e-Resources for Very Young Learners (+3) MFL Spanish #2. Creating games for iPad/iPhone

A few weeks ago I started drawing everything I could imagine with the help of my daughter's hands and a book. I don't remember well the name of the book but it was something like this:

Learning to draw with hands

The result was so beautiful that I started taking the sticks to school and use them in my MFL teaching in primary schools. Year 3 kids loved learning their phonics in Spanish with these attractive sticks. The sounds children produced were so authentic that I still believe it was something to do with the quality of the resource: Made by a child.

And I have just created a game: Palitos de pre-lectura . As the game's learning objective is listening and reading, there is no repetitive music.

If you have tried creating games please leave a comment. If you enjoy playing games with your VLY leave a comment too.

I would love to hear from you!

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