St. Patrick’s Day Printables In Spanish
St. Patrick’s Day is right around the corner – another opportunity to practice those Spanish skills! When learning a new language, engagement is so important, that’s why associating the language learning with a fun activity always boosts the experience – especially for kids.
I created three fun activities that you can do to work on Spanish literacy this St. Patrick’s Day!
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I am lucky to have…/Tengo suerte de tener…
Materials:
Printable Shamrocks
Markers
Scissors
Masking tape
Directions:
When people think of St. Patrick’s Day they usually think about luck. They think about symbols of good luck and how to be lucky. This activity focuses more on things that you have already – things that you’re lucky to have! Brainstorm a list of things that you’re lucky to have.
When I did this activity with my daughter, she thought of more tangible things: Juju (the cat), mis juguetes (my toys), una muneca nueva (a new doll). When I made my list I thought of more abstract things that I was happy to have: mi familia (my family), comida sana (healthy food), Juju (the cat).
I added a list of potential ideas to the PDF on the second page, so you can use that to get some Spanish phrases as well.
Once you decide on a few things that you feel like you’re lucky to have, write them out on the shamrocks using your markers. You can write many thoughts on each shamrock, or print multiple pages and do one idea per shamrock. My daughter also took this time to decorate hers with colors and stickers 😊
Cut out the shamrocks and find a place to display them in your home. We put some of ours on the fridge and held them in place with magnets. My daughter wanted to hang other ones in her bedroom and the living room. We rolled masking tape on the back and stuck them to the doors and walls to decorate!
If you’re looking for more Spanish literacy printables and activities, check out these articles:
Spanish Activity- Write The Room
Fun Labeling Activities To Practice Spanish Literacy Reading With Kids
Lee y colorea/Read and color – Set 1
Materials:
Printable “lee y colorea’ page
Crayons (green, yellow, blue, and orange)
Directions:
This is a fun coloring and reading practice mix! The vocabulary words in this activity are based on St. Patrick’s Day topics, “duende” (leprechaun), “trebol” (shamrock), “oro” (gold), and “marzo” (March).
Read the word that is in the first clover and color it according to the coloring code based on that word. By the end, your kiddo will have had several times to practice reading and recognizing different words!
This activity is good for a few rounds and then it usually loses it’s value since you’ve memorized the words and the locations. I added a second blank example of this page in the PDF. This way you can change the words out and keep the fun going!
I often use an activity like this when my daughter is working on new vocabulary. Before we read a new book or talk about a new topic, I might pick a few key words and add them to the page so that my daughter has some practice with them before we jump into something new.
It’s also a good way to practice frequently seen words in print like “sight words” or words that are written similarly and can be confusing. When my daughter was first learning to read she would confuse “la” and “al”, so this is a good activity to work on words that kiddos need to practice distinguishing the difference between.
Lee y colorea/Read and color – Set 2
Materials:
Printable “lee y colorea’ page – Rainbow Set
Crayons (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple)
Directions:
Like the previous activity, this activity is about reading and coloring. St. Patrick’s Day is a great time to work on rainbows and color words! It’s right near the first day of spring and there are often images of rainbows leading to a pot of gold.
When I did this with my daughter, we read each word and then colored that section of the rainbow. After coloring the rainbow, my daughter wanted to cut hers out and hang it up so that we could see it.
If you wanted to turn this into a sorting activity, you could get lots of small colored items (fruit loops, m+ms, etc) and put them in a pile or bowl. Read the first word, “rojo” and line up all of the red items within that band on the rainbow. Then continue for all of the other colors.
Are there any other St. Patrick’s Day activities that you’d like me to make? Let me know by commenting below!
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Happy Learning!
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