The children count with you in Spanish to 20 with the numbers in front of them, then work to guess how many animals are in each group before counting and labelling them in Spanish.

Identifying items from the Spanish speaking world Classroom language Spelling rules Getting to know you questions

Children learn to say we give thanks, who to give thanks to - Mother Earth in this case, and what to give thanks for - fruit in this case. They sing a song and make a greetings card. There is a youtube video of me teaching this lesson to 3 puppets (!) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBMPqk4Pybk

Children practice the numbers 1-12, and learn the words of the phrases in this game:\n'What's the time Mr Wolf?'\n'It&'s 3 o clock'\n'It&';s dinner time'\nThe children play the game with sheep counters on a board.

Students study words for family members - children, parents and siblings. They then study the verb tener, and talk to each other making statements and questions about possessions. They watch a video, then they practice a short dialogue in open and closed pairs asking, for example, "Do you have cousins?" "What are they called?" This is a very structured lesson, giving maximum guidance to less confident speakers of Spanish.

Read about the festivals and use the rubric to write about them. Listen to what peers found out and extract details from what they say, to be noted on the Festivals compliment document.

In this lesson I explain how to preparar una fiesta de Halloween to help your niños learn un poco de español. The key words are: • Bruja = witch, say “brooha” • Araña = spider, say “aranya” • Telaraña = spider’s web, say "telaranya" Las actividades (keep track of los campeones) Preparar la casa or la clase by decorating it with araña chains or streamers. Escribir invitaciones to amigos, using un poco de español. Put araña and bruja pictures about for a competition: ask los niños to go and find ¿Qué color is araña número 1, 2, 3? ¿Qué animal does bruja 1, 2, 3 have? Make telaraña pictures on black papel, using glue and flour. You have to wait until la telaraña is seca. Who made a good one? Make imágenes de arañas or brujas on your plato with la comida. Who can make a good araña or a great bruja? Sing “Las brujas de Halloween” song. Play the Simon Says game with Brujas. Actions could include: fly on your broomstick stroke your cat cast a spell walk like a zombie stir the cauldron jump out and frighten someone Memorizar the short poema that teaches gracias and adiós … el adulto should take out one word at a time, and los niños keep trying to read the whole thing even with words covered. Celebrar with prizes. The importante thing is to use español with los niños for words that they can guess from el contexto, or because they are very similar to the translation en inglés, without it ever being too difícil. And claro, es importante to have fun!

A worksheet to maximise the value of the BBC short video about languages and sport emphasizing Spanish. The children needed several viewings with pauses.

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.

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.

These are two books - one has key words replaced by pictures which children have to read as words; the other has English and Spanish dual text for the children to illustrate. I ask them to learn a page each so they can tell the story without the words, and video it so they can monitor their performances.

Spanglish Fantástico is a set of video lessons. They use a mixture of strong Spanish cognates and English to present the learning. The videos have text and the sound together learners can get a good grasp of pronunciation. These are lessons that I am teaching in class, and teachers can watch them and copy the lessons easily. There is a strong focus and emphasis on speaking Spanish in these lessons. My learners access the videos in 2 ways: either they watch the videos before the classes to boost their confidence in class and in preparation for speaking; or they watch the videos after class to review what we have done, and to give themselves time to take it all in at their own pace. (A third way they are using the video books is to catch up with lessons that they are unable to attend). If you are a teacher and want some ideas for your classes, or if you want to recommend some easy to watch videos to your students, then I would love to share my work with you.

A bilingual English girl experiences bullying while living in Spain for the summer. A gentle, enjoyable story about two cultures that includes lots of Spanish words for your class to learn. The children’s friendship issues are resolved by talking, working and playing together. The story is parallel text English Spanish by new author, Natalia Simons and is available from Amazon. https://amzn.to/3pxoIIH Your children will enjoy reading the book and I recommend you buy a copy for your classroom, but you can access this complete lesson before your book arrives. There is a reading of the book available to you on YouTube accompanied by the book artwork and endorsed for use in school by the author. https://youtu.be/drGtlvFntxU In this beautiful cross-curriculum lesson the first sheet, WORDS AND IDEAS, focuses on 7 high-frequency and strong cognate items of vocabulary, followed by discussion questions on the main themes of the story: having two homes and cultures and the difficulties of being different. The second sheet gives children a chance to play with the word RARA, meaning strange, with a focus on rolling the letter r and creating Spanglish sentences using the word RARA. There are then two vocab tests so you can assess children’s understanding and openess to Spanish as a second language. There is no need to teach this vocab if the children have watched the video of the story. The third sheet provides flashcards for 18 key vocab items from the story. You can use these however you like to use flashcards. There is a suggestion for a game of bingo. Make sure you are comfortable with the pronunciation by watching the video https://youtu.be/drGtlvFntxU or play using an excerpt of your choice from the video (if you fancy paying very close attention to the Spanish words that are being used!) The last sheet for students is a vocabulary list of all the Spanish used in the video to present the story. You can challenge the students to re-tell the story using as much of the Spanish vocabulary as possible, or perhaps they can create new stories of their own. It is nice for children to have a choice, after all. Finally, I have included a Spanglish text for teachers, explaining the use of Spanglish as a teaching method. Having tested this text on non-Spanish speaking colleagues, I am confident that you will be able to access this text, whether or not you are already a Spanish speaker. I hope you and your students enjoy the lesson, and I hope that your school buys a copy of THE SPANGLISH GIRL for your classroom. Thank you for looking! I have marked chapters in the video to make it easier for you to navigate in class. By hovering the mouse over the bottom of the video you should find bars to indicate where the chapters start and finish: Intro, Story, Outro.

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.

Choose between a Christmas catch up letter in which you tell a friend what you have done this year, or an interview with a journalist about how winning the lottery has changed your life.

Presentation and testing of directions vocabulary, followed by opportunities to practice phrases giving and taking directions to popular tourist destinations from Madrid.

Questions in Spanish to find out how other people see themselves.

Learners need to place their treasure and hunt for it using coordinates. Clues can be given out using the hot, warm, cold system, which can then transform into a physical game in a large room.

Learn words for clothing items\nUse 'it' and 'them' to refer to clothes\nHave dialogues about sizing and buying clothes\nHave a guessing game about colours\nFind Spanish words in an article about the flamenco dress.

Vocabulary of furniture and renting apartments, finding the right flat for people's needs, and offering your house in an exchange programme.