Resources for Spanish Learners at Home

Dear parents and guardians,

We understand that adjustments have to be made during this challenging time. To offer you some support with our young Spanish learners, here is a list of Spanish learning resources you can use with them while they are home from school. 

This special compilation comes to you thanks to many helping hands like our friends Andrés and Christina from 123 Andrés, the Latin Grammy Award-winning duo, and Ana Maia Calabrese, singer-songwriter, founder of Spanish plus me. Thank you!

We truly hope this time off schools is temporary, and we are looking forward to meeting our students again in the classroom.

Spanish  (General Resources)

• https://www.123andres.com/events/ Check all FREE upcoming online concerts
• https://www.spanishplusme.com/links-spanish-for-kids (Great music to learn Spanish)
• https://www.duolingo.com/   Free app
• https://calicospanish.com/learn-spanish-with-videos/ (Original Spanish videos)
• Free Scholastic resources to learn at home K-12(Lots of them in Spanish)

Music

• Short and fun songs to introduce basic vocabularyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lo-8UWhVcg&fbclid=IwAR1uJHmSSf6X1bzpUp6WrP-x3chpai9M8L7IjYMmRcGLFqDOib_v4aXJvUo&app=desktop
• Spotify playlists(Spanish songs for kids all ages)
• 6 Spanish playlists on Spotify with clean songs for the whole family: 
  • Theme songs to introduce basic vocabulary,
  • nurseryrhymes,
  • songs for older kids,
  • clean songs for teens,
  • songs for the whole family
  • English and SpanishMix for English speaking families introducing Spanish.
• If the direct link to Spotify doesn't work on your desktop please click here

TV shows and Youtube channels

Remember not to leave your child unattended especially while using YouTube and take the necessary precautions to ensure that they are not exposed to inappropriate ad content. (5 ways to make YouTube safer for kids)

• TV show-PBS Kids:Oh Noah
• Georgia Public Broadcasting award-winning Spanish language series:Salsa
• Peppa Pig(Spanish)
• Blippi (Spanish)
• Kratts Brothers(clips in Spanish)
• El Mundo de Luna
• Spanish Playground:Buena Gente Series (Videos for learners. Older kids)

Animated short films on YouTube (no dialogue)

Joy and Heron https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lo-8UWhVcg&fbclid=IwAR1uJHmSSf6X1bzpUp6WrP-x3chpai9M8L7IjYMmRcGLFqDOib_v4aXJvUo&app=desktop 

The short story of a fox and a mouse

Dustin

The early hatchling gets a worm

Some TV Shows and movies available in Spanish in this moment on Netflix 

Storybots

Lego friends

The Deep

Spirit Riding Free

Magic School bus

Masha and Bear

The cat in the hat

Mia and Me (Fairies)

Justin time go

Tarzan and Jane (Action and fights)

YouTube videos for some dancing time

123 Andres

Just Dance "Soy yo"

Just Dance "Mi Gente"

Ponte a bailar  (Preschoolers)

Soy una taza (Preschoolers)

AEIOU(movements to learn the vowels in Spanish with a song)

Manos y Brazos(Add movement and learn body parts PK-8) Free step by step movement guidefor non-Spanish speakers

Find additional resources with reviews, and tips for healthy and safe use of technology at home at Common Sense and Common Sense Latino

Audiobook options

Youtube Channel:Scholastic Story Books Treasures, narrated in Spanish  

Unite for Literacy Free online books with narration in Spanish

The Spanish experiment

Podcast Cuentos infantiles  (Traditional stories for kids read by a native Spanish Speaker)

Free audiobook ¿Dónde está el coquí?with coloring pages

Coloring pages, tips, and activities

Printable board games 

Templates for Mini- books (Animals) and coloring pages

Clothes printable game

Earth Day: craft ideas and free song

Diversity:craft ideas and free song

Vocabulary activities and printables by Theme -  Theme songs here (various artists)

Apps 

PBS free app: PBS Parents Play & Learn  (For kids that already know some Spanish, or parents that can guide their child's interaction with the app)

www.fabulingua.com (temporary FREE, suspended subscription services to help families during this emergency)

https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/subjects/world-languages/spanish/  PBS Learning

Google Earth (Visit Spanish Speaking countries)

Games (Online)

Desktop PBS Kids Games in Spanish 

Online bingo

Word game (For kids that can read in Spanish)

Vocabulary games 

Other resources 

Extended closure activities

Options for emergency distance lessons

Printables to use with songs