Tag: Books and Stories

Spanish DVD for Kids: Bilingual Baby DVD and Book

The Bilingual Baby DVD is a wonderful collection of images to support a voice-over narration of basic Spanish words and…

The Everything Kids First Spanish Puzzle and Activity Book

Do you have children starting Spanish in school? If you are looking for games and activities to supplement what they…

Spanish Friday – Lee más. Sé feliz.

I am participating once again in latinaish.com‘s Spanish Friday.  Join us! Leí una vez un artículo de Anna Quindlen donde…

¡A comer! – A dual language picture book about food, family and good fortune

Let’s Eat! / ¡A comer! is a picture book in Spanish and English by Pat Mora. This story fits into…

15 Inexpensive Ways to Add Spanish to Your Home

A text-rich environment is very important for children learning Spanish. One of the difficulties of teaching Spanish as a minority…

Gained in translation – Quienquiera que seas

If you read your children picture books that have been translated from English to Spanish, you have probably had moments…

Quienquiera que seas: A Spanish Language Picture Book

Whoever you are is a beautiful book with a moving message about our common humanity. It is by Australian author…

Picture Book to Sing in Spanish

This is a song with pictures, perfect for the very littlest children learning Spanish. Luna has the words luna (moon)…

Spanish Friday

Hoy me junto a un grupo de blogueros que escriben en español los viernes. Spanish Friday se llama. ¿Cómo se…

Printable Story Sticks

I love using story sticks with kids learning Spanish. The pictures reinforce what they hear, and the movement helps them…

Printable mini-books with Spanish audio from OnlineFreeSpanish.com

I am a big fan of mini-books, so I was happy to see that OnlineFreeSpanish has added a selection of…

Poem for Children Learning Spanish

This poem by Douglas Wright teaches questions and adjectives to kids learning Spanish.

Douglas Wright is a well-known children’s author and illustrator from Argentina. His poems deal with the experiences of children and…

Margaret and Margarita / Margarita y Margaret – Bilingual books for Spanish language learners

These are my favorite bilingual picture books to read to kids.  Margaret speaks English and Margarita speaks Spanish and reading…

My Bilingual School Library Contest

The deadline for this contest has been extended until May 15th!  Encourage schools to enter! My Bilingual School Library Contest…

Free Printable Mini-book for Spring

Mamá pájaro (Mama Bird) is a free printable mini-book, and it is excellent for speaking Spanish with your child. The…

Celebrate books with children learning Spanish

This weekend you may have celebrated Children’s Book Day. If you work with Spanish language learners, you may also want…

How to Read a Bilingual Picture Book

Picture books in Spanish are one of the best language learning tools you can use with children.  Even as kids…

Activity Book for Learning Spanish

Activities for teaching children Spanish.

This is a free book of fun and practical activities for teaching children Spanish. ¡Aprendo jugando! Actividades de Español para…

Use picture books without words to teach children Spanish

Stories without words are useful tools for teaching Spanish to children. These wordless picture books engage children actively with the…

Siesta – A beautiful picture book to teach colors and common vocabulary in Spanish

¿Algo más? (Anything else?). Such a common, useful question! When I am choosing picture books to read with beginning Spanish…

Walking and Talking in Spanish: Two Rhymes to Combine with Movement

Talking in Spanish is fun with these two rhymes about walking.

These two Spanish poems are by Douglas Wright, a well-known poet, illustrator, and humorist from Argentina. They are a fun…

Using what kids know to teach Spanish – Geography

Using Spanish to talk about information that your child already knows is an effective way of exposing her to the…

Teaching The Water Cycle in Spanish

Learning about the water cycle in Spanish children learn content and new language.

One of the biggest challenges for Spanish teachers and parents teaching Spanish to their children is providing sufficient input at…

Online Interactive Spanish Story

This online story is an unusual version of Los tres cerditos (The Three Little Pigs) meant for native Spanish speakers…

Picture book to read and act out teaches kids Spanish

Botas nuevas, by Guido Van Genechten, is the Spanish edition of New Boots. It is the story of a child…

Printable Spanish book about building a snowman

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

Online Story in Spanish

Children learning Spanish as a second language, or in minority language situations, get most of their exposure to the language…

Free mini-book teaches the verb ver and time in Spanish

¡Es hora de ir al colegio! (It’s Time to Go to School!)  is a printable mini-book in Spanish. It is…

Spanish Animal Picture Book

This bilingual edition of My Friends/Mis amigos by Taro Gomi has Spanish and English on facing pages. It is an…

Online Clifford Story in Spanish

Traditional features of many picture books make them excellent Spanish-language learning tools. For example, illustrations that support the Spanish text…

Lift-the-flap Spanish Books

If you have ever misplaced your keys, you know how you think of the word “where” as you search for…

Books about the seasons teach kids Spanish

Children are familiar with the concepts and vocabulary related to the seasons of the year.  Using this knowledge, they can…

Choosing Picture Books in Spanish

Reading to your child in Spanish is one of the best ways to expose her to the Spanish language.  Many…

Two picture books that teach Spanish clothes vocabulary and more

These two picture books are fun to read, use clothing vocabulary, and also use complete Spanish sentences rather than just…

Picture book for learning the Spanish verbs "quiero" and "quieres"

¡Quiero mi plátano! (I want my banana!) is an excellent book for introducing or reinforcing the Spanish verb querer, to…

Children learn Spanish with these colorful books

I was fortunate enough to find these books by Creative Teaching Press when my kids were preschool age.  The Spanish…

Picture Book to Learn Spanish Animals and Colors

Reading a wonderful picture book is a powerful experience. Language, color, and ideas come together to create a world that…

A picture book in Spanish with the sun, the moon, and more – Un libro infantil en español con el sol, la luna y más

Oso bajo el sol is the bilingual edition of Bear in Sunshine. Like the other Bear books in this series…

Spanish Picture Books with Numbers

Las gallinas de la señora Sato tells a simple story in Spanish with both sequence and repetition. It moves through…

Me gusta cuando…- A sweet picture book for learning “me gusta”

I love this book! Each sentence begins Me gusta cuando (I like it when) but ends with a different everyday…

Picture books to teach food vocabulary in Spanish

Your child can learn lots of Spanish, including food vocabulary, reading picture books with you. Frutas y vegetales uses common…

The Spanish verb "hay" in a beautiful picture book

The Spanish translation of The Napping House, La casa adormecida, it a great way to reinforce the verb hay (there…

My house Mi casa – A book in English and Spanish

My house Mi casa, from the English and Spanish Foundations Series, has pictures with labeled vocabulary and simple sentences on…

My House: A Book in Two Languages/Mi casa: Un libro en dos lenguas

My house Mi casa begins Estos son algunos de los colores que verás en este libro. (Here are some of…

Los tres osos – a book and CD for practicing house vocabulary

Ricitos de Oro y los tres osos, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, is a wonderful story. The pattern, the repetition…

Talking about family in Spanish- a book with CD

My family and I – Mi familia y yo is a bilingual book introducing Spanish family words. The story is…

Books to Practice Animals in Spanish

Picture books in Spanish will often have vocabulary that your child does not know.  Even simple books, about familiar topics…

Two books to practice body parts in Spanish

Mi Perrito is part of the Déjame leer series, nivel 1 (level 1).  The illustrations and the repetition make the…

How to teach Spanish to children – 1

1. Incorporate words and simple phrases into your daily routine. Children understand, and learn, language in context. You will find…

Buenas noches, luna – Goodnight, Moon in Spanish

This is a Spanish translation of Margaret Wise Brown’s classic picture book Goodnight, Moon. Many children know the English, so…

Buenos días, buenas noches – a picture book in Spanish

This beautiful book by Michael Grejniee follows two children through their day using opposites.  The vocabulary is practical and it…