Increase engagement in your Spanish class with activities, classroom décor, student incentives, and a Teacher’s Inspiration guide—bundled for ease, curated to support your teaching goals! 

Make student engagement a reality in your classroom every day. Start with the inspiring and hard-won insights on what really motivates students from master teacher Bryan Kandel in his groundbreaking book, Give Them What They Want: A Guide to Increasing Enrollment in World Language Class. Then put these strategies to work with classroom tools that foster community, encourage participation, inspire creativity, scaffold learning, spark conversation, and transport your students daily to their own Spanish-speaking space. Download the free Teacher’s Inspiration guide for tips on how to make these resources come together for a transformative learning experience that will keep your students coming back day after day, year after year.

• Because students deserve your best so they can give their best.
• Because a joyful learning space is a successful learning space.
• Because engagement is possible with every student, every day.

This bundle comes with 11 Engagement Essential Items:

Give Them What They Want: A Guide to Increasing Enrollment in World Language Class

In this book, Bryan Kandel argues that language teachers need to stop trying to persuade and instead focus on providing strong classroom culture, a sense of community, opportunities for authentic communication, and dynamic class experiences. By focusing on these essential elements, teachers can create undeniable momentum in their classes, give students what they really want, and grow their World Language programs.

Magnetic Spinners

Use these magnetic spinning arrows to make almost anything into a game! Three styles: pointing finger, arrow, and pencil. Each measures 11 inches long x 2 inches wide. Heavy, glossy cardboard.

Set of 30 Neon Double-Sided Whiteboards

Perfect for answers, assessments, asking questions, and instant student feedback! Boards measure 6 x 8 inches. Assorted neon colors. Set of 30.

Park Güell Banner

This vibrant, large-size mural transports your Spanish classroom to Antoni Gaudí’s Park Güell in Barcelona, Spain. 6 x 4 feet. Fabric with grommets.

Question Word Signs

What's stopping you from posting the interrogatives? When will you get around to it? How will kids learn these important words if you don't get this set? Who else will teach them? OK, OK, we'll stop with the questions—but wait, one more! Where are you going to hang these? Ten 7 x 19-inch posters. Cardstock.

Tina's Weather Station

Use Tina’s Weather Station at the beginning of class to help students express their thoughts on the weather that day. Build up to using it as a starting point for “small talk” about what’s happening in students’ lives! 26 x 38 inches. Laminated. Includes info sheet.

PikTok Posters

It’s not TikTok—it’s PikTok! PikTok posters use a familiar format to get students invested in the topics you teach. Includes 35 blank posters and an instructions download.

Sights of Latin America Stickers

Famous places and exotic animals of Latin America decorate these Spanish praise word stickers! Three sheets of 20 assorted full color stickers, for a total of 60 stickers. Each rectangular sticker measures 1 x 1.5 inches.

Emoji Foil Stickers

Communicate with your students in a language they understand—icons like what they use to talk to each other! Ten different emoji symbols. Five sheets of 20 assorted full-color stickers on holographic foil, for a total of 100 stickers. Each sticker measures approximately 1 x 1 inch.

Teen Faves Rejoinders

Want students to converse in the target language? Give them phrases that represent the range of typical teenage responses: “Gross!” “Cool!” “It’s obvious,” “I know, right?” and more. Twelve 6 x 22-inch posters. Cardstock.

Chupa Chups

Authentic suckers from Spain, perfect for implementing Bryan Kandel's advice in his chapter "Give Them Candy." These suckers were created in 1958 by Enric Bernat. The name comes from the Spanish word chupar, meaning “to suck.” Fun fact: Salvador Dalí helped to create their logo! Set of 30 in assorted flavors. 

Save over $35 when you buy the bundle!

Download the Engagement Essentials Bundle “Teacher’s Inspiration” Guide. This guide is packed with strategies and creative ideas to help you make the most of every resource in the Engagement Essentials Bundle. Designed to support language acquisition and build classroom community, it’s your key to starting the year with confidence and connection.

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