Families & Neighbors – Spanish
Familias y Vecinos
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Historia del video: Las familias constituyen la columna vertebral de nuestra sociedad y poseen diferentes costumbres. Compartimos estas costumbres con los demás en nuestras celebraciones. Muchas de las personas que emigraron aquí trajeron consigo muchas cosas, además de sus costumbres.
Duración del video: 10:30 minutos.
🏠 What makes a family special? How do neighbors help one another? This Families and Neighbors video for kids invites young learners to explore the people, places, and customs that shape their everyday lives. Designed for Grade 1 social studies, the video introduces children to the many ways families can look, live, and celebrate differently — all while building a sense of empathy, belonging, and community.
🌎 Celebrate Traditions, Community, and Respect in This Grade 1 Social Studies Video
Through vibrant visuals and relatable narration, students learn about family traditions, cultural celebrations, and how neighbors contribute to the community. They discover the roles people play in schools, neighborhoods, and families, and how rules and kindness help everyone get along. The video also reinforces key concepts like respect, sharing, and diversity in a way that makes sense to a first-grade audience.
🎥 Our Families and Neighbors video for kids is ideal for sparking conversations about family structures, customs, and how people support one another in different settings. It helps students feel seen, while also expanding their understanding of others — a powerful tool for developing empathy and cultural awareness at an early age.
🏆 Perfect for launching your Grade 1 social studies unit, this video supports lessons on families, neighborhoods, classroom rules, and multicultural understanding. Use it as an introduction, a reinforcement tool, or as a bridge into deeper conversations about identity, fairness, and responsibility.
Video length: 6:50 minutes.
Curriculum Standards for this Video
State Standards
Worksheets
Quizzes – PDF & Online
The Neighborhood – Vocabulary Worksheet
My Interview with a Neighbor
Share a Family Custom
Families & Neighbors – Discussion Cards
Draw a Scene
Universal Resources
Video Curriculum Standards
Worksheets – Thumbnails
Temas Abarcados
Las familias pueden ser grandes o pequeñas
Podemos hacer cosas divertidas con nuestras familias
Podemos ayudar a nuestras familias cumpliendo las normas y ayudando
Las familias vivimos en vecindarios donde nos divertimos compartiendo celebraciones y costumbres
Hay muchos tipos de celebraciones, como las religiosas, las bodas, etc.
Estas celebraciones podrán ser aún más divertidas si compartimos nuestras diferentes culturas con los demás
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Classroom Ideas
Greetings Around the World
Explore different ways to greet people across various cultures (bowing in Japan, saying hola in Cuba, etc.).
Independence Day around the World
Compare/contrast celebrations such as Independence Day in the U.S., Bastille Day (France) and National Revolution Day (Cuba). Explore the similarities and differences between these celebrations.
Discussion Topics
What events does your family celebrate?
How does your family celebrate special occasions?
How does your family spend time together?
Explore Vocabulary
Identify key vocabulary terms while previewing each video. Prompt students to find the meaning of each word as they watch the video.
Music
Listen to music from different countries.
International Cuisine
Explore signature foods from various cultures such as Mexico, Italy, and France.
Local Festivals
Have students research cultural festivals at the local, state, and national levels.
Cloze Practice
A cloze piece has full sentences used in the virtual field trip with blanks where students can write in the information that is missing. This task requires close listening to the trip in order to complete it.
Coral reefs are the _______ type of ecosystem in the world. They’ve been around for over _____ million years.
Answers: oldest; 240
Alternatively, you could have students create 5-10 cloze statements and they could share those with the class.
A third alternative is to distribute the cloze worksheets before watching the video. Students can fill them in as they watch.
Art and Social Studies
Draw a scene from the video.
Classroom Ideas for ALL Videos
Dozens and dozens of ideas that you can use in your classroom along with our videos!
