Tía Monica dances moving her socks, pants, hat - 6 items of clothing. Words and music.

The children learn about putting a book together. They choose the pages they want, cut them on the line down the middle, choose card for the front and back, choose a title and illustrate their cover. In the next session (after the books have been stapled) the learners roleplay reading a story to a younger child.

After talking about hibernation and making craft beds for dormice, we learned and sang this song as the children first pretend to sleep, then jump up and hop about. It is a spring song.

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.

A Spanish nursery rhyme - the chicks say cheep, the dogs bow wow - with finger puppets to make, with lyrics and music indicated.

Toddler group management will be familiar with the rhyme: clap your hands, 123, put your hands upon your knee. Here is a Spanish version I wrote for a toddler group but use in reception.

Chu Chu wa is a marching song with actions that become increasingly sillier. The tune is available on youtube (I recommend Grupo Encanto), and the children can draw actions before performing song as a reward at the end.

Print this onto card, and the children cut card flaps to stick over the pictures. Then children play 'reading to baby' as they look for the hidden items.

Count the hands and say what they do - clap, wave, talk etc. Read the words that come up and put your hands in if you have that strip. Count how many hands are in.

A Spanish seesaw song I wrote to teach young children the Spanish vowel sounds

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

These numbers help learners to count aloud, and serve as replacements for 2 dice when cut into individual squares and put in an envelope.

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.

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

Words to colour in Spanish and a space for a self portrait. My learners took them home and put them on fridges etc.

Lessons for 2nd half of autumn term with suggestions for a class per week ending with a Christmas theme. I hope it is useful to you

Learners earn the right to colour in a province of Spain for their team. Rewards can be given for the most coloured map each session or the first to complete the map, rather like marbles in the jar.

Several outdoor activity ideas that combine introductory Spanish with the bear hunt story, songs and games.

Quiz to exploit BBC video about the languages used in Newcastle United Football Club, concentrating on Spanish.

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.