ABCya Games - Spanish Word Toss

Hello All!

This week I spent some time looking for a game that could be used across elementary, middle and possibly even high school or beyond. After exploring the web, I stumbled upon the ABCya.com website. Normally this site only contains games for students in kindergarten through grade five. However, I was able to find a game that works on Spanish word relations. This game provides not only rehearsal of words that a student might know, but also provides additional words that they might not know and could learn by playing the game.

The game is called "Spanish Word Toss" it is a modification to the standard balloon dart game. The game starts by having students choose specific word categories that they want to practice or learn about as they play the game. The categories include animals, colors, food, numbers sports people and more. Once you choose the categories that are desired, the player must then choose whether he or she wants to work on Spanish to English translations or English to Spanish translations. Once a translation option is picked, the student can play the game.

 

The game works like this. You have to look at the word at the bottom of the screen and throw a dart at the corresponding balloon. If the balloon is correct, the player will get 100 points. If they are incorrect they will get one strike and lose 100 points. If you get three strikes then the game is over and you get to play again.

I think this game will work for several grade levels because its provides the basics of Spanish word translations, which can be taught at any age if they desire to learn the language. If you have a spare moment and want to play a fun game, head over to the link below and learn some Spanish words!

http://www.abcya.com/spanish_vocabulary.htm

See you all next week!