An early lesson, looking at subject pronouns, the verb ser, asking about jobs, talking about family using simple numbers for most of the answers. Gets them talking Spanish straight away.

Words in Spanish that fit to the tunes 'When Santa got stuck up the chimney' and 'Jingle bells'. Some changes had to be made to make them fit better, so the translations are there too. I cut up the lines in one of the versions - Spanish usually - for learners to try to match to the translations. Brave singing at the end!

Happy birthday to you song to colour in a sing, birthday activity mini snap game, and a calendar to note all our friends' birthdays.

An investigation of Ir and Irse, with examples to match to translations, and a song with dual language lyrics from Spanglish Academy on Youtube.

Book yourself into a hotel with your teacher playing the role of receptionist. Listen to someone booking a hotel room and answer questions in English. Listen to descriptions of houses and answer questions about them in English. Read about car hire, directions and shops, and answer questions in English. Write letters saying what you are like and what your routines are

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.

Mr and Mrs Green get a green letter, with similar for red and yellow. A good, easy to learn song for carpet time.

Bracelets - inspired by another TES contributor who suggests puttin 2 sheets together and laminating them so they are laminated on one side, then putting a strip of double sided tape down one side before cutting them into bracelets. Also stickers and certificates to make great and cheap Spanish rewards.

I present the shapes and each child should draw the relevant shape next to the word on their sheet. Learners then give each other instructions using some Spanish to build the given shape with the material given (playdough etc.)

A simple book that I read to a puppet, then the children can read to a soft toy. A pleasant break.

I took in lots of empty boxes and the children took turns to see who could make the highest present tower in a minute. The worksheet is colouring words and pictures of the game.

3 simple songs. We invent a barn dance for the first, a ribbon dance for the second, a barn dance for the third, and a self evident presentation or game for the 4th Thanks to my daughter for singing along with me.

To the tune of 'Here we go round the mulberry bush' a simple song to learn the word draw and some shapes. There are some pictures for children to trace over with their fingers.

Pronunciation Telling the time – 24 hour clock Ordering tickets Understanding train announcements Learning and using vocabulary connected with train travel

Activities built around the traditional song 'Qué llueva' requiring learners to put drops in a bucket, trace a bucket, listen to a story about animals hiding in a cave from the rain, colour some weather picutres, and sing the song (simplified version) I have put my own rough recording to help you with the tune, though you could look for it on youtube.

Material for children to learn and play with the words egg, rabbit, chick, and some colours.

A Spanish version of this traditional action song. I mix English in with the Spanish to introduce a little of the language at a time.

This memory game depends on the outcome of 2 dice, and requires much vocal repetition.

Study pronunciation rules, describe property, use the present perfect and object pronouns in dialogues about what you have lost and where you lost it.

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.