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.

This battleship grid gives words for hit, water, sunk, the fleet in Spanish, and the grid reference practices 1-10 and a-i with pronunciation guidance

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

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.)

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.

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.

Pronunciation\nTelling the time – 24 hour clock\nOrdering tickets\nUnderstanding train announcements\nLearning 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.

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.

Learn how to say what has happened and make suggestions for a course of action.

First assign each phrase to the client or receptionist, create a dialogue with your partner, then perform it for peers to note the details.

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.

Making gerunds\nGerunds with Y\nIrregular gerunds\nReflexive verbs in the present continuous

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.

Learners read the first page and decide what each person wants. Learners turn to the second page and try to say what people want in Spanish, using the pictures as prompts. I cut them out, so I have a book with alternating pages words - no words, and learners make the same.

Dialogue to 1) colour in; 2) cut out and put in order; 3) use for café roleplay