, Outside, Outside-Nature, Photographs, Questions, Verbs, Vocabulary

Learn Spanish with Pictures helps you teach Spanish to children by talking to them about a photograph. The type of…

New PBS web series teaches Spanish and models language learning

April 18, 2011
Clothes, Colors, Language learning, Online activities, Outside, Outside-Nature, Printable, Videos, Vocabulary, Websites

PBS has launched the web-original series Noah comprende to introduce children to Spanish and also to the process of language…

Free Spanish Activity Book on Conserving Resources – Great for Earth Day

April 14, 2011
Books and Stories, Earth Day, Outside, Outside-Nature, Printable, Reading, Vocabulary

Earth Day, El día de la Tierra, is April 22, and children will be hearing and thinking about how to…

Printable Spanish book about building a snowman

December 9, 2010
Body parts, Books and Stories, Clothes, Outside, Printable, Seasons, Vocabulary, Winter

This printable book in Spanish has common vocabulary and a simple, repeated sentence structure. The title is El muñeco de…

Playground vocabulary in Spanish

April 8, 2010
Outside, Outside-Nature, Playground, Preschool Spanish Activities, Verbs

Spring is here and it is time for parks and playgrounds. Add this Spanish playground vocabulary to your time outside…

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