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.

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

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)

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.

As I read this story to the children they have short intervals to do what the children in the story are doing. They end up inventing a game called La monja and el diablo in which some language can be used - either English or Spanish. Every group of children invent a different game.

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.

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

There is a chore or activity attached to each day. This is a challenging but rewarding song.

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.

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

I make a book about the shrinking puddle and read it with the children. On a sunny day we make puddles with watering cans in the yard, then we chalk around them and return to them at intervals to rechalk. This book reflects this activity and gives you Spanish language to incorporate into the activity.

The idea is for the children to colour strips of paper as the words indicate (all red, mostly red, a little red) and then cut them out. The learners follow the teacher's Spanish instructions to make shapes with their strips of paper.

Write a letter to Pedro. Include 3 time frames and appropriate greetings.\nHave a conversation with a Spanish friend about what to do, as you are feeling unwell.\nRead about Spanish around the world and answer questions in English.\nWrite to the Spanish family you are going to do a language exchange with, telling them about the county (eg. Devon) where you live.

Words and expressions for weather\nA telephone conversation about the weather\nA postcard about the weather\nA narrative about the weather through the year in a place you know well (invention allowed, as always)

Finding past tense endings\nPast tense battleships\nSome irregular past tense verbs\nWhat you did yesterday\nTalking about your last holiday\nUsing direct object pronouns in the past\nGloria Estefan sings in the past tense