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Free Spanish Lessons for Kindergarten & Elementary Students (K-2nd)

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28 Jul

Salsa Spanish offers free Spanish lessons for kids in Kindergarten and lower elementary.  Each lesson contains a video of puppets and costumed characters.  Guess what?  You don’t need to know any Spanish to teach these lessons! Also, a full teacher’s guide for each episode is available, free.   The lesson plans are laid out for you, complete with scheduling suggestions and black line masters (drawings), correlating to each video episode.

free Spanish lessons for kids in Kindergarten and Elementary

Denise, who shared these free Spanish lessons with us, wrote,

“I have tried many, many Spanish programs for my children only to be continually disappointed and discouraged, however, this one, by far has totally exceeded all of my expectations. The children, (and I), are learning Spanish and are using it in our everyday lives. Salsa is really fun and extremely rewarding.”

Here’s an explanation of Salsa Spanish from the Producers:

Salsa is a comprehensive Spanish program for young children featuring puppets, state-of-the-art graphics, animation and a good dose of humor.

Instructors do not need to be certified to teach a foreign language or be familiar with Spanish.

Each video lesson is preceded by a staff development component that familiarizes the instructor with the content and objectives of the lesson, reviews all vocabulary words, and demonstrates the correct pronunciation of all Spanish words used in the lesson. There are 42 video lessons in the Salsa series.

free Spanish lessons for kids in Kindergarten and Elementary

How to access the free Spanish lessons for kids:

  • To Learn More: View the main page and a sample video here
  • To View the Episodes: View a list of episodes here, click on the episode name to view an activity page and transcript. The episodes begin with 101, then 102, 103, etc.
  • Games from Salsa: This page has games & activities aligned with the Salsa curriculum.

How to Get a Free Teacher’s Guide for each Episode:

Download Teacher’s Guides for each episode.  Scroll down to K-2 Foreign Language Instruction and choose Salsa Materials.  You’ll see a drop-down menu with episode titles.  Click on a name to open a .pdf (over 70 pages!) with lesson plans for that episode.  

For example, here are the lesson plans for Episode 1 (101), and below is screenshot of Week One

free Spanish lessons for kids in Kindergarten and Elementary

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  1. Anna-Marie says

    January 18, 2011 at 5:20 AM

    this is great I have been looking for something for ages. Thanks for sharing:)

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  2. penjenta@gmail.com says

    January 19, 2011 at 11:14 AM

    this is the kind of thing i have been searching for, for days! we own powerglide spanish and my kids HATE it. thank you!!

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  3. Amy Knepper says

    January 28, 2011 at 12:48 PM

    Thank you for this resource! My kids and I just watched the first four episodes together and loved it!

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  4. Natalie says

    May 13, 2011 at 4:12 PM

    Thank you Lori! I love all the fun stuff you have on your blog!

    Reply
  5. gadgettown says

    September 23, 2011 at 8:24 PM

    Thank you Lori!

    Reply
  6. Sheri says

    January 6, 2012 at 12:32 PM

    Thank you!

    Reply
  7. LatinoMemphisHomeschoolers says

    March 24, 2012 at 10:25 AM

    another great site is http://www.onlinefreespanish.com

    Reply
  8. Lori Seaborg says

    March 25, 2012 at 11:14 PM

    Thank you for letting us know about that!

    Reply
  9. Brandie says

    May 25, 2016 at 8:54 PM

    The link has changed again! https://edu.wyoming.gov/educators/standards/foreign-language/ is the new one. You need to scroll down half way to “K-2 Foreign Language Instruction” 🙂

    Reply
  10. Lori Seaborg says

    May 26, 2016 at 1:45 AM

    Thank you so much for taking the time to post the link, Brandie! I’ve updated the post.

    Reply

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