Game Ideas to Use With Your
¡Oscar! Spanish Flashcard Set

1. Articulation:
   "Phone Order/Encargo por Teléfono"
   One copy of target cards is given to the student, who is instructed to order the depicted items in a pretend phone conversation. Sitting back-to-back with the adult, who has the matching copy of target cards, the student pretends to place the order with the adult "operator." The operator only understands correctly articulated speech. If the student orders clearly, the adult places her card in an envelope to "mail" to the student. If the student misarticulates, the adult requests a repetition to clarify the item ordered.
2. Phonemic Awareness:
   "Syllabification War/La Guerra de las Sílabas"
   Deal cards to all players. Each player keeps their cards face down in a pile. Every player flips the top card of their pile into the center "battlefield" and declares the number of syllables in the word on their card. Whoever has the word with the most syllables "captures" the cards from that round, and play continues until one player has captured all cards from the opponents.

3. Vocabulary:
   "Organize That!/¡Organícelo!"
   Students create menus, grocery store aisles, department store floor plans, etc., with the cards given to them. They must separate cards into the categories that either are provided by the adult or determined by the student (e.g., Department Store: clothing, kitchen, toys, etc.). As an extension, students can then write/draw their results to use in role play activities (ordering, shopping, etc.)

4. Prepositions:
   "I Spy Oscar.../Espío a Oscar..."
   A select group of cards is placed face-up on the table. For comprehension: The adult gives the verbal stimulus, "Espio a Oscar (encima de) algo," the students must identify the matching card. For expression: Roles reverse, and the student gives similar clues to the adult.

5. Auditory Processing:
   "Adjust That Dial!/¡Ajuste el Dial!"
   One student is designated "radio announcer" and the other students are the "listeners." Placing cards on the table, the listeners are required to identify the cards announced over the radio as winners in "La Lotería de Oscar." The announcer proceeds to say the words one at a time, but distorts or omits a sound/syllable as if the station reception is fuzzy. Listeners must use auditory closure skills to decipher the correct responses.

6. Verbs:
   "Oscar Lives!/¡Oscar Vive!"
   A pile of cards depicting actions to be targeted is placed face down on the table. Students take turns selecting the top card and soundlessly acting out the activity in which Oscar is engaged in their card. Other students must try to guess the verb.

Check out the "Oscar's Quick & Easy Ideas for Spanish Therapy" book for additional ideas to use with your ¡Oscar! Spanish Flashcard Set.

Viojando con Oscar Game
Solidifies Pre-Reading Skills for Bilingual Students

• Rhyming (La Rima)
  
  • Awareness of words that sound alike
  • Example: "sal" = "mal"
  
  
• Matching Phonemes (El Emparejar del Fonema)
  
  • Identifying words that begin or end with the same sound
  • Example: "bata" = "baño"
  
  
• Segmentation (Segmentación)
  
  • Dividing connected speech into smaller units
  • Example: "flan" = /f/ + /l/ + / a / + /n/"
  
  
• Deletion (Canceladura)
  
  • Omitting target sounds in spoken words
  • Example: "bola" - /b/" = "ola"
  
  
• Phoneme Identification (Identificación del Fonema)
  
  • Isolating individual sounds at the beginning or end of spoken words
  • Example: "silla" = /s/ or "color" = /r/
  
  
• Embedded Phoneme (Fonema Encajado)
  
  • Identifying the position (beginning/middle/end) of sounds in words
  • Example: /s/ + "pez" = end
  
  
• Blending (El Mezclar)
  
  • Repeating segmented speech sounds as connected speech
  • Example: /m / + /a / + /n / + /o/ " = "mano"
  
  
• Phonological Translation (Traduccion Fonologica)
  
  • Listening to a word in one language and converting its phonological form into another language
  • Example: "Oscar" = /oskar/ (espa˜ol) vs. /asker/ (English)
  
  

Oscar Se Esconde and
Spanish Prepositions

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Suggestions for using Oscar Se Esconde cards to address Spanish prepositions:

• Preposition Vocabulary - Categorizing
  
  • Use the preposition cards (see offer above) to label various empty containers. Find Oscar Se Esconde flashcards in which Oscar is hiding in each of the locations (e.g., above, behind, etc.), and group the cards in the matching containers. Students can predict which container will hold the most/fewest cards and then check the accuracy of their guesses upon completion of the activity.
  
  
• Preposition Vocabulary - Opposites
  
  • Use the preposition cards and Oscar Se Esconde cards to find Oscar in positions that are opposites (e.g., over/under, behind/in front). Incorporate these pairs of cards into simple card games (e.g., "Go Fish" and "Memory").
  
  
• Syntax
  
  • Use the preposition cards as well as the /p, b, m/ flashcards and "Oscar" wild cards from Oscar Se Esconde to arrange words into "skeleton sentences" from which grammatically-correct sentences can be built.
  • For example:"Oscar" + "enfrente" + "la manzana" = "Oscar se esconde enfrente de la manzana."