Los Animales
Learn to say a ton of animals in Spanish! Write their names down next to their pictures.
Can you name each animal in Spanish as it appears in this compilation?
Every language has its own way of saying what animals "say". It's interesting to see the verbs for "bray, whinny, bah, crow, croak," etc and to see how animal sounds are written. Here are some videos featuring animal sounds.
This super silly song is about a turkey wanting to escape his fate of being eaten by Americans. He runs away... Turkey = El Pavo
Llegó el pavo = The turkey arrived!
Take notes! Learn to talk about what animals you like/don't like and which animals are your favorites.
Practice saying whether you like or dislike certain animals.
Practice Animal Vocab Ideas:
Quizlet games
Charades
Pictionary
Make an animal poster with 9-16 animals
Try to name the animals that make up the Pokémon monsters.
Create a crossword or word search for a classmate to do.
Learn the Pollito Pio Dance and song
Learn about Los Alebrijes
Make your own Alebrije!
Traditionally, alebrijes combine air, water and land animals. Decide on three or four animals that you could combine to create a fantastical creature.
Make some quick sketches of how the animal could look and pick your favorite.
Depending on time and materials available, you can create this alebrije several different ways:
Hand-illustrated and colored with marker, sharpie, or paint
Molded out of clay or model magic, let dry and then color
Paper-Mache, making sure surface is smooth; let dry, then paint
Name your creature by skillfully combining parts of the animals Spanish names into a new name.
Another idea: On poster paper, include images of the regular animals and their names along the edge. Then, include your own drawing and its new name in the center.