Talking about what we see around us in Spanish is so important for our children’s vocabulary growth. Part of that can include types of transportation and how we move around. If you or someone in your family is needing a refresher on modes of transportation vocabulary in Spanish in order to teach your child, I have two resources I want to share with you.
Posters of Play: Modes of Transportation in Spanish
I’ve created for you a set of posters I call part of my Posters for Play series. The idea is that this poster should be hung on the wall or somewhere at eye level preferably a play area where you or your child can refer to it while playing. When reaching for that airplane to play with or lifting up your child to fly him like one, you can quickly glance at the poster when having a brain lapse and remind yourself that it’s called an “avión”. By having language readily available around you through these posters, you’ll be staying more in your target language of Spanish and your child’s Spanish vocabulary will grow.
These posters can be used interactively in so many other ways too. Consider my following activity ideas:
Activities:
- Scavenger Hunt: As you point to a mode of transportation on the poster, have your child search through his toys to find that plane, truck, or train you were pointing to.
- Flashcards: After printing off the posters, cut out the modes of transportation into individual cards. Show the card to your child while holding your finger over one of the languages. Have him recall how to say it in both languages. Or just use this opportunity to practice reading skills.
- Puzzle: After printing off the posters and cutting them out into individual cards, then cut them in half horizontally. Spread these out face up and have your child piece together the cards as puzzles.
- Tell a simple story: In compilation with my other posters (you can find them here), tell a simple story and use the posters to fill in the details. Include details like how the character traveled, what the character ate, what animals they saw, etc.
Games:
- Memory Game: Print out the posters twice. Cut out all of the individual cards. You should have two of every card. Turn them all over. Each player takes a turn turning over two cards at a time hoping to find a match. The player with the most matching in the end is the winner. Multiple people can play.
- Go Fish: Print out the posters twice for this activity as well. Cut out all of the individual cards so that you have two of every card. Put them all in a pile facing down. Each player takes 5 cards from the pile. Then one player asks another player if he has one of the same cards as he has in his hand. Ex: ¿Tienes un camión de bomberos? If the other player does, he gives him that card. If he does not, the player asking takes a card from the pile. The objective is to get the most pairs of cards. Multiple players can play.
- Guessing game: For older children with more advanced vocabulary, each player takes a card and tapes it to his forehead. Players take turns asking yes or no questions trying to guess which card is on their forehead.
- Labels: Cut out the cards and label the toys your child has. Use it to indicate what bin or where on the shelf that toy goes.
Modes of Transportation: Handwriting page
To sweeten the deal, I’m not only sharing with you my Posters for Play: Modes of Transportation but also a handwriting worksheet. For a child who is working on letter formation, this page is fun for extra practice. Print off the page to use. If wanting to have it be reusable, slide it into a plastic page protector and have your child write on it with a dry-erase marker.
Book Recommendation
The book El gran libro de vehículos de Nacho by Liesbet Slegers is my all time favorite book I’ve found in Spanish so far for exploring Modes of Transportation. I love it because id doesn’t only introduce numerous modes of transportation but as well as their parts and purpose. It’s an interactive preschool age book that has the reader matching and identifying what doesn’t fit in the picture and answers numerous questions. You can check it out here on Amazon.
Song Recommendation
My all time favorite song in this theme is “Mi Carrito” by Nathalia. It’s such a fun jam! Don’t just take my word. Check it out.
Check out my Posters for Play bundle at my shop. Comment below on which interactive ways you’ve enjoyed using them the most or tag me on my social media!
