Foreign Language Fun

Games and Toys in Spanish: Juegos y Juguetes en Espanol

Published on November 29, 2008 by Diane in Spanish

It’s official. The holiday shopping season has arrived. I set my alarm for 3:45 a.m. and headed out for a few hours of power shopping this morning. I never used to be one of those crazed Black Friday shoppers, but a few years ago I got hooked on the spirit and festivity of retail in the wee hours. There’s definitely excitement in the air!

Now that I kicked off my holiday shopping in grand fashion, I’ll finish up online in the comfort of my own home. I’d like to share my shopping guide of popular games and toys that are available for purchase in Spanish. My entire approach and philosophy to language learning centers around PLAY. Help your child learn another language while enjoying some fun and games this year.

Board Games

Playing interactive games is an outstanding way to practice language. Teachers like myself are always looking to classic board games as inspiration for classroom learning activities. Here are a few popular games available in Spanish:

Guess Who? Game (Spanish Version)

Spanish Scrabble

The Game of Life Spanish Edition

Milton Bradley Spanish Monopoly Board Game

Operando (Operation) Game

Cranium Cadoo (Spanish Language Edition)

Mattel Scene It? Original – Spanish

Scene It? DVD Game Disney Edition- Spanish

LeapFrog Toys and Games

I absolutely love LeapFrog. Ever since my oldest learned his phonics effortlessly by watching Leap Frog – Letter Factory DVD, I’ve been a devoted follower. Many of the cool learning toys that I have in my home are also available in Spanish. LeapFrog offers so many wonderful products, I won’t even attempt to list them all here. (Leapster, which my boys and I are crazy about, will be the subject of an upcoming post.)

LeapFrog Patitas abc (Alphabet Pal Caterpillar) Spanish

LeapFrog Patitas 123 (Baby Counting Pal) Spanish

LeapFrog Pesca Letras (Leap’s Phonics Pond Learning System) Spanish

LeapFrog Radio Letras (Phonics Radio) Spanish

Leap Frog LFC82105 Mis Letras Interactivas (Fridge Phonics Magnetic Letter Set)

LeapFrog Mis Animalitos Interactivos (Fridge Farm) Bilingual

LeapFrog LeapPad® Sistema de Aprendizaje (LeapPad Learning System)

LeapFrog Bus Escolar ABC (Learning Friends Phonics Bus) Spanish

LeapFrog Baby Croki (Hug & Learn® Baby Tad) Spanish

LeapFrog Autoescuela (See & Learn Driver) Bilingual

Spanish Learning Drum- ABC Toca El Tambor

LeapFrog La Bola Exploradora (Discovery Ball) Spanish

Descubrimesa (Learning Table)

Fisher Price, Chicco and Other Toys

Quality toys such as Fisher Price and Chicco are easier than ever to find in Spanish. Just imagine the learning potential of surrounding your kids with bilingual toys. Those little language-ready brains will be soaking in new words like sponges!

Fisher-Price Computer Learning System – Spanish Version

Fisher-Price Learning Phone – Spanish Version

Fisher Price Laugh and Learn Lawn Mower (Spanish)

Chicco Bi-Lingual Smart Driver (English/Spanish)

Chicco Bi-Lingual English/Spanish Talking Cube

Learning Journey Notebook Wizard- Bilingual

Spanish Laptop