Spanish Resources

Why are understandable, compelling Spanish novels for beginners so hard to find? As I pondered this question, the answer became evident. How can one write a captivating story using simple [...]

Is "Spring Fever" causing your students to disengage? Discover high-interest Spanish games and activities designed to deliver comprehensible input while keeping energy high. Explore digital [...]

“You taught Spanish 3 last year! It’s my turn!” a Spanish teacher colleague said. Yep! In our world language department, we stake our claim to the coveted level three Spanish course. Then: [...]

In this blog post, I share activities and strategies that have worked well in my French and Spanish classes to increase student engagement, and therefore, to increase proficiency in reading, [...]

Spanish Four is my favorite level to teach because students are highly motivated, but you don’t have to spend hours every day correcting essays as you do in AP Spanish. You DO have to correct [...]

You see a Spanish-speaking guy or gal, and it’s love at first sight (amor a primera vista), but you don’t have the language skills (or the courage) to approach the person. What do you [...]

What the heck are Chat Mats, also called Conversational Maps or Language Place Mats? Chat Mats were originally started to help people connect. What a great idea! Remember being single and going [...]

The biggest challenge when teaching vocabulary is having enough activities to provide students with sufficient language in context. In this post, I’ll show you how I teach the clothes and colors [...]

In this post, I will talk about the challenges of teaching beginning Spanish and how to overcome those challenges. I will also show you everything you need to teach Spanish One, and provide links [...]

Would you like a few ideas for teaching Spanish numbers 1-100 that will totally engage students? In this post, I will share with you how I teach the numbers. I will also share printable and [...]