Learning Spanish is more fun when it involves games that give kids the chance to interact with each other using the new vocabulary they are learning. Using props, music and taking games onto the playground are ways to add variety to activities. Basing activities on traditional games that kids already know enhances play and learning.
Color Jump
Provide children with poster board squares in colors whose Spanish names the students know. Have students form a circle. Stand in the center and explain that when you call out a color name--azul, for example--everyone holding a blue square should take a big jump toward the center. When the next color is called, all the blues jump back. Start by calling out the names slowly and then increase the speed. You can also call out "todos los colores" (all the colors) to keep the game interesting.
Number and Animal Bingo
Make bingo cards that only display the numbers your students have learned in Spanish. Play the game the same as a traditional bingo game, but call out the numbers in Spanish. For fun, and to see how easily kids recognize the numbers, every so often, call out "el perro," or some other animal names instead of numbers. Have kids respond with the appropriate animal sound before going on with the game.
Scarecrow Relay
When students have mastered the names of various articles of clothing, divide them into teams for a dress-up relay. Give each team a box containing the following items: a hat, a jacket, oversize shoes, a large T-shirt and gloves. One member of each team, the scarecrow, will stand at the opposite end of the room. Provide kids with a list showing the order in which the clothes must go on the scarecrow. The first relay team member will pick up the first item and race to the scarecrow. Play continues until one team has completely dressed its scarecrow.
Simon Says
Play this game like the traditional Simon Says game, telling kids to perform actions involving body parts. In this version, you can say "Carlos (or another name) says." For example, you might say "pat your cabeza (head)" using the Spanish names for body parts. As kids become proficient at the game, begin substituting Spanish words for the actions. Remind them that, as in the traditional game, they take no action unless it's preceded by "Carlos says."
Weather Match
Play a memory game with cards you prepare with the Spanish names for weather and matching drawings. Use packs of unlined index cards, write the weather vocabulary students have learned on half the cards and, for each, make cards with simple drawings representing those terms, such as snowmen, umbrellas and the sun. Place all the cards face down. The first player turns over two cards and, if they match, keeps the cards and plays again. The player with the most cards wins. Make enough games so kids can play in groups of four.
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