This July 20, speak some Spanish in honor of Colombia’s Independence Day, or as the locals say–Dia de la Independencia. This festive occasion celebrates the day Colombia declared its independence from Spain in 1810.
Colombia, which was discovered by Christopher Columbus, is located in the northern part of South America. It boasts coastlines along both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, as well as amazing rainforests.
Teach your kids these Spanish colors and use them to learn about Colombia with printable coloring pages.
rojo – red
amarillo - yellow
anaranjado - orange
azul - blue
blanco – white
verde – green
gris - gray
marrón - brown
morado - purple
rosado – pink
negro - black
Colombian Coloring & Cultural Resource Links:
The best resource I found for coloring pages about Colombia are from an adoption website called RainbowKids.com. They have four coloring pages to help children adopted from Colombia learn more about their cultural heritage: daily life, animals, festivals, and traditional food. These printables are great learning tools for ALL kids!
Children will also enjoy Crayola’s flag of Colombia. There are three stripes: yellow, blue, and red. The blue represents the water of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
A wonderful way to practice Spanish colors is to identify them on the plants and animals of the Colombian rainforest. Check out Mongobay.com’s Rainforest Slide Show. When you are done, color these Macaws from First-School.com
Young Spanish-learners put language and culture together in this Spanish color-by-number of a mariposa (butterfly) from abc.teach.
Finally, dive into a little cultural music with songs and rhymes from Colombia. You’ll find lyrics in both English and Spanish from Mama Lisa’s World.
Need more ideas on ways to play with Spanish colors? Check out the ideas in Foreign Language Color Games.
Celebrate Colombia’s Independence Day!
Photo Credit: Kevin Rosseel http://morguefile.com/archive/?display=200485&
