HABA Games

At the school I am at the director includes HABA and HABA type games in the schedule. Using these games to reinforce, game playing phrases, such as “Your turn” “Is it my turn” “ Roll the die” as well as teaching a phrase for each game. Such as “Don’t get caught by the cat” which I repeat continually during the game to reinforce a phrase type that is also what the game is about or is a major obstacle in the game. In the first few games, (a month or two since the games are only played 2 times each week with half the class the first time and the other half the second time.) I need to ask the students to say the phrase. After a while, the saying of the phrase came nearly as natural as native speakers playing a familiar game. Students would repeat the phrase to urge other students on or to taunt them.