Category Archives: Spanish Festivals and Traditions

El día de la Madre: free Spanish teaching resource

Help children to appreciate cultural diversity by comparing how Mother’s Day is celebrated in Spain with how we celebrate it in England. In Spain, Mother’s Day takes place on the first Sunday in May, rather than in March. They celebrate … Continue reading

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Easter Egg Hunt game: free Spanish Teaching resource KS2/KS3

Can your pupils design ‘una caza del huevo de Pascua’ – an Easter Egg Hunt game? Challenge them to play the game they design but only to speak Spanish.

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National Foreign Language Week (US): 5–11 March 2012

It was back in 1957 that the National Council of Alpha Mu Gamma was inspired by its then National President to make the United States aware of the need for and importance of foreign language study through the celebration of NFLW. … Continue reading

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El día de San Valentín: free Spanish teaching resource

Here is a Spanish Valentine’s Day poem: Nunca digas nunca Tampoco digas siempre Pero dime que me amas Como nunca y para siempre. (Never say never, Never say forever, But tell me you love me, For forever.)

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When is Christmas in Spain?: free teaching resource

Are your children aware that by the time they come back to school in January, children in Spain will still not have had their presents?

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