SB Finds : Crafts, Activities & Printables

Not only is it Hispanic Heritage Month in September, but we also celebrate Mexico’s Independence Day!  Have you ever seen the Mexican Metal Tooling Art technique?  The process of working a rounded tool on the back side of soft metal to create a beautiful piece of raised art is called Repujado. Here is a simple form of this technique that your little ones can have fun with and then wear. What you will need to make a repujado Mexican cuffRead More ...

Y ahora pon el gatito en el techo de la casita. A ver, ¿son igualitos? ¡Sí! ¡Perfecto! Bueno, it does not always work out that perfectly, but Igualitos is fun, and we always speak lots of Spanish! Igualitos (Just the Same) is my name for this cooperative game. It is what language teachers call a barrier game; players have the same materials and exchange information without seeing what the others are doing. Playing Igualitos, you work together to make theRead More ...

It’s that time of the year again when routine must kick back into gear because school is back in session. I’ve been working with the kids on our own routine here at home. I learned early on how kids loved to know and to pick what activity would be next as well as letting others know what they were up to. This activity sign is the best thing yet especially if you have other kids in the neighborhood who mayRead More ...

This game is a good activity for a group of 2 or more kids between 6 and 9 years old. It will help them write in a logical way, increase their vocabulary and have a better pronunciation. The idea was taken from a game called “Cadáveres exquisitos” played by surrealist poets at the beginning of 20th Century. You will need: ONLY ONE sheet of paper Different colored pencils- one for each kid A list of words that all rhyme withRead More ...

When my familia decided to take a last-minute trip to the beach, I had to act fast and create a learning unit about the Oceano for my daughter Sofía.  I didn’t have as much time as normal for the planning, so instead of making my own actividades as I usually do, I turned to the internet to pull from resources already available.  Even if you have already past your Oceano Unit, these resources have mucho más to offer than justRead More ...

This sticky paper collage is facilísimo and provides an opportunity to speak lots of Spanish with your kids, regardless of their level. Best of all, ¡a los niños les encanta! To make the collage you need a piece of cardboard or poster board, contact paper, pictures cut from magazines and any other lightweight material your child would like to put in her collage. Tape the contact paper to the cardboard with the removable backing facing up. Peel off the backingRead More ...

The Odd Life of Timothy Green is soon hitting theaters on August 15. The movie is about a happily married couple, Cindy and Jim Green, who are anxious to start a family. They  dream about what their child would be like. Then one night Timothy shows up on their doorstep. There is a lot of mystery behind how Timothy came to be, but the love that Cindy and Jim feel for him is definitely present even in just the trailer. We’veRead More ...

When my amiga, Amy, told me about this activity, I knew that Sofía and I HAD to try it immediately and share it with todos! From start to finish, this activity was so much fun and filled with sorpresas  for both mamá and hija. After hiding some of Sofía’s little toys inside some globos (balloons), I filled them with water and froze them.  Then she went to work pounding and hammering the frozen globos until she excavated the sorpresas freeRead More ...