45 Creative Writing Prompts in Spanish for Every Level
Spanish writing prompts are ideal for exercising creativity and imagination. The wide variety of dynamics you can use for stimulating Spanish writing are endless. Spanish written content is meant to be engaging and attractive to readers—writers have to honor them with captivating text and stories. Join me in this blog post where I share 50 creative writing prompts in Spanish...Read More
How Our 7-Year-Old Got Fluent In Spanish With Homeschool Spanish Academy
We have always struggled to keep our 7-year-old, Kingston, interested and engaged in school. We’ve known since she started public school online that her needs were different from other students in her grade. She would be staring at the screen while the other kids were learning their ABCs. Meanwhile, she was doing double-digit addition and writing complete sentences. After...Read More
How To Create Your Own Spanish Class Website for Your Students to Access
Nowadays, it’s so easy to create and publish a website online that you should consider creating one for your Spanish class. The benefits are many as I will show you, and the downside of having your own Spanish website is minimal as you can limit its use and scope to achieve specific goals. Keep reading if you’re wondering if more technology is good or bad for your students...Read More
Create a Noticing Wall for Your Children Learning Spanish
If your children are learning Spanish at home and you want to help them to improve their language learning process, you should be interested in learning what a noticing wall is and how to create one. In this post, I’m exploring with you the different organization tools available for homeschooling language learning children, such as a weekly and a noticing wall. I’m teaching you how...Read More
How To Set Up the Perfect Study Environment for at-Home Learning
Learning at home has never been so attractive and accessible. However, setting up the perfect study environment at home isn’t as simple as it may look. Having your kids studying at home is a great responsibility and, if well done, can enrich their learning process in many ways. The key relies in doing it well and designing the right study environment for your kids. Keep...Read More
Our Homeschool Spanish Learning Experience in Rural America
Learning a foreign language here in America has been a requirement for high school graduation for such a long time that it’s blended into the static noise of earning a high school diploma. One may wonder, “what am I really benefiting from learning a foreign language—such as Spanish—especially when I live in a predominantly English speaking area? What if I never travel? Work...Read More
The Secret Formula to Teach Your Children Spanish When You Don’t Speak the Language
Last week we learned about the Hammurabi code in our homeschool. Hamurabi was the sixth king in the Babylonian dynasty, which ruled in Mesopotamia 1894 to 1595 B.C. His code of 282 edicts etched in stone bears great similarities to the laws outlined in the Old Testament and many of the influences of these laws can even be seen in modern legal systems around the world today. I am 37...Read More
How to Track and Measure Your Spanish Learning Progress
If you’re studying Spanish, odds are that at some point you will want to track your learning progress and measure your language fluency. By doing that, you’ll be able to acknowledge how far you have come in your Spanish learning efforts. Tracking your progress and measuring your fluency are crucial parts of your language learning process. Keep reading to learn the benefits of these...Read More
How We Bring Native Spanish Home with Homeschool Spanish Academy
Homeschooling was never part of our plan. But, we all know what they say about plans. Over the last seven years of homeschooling my son and daughter, now in fifth grade and second grade, I’ve learned that flexibility is a critical part of the plan. Homeschooling is so much more than just educating your children at home, it’s truly a way of life and life is anything but...Read More