I am impressed with the range of animals included, given that many animal-centered apps are limited to the most popular ones. I even learned a couple new words from watching my son play (like la nutria and la morsa) and refreshed my memory on some I always forget (el alce!).

The Animals in Spanish app includes four activities, all equally enticing. There is coloring and “scratching off” the animal for the youngest users, matching figures and forming the names of the animals for older toddlers/preschoolers.

With adorable graphics and music, simple and accurate Spanish narration, and straightforward directions, this app has all the ingredients necessary for the bilingual family stamp of approval.

Find Animals in Spanish iTunes

Available for iPhone and iPad

Recommended for toddlers and preschoolers

Price $2.99

He first built each animal or tree or mountain and then he put together those pieces which made the big puzzle. This way it makes it easier to put together. It’s like having many little puzzles of each animal and then with those having to build a big one. He had one piece of the Lion, for example, and all he did was look for the other piece: “Dónde está otro león mami? Ah, aquí está!!”

I love the fact that the words are written in Spanish, because it’s hard to find toys that have Spanish in them. What I usually do is translate the words in Spanish when they are written in English. My son doesn’t know how to read yet, but when it’s time I think he’ll be a little bit more prepared by already observing written words in Spanish.  Plus, it helps me remember some animal names in español I sometimes forget!

I’m looking forward to playing with the other Ingenio bilingual games when he’s older.  I can’t believe they have everything in both languages-LOVE IT!

All of Ingenio´s bilingual toys are available via Amazon.  Of course, the best way to get them is via La Tiendita.

Today´s Find was reviewed by fabulous graphic designer + mamá Dariela and her adorable boy Adrián. You can keep up with them thru Nuestra Vida con Adrián and Folklore Eye.

The Giveaway!

This giveaway is now closed.  Congratulations to our winner:  Jaclyn Reynolds!

Ingenio, the first educational bilingual toys and games brand in the U.S., has chosen you to be the first to get a chance to win every single one of their ten toys.  Today you can enter to win an Animals Learning Puzzle, which received a Creative Child Magazine´s Preferred Choice Award for 2009, simply by leaving a comment telling us why you would like to win this.

That’s all you have to do to enter this giveaway.  If you want to up your chances at winning, then click here to learn how to get additional entries.

This giveaway ends tonight, Wednesday, September 2nd, at midnight EST.

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Today´s Find was reviewed by fabulous graphic designer + mamá Dariela and her adorable boy Adrián. You can keep up with them thru Nuestra Vida con Adrián and Folklore Eye.

I totally ran into this video by pure luck when I clicked over to our friend Gidget’s fun blog: Gidget Loves Language.  As soon as I saw it, I knew it had to be our Video of the Week. This is nothing like the animated videos we’ve brought you in the past weeks. It’s actually a hilarious music video by a kiddie band from New York, The Jimmies. Swing to the jazzy Latin beats of this kid’s song while your child learns the Spanish names of some common animales. 

Head over to La Tiendita to find The Jimmie’s CD and other fun bilingual and Spanish products.

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