Fun Spanish and Bilingual Classroom Activities for Si le das una rosquilla a un perro (If You Give a Dog a Donut)!

Today is a special day: National Dog Day! Started in 2004 and celebrated on August 26 each year, this holiday has the simple goal of showing the same love and loyalty to canines that they show to us. In honor of this noble mission be sure to visit National Dog Day’s official website for exciting suggestions on how to best thank and serve our favorite four-legged friends.

To celebrate man’s—and children’s—best friend, Club Leo en español presents three fun Spanish and bilingual classroom activities to accompany our newly published Spanish edition of Si le das una rosquilla a un perro (If You Give a Dog a Donut). The ever-popular If You Give series by Laura Numeroff is an excellent way to introduce young readers to important basic concepts such as cumulative patterns and cause and effect, which helps them build critical-thinking skills. Si le das una rosquilla a un perro (If You Give a Dog a Donut) is available year round in Club Leo en español’s September/All Year offer.

Please join us as we celebrate dogs, donuts, and books, oh my!

Concepts engaged in the If You Give series:

Cumulative patterns

Cause and effect

Counting

Reading aloud

Reading independently

Repetition

Building vocabulary

Activities:

Bilingual: Matching Game

Spanish: Completa la frase (Fill in the Blanks)

Spanish: ¡Pasa la rosquilla! (Pass the Donut!)

Bilingual Matching Game

English                                                                       Spanish

DONUT                                                                     AGUA

BOY                                                                           ROSQUILLA

APPLE JUICE                                                           ÁRBOL

BASEBALL                                                               BÉISBOL

WATER                                                                     BATE

TREE                                                                          NIÑO

DOG                                                                           JUGO DE MANZANA

BAT                                                                            PERRO