go over the dotted letters, choose the right syllables, colour in the pictures.

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

Child one: Tengo hambre Child two: ¿Qué quieres? Child one: Un pastel Children talk to everyone making a note of what everyone wants to eat.

Read this simple story in Spanish. The illustrations are in clear black lines for good photcopying and colouring in potential.

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

Learners study the present perfect then create a doctor -.patient dialogue. For homework they note what chores people in their home do over the course of the week then report back to peers.

Materials to build a short dialogue to be repeated with many friends - find out how you partner is, why they feel that way, and invite them out. Will they say yes, or give you a good excuse not to come with you.

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.

Children can colour in the Spanish Christmas words and the pictures, then practice their wrapping skills to make a Spanish festive decoration. It is a good size for the little cereal packets you get. Check my whole lesson from 1/12/11 on 'What we did at primary school' on themagicspanishshow.co.uk

Match the words to pictures in this card game of numbers and food. Could you tell a hungry caterpillar story? or could the children write one based on this vocab game?

A first lesson in Spanish for beginners.

There is a bingo game, a facebook in which children can name people they know as bats, witches, pumpkins etc., and flashcards to initially teach the words. I ask children to call 'tengo' and hand out counters to cover them, and to call 'casa' when they have a full house.

First learn family words, then use gapped sentences to give names of family members. Answer questions to create a more varied description of people in your family and share it with peers.

Learn phrases for giving directions and words to describe landmarks. Draw your own map to include the given landmarks and direct people around. An introduction to using the imperative.

A look at Spanish surnames and where their genesis, and Spanish fornames with gender indicated.

Lesson plan and activities to learn to say what you like in Spanish.

Getting to know you questions leading to conjugating verb work, and creating an interview about someone who works for peers to listen to.

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.

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