Spanish
Women in Mexican Folktale: A Children’s Picture Book in Spanish
I just stumbled across a fantastic looking book Spanish teachers and learners will love. It’s called Fiesta Femenina: Celebrating Women in Mexican Folktale. Published by Barefoot Books, retold by Mary-Joan Gerson, illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez. I’ll be honest, I haven’t had a chance to personally review it yet. But it is now on CLEARANCE. [...]
Learn About Mexico with a Children’s Book: Off We Go to Mexico!
Off We Go to Mexico! is a wonderful book for introducing children to the sights, customs, language, and history of Mexico. It is written in delightful verse by Laurie Krebs, and illustrated by Christopher Corr. Off We Go to Mexico! is available in both English and Spanish. In the English version, each double page spread [...]
Whistlefritz Cha, Cha, Cha CD Receives Awards
Congratulations are in order for Whistlefritz! I recently reviewed their most recent Spanish CD for children, Cha, Cha, Cha. You can read my post here. I’m pleased to share the exciting news that Cha, Cha, Cha is now officially an award-winning CD! Dr. Toy named Cha, Cha, Cha one of the Best Audio-Visual products of 2010 [...]
Free Spanish Day of the Dead Word Search
Catherine at Foreign Language House has prepared a fun (and free!) Day of the Dead worksheet download that’s perfect for novice-level learners of all ages. To receive your word search, sign up for our FREE newsletter for language teachers at this link or on the right sidebar. Every month you’ll receive fun teaching tips and a new download [...]
Barefoot Books and Music in French and Spanish
Free shipping for orders over $60 through December 24 I’m always on the prowl for multilingual and multicultural books and music. I am pleased and excited to tell you about the treasures I’ve discovered at Barefoot Books! In fact, once I began to peruse the catalog I found that I already owned several Barefoot [...]
Preschool French or Spanish Train Lesson
I have a 2/3 year old mom-tot group of French learners, mostly boys. Well, if there’s one thing this set is crazy about, it’s TRAINS! Today I’d like to post a few ideas for a train-themed French or Spanish lesson. It incorporates hands-on activities & play, TPR, trains vocabulary & verbs, numbers, colors, and culture. [...]
Spanish and French Name Tags and Activities
It’s time to go back to school! Whether I’m teaching first graders or high schoolers, I like to have my students create desktop name tags in the first class session or two. I’m very visual, so I need to see name/face to get all of those new names into the ‘ol memory. And in middle [...]
Learn Spanish with Whistlefritz’s Cha Cha Cha CD
My kids and I have been dancing to Spanish this summer! Whistlefritz has just released a new CD–Cha, Cha, Cha! The folksongs and original songs are recorded and arranged by award-winning singer/songwriter Jorge Anaya. What I really love is the feeling of the music. Culture is infused into every beat . . . be it [...]
Toy Story 3 Spanish Theme Song: You’ve Got a Friend in Me
Just got back from watching Toy Story 3 with my family. Hilarious! Loved it! I had to do a quick post here on the ‘ol blog because there was some “foreign language fun” in the film. (I won’t say any more than that!) Check out the new Spanish theme song by the Gypsy Kings: You’ve [...]
Ephesians 4:32 – Bible Verse in English, French, and Spanish
My 5 year old memorized this Bible verse this week for Sunday School: Ephesians 4:32 It got me thinking that a nice Sunday feature to my Foreign Language Fun blog would be a multilingual Bible verse that kids can memorize in English, French, and/or Spanish. Today’s verse is the first half of Ephesians 4:32: Be [...]
