Spanish Greetings Game and Craft: H Is For Hola
Here is a fun bilingual Spanish game plus a craft that you can use to help language learners practice basic greetings. One thing I noticed during our last trip to Costa Rica was that our bilingual kids had trouble carrying on simple conversations with relatives and acquaintances. Since they were used to speaking Spanish at home, they had never had a need to learn these basic phrases. After all, Mom and Dad already knew their names and how old they were, so it never came up in conversation!
So to help them practice I created this fun Spanish greetings game as well as a letter craft that works for English and Spanish!
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Spanish Greetings Game and Craft: H Is for Hola
How to Play
This Spanish greetings game is totally no prep and easy for kids to get the hang of! All you need is a ball, and you are ready to get started! Have the kids sit in a circle, then one by one pass the ball to each other. To start, the person first holding the ball asks a question or gives a greeting (“¿Cómo estás?”), and the person who catches the ball next has to respond appropriately (“Bien, gracias”). Then that person gives a different greeting or question before passing the ball to the next person, and so on.
For very beginning learners, you could just use greetings like “Hola” or “Buenos días” or simple questions like “¿Cómo estás?” For more advanced beginners, you could use more difficult questions like “¿Cómo te llamas?” and ¿Cuántos años tienes?”
This is so much more fun than just practicing conversations, plus adding a little movement can be helpful for wiggly kids.
Bilingual Letter H Craft
We also did a simple letter H craft that works well in English or Spanish – H is for both “hola” and “hello”! It is so easy to set up: this is why I always have a big pack of construction paper
Just cut out an “H” shape, or have your child practice his scissors skills to cut it out. (Be sure to have kid-friendly safety scissors
Finally, have fun decorating! You can see what we always use washable markers
It’s time again for another fantastic month of alphabet fun with the 31 Days of ABC! All this month you can look forward to 31 more days of activities, crafts, books, apps, and more, all dedicated to teaching young children the alphabet.
I am so happy to be working with an amazing group of kid bloggers, who will be sharing their ideas with us in the coming days. So join us as we jump, skip, hop, and read our way through the alphabet this October!
Find more great resources in our series from past years: 31 Days of ABCs 2013, 2014, and 2016!
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