Spanish Materials Index by Thematic Unit
- ALPHABET:
- “El Alfabeto” - Tacos 2
- ANIMALS:
- “Vamos Al Zoológico” - Tacos 1
- “Vengan A Ver Mi Granja” - Tacos 1
- Farm Animals Picture Set (10 animals pictures from song)
- “La Rana” - Tacos 1
- La Rana Picture Set (A picture of each verse of the song)
- Animal Bingo and Flash Cards
- Animal Lesson Unit
- BIRTHDAYS:
- BODY PARTS:
- “Mi Hombre de Nieve” - Tacos 1
- “Juan Dice” - Tacos 1
- “Dolor de Cabeza” - Tacos 2
- “La Vaca Beatriz” - Tacos 2
- “El Payaso Baila” - Tacos 3
- Body Bingo and Flash Cards
- Advanced Body Bingo
- Body Parts Lesson Unit
- CARNAVAL:
- “Carnaval” (costumes for Carnival) - Tacos 1
- “Carnaval” Paper Puppets (Juan and Juanita paper dolls and their costumes)
- CHRISTMAS:
- “Mi Hombre de Nieve” - Tacos 1
- “Canten Navidad” - Tacos 1
- “Los 12 Días de Navidad” - Tacos 1
- The 12 Days of Christmas Pictures (Pictures that coordinate with items in the song)
- “El Reno Rodolfo” - Tacos 2
- “La Canción de Cuna para la Nochebuena” - Tacos 2
- “Viene la Navidad” - Tacos 2
- “Feliz Navidad a Todos” - Tacos 3
- Canten Navidad Album - 12 traditional Christmas songs from Spain and translations of popular songs with instrumentals included. Cassettes, CDs and lyric books)
- Spanish Christmas Bingo and Flash Cards (Customs from Mexico)
- CLOTHING:
- “La Vaca Beatriz” - Tacos 2
- “La Lavadora” - Tacos 2
- Clothing Bingo and Flash Cards
- COLORS:
- COMMAND FORMS (or TPR):
- COUNTING:
- “¡Cuenta!” - Tacos 1
- “Los 12 Días de Navidad” - Tacos 1
- The 12 Days of Christmas Pictures
- DANCES AND ACTION SONGS:
- “Juan Dice” - Tacos 1
- “Las Chiapanecas” - Tacos 2
- “El Jarabe Tapatío” - Tacos 2 (Traditional Mexican Hat Dance)
- “La Vibora de la Mar” - Tacos 2 (A Mexican children’s game similar to “London Bridges.”)
- “En la Purenta de Sevilla” - Tacos 3
- “El Payaso Baila” - Tacos 3
- “El Baile de los Pajaritos” - Tacos 3
- “El Baile des Caracol” - Tacos 3
- DAYS OF THE WEEK:
- “Sábado” - Tacos 1
- FAMILY:
- “Mi Familia Grande” - Tacos 1
- Family Picture Set (illustrates the song)
- FOODS:
- “Bistec!” (a Mexican dinner) - Tacos 1
- “El Restaurante” (ordering in a restaurant) - Tacos 2
- “Las Frutas” (Fruits to Beethoven’s 5th Symphony) - Tacos 3
- Food Bingo and Flash Cards
- GRAMMAR POINTS:
- Commands:
- “Juan Dice” - Tacos 1
- “¡Canten!” - Tacos 1
- Directions and Prepositions:
- “¿Dónde Está Mini?” - Tacos 1
- “Juan Dice” - Tacos 1
- Reflexive Verbs:
- “Las Hojitas” - Tacos 1
- “Darse Prisa” - Tacos 2
- Reflexive Picture Set (Illustrations that complement “Darse Prisa”)
- Past Tense:
- “¿Quién Robó las Galletas?” - Tacos 2
- “El Caballero Viejo” - Tacos 2
- Regular AR Verb in Present Tense:
- “La Banda” - Tacos 2
- Stem Changing Verbs:
- “El Zapato Rap” - Tacos 3
- Adjectives/Gender:
- “El Duelo” - Tacos 3
- Direct/Indirect Object Pronoun Placement:
- “La Rana Raúl” - Tacos 3
- Subjunctive:
- “UWEIRDO Rap” - Tacos 3
- Action Verb Bingo and Flash Cards
- HOLIDAYS:
- “El Día de los Muertos” - Tacos 3
- “La Piñata” - Tacos 3
- “El Cinco de Mayo” - Tacos 3
- (See also Carnaval, and Christmas)
- MONTHS:
- “Los Meses del Año” - Tacos 2
- NAMES:
- “Yo Me Llamo” - Tacos 1
- OCCUPATIONS:
- “En la Puenta de Sevilla” - Tacos 3
- Occupation Bingo and Flash Cards
- OPPOSITES, FEELINGS, & GENDER:
- “Los Contrarios” - Tacos 1
- Facial Expressions Set (16 expressions including happy, sad, etc. which complement song)
- PLAYS/PROGRAMS:
- “¿Quien Tiene Miedo del Lobo Feroz?” - Tacos 1
- “El Lobo Feroz” - Tacos 1
- 3 Little Pigs Play script and Paper Puppet set
- “La Gallinita Roja” - Tacos 1
- Little Red Hen play script (song) and Paper Puppet Set
- “Carnaval” - Tacos 1
- Carnaval Paper Puppets and script (song)
- “Paco” - Tacos 1
- “La Rana” - Tacos 2
- La Rana Picture Set
- Karaoke CDs - Instrumentals for Tacos 1, Tacos 2, and Tacos 3
- Spanish Book of Plays (Little Red Riding Hood, Goldilocks, and Snow White)
- SCHOOL VOCABULARY:
- “Buenos Días Mis Amigos” - Tacos 2
- School Bingo and flash cards
- SHOPPING and PLACES:
- “Chico Chihuahua” (Shopping dialogue and stores) - Tacos 3
- SOUNDS:
- SPORTS:
- STORES:
- “Chico Chihuahua” - Tacos 3
- Stores Picture Set
- TIME:
- “¿Que Hora Es?” - Tacos 3
- TRADITIONAL/CULTURAL SONGS:
- Trip to Spain Masters
- Trip to Spain Lesson Unit
- Spanish Christmas Bingo & Flashcards
- Tacos 1:
- “Las Hojitas” (Children’s song)
- “Las Mañanitas” (Used for birthdays or other celebrations)
- Tacos 2:
- “Los Países Hispanos” (Learn the Spanish-speaking countries of the world to the traditional Mexican song, “La Cucaracha.”)
- “Lindo Pescadito” (A little fish cannot come out to play in this children’s song.)
- “El Chorrito” (A pretty little ant gets splashed by a mean fountain of water.)
- “En el Patio de Mi Casa” (This traditional Mexican song tells why the patio of MY house is so particular.)
- “El Himno Nacional de México” (The National Anthem of Mexico)
- Tacos 3:
- “El Torero”(The art of bullfighting)
- “Guantanamera” (Traditonal - Cuba’s liberation)
- “La Bamba” (Traditional folk song from Vera Cruz, Mexico)
- “De Colores” (National farmers’ union song)
- “Cielito Lindo” (Traditional Mexican love song)
- TRANSPORTATION:
- TRAVEL:
- WEATHER & SEASONS:
- “Las Hojitas” - Tacos 1
- “¡Canten!” - Tacos 1
- “La Primavera” - Tacos 1
- “Que Tiempo Hace Hoy?” - Tacos 3
- Weather and Seasons Pictures
