Spanish Level 1
Numbers 1 - 31
First Level Significant Aspects of Learning
• Use language in a range of contexts and across learning
• Develop confidence and enthusiasm to communicate using the
language being learnt
• Begin to develop an awareness of other countries, cultures and
languages
• Listen and join in with simple songs, stories and rhymes
• Explore and recognise patterns and sounds of language through
listening, watching and playing
• Understand, respond to and say simple greetings and personal
information (e.g. name)
• Repeat and understand simple familiar language from a familiar
source
• Actively take part in simple daily routine language
• Participate in familiar games including outdoor learning
• Begin to explore resources to support my learning e.g. picture
dictionaries
Numbers 1 - 31
¿Cuánto?
How many?
uno
dos
tres
cuatro
cinco
seis
siete
ocho
nueve
diez
once
doce
trece
catorce
quince
dieciseis
diecisiete
dieciocho
diecinueve
veinte
one
two
three
four
five
six
seven
eight
nine
ten
eleven
twelve
thirteen
fourteen
fifteen
sixteen
seventeen
eighteen
nineteen
twenty
Numbers 1 - 31
veintiuno
veintidos
veintitres
veinticuatro
veinticinco
veintiseis
veintisiete
veintiocho
veintinueve
treinta
treinta y uno
twenty-one
twenty-two
twenty-three
twenty-four
twenty-five
twenty-six
twenty-seven
twenty-eight
twenty-nine
thirty
thirty-one
¿Cuánto?
uno
dos
tres
cuatro
cinco
seis
siete
ocho
nueve
diez
once
doce
trece
catorce
quince
dieciseis
diecisiete
dieciocho
diecinueve
veinte
veintiuno
veintidos
veintitres
veinticuatro
veinticinco
veintiseis
veintisiete
veintiocho
veintinueve
treinta
treinta y uno
Embedding the language
You can use numbers to count things throughout
your lessons.
Combien challenge!
Every time the teacher calls, “¿cúanto?” the
pupils have to count whatever they have in front
of them and then say it in Spanish.
Once you have learnt the days of the week and
the months, you can use the numbers for dates
at the start of every day.
I have explored numbers, understanding that they represent quantities, and I can
use them to count, create sequences and describe order.
MNU 0-02a
Sample activities
You will find a bank of sample activities which you can use to
practice the vocabulary in the classroom.
This is not a prescriptive list of activities and you can use or
adapt them to suit the needs of your class.
1 – 20 counting rhyme
¡Esconde, esconde, cuenta, cuenta!
1. Esconde, esconde, cuenta, cuenta means hide hide
count count in Spanish. The teacher has an object which
will then be hidden somewhere in the class. A teddy for
example.
2. One pupil leaves the class and another pupil hides the
object somewhere in the room.
3. The pupil who was outside now comes back in and must
find the hidden object whilst the rest of the class count in
Spanish, getting louder as they get nearer to the object
and quieter as they get further away (like hot and cold).
4. You can get them to count to whichever number you are
working up to (e.g. 20) and then repeat it twice to give
I havethem
explored
numbers,
understanding
enough
time
to look.that they represent quantities, and I can
use them to count, create sequences and describe order.
MNU 0-02a
Esconde, esconde,
cuenta, cuenta
Una persona
sale de la clase
Una persona esconde
el juguete
Esconde, esconde,
cuenta, cuenta
La persona
vuelve a la
clase…
¡Y busca el
juguete!
Contamos
FUERTE
Contamos suave
si la persona
está cerca del
juguete.
si la persona
está lejos del
juguete.
Round class counting
1. Give everyone in the class a number from 1 – 31 (or however high
you are counting to at the time). You can double up numbers if
this doesn’t work out with the number of pupils in the class.
2. Ask them to each write their number (as a number) on a sheet of
paper in front of them.
3. Now go round the class with each pupil standing and shouting out
their individual number as you count up.
4. Once they get become more confident, you can time them doing
this around the class and see if they can beat their own time.
5. Shuffle pupils around so that they are in a different seat but with
the same numbers and repeat the activity.
6. Shuffle pupils again so that they get a new number.
7. This activity could be done in a circle to make it easier to organise.
Action numbers
With the class, choose an action to go with each of the
numbers to help teach them.
You might want them to do this in pairs , share with groups
and then choose the best ones which will make up the class
actions.
e.g.
uno = hitting a tennis ball
dos = a punch
tres = a guitar strum
cuatro = a cat gesture
You can then follow this up by doing the action and getting
them to say the numbers.
¡Once!
1. Pupils stand in a circle
2. They will then count to 11 with each person saying either
1, 2 or 3 numbers e.g. Sophie 1, 2 – Tom – 3,4,5 – Danny –
6, 7 etc.
3. Whoever lands on the number 11 is then out and sits
down.
4. The winner is the last person standing.
Haced un
circolo en el
centro de la
clase
¡Once!
Contad uno, dos
o tres números
Por ejemplo…
Persona a: 1, 2
Persona b: 3,4,5
Persona c: 6
La persona que
diga, “11” está
eliminada!
¡La última
persona gana!
¿Cuántos hay?
1. Teacher shows the following pictures and pupils have to count
them up and say how many there are.
2. Each time teacher asks the class – ¿Cuántos hay? (how many are
there?). As you move through the images, get the class to join in
with the question.
3. Following on from this you can do a paired/group activity with
different objects on each table.
4. Pupils ask their partners/groups to cerrad los ojos (close your eyes)
and they take away or add objects to those in the centre.
5. They then ask their partner/group to abrid los ojos (open your
eyes) and ask the question, ¿Cuántos hay?
6. They then answer hay ___ and how ever many there are.
¿Cuántos hay?
¿Cuántos hay?
¿Cuántos hay?
¿Cuántos hay?
¿Cuántos hay?
¿Cuántos hay?
¡Lotería!
Dibujad seis
cajas
12
6
5
4
20
1
Escoged y escribid seis
números entre 1 y 20.
¡Lotería!
Dibujad seis
cajas
12
16
15
14
20
11
Escoged y escribid seis
números entre 10 y 20.
¡Lotería!
Dibujad seis
cajas
12
6
5
4
20
1
Escoged y escribid seis
números entre 10 y 31.
Songs!
You will find a bank of sample songs which you can use to
practice the vocabulary in the classroom.
This is not a prescriptive list of songs and you can use or adapt
them to suit the needs of your class.
Spanish numbers safari
ICT Resources online
You will find a bank of sample ICT activities which you can use to
practice the vocabulary in the classroom.
This is not a prescriptive list of activities and you can use or
adapt them to suit the needs of your class.
You will find a set of more supported activities in Early Feelings
and more challenging activities in Level 2 Feelings.
Each of the slides contains an image of the website page. If you
click on the image it will take you to the page. Alternatively you
can use a link address which you will find in the slide notes.
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¡Adiós!