The kindergarteners have taken such
an interest in “games” that a class study has emerged from this
curiosity. To enhance their learning in a holistic way, Spanish classes have
been planned around this thematic unit. Even though juegos are often associated with fun, they provide pedagogical
values, particularly in learning a second language. Juegos …
- Are motivating and challenging for all learning styles; auditory, visual, tactile, and kinesthetic
- Lower language-learners’ stress
- Help and encourage in sustaining the interest on the target language
- Provide communication practice in the various skills; listening, speaking, reading and writing
- Encourages participants to interact and communicate, building class cohesion
In addition to the traditional juegos we play such as mata moscas (fly swatters), here are just
a few of the newest juegos the
kindergarteners have been enjoying …
To reinforce vocabulary for food
items, we played “¿Qué está en mi cabeza?
/ What is on my head?” During this game, the students are paired and facing
each other. One student puts on a pair of sunglasses and, without looking,
attaches a flashcard to the sunglasses. (The card and the sunglasses have
Velcro dots.) Then, the student not wearing the sunglasses will give hints in
English while the student wearing the sunglasses tries to guess what is on
their head in español. Hilarious!!
Some juegos can also be used to help understand multi-concept ideas by
using a combination of things to look for such as in “Tornado / Twister” where the new vocabulary for derecha (right) and izquierda (left) was reinforced along with previously learned words
for colors, hand and foot.
Bingo
de números helped with
making connections between the numeral symbol and its written form in español.
Dominoes
were yet another fun game introduced
to the kindergarteners that reinforces counting and adding in español.
Stay tune, as soon we will be using
an interdisciplinary approach during Community Time. This is an hour allotted
for all the resource teachers to set up stations with a game connected to their
discipline and all kindergarteners will have the chance to rotate and explore.
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