January 7, 2021 by Michelle Margaret Fajkus About HSA 0 comments

The Best Homeschool Spanish Curriculum at HSA

Are you on the hunt for an excellent homeschool Spanish curriculum?

With a quality homeschool Spanish curriculum, students acquire Spanish naturally by doing developmentally appropriate activities in an immersive environment that provides lots of opportunity to speak, read, and write Spanish. Learning Spanish in a homeschool setting benefits your child academically, cognitively, and socially.

A homeschool language curriculum can help you achieve 4 levels of language learning:

Exposure
Conversation
Proficiency
Fluency

Do you wish to simply expose your kids to Spanish? If so, choosing a curriculum that includes the basics is appropriate.

If your goal is for them to become proficient in Spanish, then you’ll need to find a more comprehensive curriculum.

Likewise, if you want your kids to become fluent, then you’ll need to choose a homeschool curriculum with authentic language learning practice to create an immersive experience for your kids.

Keep reading to discover how to evaluate homeschool Spanish curricula and learn what Homeschool Spanish Academy has to offer!

7 Criteria for Homeschool Spanish Curriculum

Let’s explore what the ideal homeschool Spanish curriculum for your kids looks like, by finding out how Homeschool Spanish Academy meets the criteria!

1. Is it developmentally appropriate?

Finding a curriculum that matches your child’s developmental stage is key. Keep in mind that young children learn languages differently from older children. Often, a child who struggles to learn a second language would benefit from a more targeted curriculum.

Homeschool Spanish Academy (HSA) provides personal classes scheduled at your convenience that employ a dynamic curriculum to provide your child with a complete learning experience.

Rather than prioritizing grammar memorization, HSA’s balanced approach to Spanish language learning focuses on five key concepts:

Relevance
Attention
Meaning
Memory
Accountability

2. Does it offer enough practice in the target language?

Language learning requires at least 15 minutes of practice every day, just like a musical instrument. (More is better.)

HSA’s program enables you to make your own schedule, choose your instructor, and reschedule or cancel a session if needed. Students can choose their session frequency, although HSA recommends taking at least 2 classes per week.

In addition, we share many free and low-cost ways to reinforce language learning, as well as practical tips and resources for teaching Spanish to children that complement our homeschool Spanish curriculum. Check out our blog, Facebook page, and YouTube channel.

3. Does it challenge students in all 4 areas of language learning?

To learn a modern language, children need practice in reading, writing, listening, and speaking. All HSA teachers are native Spanish speakers from Guatemala, and they make conversation a priority in every class.

For students who read and write, the HSA curricula combines auditory comprehension through speaking with the teacher with written practice. The end result is that you develop skills in all areas of language learning—reading, writing, listening, and speaking.

4. Is it engaging?

Since motivation is a key part of language learning, the curriculum you choose needs to suit your child’s learning preferences and personality.

The “one size fits all” philosophy doesn’t work well when it comes to learning a language. We all learn differently, depending on our age, background, and experience.

Each HSA program is specifically designed with the student in mind. The teacher is there to help you when you have questions. Our experienced teachers create customized lessons to fit your specific strengths, challenges, and goals. They focus on you, your skills, and your improvement since, after all, you are the reason for the class.

Learn more about how our classes work.

5. How much parental involvement does it require?

Parent involvement is flexible at HSA. If you are interested in learning Spanish alongside your children, you can sit in on the classes. If your child prefers to learn independently, that’s fine too.

Parents receive plenty of support and resources. Our team is available by phone, chat, or email for support.

6. Can it be used for more than one student at once?

If you have two similarly-aged children who want to learn Spanish, they can take HSA classes together from the same computer or device—saving you time, energy, and money. This economical option is perfect for siblings or friends.

7. Does it fit your budget?

HSA is affordable. The per class price is significantly lower than other options for live online classes. You even have flexibility when it comes to payment options. (Learn more about our pricing.)

Homeschool Spanish Academy Programs

Homeschool Spanish Academy offers live classes for all ages—preschool, elementary, middle school, and high school students. (Classes for adults are also available!)

Preschool Spanish Program

Suggested for 5 and 6 years olds, the HSA preschool program aims to build the foundation for learning Spanish, focusing on pronunciation and conversational phrases.

Elementary Spanish Program

Designed for kids from 6 to 10, this program builds confidence to engage in conversation with native speakers. With fun and interactive 25-minute classes, students stay engaged and make the most of the content.

Middle School Spanish Program

The 50-minute sessions in this program are perfect for 10 to 13 years olds. They’ll expand their vocabulary, learn verb conjugations, and practice what they know in conversations.

Starting Spanish studies early could enable you to be exempt from some or all of your foreign language credit requirements in college. Also, college admissions officers appreciate the effort of students who have been devoted to learning a second language for several years.

High School Spanish Program

The High School Spanish Program at HSA is one of the most complete online Spanish classes for high school credit options available. Designed to exceed the expectations of any US public high school curriculum, it complies with grammar requirements while also developing strong conversational skills.

Instead of teaching grammar and vocabulary exclusively, HSA uses a unique methodology that helps students become fluent in the language.

What can you expect after 1 year of learning with HSA? See what’s in store:

What Others Say About HSA’s Homeschool Spanish Curriculum

Thousands of parents and students have invested in a bright, bilingual future by taking classes with us at Homeschool Spanish Academy. Let’s take a glance at what they’re saying about our programs.

“I’ve already recommended HSA to several friends. I explain that it’s the best online Spanish-immersion program we’ve tried, and we’ve tried several.” – Monique

“I like that it’s one on one and really focuses on what my daughter needs to work on. Really excellent, high quality, great tutors, and wonderful customer service.” – Melanie

“I love that the instructors try to get to know my kids and what their interests are and try to incorporate that into speaking with them. It gets my kids super excited to “meet” online with them.” – Kimberley

Read more testimonials from our previous and current students!

Try Out Our Homeschool Spanish Curriculum!

As a parent, you have a lot of choices for online classes, but most of them do not offer live, in-person Spanish tutoring. Instead, they tend to rely on automated lessons your child can click through.

When students have a real teacher to interact with during classes and tutoring sessions, the learning dynamic changes. Book a free trial class today to see for yourself if we’re the right fit for you and your family!

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Michelle Margaret Fajkus

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Michelle Margaret Fajkus is a bilingual writer and longtime yoga teacher. A former advertising copywriter turned bilingual elementary school teacher, she is now a freelance writer, editor and translator. A native Texan, Michelle has Mexican roots and learned Spanish in middle and high school. She has become more fluent thanks to living as an expat in Guatemala. She lives with her family on beautiful Lake Atitlan.