Bananagrams in Spanish is great for native speakers, but there are also fun variations that you can play with language learners of any level. Below you will find a few of the ways you can use this fun Spanish game with kids learning the language.
Ways to use this Spanish game with language learners
- Play with the pile face up, so players can draw letters that help them.
- Work together to form words instead of playing a competitive game.
- Play that the first person to make 5 words wins.
- Play that the words do not have to connect.
- Choose a winning word to make. Start with 7 tiles. Alternate drawing letters, always discarding after you draw. The first to make the word wins.
- Make words for things you can see in the room. They do not have to connect. Place the tiles face up and draw at will. The first to make 3 or 5 words wins.
- Say words for kids to spell. Let them tell you words and spell them.
- Play ¿Qué palabra es? Make a word and leave one letter (or two) face down. The other player guesses the word.
You can read more about why I like Bananagrams and find additional suggestions for playing this Spanish game with language learners in this post: Spanish Word Games: Bananagrams
Amy Saucer
Sep 23, 2014
This is AWESOME!! I’d LOVE to play this with my kids to practice their Spanish!
Joanna
Sep 23, 2014
We don’t have any official Spanish games yet, so we mostly do things I find on Pinterest and translate into Spanish. For example, this morning we paired big and little letters using clothespins (with the little letters) & cardboard leaves (with the big letters) while talking about their name & phonetic sound. We did the same thing with numbers (numeral on one, dots indicating the # on the other).
Cheryl Smith
Sep 23, 2014
When we go on road trips I bring a Spanish/English dictionary or travel book. I (the non Spanish speaker) then randomly read out words in Spanish and my husband (took Spanish 15 years ago) and my 7 year old daughter (in 2nd grade dual language class) try to see who can translate the word first. Or if they don’t recognize it and guess at it. I try to choose a mix of commonly used words and silly words we are less likely to come across.
Valen
Sep 23, 2014
I use bananagrams in the classroom for center days. The 4th and 5th graders love this game!! I only have 2 sets so another would be a fantastic addition to the classroom. My 3rd through 4th graders have classroom journals and they are encouraged to thumb through the journals and review their Spanish words. It’s a great way to reward the kids and keep them engaged in the language. They are a huge help with literacy!!
JG
Sep 23, 2014
Scrabble without the board…I’ll have to check out your oter suggestions…
cj
Sep 23, 2014
Looks like loads of fun and useful resources. Thanks.
Kristyn
Sep 23, 2014
Thanks for the chance to win this. It would be a fun addition to our Spanish learning at home 🙂
Jenny
Sep 23, 2014
That sounds so fun! Great idea.
Kristel
Sep 23, 2014
Love your website and all the great ideas I get. This one looks wonderful!!
Barb
Sep 23, 2014
My students would’ve love this game!
Maggie
Sep 24, 2014
Right now my daughter loves to play donde vive el zapatero. Hide a small object in your hand, put one fist on top of another, and the kids guess if the zapatero is arriba or abajo.
Spanish bananagrams look great!
Dana
Sep 24, 2014
We mainly play loteria, but we’ve also played spot it, candy land, uno and others too. This would be awesome to use with my son and daughter and friends.
Sara
Sep 24, 2014
We go “bananas” every time se learn a new word in Spanish. We love learning through play 😉
twila
Sep 24, 2014
We have used scrabble
Senora Henebury
Sep 24, 2014
This game looks awesome! We use different thematic bingos. I also have scrabble in Spanish and Pick Two!
Jennifer Essad
Sep 24, 2014
our children are just learning Spanish in school, this game would be awesome for us to play and I can learn too
Dana Watkins
Sep 24, 2014
I love Bananagrams, but I haven’t played it in Spanish. I often play Bingo, sticker games, and conversation games in Spanish.
Frances
Sep 25, 2014
I love all your resources and would love to win this Bananagrams in Spanish para mi chiquito. 🙂
Marta García (A Bilingual Baby blog)
Sep 25, 2014
Jugamos a estos juegos: veo, veo, parchís, ahorcado, ajedrez, tres en raya, escondite. ¡Gracias!
Sarah
Sep 26, 2014
Awesome! I love bananagrams in English and have often used it to help teach phonics and basic ESL, and now I can use it for my spanish classes!
Malu
Sep 27, 2014
My kids would love this! We sing songs and read books on spanish right now. We need a lot more games.
betty
Sep 27, 2014
Seper coollllllll!!!!!
maria
Sep 27, 2014
This is only my 2nd year teaching Spanish to 8th graders. I’m in the process of building the classroom games. I would luv to add this .
Beth
Sep 27, 2014
We have used flashcards
Katerina Dyss.
Sep 28, 2014
En la clase de ELE jugamos al ahorcado, “veo, veo una cosita”, “Amanda manda”, tesoro escondido… Gracias!
Jeff
Sep 28, 2014
Ordinary conversations are the best
Gloria
Sep 28, 2014
We make homemade stickers with the words
Nancy Ramsey
Sep 28, 2014
Would love to add this activity to both my private and public school classes. Thank you for the offer!
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