Aprendiendo español al escuchar

Canciones de Cricri

http://www.cri-cri.net/Canciones/canciones.html

This is a good website for young learners because it has a lot of songs that teachers can use in their lessons to expose students ( beginner and intermediate level) to listening activities. Also, some of the songs included in this website can be found in You Tube where images appear related to the lyrics of the song. In addition, integration of these videos may help visual learners have a better connection with the language they are hearing.

José Luis Orozco’s songs

http://www.joseluisorozco.com/frameset_index.htm

In this website there are not activities or lesson plans, however, it is important to know that Jose Luis Orozco is a very famous bilingual author and singer who has written a lot of Spanish songs for children. Teaching these songs to young learners is a good exposure to the target language and provides students the opportunity to acquire a variety vocabulary words. I used some of his songs when I taught Spanish to Elementary students.

Story Place: La biblioteca digital de niños

http://www.storyplace.org/sp/storyplace.asp

In this website, you can find a variety of digital books that a teacher may present in class. This website offers two libraries, a Preschool library and an Elementary School library. Students may also use this website to work individually.  If the students are at an advanced level (Listening for the Gist stage), the teacher may play some of the digital stories from this website and later in groups they can discuss the story’s main idea.

La tortuga taruga

http://www.latortugataruga.cl/

This is a good website for children who are learning Spanish. The website contains six video clips and few songs that can serve as extra listening activities for students. I think I will use some of the video clips in combination with other activities, especially if we are learning colors or numbers.

Foreign Language in the Elementary Schools (Teacher Resources)

http://www.tesd.k12.pa.us/fles/teacher_resources.html

 I like this website because it offers a variety of lessons that contain listening activities. Teacher can use this lessons to expose their students to authentic language. Also, under teacher resources, there is a section with a list of songs but you can’t listen to them. Maybe you can listen to the songs in You Tube

El Autobus Mágico: Está en el aire

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_xSwIHI8xY&feature=related

This is a great video that can be shown to advance students. Teacher may play this songs and ask students to discuss what is going on in the video clip. The discussion can be focus on main ideas. Also,  this video can also be incorporated as part of a Thematic Unit.