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Why it is good to learn Spanish, with the following lesson teaching yes, no, him, her and me, in Spanish.

Talking about what you like and agreeing or disagreeing with peers Studying how to talk about personal data, comparing with peers, and writing a paragraph Looking at the past tense with gustar

Find out what the rules are and the Spanish words for them. Think about putting actions to Spanish words. Put actions to the Spanish rules words and practice the actions.

Jobs with pictures labelled in English and in Spanish so learners can play pelmanism naming the job in the language they are looking for.

A revision of the present perfect, with 2 tasks: review what you have done since you won the lottery, and write to a friend saying what you have done so far to get ready for Christmas.

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

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

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.

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.

In lockdown 2020 I set out to create an accessible Spanish course for beginners by making one video lesson per day for 100 days. The complete set of 100 videos is now available on YouTube, and to compliment them I made notes outlining what I thought were the key learning points from each day. I include these notes as a PDF for your students. Most of the people who use my lessons are older, but there are some school age children that I know who subscribe and they have been really successful in learning to speak Spanish. I believe that learning languages doesn’t have to be a formal thing. Learning languages is a natural thing. When you already have a language, the easiest way to learn a language and the most natural way to learn a language is to mix your new language with the one you already have. I create my resources in line with this view, which means I can optimize the amount of Spanish that learners are exposed to without compromising on understanding. This gives learners confidence to engage with Spanish and to speak Spanish. That is what I have found with my learners, and I hope you will find the same with your learners.

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.

Lesson plan with resources to learn greetings at different times of day.

Learners read the first page and decide what each person wants. Learners turn to the second page and try to say what people want in Spanish, using the pictures as prompts. I cut them out, so I have a book with alternating pages words - no words, and learners make the same.

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.

Lesson 2 continues on from Introduction to Spanish lesson: /teaching-resource/introduction-to-spanish-11706470 Boys and girls choose affirmations beginning with "Soy ...", eg soy contento or soy contenta, to introduce the idea that some adjectives agree with gender. Children work with professions cognates, eg soy recepcionista en un hotel, creating memory cards they can use to play matching pairs games with friends/ test each other with. Link to La Bamba video with bi-lingual lyrics for the quote "Yo no soy marinero, soy captián." Pronunciation work for the letters J and G, and animated review of the lesson.

Covers: the letter ñ; giving your name; yes, no and don't know with a name guessing game; tú, usted and how are you?; how are you game; review of lesson.

A tutorial with activities to help build vocabulary and phrases which you can use when ordering food. Two dialogues to exchange with a peer, speaking and testing each other's knowledge as your partner has the Spanish you need to produce. A look at stem changing verbs, with examples to practice.

A collection of web addresses I use with descriptions.

Colour by number Christmas cards with Christmas greetings in Spanish

Raising learners' awareness of idioms in English and in Spanish, and of how items translate.