Jugar/To play

Toys and Games: During toy time, students can request what toy or game they want to play with, with their peers. (e.g., ¿puedo jugar candyland para el tiempo del juguete?)

Recess: During recess, students can ask adults who they want to play with and what they want to use while attending recess.(e.g., ¿Puedo jugar con el tetherball?)

Circle Time Sharing: During circle time, the adult may ask the students what is there favorite game to play, whether it is at home, school, etc. Each student can provide their preference (e.g, ¿Cuál es tu juego favorito para jugar? Student: me gusta jugar al cruce de animales en casa).

Here are some suggested books that can assist in teaching the core word:

• ¿Puedo jugar yo también? by Mo Willems Read Aloud in Spanish
  • An elephant and piggie story book in Spanish. Gerald and Piggie meet a new snake friend who wants to join in a game of catch. But don’t you need arms to catch. This is heartwarming story between these 3 characters. (Read by a child)

• 🐓 [SPANISH] Libro: EL JUEGO DE LA LOTERÍA | Read aloud, read along Lectura Infantil
  • This story is written in both English and Spanish. And the description describes the story as “Together a little boy and his grandma discover a world of language and realize that loved ones have special ways of understanding each other.”

• Jugar a la pelota - Libro en espanol (Play Ball! - Spanish Edition) (Fiction Readers)| Children’s Story Book
  • This story shows that if big dogs can get along with small dogs at the dog park. The main characters Reggie, Rex and Remi all work together to find the missing ball. This book shows the importance of collaboration and working together as a team.

• ¿Estás lista para jugar afuera? By Mo Willems |Children’s Read Aloud Story
  • An elephant and piggie story book in Spanish. This story shows that Piggies cannot wait to go and play in the sunshine. However, will a rainy day ruin all the fun? This book is shown in speech bubbles and uses repetitive phrases in Spanish, which can encourage children of these common phrases used in everyday life.

During Indoor Recess time, the students may use a social communication board when interacting with each other. This board below provides play/jugar in order to provide back and forth feedback with each peer. For example, when interacting with a student playing basketball, the teacher may help model the question of “¿Puedo jugar?” on the board below. Below is just an English example of how this will look like and the one under was made in Coughdrop, with similar turns when used when students are playing a boardgame, video game, etc.

Link To CoughDrop Board shown below, “Jugar.”

Free Play at Recess: When a student is engaged in motor activities, during free play outside they can choose what outside activity they would like to engage in. For example, the tetherball courts, they can run, point and say “ ¡Quiero jugar tetherball en las canchas de tetherball!”.

Mini Golf Course/Amusement Park: When adults are playing rounds of mini golf with the students, the adult can make comments such as, “ ¡Buen juego!, ¿Deberíamos jugar otro juego?”This way the students are focused and active when walking around the mini golf course and playing against their peers/teachers.

• SPANISH FOR KIDS: VAMOS A JUGAR (LET’S PLAY)
• Spanish Kids Songs - El Juego Chirimbolo by Alina Celeste y Un Dos Tres Andres
• Gummibär A Jugar! World Cup Soccer/Football Song Chilean Spanish Gummy Bear Osito Gominola
• Marcha / March | Kindergarten & Preschool Games & Fun | Spanish for Kids by SingALingo

Number Sense Game: During the math portion of class, students can participate in a number sense card game with their peers. Adults can prompt the students to say, “¿Te gustaría jugar con migo?”. Here is an example from Teacher Pay Teachers, this game is in both English and Spanish.

Pop to Win! Math Game: During the math portion of class, students can choose either a worksheet or game, and the pop to win game includes multiple choice math questions and if they correctly answer it a student goes further into the board and wins. Worksheets can tend to be boring, and an Adult can prompt the students to say, “¿Qué tal si jugamos un juego de matemáticas en su lugar?”

Create Paper Rocketships and Launch them!: Students can create paper rocketships, this can be both a science and art project because this can implement the laws of physics when creating a launcher for the rocket. This can also be used to play with during recess or even home activities. The students, can be prompted to say, “¿Puedo jugar con esto afuera?”

Watercolor Butterflies: Students can grab parchment paper, watercolor, pipe cleaners, clothes pin and googly eyes. As said in the previous activity, The students, can be prompted to say, “¿Puedo jugar con esto afuera?”

Jeopardy Game (Science-Based): Adults can lead a Jeopardy game, where it has different categories based on science subjects that are discussed in class. For example, the topics may include,“Earth and Moon” for Category 1, “Anatomy” for Category 2, “Volcanos” for Category 3, “Weather” for Category 4, “Animals and Organisms” for Category 5, and “Oceanography” for Category 6. Adults can say, “¿A quién le gustaría jugar un juego de jepoardy para ganar un premio?” and students may, “¡Quiero jugar! ¡Quiero ganar!”. Students: “Es Tu turno de jugar.”

Fun Run 3: Since this game requires 4 players, students can ask their peers, “¿Puedo jugar contigo?” and that way, the teacher can model customized coreboard made in Coughdrop.

BookCreator App: Adults can create adapted books with pre-recorded audio for the students. Can even create a game out of the adapted book, for example, the “I Spy” books, where students can spot the item it tells them.

WORD WALL:  Create a WordWall and add ‘jugar’ and include, “jugamos, juegas, and juega.

Jugar = To Play;  Juegas, Jugamos

Example:

READING and the Word Wall: Sound out the letters together. Have the students find the word on the AAC system.

WRITING and the Word Wall: Using a pencil or alternative pencil, have students try to type the word on the keyboard or write the word together.

Choosing Words for the Classroom Word Wall with Dr. Caroline Musselwhite Video. Courtesy of Edmonton Regional Learning Consortium.