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Simple Stories in Spanish is a weekly production of the Small Town Spanish Teacher. Listen along as she tells easy to understand stories to help you learn or practice the Spanish language. W...
Adrian is not looking forward to the long drive to his grandparents’ house. It takes forever and is so boring. But maybe this trip will be m...
Every year when I teach my students about Costa Rica we spend time learning about the fascinating animals of Central America. I was reminded...
In June of 2025 I finally traveled to a place I have wanted to visit for some time: Mexico. The final stop on my Mexico trip was the one I w...
In June of 2025 I finally traveled to a place I have wanted to visit for some time: Mexico. In today’s leg of my trip, we left the ruins and...
In June of 2025 I finally traveled to a place I have wanted to visit for some time: Mexico. My trip to Mexico began with the beach and then...
In June of 2025 I finally traveled to a place I have wanted to visit for some time: Mexico. It was an amazing adventure filled with history,...
They made it out of Xibalbá! They beat the odds, escaping the gods’ tricks and traps. They climbed the roots of the ceiba tree and found the...
Sandra is ready to leave Xibalbá. She is tired of the riddles and rooms full of tricks. She feels that they are close to the exit, but she a...
They’ve done it! It appears that Sandra has led Gabriel to the Treasure of the Jaguar King - the whole reason they are on this journey. A ro...
In Xibalbá it is easy to lose your head, both figuratively and literally as Sandra has already discovered. She and her companions have made...
Xibalbá, the mayan underworld also known as “the place of fear”, is divided into rooms. Sandra and Gabriel, joined by the evil men hunting t...
The only people to defeat the gods of Xibalba are the Hero Twins, and they did so by resurrecting themselves after being ground into dust. S...
Sandra barely escaped death in an underground river. Now she and Gabriel must find their way out. Each twist and turn of the dark caverns br...
Sandra and Gabriel have fallen through the floor of the grand pyramid of Chichen Itzá, El Castillo. After solving puzzles and more falling t...
Sandra and Gabriel are hiding out in one of the may ruins of Chichen Itzá so they can climb El Castillo and enter the temple. Of course, fin...
On her way to Costa Rica, Sandra was pushed out of a plane and instead landed with a handsome stranger, Gabriel, in the Yucatan peninsula. G...
Sandra is a Spanish teacher on her way to Costa Rica for a much needed vacation. But Sandra’s plans are interrupted when a handsome stranger...
Some students feel that they just don’t know anything, so why even try? Perhaps they just need a little bit of motivation and confidence. Da...
Hannah is a curious girl. When a butterfly lands in her back yard, she wants to learn all about it. After visiting the library, she learns t...
If you follow me on Instagram, you know that I love hiking in nature. At the beginning of July I did a few really difficult hikes in the mou...
The story of the three little pigs, or los tres cerditos , is one of the first many kids learn. This story of hard work, personal responsibi...
In my recent trip to Mexico I learned about the aluxes, small elves that, according to Mayan folklore, protect the nature of the Yucatán Pen...
Scary stories exist in every language, in every country. In the Spanish speaking world, none is more well known or widespread than the story...
The end of the school year sparks excitement for summer break, but it can also cause some sadness and students and teachers say goodbye - so...
I care a lot about mental health. I usually feel like I have a good grasp of my own mental health, but there are days I want to ignore the w...
Srin is from India, Anna is from Spain. They met on the beach in Miami. Since that first meeting, they have become inseparable. Now they are...
This episode is a faster retell of La Semana Santa from season 4. Semana Santa, or “Holy Week” occurs the week before Easter. While it is a...
Juan is a little cat. In a previous episode (El gatito valiente: https://smalltownspanishteacher.com/2022/05/30/simple-stories-in-spanish-el...
This episode is a faster retell of El gatito valiente from season. Juan is a little cat. He thought today would be like any other day explor...
My son wrote a research story for his 5th grade class about black panthers. Through his writing I learned a lot about black panthers that I...
This episode is a faster retell of the celebration of Las Fallas. One of my favorite fiestas occurs in March in the city of Valencia, España...
Every now and again I am sent a story by a listener. Today’s fascinating, true story comes from Sharon. The Florida Everglades is facing a b...
One of my favorite activities is to create stories with my students. Today’s was created by my Spanish 1 college class. You can see illustra...
Today celebrates 5 years of Simple Stories in Spanish! In honor of its 5th anniversary, I have decided to retell one of my favorite stories...
Isabel wishes she were home for Christmas instead of all alone in a big city. She knows that other people in her apartment building are also...
Juan lives a boring life in a boring house, driving a boring car to a boring job. When he turns 40, he decides that it is time to do somethi...
Pablo Pavo is a lazy turkey. He lives in the woods and just wants to eat all day. The other woodland animals are worried about Pablo. They k...
Catalina, Gustavo, and Benjamín are trapped. Their only way out is to build a robot for the man who took them: Javier. But, Catalina and Gus...
Catalina and Gustavo worked hard to bring their child Benjamín to life. After the neighbors discovered their secret, they were taken away to...
Benjamín is not like other children. He goes to school and enjoys playing, but he is not a normal child: he is a robot child. He had an acci...
Catalina and Gustavo built a robot child. Now that child wants to go to school like other children. There are so many things that could go w...
Catalina and Gustavo want a child so badly that they build a robot together. They are so happy when everything works. They love spending tim...
Catalina and Gustavo are very happy together, but something, or someone, is missing. When they learn they can’t have children, Catalina deci...
Arturo the monster lives alone in the mountains. He is tired of being alone in his cave and decides to go to the city to make some animal fr...
Laura almost died. She was bit by an enormous viper, but thankfully Mauricio arrived with an antidote just in time. Mauricio is confused. On...
Mauricio is a great knight who only wants one thing: to make his queen happy. But he doesn’t know how to do that because she is dying of a s...
Fausto wants to be king so he is causing problems that only he can solve. First birds, then rats terrorized the town before he came in and l...
Part 2 of "La princesa Laura" Fausto is not happy that his plan to become king was ruined when Mauricio drank a potion intended for Laura. N...
Hector is the king of a distant kingdom. He has one daughter who he wants to see married to a strong knight before he dies. Laura, his daugh...
Many kings and queens are given nicknames along with their titles. Juana was the third child of Isabel and Fernando “the Catholics”. Her nic...