Every parent can relate to a messy toddler room- as soon as our kids learn to dress themselves they want to change clothes constantly. While adorable, this can also lead to messy, messy rooms. At Casa Pura Vida, we are always looking for ways to reinforce our home language of Spanish, and keep mom from spending all her time cleaning and organizing. That’s why we share with you our free printable Spanish labels for organizing your child’s dresser drawers.

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Materials
- Click here to print your Spanish dresser drawer labels
- Packing tape or laminating machine* (affiliate)
- Scotch tape or painter’s tape (affiliate) (you don’t want the tape to stick to the drawers permanently)
- Scissors (affiliate)
I recently invested in this laminating machine (affiliate) and it works super well. Totally worth the money, in my opinion.
Instructions
- Print the Spanish drawer labels
- Cut apart the labels- they should be about the size of a 3 x 5 index card
- Laminate the cards. If you aren’t going to laminate with a laminator, I used packing tape to cover them on both sides for my older daughter’s dresser drawers.
- Add tape to the back and place labels on the dresser drawers
How To Make It A Game
I introduced this activity to my kids after I had sorted and folded laundry in the laundry basket. As a team, we decided which clothes would go in which drawer, and labeled the drawers accordingly. Then, we classified the laundry by drawer, looking at the picture on the label and saying the word printed there. The expectation moving forward is that my four year old can put away her own laundry according to the labels.
Sanity Tip
If your kids are going to be putting away their own clothes, the inside of the dresser drawer will most likely not look as organized as if you put the clothes away yourself. The benefits of this system, in my opinion, greatly outweigh the messy dresser drawers. Your child will be taking ownership over the cleanliness of their room, and will be developing pre-reading skills by looking at vocabulary word and picture cards every single day.
What other ideas do you have for making language learning fun? Please let us know in the comments below!
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13 Responses
Hola Christa! nos conocimos en WAG! no se si te acuerdas, pero no había tenido la oportunidad de conocer tu blog. El juego esta buenisimo! a ver si puedo comenzar a enseñarle a mi niño a organizar su ropa
Que buenas ideas para hacer nuestras propias tarjetas personalizadas, Gracias por compartir..
Saludos!
Siempre es bueno tener ideas para hacer estas cosas. Muchas gracias por compartirlas con nosotros.
Gracias por la idea! Esta genial para mi pequeña que esta aprendiendo palabras!
QUE BUENA IDEA!!! y me parece de lo más original con un toque MUY cute y muy personal. Gracias!
las ideas son geniales y el post muy completo.un saludo
Que bonito y que buena idea para pasar una tarde con los niños 😀
¡Besos y feliz finde mi ChicAdicta!
me encanta esta idea si puedes enseñarle a tu hijo a diferenciar las prendas!!
Espana.america
Me parece una grandísima idea, aprenden, ayudan y se lo pasan genial. Yo lo utilizo (algo parecido) con mis nenes de clase!
Travel.ownway
Es un juego divertido y didáctico. Me gusta mucho! Guapa gracias por compartirlo por acá.
Besitos…
Muy buena idea para que los niños aprendan otros idiomas. Me lo apunto.
Super buena idea de introducir este tipo de cosas a los niños con juegos!!
Super buena idea para hacer nuestras tarjetas me encanta