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By Scott E. Kinney
Atlantic News Staff Writer
NORTH HAMPTON |
¿Cómo se dice en español?
If you’re playing the Foreign
Language Board Game
you may just find out.
The game is the result of
years of hard work by Barbro
Bolh, a North Hampton resident
who wanted to create a
game that will help children
learn a new language.
The game begins with the
playing of a CD. Children
learn 100 vocabulary words
ranging from numbers and
colors to food and parts of
the body.
“They are the first 100
words suggested when
learning a foreign language,”
says Bolh.
The game is then played
by moving their game piece
around the board and using
the correct Spanish word
to identify the picture on a
card. By improving his or
her Spanish language skills
in this game everyone is a
winner.
On top of being a great
learning tool, the game is a
positive family activity that
improves visual image retention
and can help kids excel
and studies have shown
playing games can increase
the IQ by as much as 16
percent.
Bolh said it the key to
learning a language is repetition
and a continued interest
in learning.
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TIME TO PLAY — Barbro Bolh, creator of the Foreign
Language Board Game, displays the finished product of
years of hard work. The game is designed to help children, or
anyone willing to learn, how to speak Spanish.
— Atlantic News Photo by Scott E. Kinney
“If you’re going to learn
a language you should use
it everyday,” said Bolh. “If
a family wants the kids to
learn they can’t just watch
TV. They have to do it with
them.”
The game can also be utilized
by teachers to teach
their students a new language,
even if the teacher
is unfamiliar with the language.
“They can say ‘we’re
going to learn together,’”
says Bolh.
The learning is not just
for the young. Bolh said
those who are getting older
can continue to keep their
mental muscles strong.
“If you learn something
new the brain makes new
connections,” Bolh says.
Whether young or old,
or stretching, they reclaim
their body’s natural ability to
release muscular tension.
Muscular tension pulls
on bones, and causes various
degrees of stiffness, aches and
pain in the back, neck and
learning a new language can
expose the learner to a host
of new opportunities, says
Bolh.
“It’s amazing how much
it opens the door,” she says.
The game is now offered
in a variety of local retailers,
including G. Willikers
and Abode in Portsmouth,
Whirly Gigs in Exeter and
Brainwaves in North Hampton
among others.
And the Spanish game
is just the tip of the iceberg.
Bolh said she is currently
working on a French version
of the game and others
will be forthcoming in the
future.
For more information
on the Foreign Language
Game visit Bolh’s Web site
at www.language learninggame.com.
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