I am sharing bellow a list of few handy links for parents looking for resources in Spanish to keep children at home distracted but also hopefully improving their Spanish skills. These are direct links to the resources (Free or paid). Most of them are targeting ages 5 to 10.  Click here for the list of links for toddlers.

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In this list: Music - TV shows - Audiobooks - Coloring pages & activities - Apps - Games - Resources for parents - 

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Music

-Short and fun songs to introduce basic vocabulary

Spotify playlists (Spanish songs for kids all ages)

- Spanish playlists on Spotify with clean songs for the whole family: (Theme songs to introduce basic vocabulary, easy nursery rhymes, songs for older kids, songs to dance and to wind down, clean songs for teens, songs for the whole family, English and Spanish Mix for English speaking families introducing Spanish)

*If the direct link to Spotify doesn't work on your desktop please click here

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TV shows and Youtube channels

Remember not to leave your child unattended especially while using YouTube and take the necessary precautions to ensure that they are not exposed to inappropriate ad content. (5 ways to make YouTube safer for kids)

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• TV show-PBS Kids: Oh Noah

• Georgia Public Broadcasting award-winning Spanish language series: Salsa 

• BBC  Spanish  

• BBC Cbeebies (Mes de la Herencia Hispana)

• Peppag Pig (Spanish)

• Blippi (Spanish)

• Kratts Brothers (clips in Spanish)

• El Mundo de Luna

• Spanish Playground: Buena Gente Series (Videos for learners. Older kids)

• La lleva por Colombia (Reality TV show from Colombian Ministry of Culture based on the trips and adventures of  kids that are given the opportunity to visit different regions of the country)

• Animated short films on YouTube (no dialogue)

  • Nodding off​

  • The short story of a fox and a mouse

  • Dustin

  • The early hatchling gets a worm

• Aprende cómo usar videos mudos para enseñar español

• Some TV Shows and movies available in Spanish in this moment on Netflix (US) (Click here to learn more about parenting control on Netflix, and how to block shows) 

  • Storybots

  • Lego friends

  • The Deep

  • Spirit Riding Free

  • Magic School bus

  • Masha and Bear

  • The cat in the hat

  • Mia and Me (Fairies)

  • Justin time go

  • Tarzan and Jane (Action and fights)

  • H2O Mermaids (Not animated. Teen themes, needs some adult supervision)

  • The investigators (Not animated. Older kids)

  • Movies

  • Back of the net (girls soccer)

  • The Croods

  • Mary Poppins Returns

  • Leap (dancing) 

  • Barbie Dolphin Magic

  • Turbo

  • Disney (Tarzan, Tinker Bell, Disney Short Films Collection, Princes and the frog)

• YouTube videos for some dancing time

  • Just Dance "Soy yo"

  • Just Dance "Mi Gente"

  • Ponte a bailar  (Preschoolers)

  • Soy una taza (Preschoolers)

  • AEIOU (movements to learn the vowels in Spanish with a song)

  • 123 Andres

  • Manos y Brazos (Add movement and learn body parts PK-8) Free step by step movement guide  for non Spanish speakers. More songs  on the Spotify playlist: Kids dance party in Spanish

• YouTube videos with easy science experiments for kids

• Educational video series for kids 

• Nat Geo Kids Latin America

• Master Chef Junior Chile

• Master Chef Junior España

• La voz kids Colombia

• Los pollitos storytelling  and song for preschoolers

• Find additional resources with reviews, and tips for healthy and safe use of technology at home at Common Sense and Common Sense Latino

• 5 formas para aprovechar las pantallas en la crianza bilingüe

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​Audiobook options

• Youtube Channel: Scholastic Story Books Treasures, narrated in Spanish  

• Resources for story time at home

• Additional options to read Spanish stories online

• Free online digitally made picture books with narration in Spanish: Unite for Literacy

• The Spanish experiment (9 classic stories)

• Spanish story time show by the Arlington Public Library (Older show but good enough for an online Spanish story time option)

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Coloring pages, tips, and activities

• Printable board games 

• Templates for Mini- books (Animals) and coloring pages

• Clothes and other printable games

• Earth Day: craft ideas, free coloring page and printable mini-book 

• Diversity: craft ideas and free song

• Vocabulary activities and printables by Theme -  Theme songs here (various artists)

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Apps 

• PBS free apps: PBS Parents Play & Learn  and Play and Learn Science (Fun apps for kids that already know some Spanish, or parents that can guide their child's interaction with the app)

• First words free sampler (Language learning app)

• Juana la Iguana (Paid app) (Language learning app)

• Lee Paso a Paso (Paid app)

• Peppa Pig (Paid app. Some include Spanish option)

• Barbie Magical (Paid app. Includes Spanish option)

• Peg and Pog (Paid app. Language learning app. Includes Spanish option)

• Google Earth

 

Games (Online)

• Desktop PBS Kids Games in Spanish ​

• Spanish online bingo

• Word game (For kids that can read in Spanish)

• Spanish vocabulary games 

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Resources for parents 

• Support: Facebook group for parents raising bilingual kids in Spanish (living in a non native Spanish speaking country)

• Instagram accounts about bilingual parenting:

  • @reddeapoyo_crianzabilingue

  • @latinaboomermom

  • @entredospotcast

  • @anacalabrese_enespanol

  • @lifeinasecondlanguage

  • @bilikids_de

  • Tips, reviews, and healthy tech use: Common Sense Latino and Common Sense

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