ABC de Las Cosas

When I younger I lived in Puerto Rico and was on a traveling swim team. On the weekends we would go around the country to different competitions and while we waited for our event to start, we would all play “A,B, C de las cosas” which in English means “A,B,C’s of things”. For my team members and their parents this game always turned into quite a competition.


First you will need each player to have a piece of paper and a writing instrument. If you have have younger players pair them up with an adult, friend or sibling that can help them write! Each player needs to make a table with seven columns and at least two rows. Look at our table below for some suggestions on categories and be sure the write them on your table.


One of the players picks a letter from the alphabet and then the whole group begins with that letter. Depending on the age of the group, you can have from as little as one minute to as much as five. Not let’s begin! Say Juan picks the letter L. The whole group will need to find a name with letter L (for example Lillian), a last name with letter L (for example Lopez), a place with letter L (for example London), a thing with letter L (for example Lion), a food with letter L (for example Lasagna) and a Country or State with letter L (for example Louisiana). If you finish your whole row before the time runs out then you’ve done well! For each category that you fill with a word you get one point. If your word does not match the category or is spelled wrong, sorry but no points will be awarded! Next, everyone will use their six words and make a sentence. Don’t be scared to get silly with it…this is how our story reads: Lillian Lopez’s Lion lives in London where they eat Lasagna from Louisiana. That sentence is worth 6 points!


Brittany, Anna and myself wish you a weekend of wonderful, whimsical, wacky good times sharing wisdom with your family! Happy Friday Everyone!