Getting started on Spanish: color matching game (printable)

We are just getting started on learning Spanish. When it comes to learning a second language, I think the key is start as young as possible. Starting now is great for Damian, but I wish I had gotten to it sooner for Rylan! When the boys get a little older, I think we will use Rosetta Stone , but for now we are starting with a basic introduction into the language. I am looking into various curriculum possibilities suited for a young age group (if any of you have recommendations, would love to hear them!), since I do not speak Spanish myself, I definitely need help from a curriculum. In the meantime we bought the DVD Spanish for Children, which provides a basic introduction, teaching greetings, colors, numbers, and animals. I actually really like it, and both boys are picking up words quickly from it. My only gripe about the DVD is that for the price ($13.99) I think there should be more to it. It is REALLY short.

To add a bit more fun to the color learning, I made this Spanish color matching game over the weekend for the boys to play with. I used a dinosaur theme, since they both love the dinos! :) If you would like to download the game, just click here.


This has been added to: Preschool Corner & 5K too

Learning about shades of colour

Today we did a very simple activity to learn more about different shades of colour. I simply picked up some free paint samples from a local store, cut them, so that each square was one shade, and allowed Rylan to work at lining them up from darkest to lightest. He found these colours pretty easy to line up.
But this set was a little more challenging, since the differences in shade are very subtle.

But I think he did pretty well considering...