Tag: Spanish children

Spanish in a Basket was such a treat to get in the mail! It is a lovely wicker picnic basket…

It is fall, and in Wisconsin we have calabazas, or pumpkins, everywhere! 1,2,3 Calabaza is a traditional game children play…

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

9letras is the blog of Alberto Abarca Fillat of Huesca, Spain. Alberto shares educational material for teaching Spanish and the…

This online activity from Chateau Meddybemps is a great tool for teaching Spanish prepositions. There are four animals in a…

Muchas veces les explicaba a mis hijos por qué todos los veranos los llevaba a la misma ciudad de México…

Easy Spanish songs for kids in preschool school.

Where did the summer go? Lots of us are going to have new Spanish learners in just a few weeks…

In this video, two children are describing a common word in Spanish. The video is just one minute long, but…

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

  These printable cards in Spanish are from Interpeques. The questions are about the natural world and the answers include…

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

This post of gifts for children learning Spanish has been update for 2015. Find the new gift guide here. Gifts for…

This song uses the verb tener, and other useful verbs, in the first person. This verb form, the yo form…

This story is an excellent introduction to Spanish vocabulary related to the four seasons.  It is made for native speakers…

This song is lots of fun to sing and to dance to, and it teaches the parts of the body…

Online games for kids teach farm animals in Spanish.

This is a set of activities designed for native Spanish speakers to practice farm animal vocabulary and numbers.  The activities…

This is the Spanish version of the traditional song “The Green Grass Grew All Around.” It has lots of Spanish…

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

Children sing this short song to the tune of La bamba as they wash their hands. The idea is that…

In Spanish, verbs change to match the subject of the sentence. Children learn Spanish verb forms if they are exposed…

This video, made for Spanish-speaking preschoolers, is perfect for learning Spanish color words at any age. Objects in a simple…

Drawing, or coloring, with your child can be a wonderful Spanish language activity. The key is to talk about what…

Me gusta (I like it.). ¡Me gusta mucho! (I like it a lot!). No me gusta (I don’t like it.)…

Twinkle twinkle little star in Spanish is a wonderful song to sing to children learning Spanish.

There are several versions of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star in Spanish. Children love this familiar song, and both versions use…

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

Teaching a second language, as a parent or in a classroom setting, is hard work. Providing comprehensible input – language…

Look at the picture with your child. Read the questions that follow and answer them together. Do not worry about…

I love this pretty little song in Spanish.. It captures a child’s puzzlement at the changes in the moon and…

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

Variations of familiar games are an easy way to incorporate Spanish into the day. The game Duck,Duck,Goose is a good…

Look at the picture with your child. Read the questions that follow and answer them together. Don’t worry about understanding…

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

Here are some phrases to help you incorporate numbers in Spanish into your day. ¿Cuántos hay? – How many are…

This is a simple song for learning Spanish numbers. Listening and then singing along is a great way to learn…

Structure interactions in Spanish so that your child has fun and is successful. The following steps will help you teach…

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

This simple Spanish circle activity is great for a family, a group of friends, day cares or classes.  It uses…

Children can learn lots of Spanish helping you around the house. When my children were small, as we set the…

Here is a fun online activity using Spanish food vocabulary. With this activity you hear the words pronounced, so your…

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

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

This is great song for learning Spanish family vocabulary. Learn the song watching the video – the drawings and actions…

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

Family is the center of a child’s world, so these are Spanish words she will need.  They are essential for…