Beginner Spanish Games

61 Word Hangman

• In 61 Word Hangman, a computerized version of the well-known game, players must try to guess letters to complete a word in Spanish. The words are all beginning Spanish vocabulary, ranging from basic colors to days of the week, months of the year, parts of the body and common verbs and adjectives. After players click the Go button, the computer will show blanks for letters of the target word, with one or two already filled in. Players guess letters by clicking the appropriate button. The game keeps track of which letters have been guessed. You don't need the website, of course, to play the game, as long as you can come up with a list of Spanish vocabulary words.

  lingolex.com/61wordhangman.htm

Spanish Games for Children

• The 123teachme site provides a variety of interactive games for beginning Spanish students. In one game, players must match Spanish words to parts of the face. In a similar game, players must match words to pictures of vegetables. In a memory game, players flip over picture cards with animal names in Spanish and try to find matches. Another game asks students to drag shapes to the correct outlines, after which the game will pronounce the name of the shape in Spanish.

  123teachme.com/learn_spanish/spanish_games_for_children

Crossword Puzzles

• Interactive crossword puzzles help test students' vocabulary skills in Spanish. There are several puzzles to choose from, ranging from topics such as family, house and food to animals, body, verbs and sports. The puzzles can be downloaded as .PDFs and printed. The SpanishTown web site also has word-search puzzles and matching exercises that can be downloaded and printed.

  spanishtown.ca/crosswords.htm