Learn Spanish With Funny Monsters: Descriptions & Anatomy
Teach descriptions and anatomy to your students by using a Funny Monsters theme! It is easier for little learners to focus and remember concepts when they are motivated and having fun. This lesson is divided into 3 sections:
- Funny Monsters for Beginners. This section is for kids who are dabbling in Spanish. I will share some basic ideas such as body parts, numbers, and colors. After this lesson, they will be able to name each body part correctly, to identify how many there are, and their colors.
- Funny Monsters for Advanced Students. If your students are more fluent in Spanish, some of the notions above might be too easy. That’s why in this section I cover number and gender agreement adjectives, as well as comparatives and superlatives. Children will learn to compare monsters in Spanish using more specific and complex attributes. Be ready for them to say complete sentences describing the monsters accurately.
- The Concepts Review. At the end of this Funny Monsters lesson you will find 4 PDFs that you can download to review the concepts with your students. There are two for each Spanish level.
Students will find out that monsters are not only funny-looking characters from movies, but also something they can create inside their minds.
Benefit from the monstrous imagination they have and let their minds run wild with this entertaining and valuable lesson. Let’s have some Spanish fun and immerse ourselves into the funny monsters world!
¡Vamos!
Let’s go!
Lesson Activities
Use these PDFs to review the lesson according to your students’ Spanish. You can download and print them so you have them handy!
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Type your name and email below to get four lesson activities about funny monsters in Spanish! You will receive: -2 Partes del cuerpo Worksheets -Draw a Funny Monster -Comparatives & Superlatives WorksheetFunny Monsters for Beginners
The purpose of this lesson is that your kids learn to describe what they see in Spanish.They will be able to relate concepts in both languages in a fun way. But before we engage in this adventure, let’s make sure your students know that the word order is different in Spanish. Here’s an example:
Mis monstruos graciosos tienen tres colas rojas.
My funny monsters have three red tails.
Body Parts
First, review these human body parts with your children. In order to make or describe funny monsters you will inevitably need to know the words for the body parts we have, such as head or legs. After teaching the next sections on numbers and colors, your students will be able to tell how many of each of the body parts monsters have, and what color is each one.
- Arms – Los brazos
- Ears – Las orejas
- Eyes – Los ojos
- Feet – Los pies
- Fingers – Los dedos
- Hands – Las manos
- Head – La cabeza
- Legs – Las piernas
- Mouth – La boca
- Nails – Las uñas
- Neck – El cuello
- Nose – La nariz
Now, here comes the part where we have Spanish fun. Claws, tentacles, tails, and hooves are a few of your funny monsters’ body parts. Also, you can add any other monster body part you know!
- Antennae – Las antenas
- Claws – Las garras
- Fangs – Los colmillos
- Fins – Las aletas
- Fur – El pelo, el peaje
- Hooves – Las pezuñas
- Horns – Los cuernos
- Pimples – Los granos
- Scales – Las escamas
- Spots – Las manchas
- Tail – La cola
- Tentacles – Los tentáculos
- Wings – Las alas
Numbers
- One – Uno
- Two – Dos
- Three – Tres
- Four – Cuatro
- Five – Cinco
- Six – Seis
- Seven – Siete
- Eight – Ocho
- Nine – Nueve
- Ten – Diez
- Twenty – Veinte
- Thirty – Treinta
- Forty – Cuarenta
- Fifty – Cincuenta
- Sixty – Sesenta
- Seventy – Setenta
- Eighty – Ochenta
- Ninety – Noventa
- One hundred – Cien
- One thousand – Mil
Colors
- Red – Rojo
- Orange – Naranja
- Green – Verde
- Blue – Azul
- Violet – Violeta
- Gray – Gris
- Black – Negro
- Yellow – Amarillo
- White – Blanco
- Purple – Morado
- Golden – Dorado
- Silver – Plateado
Funny Monsters for Advanced Students
From cartoon monsters, to space monsters, sometimes they share physical or emotional attributes. But other times they are so different that we tend to compare them. See this list of adjectives followed by comparatives and superlatives your children will master in no time!
Adjectives
Physical Attributes
- Big – Grande
- Broad nose – La nariz gruesa, la nariz ancha
- Chubby – Regordeta, regordete
- Dirty – Sucia, sucio
- Fat – Gorda, gordo
- Freckled – Pecosa, pecoso
- Furry – Peluda, peludo
- Long face – La cara larga
- Oily – Grasosa, grasoso
- Pale – Pálida, pálido
- Pointy chin – La barba puntiaguda, el mentón puntiagudo
- Puffy – Hinchada, hinchado
- Rough – Áspera, áspero
- Scaly – Escamosa, escamoso
- Scarred – Con cicatrices
- Short – Baja, bajo. Chaparra, chaparro
- Skinny – Flaca, flaco
- Slanted eyes – Los ojos rasgados
- Small – Pequeña, pequeño
- Smooth – Suave
- Tall – Alta, Alto
- Tiny – Pequeñita, pequeñito. Diminuta, diminuto
- Wrincked – Arrugada, arrugado
Emotional Attributes
- Aggressive – Agresiva, agresivo
- Angry – Enojada, enojado
- Annoying – Molesta, molesto. Fastidiosa, fastidioso.
- Anxious – Ansiosa, ansioso
- Arrogant – Arrogante
- Bored – Aburrida, aburrido
- Calmed – Calmada, calmado
- Chatty – Habladora, hablador
- Confident – Segura, seguro
- Empowered – Empoderada, empoderado
- Energetic – Enérgica, enérgico
- Friendly – Amistosa, amistoso
- Frightened – Aterrada, aterrado
- Funny – Graciosa, gracioso
- Happy – Feliz
- Hopeful – Esperanzada, esperanzado
- Impatient – Impaciente
- Interesting – Interesante
- Joyful – Alegre
- Optimistic – Optimista
- Pessimistic – Pesimista
- Proud – Orgullosa, orgulloso
- Sad – Triste
- Scary – De miedo
- Selfish – Egoísta
- Sensitive – Sensible
- Shy – Tímida, tímido
- Sincere – Sincera, sincero
- Sleepy – Somnolienta, somnoliento
- Suspicious – Sospechosa, sospechoso
Comparatives
- Better – Mejor
- Bigger – Más grande
- Cuter – Más linda, más lindo
- Faster – Más rápida, más rápido
- Fatter – Más gorda, más gordo
- Larger – Más grande
- Longer – Más larga, más largo
- Older – Más vieja, más viejo
- Shorter – Más corta, más corto
- Sillier – Más boba, más bobo
- Slower – Más lenta, más lento
- Smaller – Más pequeño
- Stronger – Más fuerte
- Taller – Más alto, más alta
- Uglier – Más fea, más feo
- Weaker – Más débil
- Worse – Peor
- Younger – Más joven, más chica, más chico
Superlatives
- Best – La mejor, el mejor
- Biggest – La más grande, el más grande
- Chubbiest – La más regordeta, el más regordete
- Cutest – La más linda, el más lindo
- Fattest – La más gorda, el más gordo
- Friendliest – La más amigable, el más amigable
- Funniest – La más graciosa, el más gracioso
- Furriest – La más peluda, el más peludo
- Happiest – La más feliz, el más feliz
- Longest – La más larga, el más largo
- Most confident – La más segura, el más seguro
- Most energetic – La más enérgica, el más enérgico
- Most interesting – La más interesante, el más interesante
- Most joyful – La más alegre, el más alegre
- Most optimistic – La más optimista, el más optimista
- Most sensitive – La más sensible, el más sensible
- Oldest – La más vieja, el más viejo
- Saddest – La más triste, el más triste
- Shyest – La más tímida, el más tímido
- Skinniest – La más flaca, el más flaco
- Strongest – La más fuerte, el más fuerte
- Tallest – La más alta, el más alto
- Tiniest – La más pequeñita, el más pequeñito.
- Ugliest – La más fea, el más feo
- Worst – La peor, el peor
Let Funny Monsters Teach Your Kids More Spanish!
I hope this fun lesson with cartoon monsters helped you and your young students. The more fun they have studying Spanish, the easier it will be for them to learn it. Children have an innate ability to gain fluency fast, so it’s great you’re taking good advantage of it!
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- Enunciate sounds that are foreign and unknown to them.
- Recognize patterns which make it possible for them to Understand complex grammar rules.
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