Students learn best when they're

having fun!

Our variety of creative teaching aids, accelerates the learning process

Our Program

Our curriculum has been used in schools and homes since 1998.

Thousands of students have acquired their Spanish skills and love of language through Risas y Sonrisas.

Overview

Risas y Sonrisas Spanish for Kids is a comprehensive, flexible, fun, and easy-to-use multi-grade curriculum for teaching Spanish to elementary school children (K-5th grade). We follow Communicative Language Teaching practices, focusing on the interaction between students and instructors. All our physical and digital materials interconnect for a multi-modal approach to learning that appeals to all ages and learning styles. The curriculum integrates speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills in developmentally appropriate ways that can be adapted for learners aged 4 to 11. Risas y Sonrisas aligns with state and national world language education standards.

To put it simply, we make repetition fun and engaging. Our students look forward to Spanish class and gain a love of the language that stays with them for life. The Risas y Sonrisas curriculum taps into a child’s natural language-learning ability, using music and games to help with vocabulary acquisition and practical conversation. Along the way, grammar concepts are embedded in creative and easy-to-learn ways that lay the groundwork for a lifetime of Spanish learning.

Spanish For Kids Programs

We can accommodate every educational setting from one-on-one tutoring to an entire school district.

Our School Program is designed for use in a school classroom setting. It includes full-size materials and games that are best played with a large group.

The Homeschool Program contains all the same content as the School Program but with the materials adapted for use in a homeschool or tutoring setting. The large classroom illustrations are replaced with pictures from the Student Book, and the games are adapted to be played with fewer students. These changes help make this option more affordable for homeschool instructors with smaller student groups.

Finally, the Online Program is the digital version of our curriculum. A one-year Instructor License for the Online Program is included with each of the other programs, providing access to all of our original songs, fun online games, Q&A for practical conversation skills, and skit videos featuring native Spanish speakers. The Online Program works best as a companion to the face-to-face classroom instruction. However, it can also work as a standalone program for those with limited budgets.

Who can learn with Risas y Sonrisas?

Risas y Sonrisas Spanish for Kids is designed for elementary school students (K-5th grade), but can also be adapted for younger children and even older students in high school. Emerging readers benefit from attention-grabbing pictures, age-appropriate games, catchy songs, ASL, and commonly-used phrases. Older students enjoy the same activities, but their reading ability allows them to play more complex games, practice writing skills in the Activity Workbooks. Older students have the ability to learn more complex grammar concepts such as building picture sentences in the present, past, and future, while instructors can use the same teaching aids for a variety of learning levels.

By appealing to different learning styles through multi-modal repetition, Risas y Sonrisas ensures that all students stay engaged and keep learning no matter how they learn best. Our catchy songs appeal to auditory learners, while the fun, color-coded illustrations capture the attention of visual learners. Kinesthetic learners love the tactile, physical activities including throwing and catching balls and using the fly swatters.

Who can teach with Risas y Sonrisas?

Any teacher, instructor, or parent can start teaching Spanish with Risas y Sonrisas Spanish for Kids whether or not they speak Spanish! Audio, illustrations, and videos that accompany the program demonstrate the correct pronunciation of Spanish words, and our detailed, adaptable lesson plans provide activity-by-activity suggestions to make every class session a positive learning experience for everyone. For 20 years, we’ve been focusing on developing unique and powerful tools to help teachers achieve what they thought was impossible!

We invite you to jump right in, leading activities, singing songs, and playing games right along with your students! Discover the joy of learning Spanish with Risas y Sonrisas -“Laughter & Smiles”.