Jane Elliot Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 My girls (ages 15,13,11) meet with a native Spanish speaker each week to practice conversation. They enjoy playing games with her, such as Guess Who and Spanish in a Flash Bingo. Can you help me think of some other games they could use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Thanks for sharing! Our teacher recently did Twister with my twins. I was also going to suggest a "treasure hunt" where you literally walk the person through in Spanish - "Walk ten steps forward, turn left, walk 3 steps, turn right and enter the dining room, etc." Making it up as they go, ending with sitting down?, picking up a Post-it without moving your feet?, something like that. Charades might be good - you could act out gerunds (swimming, biking, running, etc.), emotions (scared, angry, happy), occupations (doctor, dentist, baker, police officer, etc. - these might be easier if you allow talking) :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane Elliot Posted November 17, 2011 Author Share Posted November 17, 2011 Thanks for sharing! Our teacher recently did Twister with my twins. I was also going to suggest a "treasure hunt" where you literally walk the person through in Spanish - "Walk ten steps forward, turn left, walk 3 steps, turn right and enter the dining room, etc." Making it up as they go, ending with sitting down?, picking up a Post-it without moving your feet?, something like that. Charades might be good - you could act out gerunds (swimming, biking, running, etc.), emotions (scared, angry, happy), occupations (doctor, dentist, baker, police officer, etc. - these might be easier if you allow talking) :bigear: These are great ideas. I love the Twister suggestion. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candid Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 I think if you can find Spanish magazines you could get one of those and just let them have conversation about it. Since you have girls maybe a fashion magazine, but travel would be good, too. Really anything to get a group conversation going would work: movies, books, etc. Although some depends on their level of vocab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByGrace3 Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 I am currently doing a co-op where we meet once a week to practice the vocab and grammar concepts they learned that week. We play games, and try to keep it all in Spanish. So far we have played: BINGO, Go Fish(you can play this with anything, I had color flashcards so we used those, took the face cards out of a deck of cards and had 1-10, made family member cards to play with, etc), Pictionary, Twister, Memory (I printed 2 sets of cards on card stock,) Any card game played in Spanish (conversations in cards can be kept to your level). When I taught Spanish in school, we used Guess Who, relay races (pile up clothes, call out an item, they have to find it and "put it on". I have Scattegories in Spanish, Boggle, Bananagrams, scrabble, Uno, Word on the Street. Hope that helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Not a game, but you might suggest that they bake a cake or cookies or make flan together where all the conversation is in Spanish. Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmoe Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 My kids Spanish teacher has the kids come up with a story in Spanish. My son (first year) is able to use a few English words when needed. The story is than practiced and written (sometimes adding pictures instead of those English words). Both kids find it great fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 My kids Spanish teacher has the kids come up with a story in Spanish. My son (first year) is able to use a few English words when needed. The story is than practiced and written (sometimes adding pictures instead of those English words). Both kids find it great fun. :iagree: My dd is Skyping with another girl to practice their German and they just had a great time making up a story together. One would start with the first sentence, the other would write the next sentence, etc. It worked very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meriwether Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 One activity I did when I taught Spanish was a shopping trip. Each student had a "store". They wrote a list of clothing items they had for sale. It had to be fairly specific like a red turtleneck or a blue short sleeved shirt. I think I required at least twenty items on their list, but they could have more. I had my own shopping list. I would say I needed an item. I might say something like, "I am going to a birthday party tonight and I want a new shirt and bluejeans. My favorite color is green. Does anyone have a green shirt for sale? (all in Spanish, of course)" I would then ask more specific questions of the student relating to style, cost, etc. If they had what I wanted on their list, I would buy it from them with candy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathmom Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 :lurk5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane Elliot Posted December 5, 2011 Author Share Posted December 5, 2011 :lurk5: This has been a very helpful thread for me. Thank you to all of you who have taken the time to answer. Since Cathmom was kind enough to bump it, I'll add something fun we did this past week. We played Simon Says with the body parts in Spanish. It worked out really well. I had been bringing my 6yod along with my older girls, but I wasn't expecting her to participate. Just didn't want to leave her home to be babysat by my sons. This last time I absolutely could not believe how much she has picked up. I'm going to start bringing 8yos along too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amtmcm Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 This website has game ideas for Latin & French. We've played all of the Latin ones and they were fun. You'll have to type up cards/vocab for Spanish, but it wouldn't be that hard. http://www.ellenjmchenry.com/homeschool-freedownloads/latin-games/index.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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