Spanish learners need to hear language in context, and everyone loves an entertaining story. With that in mind, we created…
Reading is so important for building Spanish language skills! I love to read picture books and early readers with my…
Stories by Gus on the Go is a free Spanish learning app that carefully creates and delivers comprehensible input the…
Un picnic en el bosque is a printable Spanish story with cutouts of the characters. The story is about 3…
Today we are sharing a wonderful Spanish story PDF and a set of cut outs for telling the story. This…
Armadillos live throughout Latin America and often appear in traditional stories and songs. Below, you will find a printable reading…
Telling stories is a powerful tool to teach Spanish. From picture books to entire methodologies like TPRS, telling stories in…
Imaginaciones by Carolyn Clarke has 17 very short imaginary adventures told in easy Spanish. These read-aloud relaxation stories help children…
BookBox creates animated books with Same Language Subtitling (SLS) to support reading and literacy development around the world. Language learners…
Do you talk about emotions in Spanish with kids? Be sure to take a look at the picture book Mara…
The idea behind these Spanish stories is so clever! They are bedtime stories that ask kids to participate by drinking…
Finding the Music / En pos de la música is a wonderful new bilingual book by Jennifer Torres. Published by…
Spring is on its way! These two easy Spanish stories make it easy to talk about spring with children learning…
Imactiva is an education technology company that works with the Chilean government, publishers and companies to develop education software. They…
We do not usually think about connecting with the publishers of the books we read. Instead, we tend to think…
I am sharing Miguel ayuda en la oficina de la pediatra as a part of the Read Around the World Summer…
Another week is winding down and it’s time for the Friday Five. You can use these easy Spanish activities over…
Are you looking for fun activities for the first week of school or a new morning routine for class or…
Delia Berlin is a children’s author from Argentina. Now living in the US, she has written two enchanting bilingual books…
Mundo de Pepita makes great printables for teaching Spanish to children! I recently discovered their work and they agreed to…
Since I wrote this article, Lee & Low has modified their web site and changed the structure slightly. The stories…
If you are looking for a fun language activity or a Spanish story for kids, this picture book is a…
These three stories from Barefoot Books have a prince or princess and a charming fairy tale setting. They also have…
Author and teacher Jessica Gracía writes about five benefits of using readers theater with children learning Spanish. Readers Theater is…
Readers theater is an excellent language activity for Spanish language learners. I’m excited that Custom Literacy has published their first…
Throughout Latin America, governments have established programs to promote literacy and an appreciation for literature. Argentina created el Plan Nacional…
In my work with Spanish learners, of course I look for picture books that teach Latino culture. Given that, it…
This review was contributed by Brooks Lindner from Sonrisas Spanish School. He writes about the Spanish story Adivina cuánto te…
Vivamos la granja is a rhyming story that playfully introduces children to life on a farm. It is written by…
2 Kurious Kids Second Adventure: Mexico is a picture book by Heidi Gill. It is intended for children ages three…
I recently had the opportunity to write about two wonderful bilingual picture books. Marisol McDonald no combina and Marisol McDonald…
Marisol McDonald is the protagonist of two wonderful bilingual picture books – Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match/ Marisol McDonald no combina…
When children are engaged with the language, they learn. It can be a challenge, though, to keep kids engaged, especially…
Goodnight, Moon by Margaret Wise Brown is a classic picture book for young children. Like the original, the Spanish translation…
Oso en el trabajo is a Spanish language picture book that follows Oso, un cartero, as he delivers mail to…
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 by Laura Krebs is one of my favorite Spanish stories for kids. This beautiful book is…
Oso en casa is a wonderful story for children learning Spanish. It has rhythm and rhyme, concrete language relevant to…
Oso pardo, oso pardo, ¿qué ves ahí? is the translation of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?. This…
Pictocuentos are stories that use pictures or symbols to support the meaning of the text. The pictures, or pictographs, are…
La vaca que decía oink by Bernard Most is a story in Spanish for children. This book review was contributed by…
Cantoalegre is an amazing resource. This fabulous organization from Colombia offers free downloads of their Spanish songs for kids. They…
I am so excited to be able to share this book with Spanish Playground readers. Sofía en una aventura por…
With Christmas coming, I know that lots of us are looking for gifts for Spanish language learners. Parents of my…
Spanish books are the perfect gift for children learning the language! Sonrisas Spanish School is having a picture book sale…