Spring is a wonderful season to learn new Spanish words, because Spanish spring activities include vocabulary associated with weather, plants…
Kids learn Spanish as they jump rope and chant rhymes. The combination of movement and language inserts the words and…
Many classic games and activities are good opportunities to speak Spanish with children. You can play tic-tac-toe with all kinds…
Talk about this photograph of kids playing baseball to help your child learn Spanish. The questions that follow, like all…
Tic tac toe has many names in Spanish. Three of the most common are tres en raya (Spain), gato (Mexico)…
Traditional games in Spanish teach language and culture. These 12 games are from Latin America and Spain, and all of…
Kids love playing with bean bags. Like balloons and water, bean bags almost guarantee happy children and a successful activity…
A beach ball, pelota de playa or balón de playa in Spanish, is a classic summer toy. It is inexpensive…
I write about lots of traditional playground games, hand-clapping games and jump rope rhymes that children play in Spanish. Recently…
1, 2, 3 Momia Es is a playground game kids play in South America. In Mexico, the same game is…
Talk about this photograph of teenagers playing soccer in the rain to speak Spanish with your child. The questions that…
My children played this game in Spanish all the time with their friends in Mexico. They call it Basta, but…
The title of this Spanish song and game, A pares y nones, is Evens and Odds (numbers) in English. This…
Mar y tierra is a traditional Spanish game kids play at recess. It is very simple and it can be…
The traditional Spanish game, Debajo del puente (Under the Bridge), has several versions. It is a hand-clapping game and is…
It is fall, and in Wisconsin we have calabazas, or pumpkins, everywhere! 1,2,3 Calabaza is a traditional game children play…
9letras is the blog of Alberto Abarca Fillat of Huesca, Spain. Alberto shares educational material for teaching Spanish and the…
I am always on the look out for pictures to use to teach Spanish to children. Ideally, the pictures are…
I have a great time playing toma todo, or pirinola, with children learning Spanish. The phrases are simple and practical…
Hand clapping games are a good way to engage children actively with the Spanish language. Por aquí pasó un caballo…
Hand clapping games in Spanish are great language activities for children. These two hand clapping games in Spanish are each…
Mi mundo en palabras is part of the Centro Virtual Cervantes, a site created by the Instituto Cervantes of Spain…
My son A is 23 and he just got back from visiting my daughter, K, in Lima, Peru. He was…
Children naturally play with language as they learn, experimenting with Spanish rhyme and rhythm. In English, they say “See ya…
Part of summer is protecting kids from the sun. We remind them to put on sun screen, to sit in…
A game of tag is an excellent opportunity to use Spanish with your child. The game has different names in…
Rock paper scissors in Spanish is piedra papel o tijera. It is played all over the world and it is…
Spring is here and it is time for parks and playgrounds. Add this Spanish playground vocabulary to your time outside…
Variations of familiar games are an easy way to incorporate Spanish into the day. The game Duck,Duck,Goose is a good…