Learn interesting facts about Puerto Rico! First, watch this video about Puerto Rico. (YouTube: Puerto Rico Mi Camino Spanish) Then, fill in the blanks with the missing information and add some color to the country fact sheet. (English & Spanish versions included.) Label the Spanish-speaking countries, including Puerto Rico, on the map of the Caribbean Islands and color the pictures on the mini-poster! Finally, present your findings to the rest of the class! For even more culture-based fun, look for the coquís on the coloring page at the end! Country clipart courtesy of Educlips!

How to Use this Guide… This guide has EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED for teaching an entire year of Spanish to Kindergarten ~ 2nd grade! It is intended for use with beginning Spanish students who are learning Spanish as a second language. (It is not recommended for Spanish immersion classes.) This guide starts with a clickable TOC and contains over 200 PAGES covering 10 complete units that include the following for EVERY unit: Unit Overview with Scope & Sequence Visual Aids Age-Appropriate Worksheets for Writing Practice Coloring Pages & Tracing Activities Short Stories Clickable YouTube Hyperlinks for Lesson-Related Videos Recommended Bilingual Read Alouds Each unit is broken into individual lessons that include a corresponding visual aid and a recommended scope and sequence. YouTube videos are also included with clickable links. Several worksheets are provided with each lesson that include tracing and coloring activities. As you move through a unit, you can check the box when you’ve completed part of the lesson so that you don’t lose track of your progress. Table of Contents… How to Use this Guide Unidad 1 - Los Saludos Hola, ¿Cómo te llamas? Buenos días. / Buenas tardes. Buenas noches. ¿Cómo estás? Una Conversación Básica en Español Unidad 2 - El Alfabeto y Los Números El Alfabeto Los Números 1-10 Los Números 11-20 Unidad 3 - Los Colores y Las Formas Los Colores Las Formas Unidad 4 - El Calendario y El Tiempo Los Días de la Semana Los Meses del Año Las Estaciones ¿Qué Tiempo Hace? Unidad 5 - La Escuela Vuelta a la Escuela En Mi Mochila Unidad 6 - ME GUSTA y Los Verbos Unidad 7 - Las Partes del Cuerpo Unidad 8 - ¡Los Animales! Los Animales de la Granja Mis Mascotas Los Animales Marinos ¡Vamos al Zoológico! Unidad 9 - Mi Casa y Mi Familia Mi Casa Mi Familia Unidad 10 - Las Frutas Acknowledgements! Toon graphics courtesy of Ron Leishman Digital Toonage! Animal & family clipart courtesy of Whimsy Clips! Shapes courtesy of Krista Wallden – Creative Clips! Alien Family courtesy of Chirp Graphics! Fruit clipart courtesy of Speech Doodles! Weather clipart courtesy of Creating4 the Classroom! School clipart sampler 2 SMART Chicks! Back to school images courtesy of Lilly Silly Billy!

Practice writing and learn new Spanish vocabulary for words starting with the Spanish vowels ~ A, E, I, O, U!

Learn interesting facts about Cuba! First, watch this video about Cuba. Then, fill in the blanks with the missing information and add some color to the country fact sheet. (English & Spanish versions included.) Create a mini-poster all about CUBA! For even more culture-based fun (or extra credit) make Ropa Vieja using the recipe at the end! Country clipart courtesy of Educlips! Teacher Tip! View other videos like this under my YouTube playlist: Spanish-Speaking Countries of the World! For access to all of my videos on Spanish basics & culture for kids, subscribe to my YouTube channel! Mi Camino Spanish™

Learn interesting facts about VENEZUELA! First, watch this video about VENEZUELA. Then, fill in the blanks with the missing information and add some color to the country fact sheet. (English & Spanish versions included.) Label the Spanish-speaking countries, including Venezuela, on the map of South America! Finally, present your findings to the rest of the class! Teacher Tip! View other videos like this under my YouTube playlist: Spanish-Speaking Countries of the World! For access to all of my videos on Spanish basics & culture for kids, subscribe to my YouTube channel! Mi Camino Spanish™

Learn interesting facts about BOLIVIA! First, watch this video about BOLIVIA. Then, fill in the blanks with the missing information and add some color to the country fact sheet. (English & Spanish versions included.) Create a mini-poster all about BOLIVIA. Finally, present your findings to the rest of the class! Teacher Tip! View other videos like this under my YouTube playlist: Spanish-Speaking Countries of the World! For access to all of my videos on Spanish basics & culture for kids, subscribe to my YouTube channel! Mi Camino Spanish™

Learn interesting facts about PANAMA! First, watch this video about Panama. Fill in the blanks with the missing information and add some color to the country fact sheet. (English & Spanish versions included.) Present your findings to the rest of the class! Create a mini-poster all about PANAMA! Teacher Tip! View other videos like this under my YouTube playlist: Spanish-Speaking Countries of the World! For access to all of my videos on Spanish basics & culture for kids, subscribe to my YouTube channel! Mi Camino Spanish™

Learn interesting facts about GUATEMALA! First, watch this video about GUATEMALA. Fill in the blanks with the missing information and add some color to the country fact sheet. (English & Spanish versions included.) Create a mini-poster all about GUATEMALA. Present your findings to the rest of the class! Teacher Tip! View other videos like this under my YouTube playlist: Spanish-Speaking Countries of the World! For access to all of my videos on Spanish basics & culture for kids, subscribe to my YouTube channel! Mi Camino Spanish™

Learn interesting facts about the DOMINICAN REPUBLIC! First, watch this video about the Dominican Republic Fill in the blanks with the missing information and add some color to the country fact sheet. (English & Spanish versions included.) Create a mini-poster all about DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Present your findings to the rest of the class! Teacher Tip! View other videos like this under my YouTube playlist: Spanish-Speaking Countries of the World! For access to all of my videos on Spanish basics & culture for kids, subscribe to my YouTube channel! Mi Camino Spanish™

First, start with this video overview: Spanish-Speaking Countries of the World! Then, introduce your students to all 21 Spanish-speaking countries of the world using this country fact sheet activity. (Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Spain, Equatorial Guinea) Print out all 21 pages and assign one country to each student. (Or, focus on only a few countries at a time and have students work in small groups.) Students will first have to do simple research on their assigned country and fill out their country fact sheet. Then, students will fill in all of the blanks on the country fact sheet and color the flag, the map, and draw pictures with labels where needed. Finally, students can present their country to the rest of the class in Spanish! TEACHER TIP! For a more in depth look at each country, check out my individual country fact sheets with country-specific videos and related activities. For this EXACT SAME resource but in ENGLISH, click here! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13201162 Check out my YouTube Playlist ~ Spanish-Speaking Countries of the World (Mi Camino Spanish)

Teach your students the names of food in Spanish using this fun activity with minimal prep! This activity works for all grade levels. For younger students, focus on coloring, cutting, gluing and practicing the food vocabulary. For older students, have them skip coloring and cutting and just draw their favorite foods and then have them focus on the verbal presentation. Super versatile and lots of fun. Use the first page as a visual aid to review the names of food with your students. Print out the following pages so that you have enough for each student. (Note: Food sheets are designed for cutting in half to save on paper.) Have students decide which meal they are going to choose: El Desayuno (breakfast) El Almuerzo (lunch) La Cena (dinner) *Then, have students color and cut out their favorite foods and paste them onto the place setting. Encourage students to label food names in Spanish. Include the names of each part of the place setting for an extra challenge, la servilleta, el tenedor, el plato, el cuchillo, la cuchara). Finally, have students present their favorite meals to the rest of the class in Spanish! “Para el desayuno, mi comida favorita es…” “Para la cena, me gusta comer…” “ Etc.

Present Tense Practice for Essential Irregular Verbs Use these worksheets as practice for conjugating these essential Spanish verbs in the present tense: IR SER ESTAR PODER TENER HACER QUERER Students can use the charts in the beginning as a learning tool, or as a study guide. Then, have students complete each individual worksheet on each verb listed above. Essential practice for essential verbs!

Teach physical descriptions in Spanish with this fun PowerPoint presentation! There is a fun Q&A section at the end! Learning targets: niño(a) chicos(as) hombre / mujer ojos azules / marrones / verdes pelirrojo(a) pelo negro / pelo rubio / pelo castaño / pelo moreno grande / pequeño largo / corto gordo / flaco bajo(a) viejo(a) joven guapo(a) feo(a) bonito(a)

Preterite Practice for Essential Irregular Verbs Use these worksheets as practice for conjugating these essential Spanish verbs in the preterite: IR SER ESTAR PODER TENER HACER QUERER Students can use the charts in the beginning as a learning tool, or as a study guide. Then, have students complete each individual worksheet on each verb listed above. Essential practice for essential verbs!

Included with this resource: 1 activity 1 game 1 visual aid 4 worksheets 3 video links Instructions Instructions… Review how to tell time on the hour, the quarter hour, on the half hour, or to the minute with your students. (Use the visual aid on the next page.) Watch these videos: Qué hora es? Telling Time on the Hour in Spanish for Kids! / Canción ¿Qué hora es? (Telling Time Song) / ¿Qué hora es? (Smile & Learn) You will need a “teaching clock” like what you see to the right. Print, cut out, and laminate time flashcards based on where your students are in the learning process. (Print with optional flashcard cover, front-to-back.) Have students come up one at a time and pick a card. They will then attempt to move the hands of the clock to the correct time as written in Spanish. For a more competitive team game, break up your class into small groups and give them points each time they set the time on the clock correctly. The team with the most points at the end, wins! Reinforce learning with a worksheet or the “make a clock” activity (included).

Learn interesting facts about Spain! First, watch this video about SPAIN Then, fill in the blanks with the missing information and add some color to the country fact sheet. (English & Spanish versions included.) Create a mini-poster all about SPAIN! Finally, present your findings to the rest of the class! For even more culture-based fun (or extra credit) make Tortilla Española or Virgin Sangria using the recipes at the end! Teacher Tip! View other videos like this under my YouTube playlist: Spanish-Speaking Countries of the World! For access to all of my videos on Spanish basics & culture for kids, subscribe to my YouTube channel! Mi Camino Spanish™ Country clipart courtesy of Educlips!

Learn interesting facts about Peru! First, watch this video on PERU Then, fill in the blanks with the missing information and add some color to the country fact sheet. (English & Spanish versions included.) Create a mini-poster all about PERU! Or for extra fun, make Chicha Morada using the recipe included at the end. Finally, present your findings to the rest of the class!

First, start with this video overview: Spanish-Speaking Countries of the World! Then, introduce your students to all 21 Spanish-speaking countries of the world using this country fact sheet activity. (Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Spain, Equatorial Guinea) Print out all 21 pages and assign one country to each student. (Or, focus on only a few countries at a time and have students work in small groups.) Students will first have to do simple research on their assigned country and fill out their country fact sheet. Then, students will fill in all of the blanks on the country fact sheet and color the flag, the map, and draw pictures with labels where needed. Finally, students can present their country to the rest of the class! Check out my YouTube Playlist ~ Spanish-Speaking Countries of the World

A listening exercise for young Spanish students made in collaboration with Calico Spanish! This is a simple exercise to help students with listening, comprehension, and writing skills by listening to a simple story by Calico Spanish. First, have students listen to the story on YouTube called “El Cumpleaños de Pepe” by Calico Spanish. (Link included.) Then, have students complete the worksheets (8 total) working together as a class. Use character props to discuss the story! (Included!) Teacher Tip! For a similar but more basic activity, check out the story of “Pedro, el Pez” or “Así Me Gusta a Mí”! Calico Spanish specializes in creating story-based Spanish curriculum anyone can use to teach Spanish to young children. Images used with permission from Kids Immersion, LLC.