{"id":217,"date":"2011-05-10T12:58:38","date_gmt":"2011-05-10T12:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onlinefreespanish.com\/blog\/?p=217"},"modified":"2012-07-24T00:54:37","modified_gmt":"2012-07-24T00:54:37","slug":"el-cuerpo-the-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlinefreespanish.com\/blog\/el-cuerpo-the-body\/","title":{"rendered":"El cuerpo – The body"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From:\u00a0 www.spanishplayground.com<\/p>\n

This is a great set of online activities for introducing the body parts in Spanish or for focused practice with the vocabulary. \u00a0The first activity teaches the words and correct Spanish pronunciation and the second is a game. Click the titles to open the activities in a new window.<\/p>\n

Activity for learning the body parts in Spanish<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

This activity for learning the body parts in Spanish has a photograph of a boy with the parts of the body labeled in English. \u00a0You click on the labels to hear and see the Spanish word. This is a well designed activity for several reasons. Having the written English word clarifies which part of the body is being shown. In many activities like this it is hard to tell if an arrow is pointing to the hand or the wrist, or the head or the hair, but that is not a problem here. The English word is not pronounced, and it disappears when the Spanish appears, so the focus is on the Spanish. The game that follows uses no English at all.<\/p>\n

You will hear each word in Spanish as you click on it. \u00a0All of the activities that introduce vocabulary on this site have audio of the word and also of the word broken into syllables. This is an excellent way to learn the basics of Spanish pronunciation. \u00a0All children will hear how in some words two vowel sounds combine in one syllable (a diphthong) and beginning-readers and readers will see how the letters are pronounced in Spanish.<\/p>\n

Here are a few suggestions to make the most of this activity with your child:<\/p>\n