Games for children to learn Spanish.

Learning Spanish from a young age is getting more and more important as knowing a second language is valued very highly in the education sector. This means a great reason for children, from a very young age, to be in contact with English to be able to get a head start on their learning.

Children need to be motivated for them to be interested in learning spanish and on top of that for them to like it and find it fun.

To engage them, we need to encourage them and a good way to do so is by playing games aimed at learning Spanish.

These games facilitate language learning in children and strengthen their memory when learning Spanish. There are many tools to put them in practice and here we leave you with some game suggestions with which children can learn English in a fun and efficient way.

These games contain a large quantity of vocabulary, sounds and grammar besides capturing their attention and involving them.

• Memory games

Ideal for learning and memorising new vocabulary.

• Hangman

Also for practicing vocabulary, reinforcing the alphabet and the pronunciation of the letters.

• Wordsearch

Looking for words , recognising those you already know, revising them and learning new words in spanish.

• Anagrams

Anagram is the result of changing the order of original letters, words or phrases to make a new one. This way, children will start recognising words and improving their spanish vocabulary.

• Songs

Reading a song’s lyrics first and then singing it while reading with the final aim of singing without the lyrics in front of them means strengthening their spanish listening skills.

• Stories

Listening to stories is a good way to get the children used to hearing spanish pronunciation and also to expose them to new vocabulary.

• Videos

There are many video tutorials with arts and crafts, stories and vocabulary. There are hundreds of platforms and ways to learn spanish.

• Tongue Twisters

Tongue Twisters are a way to learn spanish phonetics, which can be complicated but you can make it fun and easy with tongue twisters

• Brain teasers

Another way of incorporating spanish vocabulary, practicing pronunciation and helping them to develop their association and reasoning.

Here is a page where you’ll find games and more

http://pbskids.org/games/spanish/

 

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A language Exchange with MyHostpitality.

Doing a language exchange with MyHostpitality is a highly recommendable idea and it’s targeted towards families with teenagers and/or younger children that want to organise a stay abroad for their children. It could be during school holidays or during the school year, for a term or for a whole year in another country.

To realize a languages exchange with our community has many advantages, these are some of them:

• Minimum cost. Language agencies that run as intermediaries are eliminated and therefore the costs of these linguistic immersion experiences can be reduced.

• The members themselves decide with which other community members they want to make the language exchange according to criteria of age, location, gender, hobbies, etc.

• Flexibility in dates. Members agree to the dates and duration of the language exchange.

• Assured linguistic immersion. Interest in the language exchange is mutual, which ensures the practice of the language by both parties. Exchange families host and integrate their exchange guests into their daily life, treating them as another family member while expecting to receive the same in exchange during his/her visit.

• Assured cultural immersion. Both families agree to contribute to an environment of welcoming and hospitality. Activities, meals, customs, etc. can be shared with the exchange family, getting to know firsthand the culture of the country you are visiting. In addition, families may agree on particular excursions or activities for each exchange.

 

What did you think about these games? What about your children doing a language exchange to learn another language and about another culture? And would you welcome a foreign student into your home and practice the language on a daily basis with them?

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