Foreign Language Learning Game: Bingo Flip-Up
Here’s a fun, quick vocabulary game that my 7 year-old and I enjoyed today. We were reviewing Spanish colors and prepared two sets of flash cards: one set of colored cards, and one set of Spanish color words. (I NEVER use English translations! Picture-word is the way to go!)
Before the actual game, we sang color songs, identified flash cards, and named the colors we saw on our clothes and around the house. We matched the sets of flash cards, picture to word. Now, we were ready for the big Bingo game!
My son and I each prepared a simple four-square grid. We chose different color flash cards to set in each square of our grids. The word flash cards were turned upside down in a pile. Taking turns, we would pick up the top word card from the pile, announce the color, and attempt to create a sentence. Whichever one of us had that flashcard on our bingo card would turn it upside down. Play continued until one person had every flash card on the grid flipped over. That’s a Bingo!
Bingo Flip-Up is a simple games kids will enjoy playing again and again! It’s great for play at home or in small groups in a classroom.
Have fun playing in a foreign language!
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Hi Diane, Loved your idea of how you introduced Spanish colors by way of a bingo game! – Flip Bingo (name of new version bingo board game) has been introduced in the schools using math flash cards – perhaps use your same technique to teach Spanish numbers! Be happy to explain how – when I do demonstrations in school, I’ll be sure to pass on your fun idea to teaching staff.
Great idea Diane. Thanks for sharing. I am definitely going to make this bingo game for my students!!! I have been teaching my students some Spanish and I am going to listen to the statement you said about never using English Translations.