Tag: spanish culture

Parenting blogs share Spanish culture and language.

Raising kids with two or more languages is hard work. All of us feel overwhelmed at times and need encouragement…

This review was contributed by Brooks Lindner from Sonrisas Spanish School. He writes about a Day of the Dead book…

spanish color by number simple skull

A few days ago I posted a color-by-number picture in Spanish of a traditional skull for Día de los Muertos…

spanish color by number calavera

Día de los Muertos is a colorful celebration. Flowers, candles, and calaveras bring color to altars and graves as we…

This is part of a series of posts featuring multicultural bloggers who are raising their children speaking Spanish and another…

Children learn language and culture as they play these traditional games in Spanish.

Traditional games in Spanish teach language and culture. These 12 games are from Latin America and Spain, and all of…

day of the dead skulls

This month, many of us are talking about Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, with our children…

It’s a party, y’all! Multicultural Kid Blogs is officially one year old as of today. To celebrate we are hosting…

Check out the end of this post for fabulous Hispanic Heritage Month resources! Welcome to the Second Annual Hispanic Heritage Month…

Nos vamos a México is picture book that teaches both language and culture to kids learning Spanish.

Nos vamos a México by Laura Krebs is one of my favorite Spanish stories for kids. This beautiful book is…

Join the Multicultural Kid Blogs Book Club! Starting next month… – A wonderful opportunity to read books related to multicultural…

Cancioncitas de los Andes is a wonderful CD and digital book set that introduces children to life in the Andes…

Join in the fun! The Pinterest Scavenger Hunt is in full swing, but there is still plenty of time to…

Ready for a multicultural adventure? You may have seen my post about this amazing group of Multicultural Kid Blogs. We…

I do not belong to many groups, and I have certainly never belonged to a group as cool as Multicultural…

Award-winning author Carole Roman has written a lovely picture book to introduce young children to the country and culture of…

spanish songs for kids cantoalegre

Cantoalegre is an amazing resource. This fabulous organization from Colombia offers free downloads of their Spanish songs for kids. They…

This printable activity consists of a short Spanish reading, photos and questions. The topic is el Día del Peatón, an…

The snow is almost gone here in Wisconsin, and many of us are talking and singing about the change of…

Preschoolers love imaginative play, so we do lots of it in my classes. One game that is always a big…

spanish song for children mummy

1, 2, 3 Momia Es is a playground game kids play in South America. In Mexico, the same game is…

I have used Spanish quotes with students of many different ages. They are good exposure to authentic language and also…

Cantaré, a group based in the Washington D.C. area, performs and records songs in Spanish for children. Led by vocalist…

A printable activity for celebrating Spanish New Year with children.

I am in Peru enjoying time with family and in just a few days we will be ringing in the…

spanish christmas vocabulary

The government of the Canary Islands hosts this set of activities called Jugando con palabras. The games use Spanish Christmas…

I am sure that Bilingual is Better was written for me. After all, I have been waiting 20 years for…

Dia de muertos activity for kids learning Spanish

Talk about this photograph of a Day of the Dead altar to help your child learn Spanish. The questions that…

If ever there was a celebration that lends itself to coloring, it is Day of the Dead, or Día de…

We are so excited to be co-hosting the first annual Hispanic Heritage Month Blog Hop Fiesta! Hispanic Heritage Month is…

Hispanic Heritage Month is Sept 15 – Oct. 15. If you are looking for materials for your classes or to…

Relajo en la cocina is a Mexican story that I read to my children when they were little. It is…

Summer is here and kids will be spending lots of time in the water. In Spanish it is very common…

                   Heritage Language bilingual books with audio CDs are a wonderful resource for teaching Spanish to children. This innovative company…

Tito, the Firefighter / Tito, el bombero, by Tim Hoppey, is a picture book about being bilingual. It is the…

Debajo de un botón (Under A Button) is a traditional Spanish song for children. Children love this song because it…

Este dedito compró un huevito (this little finger, or toe, bought an egg) is a Spanish rhyme that you say…

I use this Spanish song for kids with preschoolers and beginning language learners. La luna y el sol teaches basic…

I was excited to see Juanita Ulloa’s name in my inbox recently.  She wrote suggesting that Spanish Playground readers might…

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