Where Is It?

📌 In mountain terrain, go up (suba) and go down (baje) are just as important as left and right — see the Andean Landmarks tab for more on how directions really work here.

📌 Nota cultural para los estudiantes

In Andean towns and rural areas, people give directions using visible landmarks — the main plaza, the church, a bridge, a mountain pass — much more than official street names or "north/south." Because the terrain is so steep, directions almost always include subir (go up) or bajar (go down) alongside left/right.

En los pueblos y zonas rurales de los Andes, la gente da direcciones usando puntos de referencia visibles — la plaza principal, la iglesia, un puente, un abra — mucho más que nombres oficiales de calles o "norte/sur." Por la topografía, las direcciones casi siempre incluyen subir o bajar, además de izquierda/derecha.

Pre-teach the vocabulary before playing: hand, foot, head, in, out, shake it, turn around. Then play the song and do the actions together — a fun way to review body-part and direction words at the same time.

Pre-teach: right, left, walk it out, kick, hop, shuffle — this song directly reuses the turn right / turn left vocabulary from the Directions tab! Do the dance together once trainees know the words.

Call out the command below. Students should only do the action if it starts with "Simon says." If a student does the action when the caller didn't say "Simon says," they're out!

Digan la orden en voz alta. Los estudiantes solo deben hacer la acción si empieza con "Simon says." Si alguien hace la acción sin esas palabras, ¡queda eliminado!

Tap New Directions! for a random practice route. Try saying it out loud — and pointing/walking it out — before you listen.

Toque New Directions! para una ruta de práctica al azar. Intente decirla en voz alta — y caminarla — antes de escucharla.