Childrens games of spain

In both cases the process starts again. When a player has three penalty points he is out and the game continues till only one child rests. Notes : There is a variation of this game where the first child to have three penalty points isn't out but he has to do something like to kiss a girl, sing a song, dance or anything like this. When he does his mission the game starts again being everybody free of penalty points.

Rules : Children make the soccer goal with two stones or with two trees. A person is the goalkeeper and the rest of the players usually from two to four people more play a little match with the mains rules of soccer, each person against the others.

When somebody makes a goal he interchanges his role with the goalkeeper. Notes : Sometimes children play in two teams with two or three people each. If a child makes a goal, the goalkeeper goes with the team of the child who made the goal.

Rules : One person is IT and tries to touch another one. When IT touches another child, the touched player is the new IT. Notes : This game has other names like Tula no translation. A child can't be touched saying " Stop! Another free child can rescue him crossing under his legs. If IT touches another child, the touched player is the new IT.

Notes : This game is usually played saying " Cuba " to stop and " Libre " free when a person crosses under the legs of another player.

The name of this variation is Cuba libre Free Cuba. It's forbidden to say the same mark of another stopped player. The name of this variation is Marcas de tabaco Marks of tobacco. Another free child can rescue him crossing under his hands and kiss him. Note : Actually the name of this game has changed. Now this game is called " I love you " original name in English.

When somebody is touched he becomes the new IT and he has to run with one of his hands touching the part of his body where he was been touched. Rules : Two parallel lines are drawn on the ground about seven meters apart.

One person is IT and is in the space between these lines. The rest of the players are in a line. If IT touches someone, the touched player and IT links by hands and, from this moment, they are a chain the spider which they can't break. When the chain is formed, only the persons in the extremes can touch the players that run from a line to the other.

The game ends when everybody has been touched. The first person to be touched by IT is the new IT. When somebody is touched he and IT join their hands only one hand from each person and both together try to touch another child. Each touched player has to join to the chain. Players in chain can unlink the chain to form two or more little chains with two conditions:.

Note : There is another game called " La gran cadena " The big chain where there is a big chain only. People of the IT group run and try to catch the free children. When the first free player is caught, he has to go to the base a tree, post or side of a structure and stay there touching the base.

When the second free player is caught he has to link one of his hands to the first one to form a little chain that grows up when more children has been caught. If a free child reaches to touch a player in the chain without being touched by a person of the IT group, everybody is free. The game ends when everybody has been caught.

Note : Sometimes players in chain kick their guardians without breaking the chain to escape. Two teams with an equal number of players stand one in front of each other, along each line in the borders. Each player of each team has a number from 1 to the number of players in the team. The leader holds a handkerchief in his hand. The game start when the leader says a number from one to any number the maximum is the number of total players in a team. The person of each team who has that number runs and try to catch the handkerchief.

There are three possibilities:. So, after the first situation there is a person in one of the teams with two numbers. Notes : sometimes children play in another form. Eliminated players are prisoners of the other team and if the two teams agree, prisoners can be interchanged. Usually one by one, but sometimes a prisoner is interchanged for two or three people.

Then, the leader teacher calls out a number and everyone hurries to form a group with that number of people. This video shows A pares y nones with groups of different ages, so you can get a good idea of how it works. These are words that you hear in the video:. This is one of my favorite Spanish learning games. Like many traditional games in Spanish it has a chant in the form of a dialog, and kids often play on a bus or when a group is waiting. Players clap and they recite a dialog that uses high-frequency vocabulary, a regular -ar verb in the preterite and the verb ser in the preterite.

If you are looking for traditional Spanish games for high school, this is a good choice. Jorge — Yo no fui. Ana — Yo no fui. Ana — Mari. This is one of my favorite preschool Spanish activities. This is a very simple game, and it can be played inside if you have enough space and do not mind the jumping.

Kids jump between two spaces designated mar and tierra. To play, kids line up beside a line on the ground, so that they can jump sideways over the line. They can also face the line and jump forward and back. One side of the line is mar and the other side is tierra. A person who has been chosen to call first calls out mar and tierra as the players jump across the line or in place to be on the correct side.

You can see videos of the traditional game Mar y tierra here. There are many traditional hand-clapping games. The simplest are based on one word, like mariposa or chocolate. Others are much more complicated. Hand-clapping activities are great Spanish games for class because kids practice correct pronunciation and also learn vocabulary and structures.

Here are links to posts about a few of the most common that I use with kids learning Spanish. The game rock, paper, scissors is played all over the Spanish-speaking world. In most countries it is piedra rock , papel paper o tijera or scissors. This is the rhythm that you chant as you play: piedra papel tijera. This is a one of the most versatile traditional Spanish games. It can be played anywhere, with any number of kids.

There are just a few Spanish phrases to learn, and you can easily adapt the game to review Spanish vocabulary. That person leaves the room, and the others hide a small object or choose something in the room. When the person who is guessing returns, the others call out these Spanish phrases: — Caliente, caliente — You are close. You are burning — You are very close. You may want to set a time limit of two or three minutes. The game ends when the person finds the object or time runs out.

Each tile represents 2 numeric values with between zero and six dots on each side. Various games can be played with dominoes. Each of the four players has four pawns that must make their way around the board until reaching their safe zone.

And, of course, there are Spanish games for kids. Chapas : Chapas is played with metal bottle caps. The caps are decorated, and a track is drawn on the ground. Players race each other to the end of the track by taking turns flicking their caps.

Facebook Twitter Instagram. Here is a list that includes some of the games I have been teaching my students. Click on the links to learn about each game.

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