¡Hola!
I'm Janina. I've been teaching and learning languages for a LONG time! I have a BA in Theater Arts and Foreign Languages and an MA in the Teaching of Languages. I love creating engaging experiences for learners that build proficiency. I published a book with some of my favorites in Building Proficiency for World Language Learners: 100+ High-Interest Activities.
Learn more and get your copy here.
I spend a portion of my summer every year planning and authoring materials to do just that so I can still have a life.
I have crafted this library for teachers that offers easy-to-understand lessons, resources, lesson planning and educational material. Perfect for teachers and educators who want to save time preparing in their Spanish language classes.
Enroll for all of the lesson bundles, games, activities + 5 Essentials for Teaching Spanish and pay one time. I am often inspired, create loads of content and get it posted when I can.
Are you a teacher looking for comprehensive, engaging and fun activities for you Spanish classes?
Do you want to experience the power of teaching with comprehensible input (CI) and add some ready-made effective lessons to your repertoire?
Are you finding it hard to balance between work and life? If so, then this is the place for you.
I have developed an extensive library of materials, lessons, resources, projects and games for immersive, CI proficiency-oriented and student-centered activities. I have worked full time for more than 2 decades of summer breaks from school creating activities and experiences for learners of Spanish.
About this library…
This library is designed to help teachers create engaging Spanish lessons with a focus on building language proficiency. It includes lesson bundles, downloadable zip files, student-centered projects and over 100+ activities.
Benefits…
- Save with a bundle and get ready-made lessons
- Have fun learning Spanish with engaging activities
- Take advantage of affordable prices
- Get access to all the masterclasses at an affordable price
- Receive comprehensive CI materials and resources.
- Get new materials when I create them (often in the summer).
Here is what is includes:
- Introduction
- Comprehensible Input Immersive Spanish Lessons Plan Book and Materials
- Lesson Bundles
- Topics covering Meeting & Greeting, School, Clothing, Family, Describing People, Colors, Time & Time Activity
- Additional Topics like Age & Birthday - Likes & Dislikes - Health & Body Parts - Food and Drinks
- Hispanic Heritage Month
- Lesson Bundles: Downloadable Zip Files (Days/Months/Weather/Calendar; Routines/Calendar/CI Signs; Beginning Bingo Bundle; Number Bundles)
- Student-Centered Projects: Tech Theme; Tour of My House; La Familia; Las Compras; La Ropa; El Tiempo.
- 100+ Student-Centered Activities for Spanish
- CI Posters: Games, Guides and Handouts.
- Videos/language workouts for levels A, B and C+
- Language learning course
- Language teaching course
- New creations weekly I make when I'm not teaching-I'd share more if I had more time to post
- And so much more! I love this and want to save you time. Go have a life and keep your classes engaged and learning to communicate in Spanish.
$2470 value and growing.
Is this for you?
This collection is perfect for teachers who want to get started teaching in Spanish, or those who already have experience and are looking to keep learners engaged and still have a life.
Enroll now and get access to a library of materials, activities, games, projects, posters and more!
Looking for immersive, engaging, fun activities for your beginning Spanish classes?
Love teaching with comprehensible input, and looking to add some ready-made effective lessons to your repertoire?
Love teaching, but want work-life balance?
Looking for a huge bank of materials, lessons, resources, projects, games, presentation and ideas for immersive, CI, proficiency-oriented and student-centered activities PLUS the masterclasses?
5 Essentials for Teaching Spanish Masterclass: https://webinarkit.com/webinar/registration/61311b0468bc790018219159
Course Curriculum
- Meeting and Greeting
- School
- Clothing
- Family
- Describing People
- Colors
- Time
- Age and Birthday
- Likes and Dislikes
- Health and Body Parts
- Food and Drinks
- Hispanic Heritage Month
- Lesson Bundles: Downloadable Zip Files
- Number Bundles
- Emotions
- Tech Theme
- Spanish 1 Course Materials + Suggestions
- Spanish II Course Frameworks + Suggestions
- Spanish III Course Frameworks and Suggestions
- AP Spanish Language and Culture Framework
- Number Sub Plan
- Spanish Connect 4 Bundle
- Spanish Imperfect
- Spanish Preterit
- Spanish Subjunctive Centers
- Spanish Present Perfect
- Spanish Present Tense Irregular Verbs
- Spanish Future Tense Verbs
- Spanish Present Progressive
- Spanish Stem-change Center and Bundle
- Spanish Present Tense -ir verbs
- Spanish Present Tense -er Verbs
- Spanish Formal Commands
- Spanish Conditional
- Spanish -ar Verbs
- More Verb Workouts
- Verb Activity: Is it true?
- Verb Hear and Circle
- Informal Commands
- Resources to Master Verbs
- New Lesson
- 25 Ways to Learn Every Day
- 5 Weeks of Low and No Prep Fun (98:26)
- Checklist for a Proficiency-oriented Classroom (6:48)
- 7 Essentials to Speak Spanish Like a Native
- Measure Progress and Fluency at All Levels (56:40)
- Learn a Language with 3 Simple Tools
- Google for Guest Speakers and Other Fun Activities (19:52)
- Bonus: Immersive Vocabulary Assessments (5:04)
- 25ish Video Projects for Language Learners
- Language Learning Activities Using Paper
- Reading to Learn languages (1)
- Activities from Drama
- Verb Game: Connect 4
- Beat the Teacher: Verb conjugations
- 25 + Tic Tac Toe Games for Verbs
- Beat The Teacher
- Beginning Bingo Bundle
- 15 Google Slide Bingo Games
- Games, Guides and Handouts
- Spanish Verbs Workout
- Verb Conjugation Tic Tac Toe
- Verb Conjugation Bingo
- Tres en raya
- Verb Game: Casino
- Caramba
- Spanish Battleship Games
- Tres en Raya
- 13 Games to Use with your Vocabulary Page
- Verb Game: Tic Tac Toe
- Guess Who?
- New Guess Who Game Board
- New Lesson
- Predictions Games
- Telling Time Activities and Games
- Card Game: Verb Cucharas
- Card Game: Las Siete Familias
- 25+ Template PDF, editable links + videos
- More Templates
- Growing doc of handouts (copy this Google Doc)
- Pear Deck Activities
- Fluency Writing Templates
- SQ3R Template
- Argumentative Work Template
- Canva Templates for Spanish Class
- 32 Graphic Organizer, Support, Game and Survey Templates
- Hangman Sheets/Templates
- Dice Template
- Clock poster and TPR template
- Lesson and Sub Plan Templates
- Dialogue Template
- Conversation card templates
- Dialogue Template
- Google Form Activities
- Chat slide templates
- Chat Slides
- 35 Mini-projects
- Communicative Activities for Beginners
- Google Form Communicative Activities
- Preterite Activity: ¿Qué hiciste durante las últimas vacaciones?
- Speed Dating Project
- Descriptions Bundle
- Hispanic Heritage Month Speed Dating Project
- Vision Board Project
- Yes, No, Maybe
- Body Bio Project
- Shopping Scavenger Hunt
- Dialogues for Common Situations
- This or That Speaking Activities
- Hispanic Heritage Month Speed Dating Project
- Hispanic Heritage Month Hot Seat Project
- Possessives
- Composite Person
- CI Personality Quizzes
- More Description Activities
- Narration Activities- Our Stories
- Memoir Projects
Hi, I’m Janina Klimas. I am a teacher, linguist and author, and I will show you how to learn a language. I have taught languages for over 20 years on 3 different continents and speak 6 languages to various levels of fluency.
Janina has a BA in Theater Arts and Foreign Languages and an MA in the Teaching of Languages. She is certified to teach Spanish, English, drama, speech, language immersion and reading. She has led workshops for language teachers online, at the BETT Show in London, the annual ACTFL convention, Language Show Live in London, The AATSP Conference, The Polyglot Conference and at schools in Europe and the US. Janina has also contributed to The Language Educator, Fluent in Three Months, and has been featured on several podcasts, including NYT bestselling author Chris Guillebeau’s Side Hustle School podcast. She shares resources for teachers and learners of languages here. Her book, Building Proficiency in World Language Learners: 100+ High-interest Activities for Busy Teachers, is due out next year (2024).
I have a BA in Theater Arts and Foreign Languages, and an MA in the Teaching of Languages. I am certified to teach Spanish, English, drama, speech, language immersion and reading. I have led workshops for language teachers online, at the BETT Show in London, the annual ACTFL convention, the AATSP Conference, Language Show Live in London, The Polyglot Conference and at schools in Europe and the US. I have also contributed to The Language Educator, Fluent in Three Months and have been featured on the Breakthrough Success Podcast, including NYT bestselling author Chris Guillebeau’s Side Hustle School podcast.