Spanish Activity books - Series by Royal Fireworks Press

A collection of folk art projects, games and simple recipes that give a taste of Spanish and Latin American traditions. Children respond with enthusiasm and excitement as they begin learning about the culture.

Through research as well as extensive travel in Spain and Latin America, the author has gathered the materials distilled here to make them accessible to teachers and their students.

Make colorful figures like the whimsical traditional toys of Mexico, or an Aztec picture calendar, or a dancing skeleton. A Guatemalan Worry Doll is fun to make as is a poncho to wear. Gazpacho, guacamole, tortillas and fruit punch are easy recipes. The games range from simple spiral hopscotch to the Mexican Hat Dance. Great fun.

A colorful and joyful counting book for fiesta time written and illustrated by the author with accompanying CD of music performed by Miguel Lascarez and Francisco Hernandez Rojas.

This is a delightful book and CD; a collection of 24 songs and sayings that introduce basic Spanish vocabulary with the help of music, rhythm and of course, silliness.

Children respond with excitement and laughter as they learn.  By means of tunes, which are recognizable and easily learned, children naturally embrace the language with ease and enjoyment. The illustrations provide visual cues to the meaning of the songs. Fundamental understanding is enhanced by the addition of movement, masks, and puppets.

Some of the songs are adaptations of familiar folk tunes and others are original material.

This activity book (135 pages), is designed to enhance and supplement any Spanish language program. Based on the knowledge that comprehensible input is essential to second language acquisition, the activities use visuals, manipulatives, games and songs for hands-on learning. Such a variety of approaches also responds to the need to appeal to all learning styles in a standards-based curriculum.

The book is organized thematically with a number of activities in many areas most commonly found in curricula for early language learners. What makes it unique is that the teacher is provided with a number of reproducible pages that feature valuable visuals and labels to introduce reading. With the help of these pages each student will be able to create manipulatives that can be used to support communicative activities.

Student directions are given in Spanish to allow the teacher to use the language as the project is introduced and modeled.