Spanish learners need to hear language in context, and everyone loves an entertaining story. With that in mind, we created a series of short Spanish stories for beginners. These stories give learners the opportunity to hear verb forms and other common vocabulary.
We wrote these Spanish stories so beginners could focus on a few key structures. We also built in repetition to provide repeated exposure to the vocabulary and verbs. Next, we filmed them, so beginners could hear native speakers tell the stories. We filmed each story in the present tense and then with a past tense narration.
Using the Spanish Stories for Beginners
There are lots of ways to use these stories to learn Spanish. Here are a few activities to consider.
- Do a sequencing activity where students put events in order.
- Try listening practice where students fill in key words.
- Have students answer comprehension questions about the story.
- Give students a paragraph with a written version of the story and have them answer comprehension questions.
- Students can practice retelling the story to a partner.
- Ask students to illustrate the story.
- If students are at a higher level, you can ask them to change one element in the story or change the ending.
Spanish Stories on YouTube
Right now we have 6 Spanish stories for beginners in the present tense and past tenses. They are available on YouTube in these playlists:
Learn Spanish Present Tense Stories
Learn Spanish Past Tense Stories
The stories you’ll find in the playlists are:
El caballo y la manzana
El muchacho y la mochila
El niño triste
Un ratón en casa
La tienda
El perro tiene sed
Activities for Spanish Story Videos
These are examples of the kinds of activities you can make for these stories. Scroll down for activities for El niño triste.
El caballo y la manzana
Download a printable version of the activities for the present tense version of El caballo y la manzana.
I. Enumera los eventos en orden cronológico del 1 al 6.
______ Pamela ve un caballo.
______ Pamela corre a casa.
______ Pamela camina en el parque y come una manzana.
______ El caballo ve la manzana de Pamela.
______ Pamela toma la manzana.
______ El caballo come la manzana.
II. Contesta las preguntas.
1. ¿Qué hace Pamela en el parque?
2. ¿Qué ve Pamela en el parque?
3. ¿Qué ve el caballo?
4. ¿Qué hace el caballo?
III. Completa el párrafo.
Pamela está en el ______________. Camina y come una ______________.
Entonces, Pamela ve un______________. El caballo ve la ______________.
El caballo camina y camina. ¡El ______________ come la manzana de Pamela!
Pamela toma la______________. Corre a la______________. En la casa, Pamela come la ______________.
El niño triste
Download a printable version of the activities for the present tense Spanish story El niño triste.
More Spanish Stories for Beginners
We’ll be publishing more of these Spanish stories for beginners in the next few weeks. They all have a limited number of target structures and built-in repetition. We film them with native speakers and add gestures and expressions to make them comprehensible for novice learners.
Your feedback helps us decide what materials to create, so we would love to hear how these stories work for you or your students.
Cenk
Nov 9, 2019
Gracias
Jenny
Nov 9, 2019
¡De nada! Espero que sean útiles los materiales.
KH
Nov 11, 2019
Me encanta este video porque es sencillo, fácil entender y cómico a la misma vez. Keep making them!
KB
Nov 11, 2019
I would love to see one using ser and estar!
Jenny
Nov 11, 2019
What a great suggestion! It might be easiest to do two videos, each one concentrating on one verb, rather than the contrast. I’ll see what I can come up with.
Jenny
Nov 11, 2019
I’m glad it’s helpful! We have a great time making them.
Wendy
Nov 20, 2019
This website is WONDERFUL! I have shared it with several friends. I appreciate all the helpful videos and activities that you have created! Thank you!
Jenny
Nov 21, 2019
We’re so glad it’s helpful! It’s a lot of fun to write. Thank you for sharing the site and for your kind words!
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