11 Songs in Spanish to About Holidays and Celebrations

Here is a suggested list of contemporary songs in Spanish to try in class for your students to practice vocabulary related to these celebrations:

• Cinco de Mayo
• Halloween
• Thanksgiving (Give Thanks)
• Christmas
• New Year’s

We have created a clozeline (fill-in-the-blanks) for each of them in 2 or 3 versions to choose from according to your students’ listening comprehension level. Each cloze is also digitally fillable!

Some of these songs come in a PACK with additional activities to go more in-depth. This will give you the versatility of using them all or picking only a couple of them depending on your students’ needs or your class schedule.

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Songs in Spanish with Fill-In-The-Blanks Practice About Holidays and Celebrations

1. Grupo El Tren – La Batalla del Cinco de Mayo (Includes Webquest Activity)
2. Cuando llega el mes de octubre – Halloween Spanish Song [PACK]
3. Fonseca – Gratitud – Give Thanks, Thanksgiving [PACK]

Christmas and New Year’s

1. Jesús Navarro ft. Maite Perroni – Esta navidad – Infinitive Verbs and Present Simple
2. Christmas Song 12 Dias de Navidad – Ordinal and Cardinal Numbers [PACK]
3. Christmas Song Blanca Navidad – Winter Vocabulary and Definite Articles [PACK]
4. El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico – La protesta de los Reyes – Three Kings Day [PACK]
5. Christmas Song El Tamborilero and Noche de Paz – Nativity Scene Vocabulary and Bingo [PACK]
6. Christmas Song Cascabel – Family Vocabulary, Present and Preterite [PACK]
7. Thalia – Rodolfo – Past and Imperfect
8. Gloria Estefan – Abriendo Puertas – Present Tense and the New Year

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