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Spanish Valentine Treat Boxes
Valentine’s Day is one of my favorite holidays to celebrate with kids. It focuses on love and friendship, and cards and gifts for children are traditionally small and relatively simple. In addition,...
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Multicultural Children’s Book Day: Josephine Baker
What do children learn from books? They learn language and a world of content, but too often kids also learn that protagonists are white. They learn that brave, clever characters speak English....
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Online Spanish Magazine for Kids: Algarabía
Algarabía is a Mexican magazine devoted to culture and language. The original print version for adults is always wonderful reading, and it is also available as a digital version. Algarabía Niños is...
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5 Spanish Finger Plays for Preschoolers
Spanish has a wealth of traditional finger plays, rhymes and songs for children. Kids love games with actions, and these are perfect language learning tools. Music, movement, and rhyme combine to...
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Spanish Black History Month Resources
It is hard to find good resources for teaching kids about Black history in the United States in Spanish. With the growing number of dual language and elementary Spanish programs, this will surely...
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Printable Spanish Valentine Cards for Kids
These printable Valentine cards are made for kids to color and give to friends or family. They are perfect for Spanish language learners because the picture on the card helps kids understand the...
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Spanish Valentine Song by Mariana Iranzi
I am always happy to find a new song to celebrate Valentine’s Day with kids learning Spanish. This song by Mariana Iranzi has vocabulary and verb forms that kids recognize. In addition, it is at a...
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Travel Journals: Family on the Loose
This week I am hosting the MKB Book Club discussion of Family on the Loose, a wonderful book about family travel by Bill Richards and E. Ashley Steel. Chapter 7 is about travel journals, which just...
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Free iPad Apps with Art for Speaking Spanish
Art is an excellent tool for teaching children Spanish. Pictures provide context and support so that kids understand new language. They can also provide an important cultural component when the...
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Spanish Reading for Kids: Printable Activity from Custom Literacy
One of the most exciting things about working on Spanish Playground is sharing innovative materials like the books from Custom Literacy. This new company creates beautiful printable books and e-books...
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Spanish Words Kids Love Video: Las Verduras
Las verduras is a video in the Spanish Words Kids Love series from Spanish Playground. These short videos teach essential Spanish words in the context of full sentences and supported by beautiful...
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Spanish Songs for Kids: Rockalingua Giveaway
Rockalingua is an educational website with songs, videos and other materials to teach Spanish to children in the elementary grades. It was created by a musician and Spanish teacher from Spain who...
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Online Spanish Books for Children
Throughout Latin America, governments have established programs to promote literacy and an appreciation for literature. Argentina created el Plan Nacional de Lectura in 2008 and has a wonderful...
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Bilingual Music for Kids: 1 2 3 con Andrés
Andrés Salguero will be releasing his first CD later this month, adding a new voice to the growing body of bilingual music produced in the United States. Using simple language and heartfelt emotion,...
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Printable Spanish Posters and Coloring Pages for Spring
Printables posters and coloring pages can help create a text-rich environment in a classroom or at home. Research has shown that a text-rich environment is an essential component of early literacy. It...
View ArticleReaders Theater for Spanish Learners: Free Printable
Readers theater is an excellent language activity for Spanish language learners. I’m excited that Custom Literacy has published their first readers theater story, Señor Coyote y el queso. Custom...
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World Cup Activities for Spanish Learners
This great World Cup Activity Pack from Multicultural Kid Blogs is in English, but there are many ways to use the activities with Spanish learners. Many Spanish-speaking countries qualify to compete,...
View ArticleSpanish Books by Libros Arellano
Let’s give a warm welcome to Libros Arellano! I have been waiting for years for more Spanish children’s books by Latino authors from the U.S. Finally, options in publishing are making more Spanish...
View ArticleDía del Padre: Printable Cards to Color
A printable card for el Día del Padre is a good language activity for Spanish learners. There are many printable cards that have a short Spanish text and are meant to be colored or decorated. The text...
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Stories in Spanish to Read Aloud: Arcoiris Books
Independent publisher Lee & Low recently sent me five books from their Arcoiris series. This collection of leveled readers consists of excellent Spanish translations of award-winning stories....
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