This activity involves acting out a series of movements with prepositions, like encima de una silla or debajo de una mesa. The objects are imaginary in this game; we are just pretending to climb over a chair and go under a table. The game is quick, physical and I have used it with students of all ages to practice prepositions with other vocabulary. It works as well at home with one child as it does [...]
Tripas de gato is a traditional game my kids played in Mexico, and it can easily be adapted as a language learning activity. The name, tripas de gato, means “cat guts.” The game is also played in other Latin American countries and Spain. Kids only need pencil and paper to play. In the traditional version, players take turns drawing lines between pairs of numbers (1 to 1, 2 to 2) without crossing or touching any [...]
I use background scenes and paper figures for lots of Spanish games and activities. You can find printable scenes online and I have included a few links below. Some have characters, but you can use any figures. You can find more by doing an image search for printable landscape coloring pages. These are sites with a variety of landscape scenes. Printable to learn Spanish – Landscapes in black and white or color. These have descriptive [...]