How To Make It Easy For Kids To Learn Spanish Online
Learning a new language, especially one as popular as Spanish, has never been more accessible! Today’s language-learners take advantage of online learning, which is very useful and convenient for learners of all levels. Not only is it convenient to learn online, but it’s easy to individualize learning, allow children to go at their own pace, and have access to a wide variety of resources! Here are a few tips to make it easy for your kids to learn Spanish online.
Find the Right Teacher to Help Your Child Learn Spanish Online
Finding a Spanish teacher to help your child learn Spanish online has never been easier! There are so many of them, however, that finding the correct one can be overwhelming. You want to make sure the teacher is qualified, reliable, and has great chemistry with your child(ren). Look for teachers with positive reviews and preferably one that offers a trial class so that you can check it out!
We highly recommend Ms. Frances from Discovering the World Through My Sons Eyes and our friends over at wanderlust! Be sure to check them out.
Use An App Yo Reinforce and Even Guide What they Are Learning
Learning a language fluently requires a big investment of time. Adam Beck from Bilingual Monkey recommends a minimum of 25 hours a week of exposure to the minority language! That’s a lot of exposure!
This is the reason why we developed Spanish Safari, by Learn Safari. It’s an app that helps children learn, practice and love Spanish. It has hundreds of lessons and games perfect for 3-9 year-olds. It is an easy way for busy parents to help their child reach their exposure goals in Spanish.
Use Youtube For Extra Content in Spanish
As mentioned above, we need all the help we can get to expose our kids to enough Spanish Content. Youtube is a great resource for language input! There are many channels that will directly help your child, including our own channel! You can find me, letting go of my inhibitions, and providing bite-sized lessons for our youngest learners.
In addition to channels dedicated solely to teaching and entertaining children in Spanish, you can also find some great support channels for parents!
Find Books Online
Reading to your child in the target langugae is one of the singlemost important things you can do for them! Reading exposes them to so much rich language and vocabulary! It’s also a great way to spend time together in the target language in a way that is easy for you.
You don’t speak Spanish yourself? Well, don’t worry! There are plenty of audiobooks that can help you along!
Get Some Help From Netflix
Now, we don’t want to stick our children in front of the T.V. 24/7. However, everyone, including our children, deserve some time to relax. Instead of feeling like time is “wasted” whenever children are watching T.V., make their time more productive by having them watch shows in the target language. With so many shows streaming in Spanish, Netflix can be a great partner in helping your children learn Spanish online. Here we have a list of recommended Netflix shows that we created in partnership with Bilingual Kidspot.
If you want your child to learn Spanish, then you’re in luck! There has never been a better time to learn, with all of the tools available to help your child learn Spanish Online. What are you favorite tools?
About the Author
Keli Garcia Allen is a certified Spanish teacher and currently works as a Preschool teacher in a bilingual classroom. She is the Head of Content for Learn Safari and is currently working on Spanish Safari, a Spanish Learning game for children 3-9 years old. You can follow her and the rest of the team on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.