The following online courses are free for anyone to enroll in. They are made by LingoLina and published by The Open University on their OLC global learning platform. You can take the courses completely free as a guest, or create a free account and earn a free Statement of Participation upon completing each course.
The Open University is a gold-rated, award-winning, triple-accredited, world-renowned educational institution, ranked among the elite top 1% of business schools worldwide and honored by the late Queen of England.
Globally, they’re one of only a handful of universities to have won University Challenge twice and are ranked joint third on the all-time points leaderboard. Based in the UK, they’re also one of the largest universities in Europe, with nearly 200,000 students annually at their physical institution, and over 10,000,000 learners worldwide taking their free online courses.
The Open University was ranked a Top 3 University for Employability in 2025, named University of the Year 2025 for Teaching Excellence, and recognized for its research achievements: 82% of OU research was rated “world-leading” in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021.
Notable past tutors include former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, actress Glenda Jackson, and broadcaster Anna Ford.
LingoLina’s founder, Camille Kleinman, has created a series of free online courses published by the university on their free learning platform to help parents, tutors, educators, and language teachers teach languages in the most natural, easy, fast, enjoyable, and effective way possible. All the courses are completely free to enroll in.
These are not courses that teach you a specific language, but rather courses that show you (using simple, accessible language, not complex academic jargon) the best methods and tools to learn or teach a language. You’ll also find free resources and creative ideas for how to create your own language learning and immersion materials at home.
Whether you’re learning a language yourself or teaching one to your child, class, or students, our courses will help make your language learning journey enjoyable and easy.
A science-backed, practical, easy-to-understand course on teaching kids Spanish through stories, bilingual books, audiobooks, and natural immersion.
This course is written in straightforward language, ideal for parents, educators, and teachers who want effective, fast, and simple methods to teach a child Spanish.
Teaching a child Spanish doesn’t have to feel like a battle, a chore, or another subject on the schedule.
Most kids struggle with traditional Spanish learning methods because drills, grammar charts, and isolated vocabulary lists simply do not match how their brains naturally learn at different ages and stages.
Many parents try flashcards or apps, only to watch enthusiasm fade within days. Teachers often feel torn between curriculum requirements and what actually keeps children engaged.
This course gives you a different path.
One that feels joyful, intuitive, deeply engaging, almost effortless, and supported by decades of research in child development, bilingual education, memory science, and reading comprehension.
In this course, you’ll discover how to help children ages four to twelve naturally absorb Spanish through stories, audiobooks, paired bilingual content, visuals, audio, games, and meaning-rich context.
These methods mirror the way they learned their first language.
This course shows parents and educators how to teach kids Spanish naturally through bedtime stories, without drills, worksheets, or pressure.
It is designed for families who want an effective, low-stress way to build Spanish vocabulary, listening comprehension, reading skills, and long-term language confidence at home. Many traditional Spanish programs rely on memorization, grammar rules, or structured lessons that children quickly resist.
When used properly, bilingual and Spanish stories can effortlessly teach children Spanish vocabulary and grammar while building listening skills, reading comprehension, spelling awareness, and speaking ability over time.
In this free online course, you will learn how to use Spanish and bilingual bedtime stories as a complete, effective language-learning method.
Discover a practical, play-based system to teach kids Spanish naturally, at home or in the classroom.
Teaching kids Spanish does not have to involve worksheets, drills, or forcing children to sit still and memorize words. It should not feel like a battle. Yet many parents and teachers end up frustrated. Kids lose interest. Vocabulary does not stick. Listening comprehension stays weak. Spanish becomes something children tolerate instead of enjoy.
Lessons turn into negotiations. Apps promise fun but deliver drills. Flashcards work for a day, then the words disappear. Grammar explanations lead nowhere. Children may recognize a word on paper but fail to understand it when they hear Spanish spoken out loud.
Many parents and teachers search for how to teach kids Spanish in a fun way, but end up with tools that feel stressful, confusing, or ineffective. This free online course was designed to solve those exact problems.
Teach Kids Spanish: Games & Play is a complete, play-based Spanish learning course that shows parents, homeschool families, and teachers.
This course explains how to teach kids Spanish naturally through fun Spanish learning games, play-based Spanish vocabulary activities, movement-based word games, Spanish listening games, imagination, stories, and everyday life.
It replaces memorizing Spanish vocabulary lists and grammar rules with Spanish learning activities kids genuinely enjoy, look forward to, and want to repeat.
Kids sing, dance, move, craft, color, invent stories, play with toys, explore their world, laugh, and absorb Spanish vocabulary naturally without pressure or traditional memorization.
Many parents consider teaching their child Spanish but feel unsure where to start or whether it truly matters long term.
Some wonder whether teaching their child Spanish is truly worth the effort.
Will it actually help them later in life? Will it confuse them? Is it only useful for school, or does it matter beyond academics?
This course answers those questions by exploring what bilingualism really offers children, with a specific focus on Spanish as a second language alongside English.
In this course, you will explore why Spanish is one of the most valuable second languages a child can learn, including its global reach, the number of countries where it is spoken, and how Spanish connects to future opportunities in travel, friendships, work, business, and everyday communication.
We will examine what practical advantages Spanish can offer a child not just in school, but across different stages of life.
In addition to understanding why bilingualism matters, the course also guides parents through how bilingualism can realistically be supported at home.
You will explore different Spanish learning methods, bilingual tools and materials, approaches, and learning paths families commonly use, along with how to combine them in a balanced, enjoyable, stress-free way to successfully raise a bilingual child.