Beginner Spanish Readers: These are for students that are learning the sounds of the letters and their combinations in Spanish. When I teach my students (learning Spanish as a second language) how to read in Spanish, I start in Third Grade. I believe that it is a good idea for them to develop their first language reading and comprehension skills first.

I have the following books based on phonics:

Lectura Inicial, Beginning Spanish Readers.

This set of three books I currently use with my third, fourth and fifth grade students. They cover every sound in the Spanish language. The focus is on pronunciation and fluency. The texts increase size by the third book.

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The following is a sample of one of the lessons. It is the introduction of letter g and its basic sound.

How do I teach with it?

Page 1:

1. First I go over every consonant-vowel combination and students repeat after me.
2. Students read with me the syllables in the ovals.
3. Students Repeat the words at the bottom after me.

Page 2:

1. I call on every student to read the words on one of the columns. They can check the pronunciation on the first page if necessary.
2. I ask students to pick a sentence to read. They can pick the one they prefer.
3. I go over the meaning of the sentences. My heritage learners love to translate them.

You can see how I teach this in the following video. I created this video for my students during the COVID pandemic. It does not show the student part…

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Ata la Lata

This reader was inspired by Dr. Seuss’s Hop on Pop. Seeing how much my son enjoyed this book made me want an equivalent in Spanish. This book covers basic sounds and has some drawing/coloring activities included. It is a LOT of fun!

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New! Digital Picture Books in Spanish!

These past weeks I have been working on new series of books that I hope will help children read and practice vocabulary words in Spanish.

The first of these books is called “Urix y los objetos.” It is about Urix (one of my alien creatures) and classroom objects. This book comes from far back (1992!) and I finally decided to publish it digitally. This is the cover:

What is really fun about this book is that Urix eats a classroom object and the child has to guess what the alien ate then the next page tells you.

Some of the pages are really funny:

And at the end of the book, Urix invites kids to try and remember all the objects he tried to eat. This provides one more opportunity for children to practice the words.

Purchase options:

You can buy with Paypal and receive a PDF via email ( allow 24 hours):

You can also get a Kindle Digital version at Amazon* right HERE, or an immediate file through Teachers Pay Teachers HERE.

I plan to continue creating 4 or 5 books in this series that will touch on other useful vocabulary with other creatures! So come back soon!

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Videos for early reading in Spanish: phonics.

These are other beginning reader videos you can use with your students:

Practicando las vocales. Great for Preschool to First Grade.

Leyendo con la letra M. Great for Second or Third grade (when you are just starting to read)