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I speak spanish fluently and my neighbor has decided to pay me to teach her 8 year old some spanish. I've taught it a little before, so I know in what order I want to teach things. I just need a little help thinking of fun ways in which to teach them.

I'm going to make her a felt name book like the one I've seen here with spanish words as well as naming all of the little extras and the colors and stuff in small fonts in the book. I also have plenty of ideas for teaching objects, animals, colors, time, numbers, etc. I have plenty of material and games/activities for those, but I need some suggestions for fun ways to teach the following, which I'm starting tomorrow:

Greetings
Like hello, good morning, good afternoon, good evening, goodbye, see you later, etc

Small Talk
How are you, I'm good/so-so/bad, nice to meet you, what is your name, my name is_______, etc

I was thinking about making some comics with characters she's familiar with, like from shows or cartoons she watches,like using MSPaint to copy paste them into comic frames and give them blank talk boxes and have her fill them in.

I don't have the ability to get videos from the library or books from a bookstore right now, so I've got to come up with stuff I can do with just the two of us. I want to help her learn, but I definitely want to make sure that the things I do are fun, too. I don't want her to veg out in front of the television with Plaza Sesamo or Dora the Explorer, which she's too old for anyway. I want something more active, even if it's just writing or coloring or something.

So... any other thoughts for teaching just the Greetings and Small talk?