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Speaking of Spanish: Spanglish House

This is part of a series of posts featuring multicultural bloggers who are raising their children speaking Spanish and another language. Their blogs offer valuable perspective into Spanish, kids and...

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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 remember loved ones. The traditional sugar skulls, decorated with designs, are a...

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Spanish Color-By-Number: Easy Picture for Día de los Muertos

A few days ago I posted a color-by-number picture in Spanish of a traditional skull for Día de los Muertos. It is a fun way to introduce kids to some of the symbols associated with the Day of the...

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Day of the Dead Books: El Día de los Muertos

This review was contributed by Brooks Lindner from Sonrisas Spanish School. He writes about a Day of the Dead book, El día de los Muertos.  When teaching children about The Day of the Dead, the...

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Spanish Thanksgiving Vocabulary Coloring Pages

Do you talk about what you are thankful for at Thanksgiving dinner? It is a tradition at our house to mention things for which we are feeling especially appreciative. It is a big group, but it is also...

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Speaking of Languages: The Head of the Heard

CC Image by Eliezer Borges This is part of a series of posts featuring multicultural bloggers who are raising their children speaking two or more languages. Their blogs offer valuable perspective into...

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Speaking of Spanish: Discovering The World Through My Son’s Eyes

This is part of a series of posts featuring multicultural bloggers who are raising their children speaking Spanish and another language. Their blogs offer valuable perspective into Spanish, kids and...

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Spanish Story for Kids: El Fandango de Lola Activities

El fandango de Lola is a story about individualism and family, about finding talents and sharing them with people you love. This enchanting story of a little girl who discovers flamenco is an...

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Spanish Words Kids Love Video: Las frutas

Spanish Words Kids Love is a new set of videos from Spanish Playground that teach language in context. The videos are set in Mexico and are full of the color and culture of that amazing country. The...

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Spanish Stories Kids Will Love: Marisol McDonald Books

Marisol McDonald is the protagonist of two wonderful bilingual picture books – Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match/ Marisol McDonald no combina and Marisol McDonald and the Clash Bash/ Marisol McDonald y...

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Spanish Picture Book Giveaway: Marisol McDonald

     I recently had the opportunity to write about two wonderful bilingual picture books. Marisol McDonald no combina and Marisol McDonald y la fiesta sin igual are written by Monica Brown and...

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Spanish Words Kids Love: Los juguetes del mercado

I am happy to share the second video in the Spanish Words Kids Love series, Los juguetes del mercado. These short videos by Spanish Playground teach language in context with beautiful images. See the...

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Multicultural Kid Blogs Book Club: Family on the Loose

Join the Multicultural Kid Blogs Book Club as we begin 2014 by reading Family on the Loose: The Art of Traveling with Kids. - In weekly posts, Multicultural Kid Bloggers will discuss Family on the...

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Spanish Christmas Color by Number

These Christmas color-by-number pages in Spanish teach colors, numbers and Christmas vocabulary. They are an excellent opportunity to talk to children about piñatas, el nacimiento and other Christmas...

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Spanish Color-by-Number Christmas Pages: Nativity and Piñata

                     Last week I shared two color-by-number sheets that work well for talking about Christmas in Spanish-speaking countries. They are culturally relevant, and also make it easy to use...

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Spanish Christmas Carol Gift Boxes

   These gift boxes have lines from villancicos, traditional Christmas carols in Spanish. The pictures on the boxes represent the words. These little boxes are perfect for gifts of Christmas cookies or...

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Travel with Kids: Family on the Loose Giveaway

Do you travel with your kids? Are you making plans for a new adventure? Whether you are an experienced family traveler or contemplating your first trip, you will love Family on the Loose: The Art of...

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Spanish Words Kids Love Video: ¿Qué tiene?

I am happy to share ¿Qué tiene?, a video in the Spanish Words Kids Love series. These short videos teach essential Spanish words supported by beautiful images of Mexico and in the context of full...

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Spanish Songs for Kids: Printable Sequence Cards for Un elefante

Children all over the world sing about elephants swinging on a spider’s web, and keep singing and singing as they add more elephants. Un elefante se balanceaba is one of the best known Spanish songs...

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Spanish Valentines for Kids: Cards and Activities

My classes start the first week of February, so I am in Manzanillo, Mexico for a couple of weeks. It is pretty quiet on Spanish Playground right now, but I am working on new Valentine cards and...

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