I am currently a Spanish teacher and I was tired of looking for effective, straightforward teaching resources for my Spanish students so I decided to make them myself! Prior to teaching, I was professionally trained in curriculum design & development. Today, my materials and approach to teaching Spanish are used by Spanish teachers all across the country! I am new to TES but wanted to explore another avenue for sharing my teaching resources with as many people as possible! Happy teaching!
I am currently a Spanish teacher and I was tired of looking for effective, straightforward teaching resources for my Spanish students so I decided to make them myself! Prior to teaching, I was professionally trained in curriculum design & development. Today, my materials and approach to teaching Spanish are used by Spanish teachers all across the country! I am new to TES but wanted to explore another avenue for sharing my teaching resources with as many people as possible! Happy teaching!
Who doesn’t like to play Pictionary?
This board game is a high-energy, always-a-hit game to play with your Spanish class. This game plays like the classic game of “Pictionary” only in this case, it is used to reinforce Spanish vocabulary! Students break up into two teams and try to out-guess each other when one of their team members attempts to draw a picture of a Spanish vocabulary word. Teams have only 60 seconds to guess what the drawing is in Spanish!
Vocabulary words are broken into four categories:
La Ropa
La Casa
La Comida
La Escuela
Spanish Vocabulary:
Clothing
Food (beverages, food, fruits & vegetables)
Items found in a house or parts of a house
School items
Detailed instructions included!
Teacher Tip!
If you’d like to use your own Spanish vocabulary, use a black Sharpie and write in your own vocabulary words on the blank category cards provided!
Teach your students about all 21 Spanish-speaking countries of the world using this country fact sheet activity.
Print out all 21 pages on white cardstock and then assign one country to each student.
Students will first have to do simple research on their assigned country and fill out their country fact sheet.
Then, students will fill in all of the blanks on the country fact sheet and color the flag, the map, and draw pictures with labels where needed.
Finally, students can present their country to the rest of the class in Spanish!
For a more involved activity, have each student complete the fact sheets for all 21 Spanish-speaking countries of the world.
Teacher Tip! An example of a finished country fact sheet is included at the end.
Included with this resource are:
Detailed instructions (NO PREP!)
One country fact sheet template for all 21 Spanish-speaking countries of the world (Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
One example of a finished fact sheet (Mexico)
Link to one of my favorite YouTube videos that works PERFECTLY with this activity
No prep! Just print and go! This is a fun holiday/winter activity for younger Spanish students to learn while having fun!
Learning Targets:
Listening Comprehension
Parts of the Body
Items of Clothing
Weather
Show the following video to your students: “Soy un Muñeco de Nieve” by Super Simple Español. Then, after watching the video, have them color and cut out the pictures. Finally, have your students paste the pictures in order and practice the simple story/song.
Use the page at the end to make a snowman mask!
Introduce your younger students to the 21 Spanish-speaking countries of the world using these fun coloring pages (7 total).
Overview (World Map)
The Caribbean
Central America
South America
Mexico
Spain
Africa
Teach parts of the body with this fun PowerPoint presentation that includes an overview, a Q&A, and a review section! Then, reinforce learning with these coordinating worksheets! Easy-peasy!
Learning targets: la cabeza, el cuerpo, la mano, los dedos, los hombros, el brazo, el estómago, la pierna, el pie, la rodilla, los dedos del pie, el pelo, la nariz, la boca, los ojos, la oreja
Images used with permission of Educlips!
There is no better way to teach kids about the names of foods in Spanish than with this fun, restaurant-style game! Students should first be familiar with basic food vocabulary in Spanish. Use menus, play money, place setting, and food flashcards and have kids role-play ordering food in Spanish at a restaurant. A class favorite for sure!
Included with this resource:
Menu for “El Restaurante Fantástico”
Place setting, one with labels and one without, (fork, knife, spoon, plate, glass, napkin, salt & pepper)
44 Food Flashcards for breakfast, lunch, dinner, drinks, and deserts
Detailed instructions for playing the game
Recommended for grades K-2nd!
Use this series of worksheets with your younger Spanish students to support classroom instruction! This resource includes a coloring page followed by worksheets and a short story for reading comprehension.
Recommended for grades K-2nd!
Use this series of worksheets with your younger Spanish students to support classroom instruction! This resource includes a coloring page followed by worksheets and a short story for reading comprehension.
¡Vamos a Hacer un Picnic!
Check out my video preview to see how this game is played. This is honestly the most efficient & fun way to teach a lot of vocabulary quickly! Students love it!
This is a fun game played with a single dice used to teach students the names of common food items in a fun, interactive way! In order to play this game, students should first be familiar with basic food vocabulary in Spanish. There are six categories and the first five include 12 food items in each:
Fruits or “FRUTA”
Vegetables or “VERDURA”
Main Dish or “PLATO PRINCIPAL”
Drink or “BEBIDA”
Dessert or “POSTRE”
If a player rolls a 6, he/she loses one item to the ants!
Directions:
For the game board, choose one of two pages, (one for a smaller, paper saving option and one for a larger option). Print out enough so that you have one per player or team. Laminate for durability.
Print out pages 4 & 5, front-to-back and keep as a reference for game play.
Print out the food cards on cardstock, (12 of each category), and cut along the lines, (pages 7-11).
For this game you will need:
One dice
Place setting, (one per player/team, small or large)
Food flashcards, (printed on cardstock)
Teacher Tip! Help students learn this vocabulary by writing the Spanish name for each item on the back of each flashcard. Also, if you like this game, be sure to check out one of my best selling resources, “¡El Restaurante Fantático!”
How to Play…
The object of this game is to be the first to collect at least one food item from each category before the ants take something away! The first player starts by rolling the dice. For a “1”, choose a fruit, “2” a vegetable, “3” a main dish, “4” a drink, and “5” a dessert. If a player rolls a “6”, he or she loses one item to the ants! If a player already has an item from a certain category, he/she may collect another for up to 2 items per category. For a more difficult game, the players must use the correct Spanish word for each item in order to collect it. If a player does not know any of the items or says the name incorrectly, the teacher should say the correct name out loud and move on to the next player. For a more simple game, teach the Spanish word for each item that is chosen to the players as review. The first player that collects a food item from each category is the winner.
Recommended number of players or partner teams, 4-5.
A great way to teach clothing in Spanish! Simply…
First watch this video on YouTube, “¿Qué meto en la maleta?” (link provided with resource)
Print out the next six pages in color on regular paper.
Have students cut out each item of clothing and paste on the appropriate suitcase according to what would be needed for each trip. (Trip 1 - the beach, Trip 2 - the mountains, Trip 3 - a wedding.)
Then have students color the items and write a description in Spanish of what they will need to pack for each trip.
For the last page, follow the instructions as written.
Vocabulary Covered:
Las gafas de sol
Las botas
Las chancletas
El gorro
Los pantalones
El sombrero
El vestido
La corbata
El abrigo
La chaqueta del traje
Los guantes
La camiseta
El suéter
Los zapatos de tacón
El traje de baño
Los zapatos
Los pantalones cortos
La bufanda
Note! Answer key provided at the end!
This is a fun activity for students to help them learn how to describe the weather in Spanish! This is a fun craft that can be used for all beginning Spanish students from Kindergarten and up! The only skills required are that the students know how to read and to draw. The activity takes about 1 hour to complete and can be used every day to help students remember how to describe the weather on any day of the year! Fun, easy, and extremely helpful!
Note! There are two versions of this activity. One that is more advanced and one that is more basic. Use the one that is most appropriate for your students!
Spanish Vocabulary covered:
Hace sol.
Hace calor.
Hace viento.
Está lloviendo.
Está nevando.
Hace frío.
Está nublado.
Está medio nublado.
There is no better way to teach kids clothing vocabulary in Spanish than with this fun, shopping simulation role-play game! A class favorite for sure!
The objective of this game is to be the first “shopper” to buy at least one item of clothing from five different categories before your opponents, but be careful not to run out of money! Shoppers have €100 to spend at their favorite store in Spain!
Included with this resource:
“Mi Tienda Favorita” catalog
Clothing flashcards (84 items!)
Play money in EUROS
Step-by-step instructions for playing the game
Links to YouTube videos that introduce clothing vocabulary in Spanish
SPANISH SKILLS/VOCABULARY:
Clothing Vocabulary (84 vocabulary words of clothing, shoes & accessories)
Numbers by 5’s to 100
How to Play…
You are going shopping at your favorite clothing store in Spain! Choose up to 5 individual shoppers or teams and 1 store attendant to begin the game.
Pass out a game board and €100 to each shopper. The store attendant will control the extra money for making change and the clothing items (flashcards).
Shoppers have €100 to spend but they need to buy at least one item from each of the following categories:
TOPS / DRESSES / COATS
PANTS or SKIRTS
SHOES
ACCESSORIES
HATS
Roll the dice. You will choose one item from the category according to the roll of the dice. ¡DESCUENTO! If you roll a 6, the item is on sale! Take 50% off the price of any item you like!
If you roll the dice and already have an item from that category, you may purchase something else from another player, from the store, or pass and wait for your next turn.
You LOVE accessories! If you roll a 4, you MUST purchase something from the accessory category.
In order to buy the item from each category, you must ask for it in Spanish using the correct vocabulary. (Refer to your catalog for help with this.) Keep your items on the game board by category.
The first person to purchase at least one item from each category without running out of money wins!
Use these fun Christmas-themed activities to teach your Spanish students some holiday-inspired vocabulary and phrases! Activities include the following:
Vocabulary-picture match (2)
Christmas crossword (clues in English or in Spanish)
Christmas word search
Snowman mask
Christmas songs with Spanish lyrics
I like to put on some festive music and dedicate an entire class to holiday fun!
Answer keys are included!
¡Feliz Navidad!
Recommended for grades K-2nd!
Use this series of worksheets with your younger Spanish students to support classroom instruction! This resource includes a coloring page followed by worksheets, a cut & paste activity, and a short story for reading comprehension.
Looking for more resources like this? Check out my “Español Básico, Libro 1” workbook series. Book 1 covers the following 10 lessons:
Saludos y Despedidas
Números, Alfabeto, Colores y Formas
El Calendario y El Tiempo
La Hora y Vocabulario de la Escuela
Los Verbos y “Me Gusta”
Los Animales y Las Partes del Cuerpo
Mi Familia
La Comida
¿Adónde vas? Y ¿Qué vas a hacer?
Los Países Hispanohablantes del Mundo
Recommended for grades K-2nd!
Use this series of worksheets with your younger Spanish students to support classroom instruction! This resource includes a coloring page followed by worksheets and a short story for reading comprehension.
Recommended for grades K-2nd!
Use this series of worksheets with your younger Spanish students to support classroom instruction! This resource includes a coloring page followed by worksheets and a short story for reading comprehension.
Recommended for grades K-2nd!
Use this series of worksheets with your younger Spanish students to support classroom instruction! This resource includes a coloring page followed by worksheets and a short story for reading comprehension.
Recommended for grades K-2nd!
Use this series of worksheets with your younger Spanish students to support classroom instruction! This resource includes a coloring page followed by worksheets and a short story for reading comprehension.
Use this series of worksheets with your younger Spanish students to support classroom instruction! This resource includes a coloring page followed by worksheets and a short story for reading comprehension.
This interactive activity will help your students understand conjugation starting with regular Spanish verbs in the present tense. (Great activity for hands-on learners!)
Help students understand this concept with a hands-on activity that will help them understand how to conjugate regular Spanish verbs using this analogy:
Build your house.
Add the correct endings to the stem of the verbs.
Put the people in the house.
Directions for activity:
Print out the next 3 pages, (one set per student).
Have students cut along the DOTTED lines.
Paste the verb endings into the “house” as illustrated.
Cut out individual rectangles of the personal pronouns and carefully staple each personal pronoun along the outer edge of the house over the top of the corresponding endings.
Finally, practice conjugating regular AR / ER / IR verbs using the list of regular verbs at the end.
(Use the illustration included as a guide.)
Teacher Tip! A list of regular Spanish verbs with their meaning in English is included for reference at the end. Use this list as a study guide and for conjugation practice along with this activity.