additional recommended resources

1. ONLINE RESOURCES:

EL BURRO ENFERMO: (Great for animal, color, or clothing unit)

http://www.anacleta.com/elburroenfermo.html

NOCHEBUENA POINSETTIA: (Nice December activity)

http://www.anacleta.com/nochebuena.html

DIEGO RIVERA MURAL: (End-of-the-year outdoor activity)

http://www.anacleta.com/diegoriveramural.html

EL DÍA DE LA RAZA:

http://www.anacleta.com/columbusday.html

http://www.anacleta.com/celebrations.html

QUETZAL BIRD: (Link to rainforest animal or Guatemala unit)

http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/mquetzal.html

2. REPRODUCIBLE RESOURCES

LANGUAGE FOR KIDS ACTIVITY BOOKS: large selection of thematically-linked bingo games and board games

Sample of activities:

http://www.langbks.com/free-downloads.html

Available directly from http://www.langbks.com/ in Italian, French and Spanish.

REPRODUCIBLE HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES ON-LINE FROM BBC

PRIMARY SPANISH:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryspanish/worksheets/worksheet05.shtml (domino matching game) Note: Dominoes are a very popular game in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryspanish/worksheets/worksheet06.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryspanish/worksheets/worksheet11.shtml

(“call my bluff” vocabulary builder games; first highlights miscellaneous objects; second focuses on family members)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryspanish/worksheets/worksheet09a.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryspanish/worksheets/worksheet09b.shtml

(color matching pair games)

I recommend you save the above images as pictures. Then enlarge on an 8-1/2x11” sheet as much as possible for easier manipulation by children.

HABLO ESPAÑOL by Lynn Brisson (perfect for lower primary children!)

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