About ¡Hola Speekee!
¡Hola Speekee! is our 10-week series of free Spanish lessons for children at home.
- A free 10-week program with activities for three different age groups: up to 7 years, 7 to 9 years and 9-11 years
- There is 1 theme per week
- Free Spanish lesson plans which are easy for you to follow
- Free Spanish videos with real Spanish children in real Spanish locations
- Free Spanish audio clips to perfect pronunciation
- Free Spanish games and activities for children to complete alone or with family members
- Free Spanish printables to complement each lesson plan
- No registration, login or payment is required
Over the 10 weeks you will cover the following 10 themes:
Greetings. Numbers. Days / Months. Age. Colours. Animals. Family. Food. Likes and dislikes. Hobbies.
Days and Months
Activity 1
Victoriano loves to ride his bike! In this video he tells us all about it.
Most of the conversation isn’t relevant to this topic. The important bit is:
Interviewer: ¿Cuándo montas en bici?
Victoriano: Monto en bici los sábados y los domingos.
Which means:
Interviewer: When do you ride your bike?
Victoriano: I ride my bike on Saturdays and Sundays.
So now you can have a go - practise saying the days of the week (Lunes, Martes, Miércoles, Jueves, Viernes, Sábado and Domingo) and then if you’re feeling brave, put them into sentences like Victoriano. Here's the pronunciations to help you:
Language in this activity
| Spanish | Pronunciation | English | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lunes | looness | Monday | |
| Martes | mahrtess | Tuesday | |
| Miércoles | meeyerhcohless | Wednesday | |
| Jueves | hwehvess | Thursday | |
| Viernes | beeyehrness | Friday | |
| Sábado | sahbahdoh | Saturday | |
| Domingo | dohmeengoh | Sunday |
Now you’re ready for the activity sheet - just print it off and follow the instructions on there. If you don’t have a printer, copy out the crossword onto some paper.
Activity 2
This is Juanmi - he loves playing basketball with his friends. Here he is introducing the months.
Once you’ve watched the video a few times, practise saying and repeating them yourself, in order and then randomly.
Here’s a list of the months with correct pronunciation so you can check you’re learning it correctly:
Language in this activity
| Spanish | Pronunciation | English | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enero | ehnehroh | January | |
| Febrero | febrehroh | February | |
| Marzo | mahrthoh | March | |
| Abril | ahbreel | April | |
| Mayo | mahyoh | May | |
| Junio | huuneyoh | June | |
| Julio | huuleeyoh | July | |
| Agosto | agosstoh | August | |
| Septiembre | septeeyembreh | September | |
| Octubre | oktoobreh | October | |
| Noviembre | nohbeeyembreh | November | |
| Diciembre | dee-ethee-embreh | December |
When you’re happy with that, print out the activity sheet and follow the instructions on there. If you don’t have a printer, just write out each month of the year onto some paper.
