Today my son and I were reviewing the Spanish days of the week.
The Spanish calendar begins on Monday (instead of the American Sunday), and the days are not capitalized. They are . . .
lunes – Monday
martes – Tuesday
miércoles – Wednesday
jueves – Thursday
viernes – Friday
sábado – Saturday
domingo – Sunday
Here are a ten activities for practicing the Spanish days of the week with kids:
1. Sing the days! There’s a nice selection of clips on YouTube, like this one or this one.
2. Toss, kick, or roll a ball while saying the days of the week.
3. Jump rope while reciting the days of the week. How fast can you go? How many times can you say all of the days without stopping?
4. Prepare a hopscotch trail labeled with the Spanish days of the week. Hop & say!
5. Label the days of your family calendar in Spanish.
6. Print and cut these free Spanish Days Flash Cards, mix them up, and put them back in the correct order.
7. Match the English and Spanish flash cards.
8. Flip all of the flash cards upside down. Turn over two at a time, trying to get an English-Spanish match. If you do, keep the cards for points and take another turn.
9. Attach the flash card for the current day on the refrigerator or bathroom mirror.
10. Unscramble the days. Click here for a free Spanish Days worksheet.
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Those are great activities for kids!
Kids love dogs… this is a basic video lesson suitable also for the little ones: http://spanish-lessons.webspanish.com/spanish-lesson-%C2%BFte-gustan-los-perros/
Thanks! I like the video w/the dog!
And I thought of an 11th kids’ activity for days: make up your OWN song. I was having fun w/that today
Thanks so much. I’m teaching the days of the week in Spanish and these activities were really helpful.Class was fun!