Spanish Early Level
Names
Early 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
Vocabulary
Names
There are two ways of asking someone’s name in Spanish. Use whichever you feel most
comfortable with.
¿Cuál es tu nombre?
¿Cómo te llamas?
Me llamo...
¿Quién es?
Es...
What is your name?
What are you called?
I am called...
Who is it?
It is...
¿Cuál es tu nombre?
¿Cómo te llamas?
Me llamo…
¿Quién es?
Es…
Embedding the language
You can use this when you are doing the
register in the morning and ask pupils to
say their name in Spanish.
Sample activities
You will find a bank of sample activities which you can use to
practise 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 challenging activities in First Level
Talking about yourself.
¿Cómo te llamas?
Clapping game
• All pupils sit in a circle and clap time to the
question ¿Cómo te llamas? (or whichever version of
the question you are using with your class). They
do this whilst also passing a toy around the circle.
• Pupils clap the question 3 times and whoever is
holding the toy when they stop must then say their
name in Spanish e.g. Me llamoTony.
• The class can then all answer, “Buenos días Tony!”
and continue with the game.
• To say let’s continue – it’s “¡Continuamos!”
Cabezas abajo, dedos arriba
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This is, “heads down, thumbs up!”
In a circle or at desks, pupils lie down or put their heads
down on the table and lift their thumbs up. You can amend
this according to the class.
3 pupils circulate amongst them, choose a pupil and put their
thumbs down.
Once time is up, the 3 who were chosen stand up, the whole
class ask “¿Quién es?” or and they then have to say which pupil
chose them by saying Es Paul (for example).
The pupils in question can then say Sí or No depending on if
they are correct or not.
Whoever guesses correctly then gets to choose for the next
round.
Títere play
Teacher can perform a puppet play for pupils with two puppets
(sock puppets for example). Here is an example script:
Puppet 1: (Pokes head out from behind teacher’s back) ¡Buenos días!
¡Buenos ¡días todo el mundo!
Class: ¡Buenos días!
Puppet 1: ¿Qué tal?
Class: ¡Bien!
Puppet can then ask pupils their names and ¿Qué tal?
Puppet 2 then appears
Puppet 2: ¡Buenos días todo el mundo!
Class: ¡Buenos días!
Puppet 1: ¿Quién es?
Class can then ask puppet 2 what their name is.
Puppet 2: Me llamo ___. ¿Y tú? ¿Cómo te llamas? (to puppet 1. (get class to
repeat the question).
Puppet 1: Me llamo.
Can the repeat ¿Qué tal? and finish with ¡Adiós! and a song.
¡Musical de estatuas!
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This is exactly the same as musical
statues but with a Spanish twist!
Play some Spanish music and pupils
dance.
As soon as the music stops, they
must freeze and then turn to the
person nearest to them and have a
short conversation which could
include:
¡Buenos días!, ¿Qué tal?, ¿Cómo te
llamas?, Me llamo___ and ¡Adiós!
This could be much shorter and just
use the name.
Songs and videos!
You will find a bank of sample songs and videos which you can use
to practise 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.
You will find a set of more challenging activities in First Level
Talking about Yourself.
Spanish Greeting song
(Spanish and English)
BBC Primary Spanish clip and
song
¡Buenos días! song
Ratounet – ¿Cómo te llamas? song
¡Adiós!