Family Riddles in Spanish

Grade level

Grades 3–4

Time

About 20 minutes

Topic

Family and home

Answer key

Yes, page 2 of the PDF

Kids practice

Naming family members, Reading about a family, Naming rooms in a house, Using de to show who belongs to whom

What kids do

Printed on the sheet:

1. Solve each riddle. Use each word in the bank one time.
2. 1. La mamá de mi mamá es mi
3. 2. El papá de mi papá es mi
4. 3. El hermano de mi mamá es mi
5. 4. La hermana de mi papá es mi
6. 5. El hijo de mi tío es mi
7. 6. La hija de mi tía es mi

Words on this sheet

abuelaabuelotíotíaprimoprima

Teacher tip

Teach de as of before kids start: la mamá de mi mamá is the mom of my mom.

How to use it

• Show a picture of a family (yours or a book family) and name each person in Spanish.
• Let kids talk about their own families only as much as they want; every kind of family counts.
• Say every Spanish word out loud and have kids echo it before they read or write it.

Watch for

Mixing up hermano and hermana. The -o ending is for a boy and the -a ending is for a girl.

Talk about it

• ¿Cuántas personas hay en tu familia?
• How do you say that in Spanish?

Take it further

Have kids draw a floor plan of a dream house and label every room in Spanish.

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