Every game teaches Spanish by doing: hearing a word and finding it, counting, spelling, building. Here is what each one teaches and how it plays, with a screenshot from the app.
Free, outside the courses, thirty levels each, with characters and upgrades to unlock with tickets.
Teaches: Adding and subtracting, then multiplying and dividing (grades 1–3), with every number read aloud in Spanish.
A sum appears and is spoken in Spanish. Swim your fish to the fish carrying the answer and eat it. Ten sums a level.
Teaches: The Spanish names of parts and machines, and first ideas about materials and testing.
A robot searches a yard for the parts of a machine, named in Spanish. Each part is fitted at the workbench; the finished machine is tested, then joins the road to the Moon.
Teaches: Spelling Spanish words letter by letter, accents included.
Hear a word and see its picture, then steer the snake to eat its letters in order. Help fades as a word is learned.
Teaches: Food and kitchen words from dishes across the Spanish-speaking world.
Swap ingredients to make rows of three and collect what each dish needs. Levels cook dishes and everyday foods from across the Spanish-speaking world, and the Recipe Books have cards to cook some of them at home with a grown-up.
22 chapters. First words, by theme: colors, shapes, animals, clothes, family, the body, food, the weather, school and the home. Each chapter is four of these games.
Teaches: Recognising a Spanish word and its meaning.
Hear and read a Spanish word, then tap the picture that matches it. Tap the word at the top to hear it again.
Teaches: Recognising a word quickly.
Cards fly across the screen. Tap the one that matches the word at the top before it is gone.
Teaches: Meeting new words with their pictures and sounds.
Flashcards with a picture, the Spanish word spoken aloud, and the English underneath.
Also in this course: Pick From Many, Match Two Cards.
20 chapters. Counting from uno to veinte: tracing the numbers, putting them in order, matching them and counting real things. Each chapter is four of these games.
Teaches: Hearing a number and recognising the amount.
“¿Dónde hay dos?” Tap the plate with that many pastries.
Teaches: Counting out an exact amount.
Each mug shows how many churros it needs. Drag in just enough.
Teaches: Writing the numbers, and saying them.
Trace each number on the chalkboard with a finger.
Also in this course: Place in Order, Count the Objects, Match Two Cards.
24 chapters. Everyday verbs in short sentences, and how they change, one small step at a time. Each chapter is four of these games.
Teaches: Choosing the right form of a verb in a sentence.
A sentence on the chalkboard is missing a word. Pick the right slate to finish it.
Teaches: Spelling verbs and words in order.
Tap the scrambled letters in order, and the frog eats the mosquito.
Also in this course: Gumball.
The arcade games and the first chapters of every course are free.
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