Carson Dellosa Complete Book of Spanish Workbook for Kids—Grades 1-3 Alphabet, Numbers, Colors, Parts of Speech, Expressions, Days and Months, Sight Words Practice (416 pgs)
WORKBOOK FEATURES:
• Ages 6-9, Grades 1-3
• 416 pages, 10.8 inches x 8.3 inches
• Topics covered: the alphabet, numbers, colors, parts of speech, culture, community, and more
• Handwriting practice and final review
• Includes a glossary, bibliography, and answer key
FOCUSED PRACTICE: The Complete Book of Spanish Workbook for Kids helps students from first through third grade to build Spanish fluency and understand Spanish culture through fun activities, engaging topics, and hands-on writing practice.
CORRELATED TO CURRENT STATE STANDARDS: The activities in this illustrated workbook are designed to help students understand both Spanish language and culture, including developing an understanding of everyday life within the target culture as well as speaking, writing, and reading basic words and phrases in Spanish.
HOW IT WORKS: This workbook helps kids learn Spanish through easy-to-follow instructions for lessons on the alphabet, parts of speech, days, months, expressions, culture and community, and more! Students take a final review at the end of the lessons, as well as handwriting practice to ensure they have mastered what they learned from each section.
WORKING TOGETHER: Designed to enhance current homeschool, classroom, and virtual Spanish curriculum, parents and teachers can support student learning using the Spanish-English glossary and answer key to check for accuracy.
WHY CARSON DELLOSA: For more than 40 years, Carson Dellosa has provided solutions for parents who want to help their children get ahead and for teachers who want their students to meet and exceed set learning goals. Carson Dellosa partners with you in supporting your child’s educational journey every step of the way.
Reviews (168)
Can't learn vocabulary without gender!
These books (unfortunately I bought two, the K-1 and 1-3) do not show the gender article (el, la) with the noun. You cannot learn Spanish (or any latin-based language) without knowing the gender of a word. English speakers don't know this and obviously the editors thought they were "simplifying" learning by omitting the gender articles. When learning vocabulary, it's imperative to learn the complete word. In many, many other languages, that means learning the corresponding article which will then affect how you use the word in a sentence (the gendered endings of adjectives, etc., etc.). Don't waste your money on this!
Too Many Better Options. A Waste of Paper
Background: I bought this for my 9 year old. Admittedly, she's older than the recommended ages but she struggled so much with Duolingo and I wanted something to give her some confidence and enthusiasm. She doesn't learn Spanish in school but she has a small amount of exposure elsewhere. Major Complaints This book was way too easy. It would be more appropriate for a kid 4-6. No articles! It's important for kids to learn la/el or un/una! No pronunciation! This is the biggest problem. There are so many pages where they are asked to read words aloud and then not told how to pronounce them. What is the point?! Tons of wasted pages. It's a big book but half of it answers, flash cards, handwriting practice (?!) and other unhelpful things. The flash cards really annoy me. There are so many free apps and cheap actually durable sets. Why would you even print that? My kid would have spent more time cutting out all the cards than actually studying. There are something like 100! Positives: There are really easy exercises that are fun for kids (coloring, matching, etc.) It definitely renewed my daughters confidence. But it didn't really teach her that much. She picked up a few words but not what I would expect from a book that size. And she certainly can't put together a basic sentence. Overall, if you have a really young kid and you just want them to flip through and get familiar with words or something for them to color in the car, maybe buy this? The Color and Learn books are 10 times better and a quarter of the price though.
Disappointed- less than clomplete.
I would not recommend this for learning Spanish to become fluent. Given, Spanish was my first language, as it was for my children, so I come from a different perspective. -The book does have lots of fun activities but I am surprised at how many of those activities are in English. This was a let down. Also there is a lot of emphasis on writing the English translation for many of the activities. I feel this doesn’t push kids beyond their comfort zone - The vocabulary is incomplete. For example in the family section they go over mother, father, sister brother, grandparents. I would have liked to see uncle aunt and cousins. Same with the clothing- only 6 pieces of clothing. I think for a 1-3 grader more vocabulary would be more appropriate. - the titles to each section do not have translations- for example. The section on clothing never calls it ‘ropa’. The section on family never identifies ‘la familia’. I think this is partly because the book is written in English. -All the instructions are in English which is a shame. So much learning comes from instructions. The book is okay for just introducing Spanish to someone but would not recommend for learning. This is far from their claim to being a complete Spanish book.
Great book. Teacher approved.
If you are between this book and the Brighter Child and 1 more Spanish Workbook, Grade 2 (Brighter Child Workbooks), then get THIS one. It has every activity from the Brighter Child book and a whole lot more. As far as instructional level, my child just finished Kindergarten where Spanish was included in the curriculum and this book is a great review and give her additional support. The back of book has colored cards of all the words and numbers learned. There is also an answer key for all the activity pages.
I'm Impressed!
This workbook is SO good! I am a native Spanish speaker from Puerto Rico but I married a white guy that doesnt speak a word in Spanish and it has been dificult for me to teach good Spanish to my 3 kids without having a full Spanish speaking house, but I still will not rest until all my kids learn good Spanish and this workbook has helped me to achieve that SO much! My daughter who is 8 LOVES IT! It has the instructions in English so my daughter can perfectly understand what is she being asked then it jumps into full Spanish.We go through the alphabet, the numbers and vocabulary every day then I have her to do the activities in this book and she loves it! She thinks its so entertaining! This is really really good! Highly recommend!
Excelente!!!
I am AMAZED by how much is covered in this workbook (especially for the price)! It has basics such as colors and numbers but gradually builds on them to provide an excellent foundation for literacy. I'll mention a few of the highlights for me: Masculine and feminine words (including articles), formal and informal use of the equivalent of you (tu y usted), spelling practice, vocabulary flashcards (which could be used for various games), relationships, cutouts to create a book for each unit, and even a beautifully illustrated "Jack and the Beanstalk" bilingual story. I'm trying to figure out if there is an English equivalent for my nephews who live in Latin America. This one is for my six-year-old because I focused on teaching him to read English before introducing Spanish in a formal manner.
So disappointing. Too much English.
This is not a good way for kids to learn Spanish. There is far too much English in these books. So disappointing. Much too much English. Translating is not a good method for learning another language, especially when kids are young. I was under the impression that this was in Spanish. 80% of it is probably English. This is not a good way for kids to learn Spanish. Immersion is best and this should have had much more in Spanish. Nouns and a few verbs are not enough. The directions should also be in Spanish. I know that there are well-meaning parents who think this is a good idea for their kids but they’d be better off investing in an immersion program.
Nice!! My son love it
Nice activity book. My son is a bit special becuase he is a learning sponge. He is 4 and a half and he knows additinmon, subtraction and he knows how read and spell in english and spanish. I know many will say this is grate but is also a big challenge when it comes to keep then intrest. Now that there is no preschool he has been asking for school activities but most pre-school books are way to basic for his level. These book is very good!!! The level is for a 1st grade and it has lost of spelling activities. We also both the addition/subtraction of the same brand and he is loving then. We also bought the spanish 1st grade activity book form school zone and he is living that one too. So very satisfy!!!
great Spanish book for starters
I bought this Spanish book for my 1st grader to begin her on some basics like number, colors, alphabet. That's just what this is. There's several worksheets on one topic so she's reviewing that topic, like colors, in a fun way. It's easy for her to read the directions and understand. It's bright and colorful.
Not just for kids
I Learned to speak multiple languages as a small child. I find it very difficult to teach my son certain things that to me are just common sense because I’m practically a native speaker in each. Most beginners books require basic knowledge of the language. This book actually starts from scratch. Numbers letters then numbers and phrases. It even has stories. I would recommend this book to adults who want to start learning. I would buy similar ones in other languages if i found them.
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