This is a nice craft activity or simply a finger rhyme. There is a lovely version of this song by Grupo Encanto on Cantajuego Volume 4. You can see it on the 2nd half of the video linked above.
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.
Consider why the alphabet is useful. Practice the vowels in a catchy chant. Go through the sounds of the Spanish alphabet. Practice spelling words to your classmates. Think about spelling and how you feel about it. Spell out your names. Play the alphabet challenge with a friend.
A set of activities and instructions that last me half a term and which give my upper primary children the language to play a game of guess who in Spanish, that they have made themselves.
Language focus: facial features and colours
Spanish e-book to support learners as they begin to speak Spanish. 160 pages of explanations, examples, exercises and resources to help and encourage your students.
Written in Spanglish, the English - Spanish mix that maximises exposure to the target language at the same time as allowing full comprehension (as long as the student is preparado to make a few guesses inteligentes). Cognates are used wherever possible.
The course is written around 5 themes: introductions, countries, occupations, the family and ordering in a cafe. There are also lots of varied activities throughout to practice the basics of pronunciation and using numbers.
This book is designed to be easy to use in the classroom, and for learners to be able to read through and remember outside the classroom. It minimises preparation time. With plenty of pictures throughout, 14 point text and double line spacing, it is accessible to dyslexic students. This book has a friendly, conversational style and makes suggestions about how to study and how to remember new words.
Non-Spanish speakers have read this book, and told me that they were able to read it from cover to cover. One reviewer said, "You don't realise when it is Spanish you are reading, because it all blends in." I hope Spanish teachers and students give this book a try, because I have found it to be successful in engaging my learners and giving them the knowledge and the confidence to speak Spanish.
A worksheet to use after looking at the BBC Primary Spanish site, which consolidates learning about personal information, and includes a flag colouring activity.
Learn words for clothing items
Use 'it' and 'them' to refer to clothes
Have dialogues about sizing and buying clothes
Have a guessing game about colours
Find Spanish words in an article about the flamenco dress.
An explanation of masculine and feminine, introducing el and la, and an opportunity to guess the gender of animal words. A test of the animal words is also included. If you can get hold of sing, watch and learn Spanish published by McGraw Hill the animals in this activity are all those in the first video/ song on the dvd, which makes nice revision.
There are 3 games on the sheet. Game 1, each child chooses 4 items of clothing from the illustrated vocab given, and writes them in game 1 column. Then the first learners to tick off their 4 items are the winners.