Fun Christmas Game to Play in Spanish Class

This game will get everyone involved in class and will allow participation at different levels. For this game we read the e-book ¡Papá Noel! ¿Quién Tiene Tu Gorro?. In this short story “Papá Noel” is missing his hat. He is worried and needs to find it before Christmas. He will ask Rudolph, the Christmas star, the candy cane, and others for the hat. To his surprise, he finds that the Christmas present had his hat. Once he has the hat on his head Papá Noel shouts happily “Ho, Ho, Ho, ¡Feliz Navidad!


In preparation for this game, you will need to print the “Papá Noel” without the hat and a few copies of the hat. Just scroll down to find the link to download them for free . Laminate them and place Velcro or adhesive tape on the back of each hat.


You will need to teach students each of the phrases in the game. A good way to do this is to chant them along with children. I encourage my students to chant as a whole group and help each other out this way. 


Next, choose a student to volunteer to be Papá Noel. Ask this student to leave the room. 


Quietly distribute the hats between the children and ask them to hide the hats.

Invite your class to call the child who left the room by saying “¡Papá Noel ven aquí!


Then, the class will ask: “¡Papá Noel! ¿Quién Tiene Tu Gorro?

The student who is Papá Noel will ask in the class “¿Tu tienes mi gorro?

The student and the class will answer: “Sí, si tengo tu gorro.” or “No, no tengo tu gorro“.

You can choose the number of turns you allow. If the student who is Papá Noel finds the hat, he can place it on the picture and say “Ho, Ho, Ho ¡Feliz Navidad!“.

This is how it goes:


Class: Papá Noel ven aquí
         ¡Papá Noel! ¿Quién tiene tu gorro?
Student (Papá Noel): ¿Tu tienes mi gorro?
Class: No, no tengo tu gorro.

         Sí, sí tengo tu gorro.

Click HERE to download this freebie!


      

Happy Holidays!

Carolina
      

Libros Para Pueblos – in Oaxaca, Mexico


The following is a guest post by Suzi Leonard,  Libros Para Pueblos.

Libros Para Pueblos has established over 60 children’s lending libraries in the state of Oaxaca.  This is one of the Mexico’s poorest regions, but one of its most colorful, indigenous, and creative, set in the dramatic Sierra Madres of southern Mexico.  We are beginning a program for volunteers to help us in our remote, isolated libraries, to work with the librarians, children, and communities toward encouraging greater involvement through crafts, music, puppetry, readings, etc.  We are a seriously nonprofit organization.  Any expenses incurred by us are assumed by us personally.  There are no paid employees of the NGO. 
We are launching a pilot volunteer project March 23-31, 2013, that would bring elementary teachers or librarians to Oaxaca.  The cost ($1500) will include a contribution to the organization to be used for art supplies to the libraries, expanding our non-profit status into Mexico (it is in order in the US and Canada, now) plus cover all expenses of hotel, transportation in the state of Oaxaca, breakfasts, dinners, and sightseeing during your stay.  We are looking for 6 motivated, bilingual professionals who can not only enhance our project today, but can offer advice for the growth of our programs.
We are opening 3 new libraries prior to the end of 2012, and planning on 12 more in 2013, so we have plenty of work for anyone who wants to help.  Please contact suzileonard@outlook.com with any questions. 


Suzi Leonard
Libros Para Pueblos


A Fun Christmas Story and Audio in Spanish

Papá Noel has lost his hat! Do you think he would be able to find it before Navidad? Who could have taken his hat? This book is perfect to introduce vocabulary related to Christmas in Spanish. It’s short, fun andhas a lot of repetition. This set includes:
1. E-Book

2. A fun read aloud audio (Mp3) – Listen to sample here!

3. Simple craft

4. A lot of fun!


Buy it here!

Happy Holidays!
Carolina