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Nine free Spanish worksheets

Created like storybooks, free with your library card. Plus a true story in easy Spanish every Sunday.
Free · Every Sunday

Sunday StoriesA little Spanish, every Sunday.

Small, true stories from Julissa’s childhood, growing up between the Dominican Republic and Rhode Island. Gentle enough for a complete beginner, with the English right beside the Spanish, so you can read them together from the very first word.

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El gallo loco de mamá

Mamá's Crazy Rooster
Watch the story read aloud
Mamá tiene un gallo muy loco.Mamá has a very silly rooster.
Cuando ve unas botas… ¡se enamora!When he sees a pair of boots, he falls in love!
Se acurruca a su lado como si fueran su gallinita.He snuggles right up to them as if they were his hen.
Mi tío esconde sus botas todos los días.My uncle hides his boots every single day.
¡Cuidado, viene el gallo!"Watch out, here comes the rooster!"
Todos los primos nos reímos mucho.All the cousins burst out laughing.
Mamá menea la cabeza y sonríe.Mamá shakes her head and smiles.
¡Ay, gallito loco! Cómo te queremos.Oh, silly little rooster! How we love you.
Palabras claveWords to know, a little warm up to read together before story time
el gallothe rooster
loco / locasilly, crazy
las botasthe boots
enamorarseto fall in love
acurrucarseto snuggle, to cuddle
la gallinitathe little hen
el tíothe uncle
esconderto hide
los primosthe cousins
reírseto laugh
sonreírto smile
Read one together each week

The next story arrives Sunday.

Loved it? Leave your email and a new true story arrives every Sunday morning, each with the English beside the Spanish and a handful of words to know. Some arrive as animated films narrated by Julissa. No Spanish needed to start.

Free, always. The weekly stories are for our readers only, and you can leave the list any Sunday you like.

Every week

One story a Sunday

A short, true memory in your inbox every Sunday. Just enough to read in a few quiet minutes together.

Never lost

English alongside

Every line of Spanish has the English right beside it, so a beginner is never lost and neither are you.

It sticks

Words to know

A handful of words with each story. Children remember words they meet inside a story they love.

For the whole collection

One story arrives each Sunday.
The collection holds all 52.

52 Stories from Home
52 true stories · read aloud

Stories from Home

One true story a week for a whole year. True stories told through a child’s eyes, some funny and some that tug at your heart, written the Playhouse way: simple first person Spanish that makes new vocabulary easy to understand and hard to forget. The English sits beside every line, and Julissa reads all 52 aloud at a speed a child can follow.

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