My favorite games to play with students include language, but draw on other skills too. So kids are having fun…
Bananagrams in Spanish is great for native speakers, but there are also fun variations that you can play with language…
This is a Spanish Valentine game based on completing a two-line rhyme with a silly word. I do it with…
I made this game recently to play with several of my private students who are learning to read, but it…
My children played this game in Spanish all the time with their friends in Mexico. They call it Basta, but…
This free iPad app from Ridili teaches a simple finger play. The traditional rhyme, originally in German, is called Plums…
This activity involves acting out a series of movements with prepositions, like encima de una silla or debajo de una…
¿Quién robó pan? is a traditional game played in many Spanish-speaking countries. It is a chant in the form of…
One of my favorite websites is Made by Joel. Joel Henriques is an artist and designer in Portland and he…
There are lots of versions of The Itsy Bitsy Spider in Spanish. The lyrics are fairly close to the English…
School is almost over and I have been playing some of the games that we played at the beginning of…
This traditional Spanish game, El juego de la oca, is a board game similar to Snakes and Ladders. Players roll…
Mar y tierra is a traditional Spanish game kids play at recess. It is very simple and it can be…
This online game has falling pictures of words that contain the syllables ca, co, cu, que and qui. Using the…
This Valentine’s Day game is a version of memory. I based the cards on the phrases on candy conversation hearts…
The traditional Spanish game, Debajo del puente (Under the Bridge), has several versions. It is a hand-clapping game and is…