Spanish Home Support

Part I: Online resources for Spanish support

 Games

• Rockalingua – music-based Spanish learning *

• Babbel  many language games to play without subscription

• Spanish Language Games Offers a variety of easy Spanish language games

• Dinolingo Over 100 beginner Spanish games without subscription

• Duolingo Free language learning program. Listening, written and comprehension skills.

• 1-2-3 Teach Me

• Study Spanish Online Games for learning basic Spanish language, including a verb conjugator, pronunciation, basic sayings and vocabulary

• PBS Kids – Games that allow kids to practice Spanish

• Bartolo – Chilean website for children that includes games, stories, shows and music

 Stories

• Story Place – Children can listen to digital stories in Spanish
• spanish books – childrens’ stories read by native Spanish speakers

• Cuentos Infantiles Includes hundreds of children’s stories, both in video and ebook format.

• El león y el ratón  The Lion and the Mouse

• Las 12 princesas bailarinas The 12 Dancing Princesses

• Los tres ositos The Three Bears

• Los tres cerditos y el lobo feroz The Three Little Pigs

• Caperucita Roja y el Lobo Feroz Little Red Riding Hood

• Blancanieves y los siete enanitos  Snow White and the Seven Dwarves

• La Ratita Presumida The Smug Little Mouse

• El viejo árbol The Old Tree *

• TV para niños Collection of “educational” videos with the protagonist, Leo, a blue truck

 Songs (this list could be endless)

• Juanito cuando baila

• Buenos días

• Counting song

• Rockalingua Fun Musical Spanish

• Toy Cantando Collection of video songs with “La Vaca Loca” (the crazy cow)

• Super Simple Español – Canciones Infantiles Y Más Collection of videos and songs. Adorable.

• Jose Luis Orozco

 Reading and Writing

• Cuentos para Dormir  Bedtime stories in Spanish

• International Children’s Digital Library Free access to the best of children’s literature from around the world in many languages.

• Unite for Literacy Provides free books and audio available in many languages. Native speakers read aloud. *

• Primary Math Resources Printable images, games and information for vocabulary in Spanish

• Rosetta Stone – Support for many, many languages. Currently free!

Science

• Cientec This site, from CIENTEC, (Foundation for the National Center of Science and Technology) contains science games and experiments. It is completely in Spanish.

• Crash Course Kids – science-based videos (Spanish closed caption option)

• The electronic zoo Photos and information all about animals. *

• Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales National Museum of Natural Sciences of Spain

 Social Studies

• Teaching for Change Provides teachers and parents with the tools to create schools where students learn to read, write and change the world. (Not in Spanish, but valuable nonetheless.)

 Math in Spanish

• Disfruta las Matemáticas Numbers, algebra, geometry, data, measurement, puzzles, games, dictionary and exercises

• Khan Academy Videos and practice in Spanish

• Primary Math Resources Printable images, games and information for numbers in Spanish

Shows/Films in Spanish

• Spanish Mama – movies and shows in Spanish
• Best Spanish Movies to Enjoy with the Whole Family
• Cartoons in Spanish on Netflix

 Other online resources

• Brainpop Movies, quizzes, activities and more in English and Spanish

• Learn Spanish on YouTube

• BBC’s Spanish games/videos/activities for children

 Online Spanish/English Dictionaries

• Wordreference.com Provides multiple word meanings, synonyms, pronunciation recordings, grammar

• Oxforddictionaries.com Similar features as wordreference.com

• Linguee.com Offers same as the links above, but with the bonus of having superior translations for phrases and compound words. Includes links to translations from all over the web.

 

Beware of google translate. It can be useful for quick single word translations, but does not provide multiple meanings, does not provide the gender of nouns (masculine, feminine) and does not do a good job of translating sentences (yet). We discourage its use.

 

Part II: Our community in Spanish

• Humboldt Public Libraries – every library has a section of books in Spanish, several also have DVDs and CDs in Spanish as well.

  • Blue Lake Library bilingual story time, 1st and 3rd Sat. of the month 11:30am

• Friends of the Dunes Nature Story Time 444-1397 info@friendsofthedunes.org Call for Spanish story time information.

• Newspapers in Spanish:

  • El Leñador – student-run English/Spanish newspaper serving Humboldt County

  • El Tecolote – Spanish/English newspaper of San Francisco

  • La Opinión – Spanish language newspaper of Los Angeles

• Humboldt Spanish Language Meetup – Wednesdays at 6pm, see website for location. All levels welcome.

• LatinoNet (Follow on Facebook for local events in Spanish)

  • KHSU radio (update: all HSU radio programs have been cancelled for now)

    • Charlando con la Raza – Tues. 7pm, Wed. 7am, Sat. 1pm

    • Naturaleza y Comunidad de Pachamama, the hour following Charlando

    • Latino USA, Fri. 1:30pm

• Dine out in Spanish

  • Valley Azteca

  • Carmela’s Mexican Restaurant

  • Rita’s

  • Taquería La Barca

  • Fiesta Grill and Cantina

  • Hey Juan Burritos

  • Luis’s

  • Raliberto’s

  • La Patria

  • Pachanga Mexican

  • etc.

• Mexican Markets

  • Fregoso’s

  • El Buen Gusto

  • La Pasadita Market

 

Part III: Spanish while traveling (work in progress)

• Find a Spanish storytime on your road trip

  • Long Beach- http://www.lbpl.org/events/storytime.asp

  • Santa Rosa – https://sonomalibrary.org/kids/early-literacy/storytimes

 

Part IV: Encouraging language development

• Article about simple ways to help your child’s language development

• Working with your child in English, also helps Spanish