Christmas Activities In Spanish
Learning Spanish through themes is one of the best ways to make language learning concrete and what better theme that the Christmas holiday season! With Christmas activities for kids in Spanish, you can build Spanish language time into your day.
Christmas is a holiday that many people celebrate- whether they’re religious or not. Most children can relate to the fun of winter time and the Christmas holiday.
In this article we’ll go through the basic Spanish words and phrases used to talk about Christmas and then I’ll share several Spanish resources that can support further work with Christmas vocabulary in Spanish.
Using the holidays to practice your Spanish with these Christmas activities is a great way to start speaking Spanish today! Feliz Navidad!
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Spanish Christmas Words and Phrases
Here are some common Spanish Christmas words that you can start to practice with your child. Eventually you’ll want to add more targeted words depending on what you want to describe and what your family celebrates. This list can get you started with describing basic things!
Navidad (Christmas)
Feliz Navidad (Merry Christmas)
Nochebuena (Christmas Eve)
Felices Fiestas (Happy Holidays)
el árbol de Navidad (the Christmas tree)
los ornamentos (the ornaments)
la estrella (the star)
las luces (the lights)
el oropel (the garland)
la guirnalda (the wreath)
el calcetín navideno (the Christmas stocking)
Papa Noel (Santa Claus)
los renos (the reindeer)
el trineo (the sled)
las campanas (the bells)
los regalos (the gifts)
el Polo Norte (the North Pole)
la casa de jengibre (the gingerbread house)
el muñeco de jengibre (the gingerbread man)
los dulces (the candies)
el bastón de caramelo (the candy cane)
Spanish Christmas Printables
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El Arbol de Navidad
This pack comes with 6 Spanish printable pages that you can use with your kiddo! The first two pages are decorating a Christmas scene.
You can use the first page with the Christmas tree to be your base page or you can cut out the tree and glue it on a separate piece of construction paper. My daughter preferred to cut hers out and glue it on a separate sheet of paper that was sturdier and gave her more space to add the decorations.
The second page includes ornaments, presents, decorations and candy canes that you can color, cut and glue around your Christmas tree to create an awesome scene!
All of the instructions on the pages are written in Spanish.
Las Bolsas
The third page is a counting and drawing activity page. There are ten sacs that Santa needs filled with gifts. Each sac is labeled with a number word in Spanish (uno, dos, etc.)
Read the number word and draw that many gifts in the sac!
This page helps to reinforce 1:1 drawing with numbers and also practices reading number words in Spanish.
All instructions and words are written in Spanish.
Numeros Navidenos
The fourth page also works on basic math skills and number recognition.
The page is filled with boxes, each one has pictures of a Christmas themed object. Kiddos count how many objects are in each box and then cut out the matching Spanish number word and glue it there.
All instructions and words are written in Spanish.
El Muñeco de Nieve
This page shows a snowman with various lines pointing to different “body parts”.
Kids can cut out the name of the body part in Spanish and glue it near the correct part of the body.
All instructions and words are written in Spanish.
Palabras Navidenas
The final page in the packet includes a list of Spanish holiday vocabulary words and their corresponding pictures.
Kiddos need to draw a line between picture and the correct Spanish word.
All instructions and words are written in Spanish.
In order to boost your Spanish language time, it’s important to hear and engage with as much Spanish language as possible.
If you stick with the Christmas theme there are several songs and websites that can support your vocabulary and learning.
Spanish Christmas Songs
When you’re learning a new language, listening to music can be a great way to increase your language input time. There are several Spanish Christmas songs that are great for supporting your work with Christmas vocabulary and will get you in the holiday spirit! Here are some of our family favorites that we’ve enjoyed:
Little Baby Bum: This is a great source for Spanish nursery rhymes and translated songs in Spanish. These songs are found on Amazon Music, YouTube and the web just by searching for their website. Most of these songs are geared towards younger kiddos and some have little videos that go along with them. These are our favorite Navidad songs that they have:
Feliz Navidad a Todos – Little Baby Bum
Ya Llego la Navidad – Little Baby Bum
Canción de Navidad – Little Baby Bum
Amazon Music– We subscribe to Amazon Music and get most of our Spanish music from there. It’s easy to search and find great Spanish songs and put them in a playlist to listen to at home or on the go. Here are a few of our favorites that we have on our current “Navidad” playlist:
Feliz Navidad – Jose Feliciano
Blanca Navidad – Lupita Infante
Campana Sobre Campana – Yuri
Los Peces en el Rio – RBD Navidad
Ven a Cantar – Mijares
Villancicios– When you’re looking on the web for great Spanish Christmas songs, you should also search for “Villancicos”. Many Spanish Christmas albums are labeled under this term and some translate it to mean, “Christmas Carols” in Spanish.
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Websites With Spanish Christmas Resources
When you’re working with a theme, you’ll want to be able to access a variety of resources. Here are two other websites that have good Spanish Christmas resources that you can use for learning with your family.
Spanish Playground– There is a whole resource page dedicated to Spanish Christmas activities. It includes book lists and printables for activities to do in Spanish with kids.
Spanish Mama– This site includes several round up of Spanish Christmas activities that are perfect for older students and the classroom. We have tried a few of them and also enjoy the Spanish card print outs that she has here.
Spanish Learning Gifts – When it comes to Spanish resources, getting gifts and learning toys in Spanish is one of the best ways to promote Spanish in your home. Check out these guides to get ideas for Spanish language gits.
Spanish Christmas Books
Reading in Spanish is a great way to include Spanish comprehensible input into your day. There are so many great Spanish books that talk about Navidad in Spanish. Some of these works are more traditional Spanish Christmas stories and others are translations of popular English Christmas stories. All of these books are ones that our family enjoys.
This is our favorite Spanish Christmas book! It tells about Christmas Eve for a family in Mexico and the pages rhyme.
A super cute pop up book that talks about the celebration of the 3 kings: los reyes magos.
This is a Mexican tale about the legend of the Poinsettia.
This is a translated version of the famous poem by Clement C Moore. The Spanish version also rhymes and goes through the classic tale.
This isn’t the exact version that we have, but it’s a classic! The Spanish edition of “The Nutcracker” is a great holiday read.
This has become one of my daughter’s favorite holiday stories! The translated version is good and the illustrations are original.
This is a really cute Scholastic series that we enjoy. There are several other books in the series that include various other holidays like Valentine’s Day and Halloween.
We have to read this classic every year! I like how the translation keeps the feel and rhyme of the original version.
This is another holiday favorite that we read before we build our own gingerbread house. The illustrations by Barbara McClintock make this version a real win.
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There are so many ways to incorporate Christmas vocabulary into your day. Start small and keep practicing your Spanish with these simple starts.
Happy Learning!
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