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.

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.

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

A lyric sheet for a simple song to be sung to the tune of 10 little indians. It can be adapted to count any noun of your choice, and is catchy.

Practice remembering the subject pronouns, learn the verb hablar and some useful phrases that include this word, match languages to countries in Europe and around the world, conduct a question and answer session with friends as themselves and role-playing other people, revise the lesson with excercises and animated slides.

Lots of profesiones are strong cognates. Use this video to introduce some vocabulario de los profesiones to your estudiantes. Play the video with the sound only first, and use the pause button to give los estudiantes la oportunidad to answer the challenges, and then write their own. Encourage them to use español whenever they can. Much more slow, accessible Spanish available on Youtube. Search for "spanglish fantastico"

Covers: the letter ñ; giving your name; yes, no and don't know with a name guessing game; tú, usted and how are you?; how are you game; review of lesson.

World cup bingo in Spanish Spanish accent, Spanish sounds Countries in Spanish Come on kids, let's go chant in Spanish

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.

A chant to teach learners the parts of the body. Dance with Juanito.

Learners practice giving different nationalities.

A little book which children can add their own name to and the name of their teddy. I use it with a different child each time.

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