After talking about hibernation and making craft beds for dormice, we learned and sang this song as the children first pretend to sleep, then jump up and hop about. It is a spring song.

See the farm, and hear the noises the animals make. Words and music.

learners cut out and match words to pictures, eg tengo seis manzanas to a picture of 6 apples, then stick them in their books side by side.

Several outdoor activity ideas that combine introductory Spanish with the bear hunt story, songs and games.

Start your Spanish course with learning how to say your name, and getting an idea about one of the rules of Spanish pronunciation (LL sounds Y)

Words to colour in Spanish and a space for a self portrait. My learners took them home and put them on fridges etc.

A Spanish seesaw song I wrote to teach young children the Spanish vowel sounds

A full set of activities in English and Spanish. Sing 'Where is the farmer?' as children pass folded pictures round until the music stops. Play find the pair game in large and small groups. Sing 'What noise do little pigs make?' Make pig faces; Milk a latex glove cow; Match chicks to eggs in capital and lower case letter matching.

The learners put different vocab items (furniture) on different floors in their buildings, describe their building to a friend, and look at the end of the activity to see if they have both made accurate copies of their friend's building.

Lots of dominoes in full colour with words in English or Spanish to be matched. I laminated mine and use them as a treat for the children who have worked hardest.

The other person on the phone only speaks Spanish. The children who remain in fluent Spanish conversation are the winners. This resource gives you the telephone template and the words needed for a full half hour Spanish chat.

Go over the dotted letters, choose the right syllables, colour in the pictures

Small groups of children throw a dice aiming to get 123456 in that order. When they get 1 they can colour in the boots, but only if they can name them in Spanish. For younger children, they can colour in the boots but only after they have traced over the words in Spanish.

A version of Oh Christmas Tree that uses a line of English then a line which translates it into Spanish.

Simple words and sheet music with colour coded notes (a couple of the notes are smudged - apologies), including translations.

There are big food flashcards. I print 2 each of these. One side of the gym is Inglaterra, and one side is España. Then I say in Spanish: 'I'm going to Spain to eat chips' and the children have to race to the correct picture in the correct country.

A series of quotations with English translations. I give 3 groups a different set each, but I give them cut into jigsaws so learners can move them around and find the translation. Learners discuss the translations and the meanings, and decide on a quote to learn by heart and recite.

Simple Spanish lyrics to the above tune, presented in word art to colour in.

A look at how this structure is used, the pitfalls, using reflexive verbs and plenty of practice.

Use these small squares to be drawn from a bag as an alternative to 2 dice. They have all the numbers on them for you to read as you count along in Spanish.