Memory Cards

Memory Cards

Each week I would pick five vocabulary words and send my kids home with a sheet of "memory cards" to cut out and glue to card stock, and with which they could play a game like Memory. (A couple times we actually made them in class.) This way they have something to practice with at home. The parents appreciated it and the kids really loved it. My son wanted to play Spanish Memory all the time at home! :-) Here is an example:

 

Las formas (The shapes)

We did a fun little song with motions--I will try to get a video up soon!

Next, we did a physical game. I do not have pictures of it, but it went over pretty well--it was almost worth the time it took me to set it up. Ha! I had some colored electrical tape and taped shapes on the ground, a few of each that were big enough for a few kids to fit inside each one, and I threw some hula hoops down for circles. I would call out a shape and they had to find one on the floor and go jump inside of it.They really liked it!

And the messy game of the year goes to my foamie shapes scavenger hunt! I dumped a bunch of these on the floor and called out a number and some shapes. The kids had to go find that many of each shape. They loved it! Clean up was not so fun, though it probably would have been easier if my four-year-old weren't "helping" me. :-)