Posters for Play - The Spanish Light

Jam Time with Musical Instruments in Spanish

Reading time:5 mins read
Post category:Posters for Play
Post last modified:September 23, 2021

When I play with my daughter, I know how to say many of the toys in Spanish, but, hold on now, the musical instruments she got as a kit for Christmas...what are these even called in English? I was dumbfounded. So I did some research, made up a poster as a resource to refer to when playing, and taped it inside of the basket I use to keep all of her instruments in. I knew I needed to make this poster because looking up the word once wasn't going to commit it to my memory.…

Play and Learn Shapes in Spanish

Reading time:5 mins read
Post category:Posters for Play
Post last modified:September 22, 2021

Looking for fun interactive ways to teach your child their shapes in Spanish? Look no further as I've got a roundup of resources to share with you. Posters for Play: Shapes I've created a super fun bilingual poster on shapes that has each name in Spanish and English. Hang this poster in a play space to study and use it as a quick reference to be keep you in the target language of Spanish as you play with your child. Grab it from my shop! Bilingual Shapes Tracing Page I've also created a worksheet for…

Modes of Transportation in Spanish: Interactive Ways to Use Vocabulary

Reading time:7 mins read
Post category:Posters for Play
Post last modified:September 22, 2021

Talking about what we see around us in Spanish is so important for our children's vocabulary growth. Part of that can include types of transportation and how we move around. If you or someone in your family is needing a refresher on modes of transportation vocabulary in Spanish in order to teach your child, I have two resources I want to share with you. Posters of Play: Modes of Transportation in Spanish I've created for you a set of posters I call part of my Posters for Play series. The idea is that this poster…

Cabeza, Hombros, Rodillas y Pies…y más body parts in Spanish

Reading time:9 mins read
Post category:Posters for Play
Post last modified:September 17, 2021

Since the moment our babies are born we want to, and should, be talking with them about their body parts. These irresistible moments start during diaper changes and advance into bath time and changing clothes. We can't resist but talk about their stinky toes and kissable bellies. Now, regardless of your Spanish level, we don't often talk about our body parts on a daily basis where that vocabulary is in the forefront of our mind. And then our little ones came along testing our vocabulary recall. So if you're needing a Spanish resource on body…

Play With Your Food! in Spanish

Reading time:7 mins read
Post category:Posters for Play
Post last modified:June 3, 2021

I believe so much learning happens through play, and when we are playing with our children in Spanish we are equipping them with more language. Confession, there are times when I'm playing with my daughter where I don't know a certain vocabulary word. Yup, even though my Spanish is advanced, I'm still learning alongside my daughter. Not a bad skill to be modeling, am I right? So I've created topic related vocabulary posters that are based on a certain play theme. I'm calling them Posters for Play I'm starting off with the topic of food.…