This online game teaches children the parts of the face and head in Spanish. It can also teach other common vocabulary if you play the game as it is intended for native Spanish speakers.
The activity consists of a picture of a head, and a sidebar with options for the parts of the face and hair. Each part is labeled in Spanish. As you scroll through the options for each feature, the picture changes. If you like, there is also a button to click to see a written description of a face. You try to build the face that is described.
Click the link to do an online activity to teach the parts of the face in Spanish.
One way to use this activity is to simply make a picture that your child likes. Repeat the Spanish words for the parts of the face as you choose the different features together. You can do this by saying the word as you scroll through the options – los ojos, los ojos, los ojos. You can also use simple phrases like ¿Este cabello? (This hair?) ¿Estos ojos? (These eyes?) ¿Esta boca? (This mouth) or by saying ¿Te gusta el cabello ahora?¿ Y ahora? (Do you like the hair now? And now?) ¿Te gustan los ojos ahora? (Do you like the eyes now?)
This is the Spanish vocabulary for the parts of the head and face that you choose.
el cabello – hair
la cara – face
las cejas – eyebrows
los ojos – eyes
la nariz – nose
el bigote – mustache
la boca – mouth
The second way to do this activity is to click on the button that says Descubre esta cara (Find this face) above the picture. A box will open with short phrases in Spanish that describe the different parts of the face. You try to match each feature to the description. For example, the description for cabello (hair) might say mucho cabello negro (a lot of black hair) and you choose the hair that fits that description. When you have chosen all of the correct features, you will see the phrase Has descubierto bien # caras (You have found # faces correctly) where # is the number of faces you have found. Click on Descubre esta cara to get a new face to build.
Doing the activity this way uses more Spanish vocabulary. The words are common and useful. The image you select reinforces the meaning of the words, so children acquire new vocabulary quickly. Be sure to read the descriptions out loud, and repeat them as you look at the options. The descriptions for the different mouths are the vowel sounds. As you scroll through the different shapes of the mouth, the mouth on the face you are building changes shape and a different vowel is shown. This is a great way to review the vowel sounds. Say the vowels with your child – a, e, i, o , u – and talk about how your mouth changes shape just like in the picture. Click this link to listen to the correct pronunciation of the vowels in Spanish. Just move your mouse over the letter to hear the sound.
These are the Spanish words that are used to describe the body parts that you choose as you build the face.
el cabello – hair
mucho cabello negro – a lot of black hair
cabello rubio acaracolado – curly blond hair
poco cabello por arriba – not much hair on top
tres pelos en la cabeza – three hairs on the head
la cara – face
cara alargada – long face
lleva barbita – has a small beard
cara muy ancha – very wide face
lleva un pendiente – is wearing an earring
las cejas – eyebrows
cejas rubias – blond eyebrows
cejas negras hacia arriba – black eyebrows going up
cejas negras hacia abajo – black eyebrows going down
cejas delgadas – thin eyebrows
los ojos – eyes
ojos mirando hacia abajo – eyes looking down
ojos marrones – brown eyes
ojos azules – blue eyes
ojos verdes – green eyes
la nariz – nose
nariz triangular – trianglar nose
nariz con cicatriz – nose with a scar
nariz de patata – potato nose
nariz roja – red nose
el bigote – mustache
sin bigote – without a mustache
poco bigote – a little mustache
bigote rubio – blond mustache
bigote negro hacia abajo – black mustache going down
la boca – mouth
Estoy diciendo la aaa – I am saying aaa.
Estoy diciendo la eee – I am saying eee
Estoy diciendo la iii – I am saying iii
Estoy diciendo la ooo – I am saying ooo
Estoy diciendo la uuu – I am saying uuu
