Since my daughter started school at a Spanish immersion program, I’ve been on the hunt for ways to reinforce language education at home. There are some great Spanish Kindergarten activities out there, but this photo scavenger hunt is a simple game that the family can play anywhere – including sitting in LA traffic jams!
Photography Scavenger Hunt
All you need is this Spanish scavenger list (Download free below! I made it specifically with Dual Immersion Spanish Kindergarten students in mind), a tablet to take photos and videos, and some creativity.
Spanish Activities for Kindergarten
I’m so thrilled that Alina is learning Spanish at school… every day she comes home with another vocabulary word, more questions and a deeper desire to immerse herself in the language. The prompts on this scavenger hunt are meant for little Spanish learners but is vague enough for them to use their imagination and creativity. We used our new tablet to take photos of the items, and even shot a video to complete a few things on the list!
During our hunt, Alina used the front facing camera to take a picture of herself for the prompt “yo”. She found a wall of yummy magnets to complete various prompts, too. As we walked around and had dinner, the whole family became engrossed in her Spanish photo scavenger hunt!
Printable Kindergarten Activities
Her Spanish Learning Tool
Because of its affordability and perfect size, an affordable tablet has become our ultimate Spanish learning tool. She loves that colors stay true no matter what angle the tablet is being held and that she can listen to her favorite Spanish music, play educational games or watch her favorite Spanish YouTube Kids channels with great sound. I love that she has her very own tablet and Spanish learning tool that allows for independence while she explores the love of language.
Spanish Immersion Program Kindergarten Update:
To learn more about our bilingual journey, take a peek into her Dual Immersion Spanish Kindergarten classroom and read about her very first day of her Bilingual Education Journey!
Kayley
September 21, 2015 at 11:53 amI’ve never had a tablet before, so i can’t attest to specific apps as learning tools. I believe they would be helpful because they can help children and adults visualize the information they’re meant to be learn and, more importantly, they can respond to feedback from the learner to tailor content that supplements the areas where the learner needs the most help.
Shea McDougall
September 21, 2015 at 2:40 pmI love learning apps. They know how to capture the kids attention with their sights and sounds and all the while kids are mesmerized by them, they are learning! My kiddos love ABC mouse at the moment.
Melissa Moore
September 22, 2015 at 3:52 pmWe make sure we have parental controls on so we know what they are watching and playing.
Kristin Goodson
September 24, 2015 at 9:31 amThe scavenger hunt looks so fun! I love that you can take pictures with this tablet. I would love to take pictures and use them as prompts for my son. We have a chart for chores and several other things and using pictures would be beneficial. I also love to use tablets to refer to something in history or in geography. It’s so much easier for kids to look at pictures instead of just reading about a country or event.
Elena
September 25, 2015 at 11:17 amI don’t own a tablet, so I can’t say what’s my favorite educational app.
Jay A.
September 25, 2015 at 2:09 pmTablets can be a lifesaver for many reasons. For a kid with learning disabilities it can help them find a fun way to learn by visualizing what is asked of them. There’s also people who say high pitched voices help children grasp better what is said and those catchy songs teaching a kid to brush teeth makes the forget they are learning and thing it’s just fun. Tablets can be wonderful tools.
Julie Wood
September 25, 2015 at 2:15 pmWe use a tablet for school and while on the road to keep up with schooling an d play educational games! We find it easy to use a table for social media! Thanks for this awesome giveaway!
Amber
September 25, 2015 at 3:09 pmI LOVE using technology and appreciate this post even more as it encourages me to not count on the curriculum (or lack there of), but to build my own learning opportunities. It’s not easy to find language programs for kids who are just beginning to read (especially Portuguese), and I love that a lot of your suggestions can be used for other languages and cultures as well
Jennifer Marie
September 25, 2015 at 7:01 pmWe have educational games that my kids love. My 1st grader loves the hooked on phonics app.
Tabathia B
September 25, 2015 at 8:53 pmI think downloading learning apps is a great way to use as a learning tool. I like the khan academy app as an educational learning tool.
Julie Wood
September 26, 2015 at 8:14 amI love having learning apps on my son’s tablet because he learns so much from them and he really likes playing some of the learning games that are available!
Laura J
September 26, 2015 at 10:23 amWe love the app Math On The Farm! Fun for the kids and they learn math!!!
Natalie
September 26, 2015 at 1:54 pmMy kids love abcmouse educational app! I think that apps can be great as an addition to learning at school, but no as a substitute.
Steven weber
September 27, 2015 at 3:36 pmI would recommend the ABC Mouse app.. it’s great for children of all ages.
Will G
September 27, 2015 at 5:01 pmYou can use them to learn other languages. i would recommend Duolingo.
Tracie Cooper
September 27, 2015 at 5:04 pmMy niece is learning to read and love apps that help her become passionate about reading!
Rachel
September 27, 2015 at 8:45 pmMy tip for using a tablet as an educational tool for your children is to choose age appropriate apps and make sure the text is big enough for them to see.
Tina W
September 28, 2015 at 5:13 amI love any app that requires some reading during the “play” instead of everything being visual.
Thomas Murphy
September 28, 2015 at 1:03 pmFind good learning apps and use parental controls.
Lee McKeon
September 28, 2015 at 2:34 pmright now we are using the pre school arcade app
GB
September 28, 2015 at 3:54 pmThere are so many great math and reading games for kids that they are having so much fun that they don’t even realize that they are learning.
cynthia dawson
September 28, 2015 at 4:41 pmI have found a nice reading app called farfaria that my daughter is enjoying on our tablet.
Amanda Sakovitz
September 28, 2015 at 6:50 pmMy niece loves word games. I know it helps her out in class.
Dawn Monroe
September 28, 2015 at 7:00 pmI like tricking them into learning. They think they are just having fun but they are learning. We like ABC Mouse and Nick Jr.
Jillian Too
September 28, 2015 at 10:48 pmWe don’t own a tablet so I don’t know of any specific apps to recommend. I would download apps that combine learning and games so there is a sense of achievement and fun.
starla b
September 29, 2015 at 12:05 amThe only reason I have a tablet is for my daughters educational games and apps. I have so many but my favorite one right now is The Sight Word Adventure. It has been extremely helpful!