Update: Salsa – Spanish Language Program for Children

Back in June 2008 I wrote a post about Salsa, an elementary Spanish language and cultural series from Georgia Public Broadcasting. During the last few years I remember checking the link at various times and noticed that either the videos weren’t available or they were only viewable on a small screen.

Just today I saw on the Freely Educate blog that there was a post about the program, so I had to take another look. I’m happy to report that the videos (42 episodes) are of a much better quality with transcripts (English & Spanish) and activity ideas (on each episode page). Also, there are now games for your children/students to play to reinforce what they have learned.

Additional support materials can be found on the Wyoming Department of Education website.  As mentioned in the blog, the videos are geared towards kindergarten through 2nd grade.

Salsa: Spanish language program for children

I just ran across this little gem this evening and had to share. Salsa is a Spanish language program for children which uses puppets, vibrant graphics and animation produced by Georgia Public Broadcasting.

Click on the Episodes link and you'll see a list in the sidebar. Click one of those and you'll see six episodes listed in the main screen. There are 42 in all.

Now get this, there are transcripts in English and Spanish for each show! To find them, click on the Parents & Educators link in the sidebar. Also in that same section, you'll find activities for each show as well as focus words! For even more print resources click the Wyoming Department of Education site. WOW! This is certainly a find.