These traditional Spanish poems about winter are taught in school throughout Latin America. All of the poems I’ve included here are short and have lots of winter vocabulary. Below there is a printable version with pictures to illustrate key words.
Our poetry resource page Spanish Poems for Kids has more poems for children and information about sharing them with language learners.
Kids love the rhythm and rhyme in these Spanish poems about winter. You can easily add actions to make the meaning of the words clear as kids are learning them. One of the poems is also sung as a song. I wrote about it here: Spanish Song – Winter.
Having kids illustrate these Spanish winter poems is an excellent way to practice vocabulary. All of the poems have common seasonal words for weather and clothing.
Several of these poems are short enough to sing them to a simple tune. Adding music makes them even easier to learn. You can find these traditional poems and many others in collections online. This book on issuu has a good selection Spanish poems about winter.
Spanish Poems about Winter
Download a printable version of these Spanish winter poems.
La nieve
La nieve cae.
El frío llegó.
Gorro y bufanda
me pongo yo.
Invierno
El sol tiene frío
no quiere salir,
metido entre nubes,
se ha puesto a dormir.
Los pájaros piden
un rayo de solar.
Sin esa caricia
no pueden cantar.
El muñeco de nieve
Hoy al abrir la ventana,
vi un muñeco sin abrigo,
un sombrero le tapaba
su cabeza de nieve helada.
Por nariz una zanahoria,
por ojos dos carbones
y una bufanda larga
con flecos de colores.
El invierno
Vemos llegar el invierno,
por un camino de escarcha.
Lluvia, frío, viento y nieve,
deja tras su lenta marcha.
El veintiuno de Diciembre,
llega vestido de gris.
Pinta narices de rojo,
le gusta escuchar: ¡Achisss!
Son tres meses de visita,
para estar bien abrigados.
No sé por qué siempre vuelve.
Aquí, nadie lo ha invitado.
Me abrigo en invierno
Cuando me levanto,
tengo mucho frío.
¡Ya llegó el invierno!.
Sacaré el abrigo.
Para ir al colegio,
me pondré la bufanda.
Guantes y chaqueta
y un gorro de lana.
¡Ya puede llover!
¡Ya puede nevar!
Que este invierno,
frío no voy a pasar.
Nos gusta el invierno
Nos gusta el invierno,
no sé porque será.
Por la nieve blanca
o por la Navidad.
El frío en invierno,
tiene una solución:
el gorro, el abrigo
y la calefacción.
Cuando hace frío
Cuando llega el invierno,
yo me tengo que poner:
un abrigo, una bufanda
y unos guantes, también.
Un gorrito en la cabeza
y unas botas en los pies,
así estaré calentito
y no me resfriaré.
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Susan
Jan 20, 2012
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admin
Jan 21, 2012
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Susan
Jan 22, 2012
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