Classes are taught using the Spanish Immersion model. Participants will meet once a week to explore the language through songs, puppets, movement, and imaginative play. Parents will enrich their child’s environment by learning to incorporate Spanish at home using simple phrases. Take home materials allow for extra practice between classes. Mixed aged classes are developmentally appropriate and allow siblings to enjoy class together.

Appropriate for ages 6 months - 4 years old

Our homeschool and afterschool classes offer a small-group learning environment in which students learn Spanish through music, visual aids, practical conversation, high-impact learning games, and targeted letter-recognition and spelling activities. We offer classes for Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced levels. Our classes use the award-winning “Risas y Sonrisas Spanish for Kids (Laughter and Smiles)” curriculum, which introduces vocabulary, grammar, and conversational phrases unit by unit in a highly integrated and immersive fashion. The Spanish Class courses include an additional component of phonemic awareness and literacy development through practice activities and games that focus on building vowel and consonant recognition through spelling and reading, as well as gaining familiarity with Spanish sight words (short words that are frequently used in everyday written and spoken Spanish). Students will regularly engage in spelling and writing through in-class journaling and crafting activities, as well as Risas y Sonrisas workbook homework that follows each vocabulary unit.

The small-group environment coupled with multi-modal activities and immersion strategies creates the perfect atmosphere for capturing students’ attention. Our goal is to reach different student learning styles (visual, auditory, and kinesthetic), which will allow all students to participate often and of their own will. Students will learn while having fun!

Appropriate for ages 6 - 12 years old

This class is designed for students who have had Spanish immersion exposure either through school or family. There is a heavy emphasis on reading and writing through the use of literature circles.

A Spanish literature circle is a collaborative format in which students will be responsible for reading and discussing Spanish literature. The teacher serves as a model and guide as students engage in critical thinking, vocabulary studies, and reading comprehension tasks. Students will write weekly as a way to reflect and expand on the ideas presented in each book. Grammar lessons will also be incorporated in each class.

Tutoring is also available for students who are currently enrolled in a Spanish course and for homeschoolers who are following an independent study program.