SB Finds : Crafts, Activities & Printables

Yesterday we shared with you the castañuelas. Today’s instrument of the day is the rondador! MamYala has provided us with an awesome set of coloring pages featuring instruments from Latin America and Spain. Each day we will be posting a new coloring page with a new instrument and its name in Spanish for you to enjoy with your niños. This is a great way to spark a conversation about Latin American music and it’s roots. Who knows, maybe you’ll even beRead More ...

Yesterday we shared with you the güiro. Todays instrument of the day is the castañuelas! MamYala has provided us with an awesome set of coloring pages featuring instruments from Latin America and Spain. Each day we will be posting a new coloring page with a new instrument and its name in Spanish for you to enjoy with your niños. This is a great way to spark a conversation about Latin American music and it’s roots. Who knows, maybe you’ll even beRead More ...

Grocery shopping with los chiquitos is not always easy, but the store is an excellent place to speak Spanish with children. They are close to you, often right at eye-level if they are small enough to ride in the cart. Also, the language tends to be focused, la comida, and kids can see and touch the things you talk about. This paper plate shopping list is a great way to take advantage of the setting and the time you spendRead More ...

Yesterday we shared with you the wajrapuco. Today’s instrument of the day is the güiro! MamYala has provided us with an awesome set of coloring pages featuring instruments from Latin America and Spain. Each day we will be posting a new coloring page with a new instrument and its name in Spanish for you to enjoy with your niños. This is a great way to spark a conversation about Latin American music and it’s roots. Who knows, maybe you’ll evenRead More ...

Hispanic Heritage month is here! There are many ways for us to celebrate with our niños and take this chance to teach them something new about our culture everyday. In honor of that we want to introduce to you MamaYala. MamaYala™ World Cultures represents the Latin American and Spanish Cultures. Their beautiful and colorful educational card sets include illustrations of artifacts, foods, flora, fauna, and musical instruments. This card series also includes an information guide for parents. It is their goalRead More ...

This weekend the kids and I are preparing to attend our first ever Festival to celebrate Mexican Independence Day! With the Fiestas Patrias coming up I felt it was only right to teach the kids a little more of our Mexican culture and so we’re crafting for Hispanic Heritage Month! Since we will be attending a festival that is said to have a parade, what better way to show our pride then by waving colorful Papel Picado Flags! Papel picadoRead More ...

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 ...