Here are some web sites and resources for families on the Spanish language and culture.
Interactive web sites for student use:
www.miscositas.com ---an interactive site in English, Spanish, and French with stories, culture, etc. Look in the English tab for heritage stories in English on Latin American themes. The Spanish tab is all in Spanish.
www.enchantedlearning.com -- lots of fun activities for learning Spanish-mini books and dictionaries to make, coloring books and sheets, charts, puzzles, crafts, artists, mazes, etc.
www.abcteach.com -- many activities for practicing Spanish vocabulary
www.hevanet.com/dshivers/juegos -- games and songs with audio for Spanish
www.apples4theteacher.com -- click on the languages tab and find beginning Spanish games
www.quia.com/jg/65552.html --Spanish numbers game
www.quia.com/jg/65937.html --Spanish colors game
www2.lhric.org/pocantico/mexico/mexico.htm -- games, word searches, puzzles, etc. for language and culture
www.vivaspanish.org
--web site for Burnley-Moran Elementary in
http://library.thinkquest.org/J0111321/ --student-made site with fun activities
www.elbalero.gob/mx.index --Mexican government children’s site with games, culture, history, in English, Spanish, French and Italian
www.lingolex.com/Spanish.htm -- site for practicing vocabulary
www.montessorimaterials.org/geo.htm#spa -- Montessori materials to make for practicing Spanish
www.teacher.scholastic.com/activities/hispanic/pinata/game.htm --fun piñata-based game
www.learnalanguage.org/elemspan --beginning Spanish
www.funbrain.com/lang/index.html -- go to Translator Alligator for intermediate vocabulary
www.comsewogue.k12.ny.us/cinderella/sowa/sowa.html --A class web site on Domitila, a Mexican Cinderella story
Food:
www.elmonterrey.com/mexicanrecipes/index.aspx --recipes for Mexican food
Culture:
www.nationalgeographic.com/features/96/mex --information on
www.alegria.org/body_dnz.html regional dances and music from
www.pics4learning.com --copyright-friendly photos and pictures for cultures and geography