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Acknowledgements
These materials have been devised by Vanessa Brodie, International
Officer with the Curriculum Advisory and Support Services of the
Education and Library Boards, Northern Ireland.
Thanks to Diana Delargy and Christa Brodie for their help with the
graphics in this Module.
Contents
Effective Practice
P3
Initial Greetings
P5
Numbers
P7
Colours
P9
Games/Simple commands P 10
Feelings
P 12
P 13
Body Parts
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Animals
P 17
Fruits
P 20
Relating Activities to
Areas of Learning
P22
EXTRA RESOURCES
Supplementary List
P 24
Navidad
P 25
P 32
Initial greetings
Hola!
Buenos das
Hola!
Children stand in a space around room. Ask them to crouch into
a little ball on the floor and then slowly uncurl and stand and
stretch as high as they can. While they do this they whisper
the word Hola, getting slightly louder as they grow. Eventually
they will shout it! To cool down, they go slowly back to the ball
shape, gradually lowering their voice into a final whisper.
Sentaos por favor
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Nmeros
Introduce numbers 1-6 only to begin with.
Uno dos tres
cuatro cinco seis
You can introduce them with rhythm eg Uno ( clap clap clap)
dos ( clap clap clap) tres ( clap clap clap ) etc
Or ask the children to say the numbers and do an action at the
same time eg Tapping their head / stamping their feet /
marching / etc. Everyone copies the leader and does the same
action.
En La Casa De Pinocho Todos Cuentan Hasta Ocho,
Uno,dos tres cuatro, cinco, seis,siete ocho , PINOCHO!
Number Voices
Once children are confident with Spanish numbers,
introduce different voices e.g. ask the children to say a
number sequence in a certain voice tired / angry / happy /
baby voice / posh voice etc
Uno Dos Tres Cuatro Cinco - with actions for a calming
activity!
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Colores
Introduce colours a few at a time using brightly coloured
objects (e.g. bean bags).
Rojo Amarillo Azl Verde Blanco Negro Violeta
Rosa Naranja ( Gris Marrn Morado)
You can play lots of games to reinforce the learning process.
1. Qu falta? Which one is missing?
Ask the children to close their eyes(Cerrad los ojos) and then
you take one of the coloured objects away. Then ask children
to open their eyes( Abrid los ojos) and guess the missing
colour: Que Falta?
The child who guesses correctly can take your place and have a
turn at hiding one of the colours. Tell the children that they
must not be tramposos (cheaters!).
2. Busca el color .
Ask the children to find you different coloured objects around
the room: Carlos, el color rojo por favor
When Carlos brings back an object the other children have to
say if he has brought back the correct colour, correcto, or the
wrong one, falso / incorrecto
3.Tocad el color
Teacher calls out a colour and the children have to go and
touch the colour somewhere in the room.
4.Las Cuatro Esquinas de Colores
Put 4 coloured flashcards around the room. Children move to
music and when this stops they go to one of the coloured
flashcards and shout out: Qu color?
5.La Bomba
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Osito
Osito
Osito
Osito
Osito
Simn Dice
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Feelings - Sentimientos
Introduce Qu tal? or Cmo ests?
Use the smiley/sad faces and teach: Muy bien, gracias /
estupendo/a / regular / as as / mal / fatal
Use drama and mime puppets can be used to great effect.
Gradually introduce some new feeling words such as triste,
aburrido(a), cansado(a), enfadado(a),tmido(a), valiente,
emocionado(a).
Again, use mime, gesture, flashcards.
Juego: Quietos,por favor!
Children move around the classroom to music or a Spanish song.
When music stops, teacher calls out a feeling word eg
enfadado! and children mime the word using dramatic
gestures. Ask the children to freeze Quietos! Teacher
takes photos of the children portraying different moods!
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Los Patitos
Dos patitos se fueron a nadar
CUA CUA CUA
El ms pequeito no saba nadar
CUA CUA CUA
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Finger Rhymes
Toc Toc Toc
Dedo Gordo
Dnde ests?
Ssh! Estoy durmiendo ( snore snore! ronquidos)
Toc Toc Toc
Dedo Gordo
Dnde ests?
Estoy aqu
Hola! ( kiss kiss!)
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Body Chant
Mis manos hacen clap,clap,clap
Mis pies hacen stamp, stamp, stamp
Mi boca hace la, la, la
Cintura hace cha cha cha
Cabeza Ojos Nariz Y Boca
Cabeza, ojos, nariz y boca x3
Vamos a bailar!
( Like head, shoulders, knees and toes)
El Payaso Pln Pln
El payaso pln pln
Se pinch (ay!) la nariz,
Y a los cinco minutes,
Hizo fuerte achs!
(Sing to the tune of Happy Birthday and use a red nose if
possible)
Con El Dedo Dedo Dedo As Baila el Marinero
Con el dedo dedo dedo x2
As baila el marinero
Baila el marinero x2
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Animalitos
Introduce some animals with this age group but relate them to
the rhymes / songs that you are teaching. Talking about animal
noises in the different languages is interesting for the
children. Use puppets/ soft toys. Making venetian masks conejo (rabbit) or Gato (cat) is a popular activity for the
younger learners. Photocopies included.
Los Patitos
( See page 8)
Venetian Masks
Children colour in masks and cut them out with the teachers
help. Attach a straw to the back of the mask so that the
children can hold them up in front of their faces.
Conejo, conejo, dnde ests?
Estoy aqu!
Gatito Gatito, dnde ests?
Estoy aqu!
En La Granja de Perico ( Old Macdonald had a Farm)
( next page)
Una Pequea Bestia (this rhyme is a hit with P1s!)
Una pequea bestia
Que sube, sube, sube,
A la cabeza
A la nariz
A la boca
(swallow, dramatically!)
QUE ES?
Una araa!
(Repeat with una oruga )
(Use finger puppets and lots of dramatic gestures!)
2nd edition March 09
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En la Granja de Perico
1. En la granja de Perico, i a i a o
En la granja de Perico, i a i a o
Con el perro, guau, perro, guau
Perro, perro guau, guau, guau
En la granja de Perico, i a i a o
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Las Frutas
Introduce the following fruits: manzanas, naranjas, pltanos,
fresas, uvas, peras.
Bring in artificial (but realistic!) ones if you have them, or
better still, a sample of the real thing so that the children can
eat them afterwards!
If possible, have a selection peeled and chopped so that the
children can taste them. This is always popular!
Go over the vocabulary, holding up fruit or flashcards and
encouraging the children to echo all the words.
They can then try to repeat this rhyme con ritmo y
Manzanas y naranjas
Pltanos y fresas
Uvas y peras
Manzanas y naranjas
suerte
Las Frutas.
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Numbers:
Mambo The Arts (music listen and respond expressively to
music).
Colours:
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Quietos por favor! The Arts (music, drama, art and design).
Las Frutas:
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todo el da durmiendo
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El FIN
..y patito y ratoncito vivieron felices hasta el fin de sus das !
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