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12 Days Of Classes

12/1/2025

A Fun “12 Days of Christmas” Parody for Spanish TeachersHappy Holidays, everyone! 🎄
I had a fun idea yesterday and decided to see what AI could do with it—and the result is a playful parody of “The 12 Days of Christmas” called “Los Doce Días de Clases.” From student antics to those little classroom “gifts” we all know too well, this version lovingly pokes fun at the everyday moments we experience as teachers.
What makes it even cooler is that the vocals are generated with AI. It’s wild how quickly these tools can take an idea and turn it into something creative and classroom-ready. I’m constantly amazed at how technology is opening new doors for teachers to create engaging resources.
I hope this little holiday parody brings you a smile—and maybe even a laugh—during the busy weeks ahead.
Wishing you and your students a holiday season!

The Psychiatrist Game: A Fun Twist for Practicing Spanish Questions

9/18/2025

Looking for a fresh way to get students excited about asking and answering questions in Spanish? Try the classic Psychiatrist Game—with a language-learning twist!
How It Works

Choose a Psychiatrist: One student steps into the hallway while the class secretly decides on a “condition.”
Pick a Quirk: The class agrees on something “wrong” with their answers. For example:
- Tapping your foot every time you answer.
- Starting with “um…” before speaking.
- Answering in English instead of Spanish.
- Purposely answering incorrectly.
- The possibilities are endless!
The Return: The psychiatrist comes back in with a paper full of Spanish questions that you (the teacher) prepared ahead of time.
The Investigation: Students answer, following the chosen quirk. The psychiatrist’s job is to ask enough questions and watch closely until they figure out what’s going on.

Why It Works in Spanish Class

Repetition with a Purpose: The psychiatrist needs to keep asking different questions, which leads to tons of practice.
High Engagement: Students love getting sneaky and creative with their “illnesses.”
Comprehensible Input + Output: Students hear repeated questions and practice responses in an authentic, fun context.

Teacher TipKeep a master list of question prompts handy, and vary them by level. For beginners, focus on simple “getting to know you” questions. For advanced classes, use open-ended prompts that push students into longer responses.
This game never gets old and works with any vocabulary set you’re practicing. If you want to see a quick demo of how the Psychiatrist Game works, check out this YouTube video.

Six, Seven!

9/12/2025

Hey teachers! Looking for a fun way to teach Spanish numbers?
Your kids are probably already shouting “Six, Seven!” in the hallways… so let’s ruin it for them and turn it into a Spanish lesson! 😂
I put together a catchy new song that mixes Spanish counting with math facts — all leading to seis and siete. It’s silly, it’s fun, and it sticks.

Full Version is Available for Sr. Ashby Full Access subscribers here

The Story Of Paco Y Anita Re-born

12/3/2024

Many years ago, I created this fun story about a boy and girl named Paco and Anita. It's a great song that's super comprehensible and has family vocabulary, comparitives, object pronouns, and more. Here is a preview of the song on YouTube.

Today I finished the AI remix of the song, check it out below!

Access the full version and corresponding resources here for free.

Where's The Overly Tight T-Shirt?

10/28/2024

What could be more exciting than finding Camilo's dirty foot? The answer to that is simple...finding the overly tight t-shirt from "Me He Enamorado" in a picture full of Camilo's dirty feet, of course. This "tight shirt search" was created by one of my students. Great job Henrik!.

Below is the ever elusive "tight shirt" you are looking for. The game Henrik created actually will time you. So enter your time as a comment on this post.

The game Henrik created actually will time you. So enter your time as a comment on this post.

Directions: Click the green flag to start the game. Try to find the tight shirt from "Me He Enmorado" hiding in the background of Camilo's dirty feet. See your time in the upper corner. Try to be as fast as possible. Click the flag again to try again

Where's Camilo's Dirty Foot?

10/22/2024

You've heard of Where's Waldo? I present to you, everyone's new favorite learning activity- "Where's Camilo's Dirty Foot?"

Our 10/22 Match-up is "Plis" Vs. "Ale Ale". Seeing that I do Locotubre with 5 classes, I had the pleasure of watching Camilo's Plis video FIVE times. While it's a great song and I love Camilo and Evaluna... I couldn't stop from continuing to ask myself, why didn't Camilo wash his feet?

Once you see it, it's all you can see the rest of the music video.

Let's really zoom in, so you know what you're searching for.

And now, the moment you've all been waiting for... where is Camilos foot?

Comment below if you found the dirty foot in all of the pictures, and stay tuned for our next challenge, can you find the overly tight t-shirts from "Me He Enamorado"? (example photo below)

Locotubre Trivia Arcade Game Challenge

10/15/2024

Can you beat 30,000 in Tower Blocks? If so, comment your high score on this blog post. Be ready to prove your score with a screenshot, just in case. Comments will be reviewed before posted. #NoCap #GGInTheChat

Wow! What a close first round!

10/15/2024

If you haven't heard, Locotubre is under way! You can access all of the voting links here. So far, we have over 90,000 students signed up to participate. Check out this cool map of participants. Our first round match-up ends tonight! It's a Grupo Frontera showdown, "No Se Va" Vs. "POR QUÉ SERÁ" . Check out this screenshot I clipped earlier of this 50-50 vote. Amazing! It's so fun we got a close match-up on our very first round!

Miguel Y Estefania

10/8/2024

Check out my new AI remix of my song "Miguel Y Estefania" This song uses vocabulary from Voces Digital, Nuestra Historia Unit 1. It's a story about a new student (Estefania) who meets a boy named Miguel when she unexpectedly goes to the wrong class on her first day of school. The full version, the original version, and corresponding resources available here: https://www.senorashby.com/miguel-y-stefania.html

Still Having Fun With AI!

9/24/2024

Hey all! The AI remixes keep rolling in! It's been a ton of fun revisiting my past songs and repackaging them with new music styles. They are even in a native accent! Here is my new Days Of The Week Rap. This one goes hard!

Then I took my telling time rap, and made two versions of it. One is Pop, and one is Punk Rock. Which one do you like better?

Check out the corresponding resources and lesson plans for the "Qué hora es" here.