I was just looking through my son’s Highlights magazine (www.Highlights.com) and I came across a fantastic game that can be effectively adapted to help kids practice numbers in Spanish, French, Chinese . . . any foreign language. In the March 2010 issue there’s an activity on pg. 38 by Jennifer Coleman called “Make 11.” Two players count to three and extend any number of fingers. Count the total number of fingers between the two players in the target language. See how many tries it takes to equal 11.
11 ELEVEN
onze (French)
once (Spanish)
elf (German)
undici (Italian)
ju-ichi (Japanese)
shí y? (Mandarin)
I’m going to play with an entire classroom of children this afternoon, but I’ll make it a wee bit competitive by seeing which set of players can be the first to make eleven.
Have fun playing! Thank you, Highlights, for another fantastic idea.
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Hello,
I’ve made a site that some might find useful: http://www.masterspanishnumbers.com.
Here one can enter any number from 0 to 1000 to hear it spoken and see it written.
As well, I’ve created an app for the iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad that will let you practice Spanish numbers from 0 to 1,000,000. There is a video tutorial on the above site.
Regards,
Sean