Learners earn the right to colour in a province of Spain for their team. Rewards can be given for the most coloured map each session or the first to complete the map, rather like marbles in the jar.

In a small group work with each child to edit this book so the names are people in their family.

A Spanish take on the spotty dogs game, with pictures to colour, language to learn, and cards to craft.

Words, instructions and cards for children's first Spanish pelmanism game.

Questions in Spanish to find out how other people see themselves.

Different ways of saying goodbye and various slides to help learners practice them.

I give my learners a greetings card with the term dates I want them to remember.

The children work towards a barn dance with Spanish lyrics, giving and asking for names.

Words and ways of remembering them. Cards to colour and illustrate in 3 different styles.

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

Drill instructor action song and games to play, using numbers and body parts.

Powerpoint support for a video from the wonderful videoele site (ele = español como lengua extranjera). The topic in this one is words connected with airline travel.

A series of notes and activities to learn vocabulary related to finding an appropriate flat.

Learners study character adjectives, then use a rubrick to write a letter that describes themselves. On reading out the letters other learners must guess who in the class wrote that.

A worksheet to maximise the value of the BBC short video about languages and sport emphasizing Spanish. The children needed several viewings with pauses.

A presentation about Cuba with flag to colour, and a video to watch - I put the video on my memory stick to avoid the school firewall. I loved seeing struggling learners sing along to the song at the end of the class.

You need 2 dice. Assign frog or ladybird to each child, and pass the dice round the circle to the tune. When the song finishes, the two dice holders throw them and see who gets more 'flies'.

The illustrations explain the sentences, so the children can work out and tell me what they mean. Once we have had a look at a video and a dance there is a worksheet testing knowledge of body parts named in the song.

Work the number worksheet to get used to the numbers. Pin up the scores sheets from the top trumps slides. Each table gets a pile of blank animal cards that they have to draw the animal on, and a pile of score cards that they have to complete and stick to the card. The game is used as a treat which helps revision.

The children can find out what the animals eat, put ears, legs and tails onto shapes (not included) to make horses and sheep, play snap, and sing a memorable song with the opportunity to create actions for it.