I am fascinated by the traditional games children play in Mexico, Peru and Nicaragua. My children learned many traditional Mexican…
La pirinola, or the toma todo game, is a traditional Mexican six-sided top. In some countries, the game is known…
Traditional Spanish hand clapping games combine language, movement, rhythm and culture. There are many juegos de manos (juegos de palmas…
Kids learn Spanish as they jump rope and chant rhymes. The combination of movement and language inserts the words and…
Traditional games in Spanish teach language and culture. These 12 games are from Latin America and Spain, and all of…
Kids love playing with bean bags. Like balloons and water, bean bags almost guarantee happy children and a successful activity…
A beach ball, pelota de playa or balón de playa in Spanish, is a classic summer toy. It is inexpensive…
I write about lots of traditional playground games, hand-clapping games and jump rope rhymes that children play in Spanish. Recently…
1, 2, 3 Momia Es is a playground game kids play in South America. In Mexico, the same game is…
Colores is a Spanish song for children written and sung by Patty Shukla. The song gets kids up and moving…
The title of this traditional Spanish number game, a pares y nones, means evens and odds in English. It is…
¿Quién robó pan? is a traditional game played in many Spanish-speaking countries. It is a chant in the form of…
Mar y tierra is a traditional Spanish game kids play at recess. It is very simple and it can be…
Juguemos en el bosque is one of my favorite picture books to read to children learning Spanish. It teaches Spanish…
Kids love treasure hunts, the games where each clue leads to another clue and eventually to treasure. They also have…
The traditional Spanish game, Debajo del puente (Under the Bridge), has several versions. It is a hand-clapping game and is…
It is fall, and in Wisconsin we have calabazas, or pumpkins, everywhere! 1,2,3 Calabaza is a traditional game children play…
I have a great time playing toma todo, or pirinola, with children learning Spanish. The phrases are simple and practical…
Hand clapping games are a good way to engage children actively with the Spanish language. Por aquí pasó un caballo…
Hand clapping games in Spanish are great language activities for children. These two hand clapping games in Spanish are each…
My kids played lots of different hand clapping games in Spanish and English. There are many juegos de manos (also…
My son A is 23 and he just got back from visiting my daughter, K, in Lima, Peru. He was…
This song in Spanish is about rowing a boat to find a lost love. It is also a hand-clapping game…
A game of tag is an excellent opportunity to use Spanish with your child. The game has different names in…
Simon Says, or Simón dice in Spanish, teaches children words for body parts and can also teach common Spanish verbs…
My children played this game in Mexico when they were little, and my daughter Maggie also played it as a…
Rock paper scissors in Spanish is piedra papel o tijera. It is played all over the world and it is…