Words in Spanish that fit to the tunes 'When Santa got stuck up the chimney' and 'Jingle bells'. Some changes had to be made to make them fit better, so the translations are there too. I cut up the lines in one of the versions - Spanish usually - for learners to try to match to the translations. Brave singing at the end!

Good size top trump cards with numbers to 100 in figures and in words. Backing sheet with common game language which I print directly onto the other side, obscuring what the card is.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Learn vocab of the family, use parts of ser - to be, use tener - to have, describe positions of people in a family photo (or members of a family in a grid), and see how tener works to say how you feel.

A presentation of how to use the verb gustar and a list of things and activities that learners decide if they like or not, then tell each other about. Learners then write a paragraph about who they are, what they like and what they have in common with peers.

The materials here allow learners to create a beautiful wheel that they can turn to learn the words below. The song is logicallly linked to the English version, but not a direct translation.

I have a puppet that the children feed this food to. Then they colour in the pictures and practice theri writing as they trace the words.

Presentation of gustar and how to use it to say what you like about your town (or not).