Alphabet Mat (Spanish)
This mat contains images of all letters the Spanish alphabet, including the ch, ll, and ñ characters.
Navigating Bee-Bot across this mat boosts students’ understanding of letters and words. It is great for spelling lessons, learning upper and lower case letters, and all types of word games.
Lesson Ideas
Although these ideas refer to Bee-Bot, they can all be done with Blue-Bot as well.
Remind students to press X to erase the commands the previous student entered.
Lesson Idea 1: Going to a Named Letter
- Divide students into groups.
- The teacher calls out a letter.
- One of the students navigates Bee-Bot to that letter and says a word that begins with that letter.
- Repeat, with all students having a turn.
Lesson Idea 2: Moving to a Random Letter
If students have used your ‘bots before, this is a good beginning-of-the-year activity to help students learn each other’s names.
- One student in the group navigates Bee-Bot to their initials: the first letter of their first name, then a Pause, then the first letter or their last name.
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Students take turns sending Bee-Bot to the letters for their names.
- As a variation, have students go to the initials of another student’s name.
- Then that student picks a different student and sends Bee-Bot to their initials.
Lesson Idea 3: Spelling Your Initials
If students have used your ‘bots before, this is a good beginning-of-the-year activity to help students learn each other’s names.
- One student in the group navigates Bee-Bot to their initials: the first letter of their first name, then a Pause, then the first letter or their last name.
- Students take turns sending Bee-Bot to the letters for their names.
As a variation:
- Have a student send Bee-Bot to the initials of another student’s name.
- Then that student picks a different student and sends Bee-Bot to their initials.
Lesson Idea 4: Spelling Lesson
- During spelling lessons, have students spell out the words for that week.
- They can pause Bee-Bot between letters.
- When each student finishes spelling a word, he or she says the word aloud, what it means and how to use it in a sentence.
Lesson Idea 5: Using the Online Spanish Alphabet Mat
If students are using computers in your classroom, have them use the online Spanish Alphabet Mat in the Bee-Bot Emulator in a browser. They can spell words using the virtual Bee-Bot.
Encourage students to invent a game involving words and letters.
Mat Details
The mat is made of washable vinyl and measures approximately 33” by 40” (75 cm by 90 cm).