Resources for Teaching Spanish or English to very young kids

Enjoy a variety of fun online activities for each of our picture books, selected articles, videos and presentations by Graciela Castellanos for teaching English and/or Spanish to young learners.

Online Activities for very young children

Visit Languages4kidz Shop. Click on a book cover, scroll down to Learning Materials and click UNLOCK. Enjoy the learning games and activities created.

SPANISH SONGS VIDEOS

• Palmas, palmitas
• La araña pequeñita
• A la Bim Bam Bum
• Oh, Sr. Sol
• El Sr. Potato
• 5 monitos
• 3 en una familia
• El elefante del circo
• La lechuza
• 5 ranitas
• Con mi dedito
• Tengo una hormiguita en la patita
• 5 pavos grandes
• Trato o truco
• La Brujita Tapita
• Blanca Navidad

ENGLISH SONGS VIDEOS

• Skinnamarinky
• A Ram Sam Sam
• Sing hello
• Going to the zoo
• Spring
• 5 little turkeys
• Halloween song

TIPS FOR TEACHING YOUNG LEARNERS

• Suggestions on how to begin your first English class
• Presentación de la Colección Wise Foxes

SAMPLES OF SOME OF LANGUAGES4KIDZ PICTURE BOOKS

• A day at the beach
• A busy, busy day
• We’re traveling today
• Fully animated English and Spanish ebooks for little ones

PRESENTATIONS

Castellanos, Graciela (September, 2018). Language Learning Summit: Early Language Learning.

Castellanos, Graciela (September, 2018). Conferencia ELE 2018: El uso de los Cuentos en la enseñanza de Español.

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

Teaching Articles of interest

All Kids Should Learn an Additional Language

Open-mindedness and respect towards others is what we want young children to learn besides a new language

10 tips to use when reading to very young kids

Story Time: reading aloud to children in their early years

Getting parents involved

Teaching kids with songs