A selection of free websites for young children learning
Spanish. These include:
Review the sites before using them in your primary classroom and
take care to supervise children online. For helpful advice, read
Becta’s
guidelines on e-safety.
English language websites
- BBC Primary
Spanish
Interactive activities for primary French from BBC Schools. Based
around beginners’ topics, the site includes animations, printable
worksheets and a teacher’s area with advice on using the site.
- BBC Schools -
Parents
BBC Schools website for parents. Search across BBC sites to find
games, activities and worksheets to support learning languages at
home.
-
Consejería de Educación
Downloadable worksheets, games and activities from the Education
Department of the Spanish Embassy in the UK, including resources
for combining Spanish and P.E.
- La Tienda de Luis
Interactive games for young learners based on the Channel 4 series.
The Teachers’ Notes provides guidance on how to use the website in
the classroom.
Spanish language websites
- Centro Virtual
Cervantes
Website from the Instituto Cervantes. Information on food, colours,
families and role-play scenarios.
- Chicomania
Spanish online games and stories
- Coloriage
Interactive colouring website with Spanish colour vocabulary
- El
Cuentacuentos
Traditional stories in Spanish
- edu365.com
Education website from the Generalitat de Catalunya, Department of
Education. For use at school and home includes activities for
maths, music, society and culture, natural sciences and practising
a variety of languages – Catalan, Spanish, English and French.
- El Mundo Infantil
Spanish songs
- Maya and
Miguel
Interactive website for young learners and native speakers of
Spanish, funded in part by US Department of Education. Includes
interactive games based on Spanish language and culture, printable
activity sheets, craft ideas and recipes.
- StoryPlace: La
Biblioteca digital de niños
Digital library of e-books and related activities for young
learners from the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg
County, US.
Commonly-used search
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