A look at Spanish surnames and where their genesis, and Spanish fornames with gender indicated.

Lesson plan and activities to learn to say what you like in Spanish.

Getting to know you questions leading to conjugating verb work, and creating an interview about someone who works for peers to listen to.

Using subject pronouns and the verb ser, saying what people do, giving personal details such as phone numbers, and presenting people.

A beginners' lesson using ser, tengo and family words.

A chant to teach learners the parts of the body. Dance with Juanito.

A little book which children can add their own name to and the name of their teddy. I use it with a different child each time.

A big Spanish adaptation of the story, and a small one to print off for children to take home.

If the children would like a Spanish name for the day then I use these to give them a name and how to say it.

The story is dual lingual and has spaces for illustrations. It works if printed on both sides of A4 paper.

This song is about feeling cold and rubbing your hands, face and fingers to get warm. A good start to the class.

These are just cards with the words on, which need to be illustrated by the children before they can play dominoes.

A traditional game to throw the dice and collect all the clothes to draw on your body, naming the words as you go.

Simply big block words of the colours for the children to colour in and take home.

Parts of the body to shake are indicated and labelled in these cards, which learners use to play simon says (or Pepe dice) with their peers.

A matching pairs game with several attached activities and suggestions for learning, including a song.

Game cards give instructions in Spanish, then the children create their own mini version to play at the table.

After playing a traffic light game in the yard (rojo stop, amarillo, slow, verde fast) the children can colour in these lights and take them home. I translate the instructions to Spanish after a few goes.

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.

See the farm, and hear the noises the animals make. Words and music.