The Premier Interactive Spanish Curriculum for Kids
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. If you are looking for an interactive Spanish curriculum that makes teaching kids Spanish joyful and effective, you are in the right place.
How the Risas y Sonrisas Spanish Program Works
Risas y Sonrisas is a comprehensive, flexible, and fun elementary Spanish program designed for K-6th grade. We follow Communicative Language Teaching practices, focusing on the interaction between students and instructors. All of our physical and digital materials interconnect for a multisensory Spanish learning experience that appeals to all ages and learning styles.
Our Spanish for kids curriculum integrates speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills in developmentally appropriate ways that can be adapted for learners aged 4 to 11. We proudly align 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 methodology 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 language learning.
A Multisensory Approach to Teaching Kids Spanish
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.
- Auditory Learners: Our catchy songs make memorization a breeze and appeal to auditory processors.
- Visual Learners: Fun, color-coded illustrations capture attention and aid visual retention.
- Kinesthetic Learners: Tactile, physical activities—like throwing and catching balls or using fly swatters—keep active students moving and engaged.
Choose the Right Elementary Spanish Program for You
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For classroom settings serving 10 to thousands of students
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Large-format teaching materials with extra bingo cards and domino sets
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Teacher's manual with lessons, theme reference cards, and large poster bag
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Includes a one-year Teacher license to the Online Program. Option to add Individual student logins or Generic class logins
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For families, virtual tutors, and small-groups of 1-5 students
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A compact version of the same classroom materials, just scaled for a table top and computer
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Teacher's manual with lessons and theme reference cards
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Includes a one-year Teacher license to the Online Program. Option to add Individual student logins
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Flexible online learning for school, homeschool, remote, or in-person instruction
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Complements both the School and Homeschool programs
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Interactive songs, games, posters & flashcards, conversation practice, reading, writing, and assesments
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Add Individual logins or Generic class logins to a Teacher license
Who can learn with Our Spanish for Kids Curriculum?
Risas y Sonrisas is designed for elementary school students, but can easily be adapted for younger children and even older students in high school.
- Emerging Readers: Benefit from attention-grabbing pictures, age-appropriate games, catchy songs, American Sign Language (ASL), and commonly used phrases.
- Older Students: Enjoy the same core activities, but use their reading ability to play more complex games and practice writing skills in the Activity Workbooks. They can also tackle more advanced grammar concepts, such as building picture sentences in the present, past, and future tenses.
The best part? Instructors can use the exact same teaching aids across a variety of learning levels!
Who can teach with Risas y Sonrisas?
Any teacher, instructor, or parent can start teaching with this program—whether or not they speak Spanish! The audio, illustrations, and videos that accompany the program demonstrate the correct pronunciation of Spanish words. Furthermore, our detailed, adaptable lesson plans provide activity-by-activity suggestions to make every class session a positive learning experience for everyone.
For over 20 years, we've focused on developing unique, powerful tools to help teachers achieve what they thought was impossible. We invite you to jump right in—lead activities, sing songs, and play games right along with your students! Discover the joy of learning Spanish with Risas y Sonrisas ("Laughter & Smiles").
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