Finding the Music / En pos de la música is a wonderful new bilingual book by Jennifer Torres. Published by…
- May 13, 2014
- Animals, Books and Stories, Day and Night, Earth Day, Outside-Nature, Product reviews, Reading, Vocabulary
If you are looking for a fun language activity or a Spanish story for kids, this picture book is a…
- January 24, 2014
- Body parts, Books and Stories, Holidays, Position words, Reading, Valentine's Day, Vocabulary
This review was contributed by Brooks Lindner from Sonrisas Spanish School. He writes about the Spanish story Adivina cuánto te…
- July 16, 2013
- Books and Stories, Product reviews, Reading
Recently, I wrote about a wonderful yoga story in Spanish, Lucas en un día en la playa. The Spanish coloring…
- June 27, 2013
- Books and Stories, Product reviews, Reading
Kids Yoga Stories has another wonderful Spanish story for children. Lucas en un día en la playa integrates yoga into…
- June 13, 2013
- Books and Stories, Ebooks, Online activities, Reading, Vocabulary
We Give Books is a free online library of children’s books and they now have a few Spanish stories and…
- February 26, 2013
- Books and Stories, Product reviews, Reading
I am so excited to be able to share this book with Spanish Playground readers. Sofía en una aventura por…
- February 24, 2013
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I recently asked readers to share the title of a book they enjoyed reading with their children or classes. These…
- February 6, 2013
- Books and Stories, Reading
This giveaway is closed. Congratulations to the winner Jodi Monroy! Thanks to everyone for entering, for the great book list…
- December 7, 2012
- Books and Stories, Ebooks, iPad Apps, Product reviews, Reading
With Christmas coming, I know that lots of us are looking for gifts for Spanish language learners. Parents of my…
- December 2, 2012
- Books and Stories, Curriculum, Holidays, Reading
Spanish books are the perfect gift for children learning the language! Sonrisas Spanish School is having a picture book sale…
Relajo en la cocina is a Mexican story that I read to my children when they were little. It is…
- July 24, 2012
- Numbers, Poems, Preschool Spanish Activities, Printable, Reading
I wrote this rhyme to read with children learning Spanish. Kids help tell the story by providing phrases based on…
- June 17, 2012
- Audio, Books and Stories, Ebooks, Holidays, Language learning, Online activities, Printable, Pronunciation, Reading, Videos, Vocabulary, Websites
Stories from BookBox are a wonderful resource for building reading and listening skills in Spanish. BookBox creates animated books with…
- May 13, 2012
- Books and Stories, Clothes, Family, House, Product reviews, Reading, Verbs, Vocabulary
These entertaining Spanish books for children are very popular with my students. In class just last week a student got…
- January 17, 2012
- Books and Stories, Printable, Reading, Vocabulary
This short Spanish story is available as a free download from El biblio de los chicos. It is a 24-line…
- November 14, 2011
- Books and Stories, Culture, Product reviews, Reading
Tito, the Firefighter / Tito, el bombero, by Tim Hoppey, is a picture book about being bilingual. It is the…
- September 12, 2011
- Books and Stories, Family, Food, House, Preschool Spanish Activities, Product reviews, Reading, Values, Verbs, Vocabulary
Let’s Eat! / ¡A comer! is a picture book in Spanish and English by Pat Mora. This story fits into…
- August 11, 2011
- Body parts, Books and Stories, Clothes, Day and Night, Outside, Outside-Nature, Product reviews, Reading, Values, Vocabulary
Fiesta Femenina is a collection of captivating stories with wonderful characters. They are drawn from the legends of the indigenous…
- July 29, 2011
- Books and Stories, Reading
If you read your children picture books that have been translated from English to Spanish, you have probably had moments…
- July 28, 2011
- Body parts, Books and Stories, Reading, Values, Vocabulary
Whoever you are is a beautiful book with a moving message about our common humanity. It is by Australian author…
- June 27, 2011
- Books and Stories, Colors, Crafts, How to, Printable
I love using story sticks with kids learning Spanish. The pictures reinforce what they hear, and the movement helps them…
- May 3, 2011
- Books and Stories, Printable, Reading, Vocabulary, Websites
I am a big fan of mini-books, so I was happy to see that OnlineFreeSpanish has added a selection of…
- April 27, 2011
- Body parts, Books and Stories, Clothes, Colors, Family, Greetings, Preschool Spanish Activities, Product reviews, Reading, Vocabulary
These are my favorite bilingual picture books to read to kids. Margaret speaks English and Margarita speaks Spanish and reading…
- April 11, 2011
- Books and Stories, Printable, Reading, Seasons, Spring
Mamá pájaro (Mama Bird) is a free printable mini-book, and it is excellent for speaking Spanish with your child. The…
- April 4, 2011
- Books and Stories, Holidays, Product reviews, Reading
This weekend you may have celebrated Children’s Book Day. If you work with Spanish language learners, you may also want…
- April 1, 2011
- Books and Stories, How to, Pronunciation, Reading
Picture books in Spanish are one of the best language learning tools you can use with children. Even as kids…
- February 1, 2011
- Books and Stories, Food, How to, Preschool Spanish Activities, Vocabulary
Stories without words are useful tools for teaching Spanish to children. These wordless picture books engage children actively with the…
- January 26, 2011
- Books and Stories, Colors, House, Preschool Spanish Activities, Product reviews, Questions, Vocabulary
¿Algo más? (Anything else?). Such a common, useful question! When I am choosing picture books to read with beginning Spanish…
- January 3, 2011
- Books and Stories, Language learning, Online activities, Outside-Nature, Printable, Vocabulary
Using Spanish to talk about information that your child already knows is an effective way of exposing her to the…
- December 9, 2010
- Body parts, Books and Stories, Clothes, Outside, Printable, Seasons, Vocabulary, Winter
This printable book in Spanish has common vocabulary and a simple, repeated sentence structure. The title is El muñeco de…
- November 3, 2010
- Books and Stories, Clothes, Printable, Verbs, Vocabulary
¡Es hora de ir al colegio! (It’s Time to Go to School!) is a printable mini-book in Spanish. It is…
- October 21, 2010
- Animals, Books and Stories, Product reviews, Verbs, Vocabulary
This bilingual edition of My Friends/Mis amigos by Taro Gomi has Spanish and English on facing pages. It is an…
- September 8, 2010
- Books and Stories, Preschool Spanish Activities, Product reviews
If you have ever misplaced your keys, you know how you think of the word “where” as you search for…
- July 8, 2010
- Books and Stories, Fall, Outside-Nature, Seasons, Spring, Summer, Vocabulary, Winter
Children are familiar with the concepts and vocabulary related to the seasons of the year. Using this knowledge, they can…
- June 10, 2010
- Books and Stories
Reading to your child in Spanish is one of the best ways to expose her to the Spanish language. Many…
- May 20, 2010
- Books and Stories, Clothes, Verbs, Vocabulary
These two picture books are fun to read, use clothing vocabulary, and also use complete Spanish sentences rather than just…
- May 13, 2010
- Books and Stories, Gustar, Verbs
¿Qué te gusta? teaches children the common Spanish verb gustar through repetition and lovely illustrations which make the meaning of…
- May 10, 2010
- Books and Stories, Colors, Gustar, Verbs
Me gustan los colores is a picture book with wonderful photos supported by a clear Spanish text. Each page has…
- April 29, 2010
- Books and Stories, Verbs, Vocabulary
¡Quiero mi plátano! (I want my banana!) is an excellent book for introducing or reinforcing the Spanish verb querer, to…
- April 19, 2010
- Books and Stories, Colors, Preschool Spanish Activities, Vocabulary
I was fortunate enough to find these books by Creative Teaching Press when my kids were preschool age. The Spanish…
- April 2, 2010
- Books and Stories, Day and Night, Preschool Spanish Activities
Oso bajo el sol is the bilingual edition of Bear in Sunshine. Like the other Bear books in this series…
- March 23, 2010
- Books and Stories, Preschool Spanish Activities
Las gallinas de la señora Sato tells a simple story in Spanish with both sequence and repetition. It moves through…
- March 13, 2010
- Books and Stories, Food
Your child can learn lots of Spanish, including food vocabulary, reading picture books with you. Frutas y vegetales uses common…