Since the moment our babies are born we want to, and should, be talking with them about their body parts. These irresistible moments start during diaper changes and advance into bath time and changing clothes. We can’t resist but talk about their stinky toes and kissable bellies.

Now, regardless of your Spanish level, we don’t often talk about our body parts on a daily basis where that vocabulary is in the forefront of our mind. And then our little ones came along testing our vocabulary recall. So if you’re needing a Spanish resource on body parts to either refresh your memory or to teach someone in your family (spouse, child or everyone) for the first time, I’ve got more than just one resource to share with you to help.

Posters for Play for Body Parts in Spanish

What better way to make sure you keep using as much Spanish as possible than by having the vocabulary you need right at eye level? When you are all hands on deck during a diaper change or bath time, you’re not going to go look up on your phone how to say “belly button” when you’ve forgotten. That’s one of the reasons I’ve created these 2 bilingual posters on body parts. When you have the vocabulary you need accessible to you, the more likely you are to use it. With more repetition, you’ll soon have those body parts memorized in Spanish and your child will be learning them as well!

How to use: Print off the posters and laminate or slip them into plastic page protectors if you’d like to keep them lasting longer. Then, hang them at eye level in an area you think would be most beneficial to your family right now. Depending on your child’s age, that could either be eye level for you the parent or your child.

• Hang them where you can see them by the changing table if you have an infant.
• Hang them or frame them in the bathroom if you have a young one where this would be helpful during bath time as you wash your child.
• If your child is walking, hang them at eye level in their bedroom on the wall near a closet. dresser, or mirror where you may use these more often while changing their clothes. You may soon discover your child, pointing at the child on the poster’s teeth and then her own while saying “dientes”.

Other Playful Ways to Use Spanish Body Part Vocabulary

In tandem with the Posters for Play on Body Parts hanging close by, here are a few ideas of how to also incorporate using body parts in Spanish in other activities.

Bible Verses:

Don’t underestimate how old your child is when it comes to Bible verse memorization. Repetition is key. My 23 month old is able to say an entire sentence that we’ve been working on!

Books for body parts in Spanish:

• Eva: A Bilingual Baby Devotion by Kayla Alonso – A sweet book that teaches young girls that they were created, as Eve was, in the image of God. It points out how God made a few of her body parts as well as the readers’.
• ¿Dónde está el ombliguito? by Karen Katz – A fun lift-a-flap board book to find the baby’s body parts.
• Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes/Cabeza, Hombros, Piernas, Pies by Annie Kubler – You can’t help but sing while you read this board book.
• Todo es canción by Alma Flor Ada – Super fun book of poems for advanced Spanish speakers and elementary aged children including various poems including body parts!
• We’re Different, We’re the Same, and We’re Wonderful by Bobbi Kates – A super charming Sesame Street book that celebrates diversity from body parts, characteristics, skin color to emotions with the perspective that what that body part is used for (ie. eyes) is the same for everyone. Note: This book is only in English.

Songs to dance and wiggle body parts to in Spanish:

I’ve created a playlist on Spotify of 11 upbeat songs that will keep your young one dancing and practicing the body parts in Spanish. Make sure to follow this playlist as I’ll add more with time.

Check out more of my Spanish Playlists:

• Preschool Spanish playlist
• Best Spanish Children’s Songs/Música para Niños playlist

Toys/Activities:

Once your children are old enough to speak, equip them with open ended activities where they could practice using their Spanish body part vocabulary. Here are few ideas:

• Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head
• Play “Simón dice”…Simon says. Example: “Simón dice, toca tu _____________.” Fill in the blank with a body part. If the child doesn’t touch the correct body part or does it when it wasn’t prefaced with Simon says, he/she would be considered out of the game. However, since we want our child to keep practicing, have him do something where he can earn his way back in, like spin 3 times or run down to the wall and back.

Now that you’re equipped with ideas about how to teach Spanish body parts, head on over to my shop if you haven’t already done so and grab these Posters for Play: Body Parts . Check out others from the series while you’re there too!