Consider why the alphabet is useful. Practice the vowels in a catchy chant. Go through the sounds of the Spanish alphabet. Practice spelling words to your classmates. Think about spelling and how you feel about it. Spell out your names. Play the alphabet challenge with a friend.

Pronunciation lesson with grocery vocab, asking a friend to pick things up from the shop for you, asking for items in a shop, using quantities, packages, and big numbers to describe what you want.

Using subject pronouns and the verb ser, saying what people do, giving personal details such as phone numbers, and presenting people.

Spanish e-book to support learners as they begin to speak Spanish. 160 pages of explanations, examples, exercises and resources to help and encourage your students. Written in Spanglish, the English - Spanish mix that maximises exposure to the target language at the same time as allowing full comprehension (as long as the student is preparado to make a few guesses inteligentes). Cognates are used wherever possible. The course is written around 5 themes: introductions, countries, occupations, the family and ordering in a cafe. There are also lots of varied activities throughout to practice the basics of pronunciation and using numbers. This book is designed to be easy to use in the classroom, and for learners to be able to read through and remember outside the classroom. It minimises preparation time. With plenty of pictures throughout, 14 point text and double line spacing, it is accessible to dyslexic students. This book has a friendly, conversational style and makes suggestions about how to study and how to remember new words. Non-Spanish speakers have read this book, and told me that they were able to read it from cover to cover. One reviewer said, "You don't realise when it is Spanish you are reading, because it all blends in." I hope Spanish teachers and students give this book a try, because I have found it to be successful in engaging my learners and giving them the knowledge and the confidence to speak Spanish.

Present tense of regular, reflexive, irregular and stem changing verbs with some opportunities for practice.

Making gerunds Gerunds with Y Irregular gerunds Reflexive verbs in the present continuous

4 minute video to watch (optional) Vocab work sheet consisting of: Match English to Spanish Word search dictionary activity (with key) Observation style quiz based on video (with answers)

This class quiz is peppered with Spanish words. There are 4 types of question: drawing, find the connection, forbidden words (sin permiso) and word challenges. There is a broad Christmas theme, and learners will pick up some Christmas vocabulario while having competitive fun.

Lesson plan with resources to learn greetings at different times of day.

Find out what the rules are and the Spanish words for them. Think about putting actions to Spanish words. Put actions to the Spanish rules words and practice the actions.

A set of activities and instructions that last me half a term and which give my upper primary children the language to play a game of guess who in Spanish, that they have made themselves. Language focus: facial features and colours

Jobs with pictures labelled in English and in Spanish so learners can play pelmanism naming the job in the language they are looking for.

A big Spanish adaptation of the story, and a small one to print off for children to take home.

Learn how to say what has happened and make suggestions for a course of action.

A beginners' lesson using ser, tengo and family words.

A worksheet to use after looking at the BBC Primary Spanish site, which consolidates learning about personal information, and includes a flag colouring activity.

A series of songs and activities I used to introduce staff to speaking Spanish, then recorded with a friend (Hannah MacDonald thankyou, you are a star!). The activities include: Now we're going to sing, Count carefully, Paper, scissors stone, What does a giant do?, What&'s 'rain' in Spanish?, F with a says Fa Spanish vowel song, They&';ve taken the mountain to Spain, and What's in the box magic trick.

Learn vocab of the family, use parts of ser - to be, use tener - to have, describe positions of people in a family photo (or members of a family in a grid), and see how tener works to say how you feel.

I display this in my classroom so that people can easily look up and spell out a word.

Aimed at groups of SEN children visiting secondary school, these activities will help new starters find their way around and feel happy about their move in September.