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Spanish 1 at Home

one adventure on screen and on paper

A full Spanish 1 year: 25 units across all 21 Spanish-speaking countries, with videos, workbook pages, games, hands-on culture and a parent side that does the checking. Learn right alongside your teen, even if you've never spoken Spanish.

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By Julie Endsley, National Board Certified Spanish teacher and homeschool collaborator.

A mom and her teen daughter laugh as they hold up the paper mola bird they made, with guacamole and chips for a snack, while the Unidad 03 lesson plays on the tablet
The real course, on paper and on screen: the open Unidad 01 Student Workbook, ¡Llama Ball! mid-game on a tablet, and the self-grading comic with an answer turning green on paper + on screen
A real Student Workbook page: Tesoro y llaves, with greetings, the four contact questions and the numbers 1–20
The Student WorkbookGreetings, questions and numbers, taught on the page
Three real Unidad 01 flashcards, ¡Hola!, ¡Qué guay! and Aventura, with Fernando's photo card
FlashcardsCut out, keep and practice
The real self-grading comic: the answer tal turns green with a check
Self-checkingGreen the moment it's right
  • 25units, one stop at a time
  • 21Spanish-speaking countries
  • 1full credit, by design*
  • 0Spanish needed by the parent

*Designed as a full one-credit course; parents award the credit.

Real places, real culture

25 stops · all 21 Spanish-speaking countries

Every unit visits a real place: its food, its music, its art and its wild places.

  • A mola artist smiling among her colorful molas at a market in PanamáMolasPanamá
  • Teens buying raspao, shaved ice, from a street cart in Panamá's old townRaspaoPanamá
  • Teens singing with a guitar on a colorful street in La HabanaGuitar and songCuba
  • Sea lions and pelicans at a fish market dock in the Galápagos IslandsSea lionsGalápagos
  • Teens drum on bomba barrels while a teen dances in a sunny room in Puerto RicoBomba drums and dancePuerto Rico
  • Friends sharing churros and chocolate at a tiled café in MadridChurrosEspaña
How easy is it?

3 steps. Every day.

Your teen opens the lesson. The screen shows what to do next.

  1. The Today screen: ¡Hola! and one Continue button for the next Day
    1

    Open today's lesson

    One button: Start.

  2. A lesson step: Fernando's comic, with the progress dots across the top
    2

    Follow the steps on the screen

    Watch, practice, your page. The dots on top show where you are.

  3. A check-off screen: each panel checked, and a note that a parent sees it in the Parent Hub
    3

    Check it off

    Your parent view updates.

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Who it's for

Made for your family

One course, three kinds of families.

A middle school student on the couch holds up her passport of stamps while Fernando's comic plays on her tablet
Grades 6–12

Teens, middle and high school

A look and voice made for teens, and clear steps they follow on their own.

A mom and her middle school son at the desk with the Unidad 07 lesson on the laptop and the Student Workbook open
No Spanish needed

Parents, with or without Spanish

The lessons teach, in plain English first. You check with the answer keys.

A co-op class works in pairs with picture cards and Student Workbooks while their teacher helps
Co-ops and micro-schools

One teacher, a group

The same units, plus teacher slides, guides and Student Workbook pages.

Families learning together

  • A brother and sister play a Spanish card game on the living room floor, the lesson game on a tablet
  • A dad and his teen daughter laugh over her island poster, the Unidad 06 lesson on the laptop
  • A dad, his high school daughter and middle school son play the Unidad 07 board game, the Student Workbook open beside them
  • A mom and her teen son high-five over the escape room game, his passport of stamps on the table
Inside every unit

Everything works together

watch · play · make · speak · check

1Games & activities

Games that get teens talking, on paper and on screen.

A family plays the Unidad 07 board game at the kitchen table
paper games
The race game ¡El Pasaporte Perdido! through Lima, with a llama above Machu Picchu
digital games

2Culture you can touch

Hands-on culture in every unit: crafts, recipes, music.

Layers of red, black and orange cloth cut in curves, the way a mola is made, with scissors
molas
Two teens play bongó drums on a colorful street in La Habana
music
Two teens choose mangoes and papayas at a fruit market in Costa Rica
food

3Teen guides

Every unit has its own teen guide, with real voices, and the guides teach on video.

  • Fernando, the teen guide from PerúFernandoPerú
  • Sofía, the teen guide from MéxicoSofíaMéxico
  • Santi, the teen guide from PanamáSantiPanamá
  • Alonso, the teen guide from Costa RicaAlonsoCosta Rica
  • Elena, the teen guide from CubaElenaCuba
  • Emilia, the teen guide from EcuadorEmiliaEcuador
  • Mateo, the teen guide from ColombiaMateoColombia
  • Valentina, the teen guide from ArgentinaValentinaArgentina
A real frame from Fernando's Unidad 02 teaching video: Fernando, the llama guide, at Machu Picchu, points to the Súper 7 card: soy, tengo, me gusta, estoy, voy, quiero, hay
Real course videoUnidad 02 · Video 1 · Los Súper 7Fernando teaches on video, with the words on screen

4The parent side

The course teaches and checks. You see it all.

  • Answer keyspage by page
  • Self-gradingpractice and a unit test
  • Progressfor each child
  • Transcript summaryhours, grades
Transcript summarySample · test learner
CourseSpanish 1 at Home · Level 1
UnitUnidad 01 · El Pasaporte de Identidad (Perú)
Time3 h 39 min (screen time + time a parent logged)
Days completed8 of 8
Unit test17 of 19 (89%)
Suggested gradeB (89%)
SkillsListening 87% · Reading & words 92% · Writing 83% · Speaking 83%
What you get

One unit, opened up

Here is Unidad 01. All 25 units work the same way.

Unidad 01 · Lima, PerúEl Pasaporte de Identidad

Eight Days in Lima: greetings, cognates and where you're from, with Fernando as your guide.

The Unidad 01 opening slide: Lima's streets, the food, the music and the Andes
The country

A country and a friend

Each unit visits a real place. In Unidad 01 it's Perú: the food, the music and Machu Picchu.

A real teaching video: Elena on the Malecón in La Habana, Unidad 06¡Hola, exploradores!
The videos

Videos for beginners

Made for new learners: slower Spanish, in short chapters, with a teen guide in each unit.

What's in a video
  1. Meet the guide and the place
  2. The key: one skill, taught in plain English first
  3. A tiny story that uses it
  4. ¡Practica conmigo! Practice with me
  5. A short recap
A practice screen: complete the comic by tapping the right Spanish words
The practice

Practice that checks itself

Tap, type or say the answer and see right away if it's right. Then record yourself speaking.

The real Unidad 01 Student Workbook, open: the Tesoro y llaves teaching page and the Primer contacto comic page
Student Workbook

Pages to print at home

The real student pages. Most Days can be done on screen or on paper.

The first page of the real Unidad 01 Parent Guide: Empieza aquí, start hereA real day plan from the Parent Guide: Sesión 1, step by stepA real answer-key page from the Unidad 01 Parent Guide: the answers for Primer contacto and Escribe más, with the scoringpage by page
Parent Guide & Answer Keys

The checking, done for you

Start here, a plan for every Day, and the answer keys, page by page.

The Perú passport stamp, Unidad 02, with Machu Picchu
The stamp

A passport stamp

Finish the unit's Days and the Reto, and your teen earns that country's stamp, like Perú and Machu Picchu.

Colorful trajinera boats on the canals of Xochimilco, MéxicoSofía
The México passport stampUnidad 03 · México

El Candado de Sonido

With Sofía: the alphabet and the sounds of Spanish.

The ruins of Panamá Viejo, with Panama City's skyline across the baySanti
The Panamá passport stampUnidad 04 · Panamá

El Glitch de Tiempo

With Santi: numbers, time and dates.

Arenal Volcano at sunrise above the rainforest, Costa RicaAlonso
The Costa Rica passport stampUnidad 05 · Costa Rica

La Mochila Perdida

With Alonso: ser, the subject pronouns, el · la · un · una.

Teens walking along the Malecón seawall in La Habana, CubaElena
The Cuba passport stampUnidad 06 · Cuba

El Álbum de Retratos

With Elena: ser and describing people.

Sea lions resting on a white beach in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, below giant cactus treesEmilia
The Ecuador passport stampUnidad 07 · Ecuador

¿Dónde Está Emilia?

With Emilia: estar and places.

The Unidad 25 stamp: La aventura global…and 19 more stops

Puerto Rico, España, Argentina, Chile and on around the world.

See the whole route
Why it works

Built on proven strategies

A research-based course: each part of a Day is there for a reason.

speaking from day one

Your teen speaks Spanish from day one

Real Spanish right away, in short, low-stress steps.

Where you'll see it: Say-it-out-loud turns with the guides, the weekly family challenge, and the Record me button to hear themselves.

instant feedback

No more guessing: they see instantly what's right

Every answer is checked the moment it's given, so mistakes get fixed while they're fresh.

Where you'll see it: Answers turn green in the daily practice; you have the answer keys, page by page.

retrieval practice

Words that stick

Recalling a word, not rereading it, is what makes it stick.

Where you'll see it: The self-checking practice every Day and the unit test.

understandable input

Spanish they can actually understand

Videos, picture stories and readings at their level.

Where you'll see it: The teen-guide videos, Fernando's comic, and readings like the travel journal.

spaced review

Nothing gets forgotten

Earlier words and keys come back again and again.

Where you'll see it: Every unit reuses the words from before, and each unit ends with a review Day and the Reto.

backward design

Every lesson has a clear goal

We start from what your teen will be able to do.

Where you'll see it: The ¡Yo puedo! goal at the start of every Day.

Designed by a National Board Certified Spanish teacher who trains other teachers in these methods.

After Unidad 01

What your teen will be able to do

The real goals of the first unit, in plain English, with the Spanish your teen will use.

  1. 1Name three facts about Perú, Fernando's country.Lima es la capital de Perú.
  2. 2Greet someone, use survival phrases and count to 20.¡Hola! ¿Qué tal? … dieciocho, diecinueve, veinte.
  3. 3Follow a first conversation and play one part.Me llamo Ana. ¡Mucho gusto!
  4. 4Read a Spanish travel journal using cognates.importante · fantástico · hotel
  5. 5Catch a name, a country and an age by ear.Me llamo Mateo. Soy de Colombia. Tengo dieciséis años.
  6. 6Write their own Identity Signature in Spanish.Me llamo… Soy de… Tengo… años.
  7. 7Ask and answer the four questions out loud.¿Cómo te llamas? ¿De dónde eres? ¿Cuántos años tienes? ¿Cómo estás?
  8. 8Hold a whole first conversation, then review it all.¡Hola! … ¿De dónde eres? … ¡Chao!
Inside every country

Music, art and wild places

Real teens doing real culture, all along the route.

  • A teen with binoculars spots a sloth hanging in the rainforestSloths · Costa Rica
  • Teens look at woven textiles with a vendor at a market in the Andes of EcuadorMarket day · Ecuador
  • Teens paddle a canoe on a river in the Amazon rainforest of EcuadorThe Amazon · Ecuador
  • Two teens play bongó drums on a colorful street in La HabanaBongó drums · Cuba
  • Teens kayak through the mangroves in Puerto RicoMangroves · Puerto Rico
  • Two sisters, middle and high school, paint their own island map at homeMy island map · Unidad 07
The illustrated route map of the Spanish-speaking world: all 25 stops numbered in order, with a travel line from Lima, the home base
The whole year

25 stops · all 21 Spanish-speaking countries

Every number on the map is a unit, in order: from Lima and Cusco to México, Panamá, Costa Rica, Cuba and on around the world. The 25 units come in five volumes of five.

  • Volumen 1 · Units 01–05
  • Volumen 2 · Units 06–10
  • Volumen 3 · Units 11–15
  • Volumen 4 · Units 16–20
  • Volumen 5 · Units 21–25
How it works

A day, a week, a year

Small steps every day. You never plan the whole year.

A real Day, Unidad 01 Day 3: your teen plays Ana's part in a conversation with Fernando, picking each reply in Spanish

A real Day, as your teen sees it: Unidad 01, Day 3, play Ana's part.

Every Day, the same 9 steps

  1. 1Today you'll learn
  2. 2Watch
  3. 3See it
  4. 4Hear it
  5. 5Try it
  6. 6Practice
  7. 7Use it
  8. 8Copo the llamaSurprise!
  9. 9Check it off
A middle school student mid-lesson on the couch, Fernando's comic on her tablet and her passport of stamps in hand
≈45 min

A day

The 9 steps above, one at a time. The orange button is always next.

The real passport page: a stamp for each Day of the week, and the unit stamp
1 week

A week

The week's plan, a goal that forgives a missed day (no streaks), and one family challenge.

One unit, open: the real Unidad 01 Student Workbook
5–9 days

A unit

One country, one new friend. It ends with the Reto (show what you know) and a passport stamp.

The live route map: the travel line from Lima through the first stops
25 units

A year

About 135–150 hours. Designed as a full one-credit course; parents award the credit.

Your parent view

See their whole adventure at a glance

Where they are, what they've earned, and what's next this week. The course teaches and checks; you see it all.

  • Answer keys, page by page
  • Progress for each child, every Day
  • A transcript summary to save
  • On screen, on paper, or a mix
A dad and his middle school son on the porch, the Unidad 04 Student Workbook open beside the laptop
Spanish on the porch
Example · a test learner
Sample
17/19unit test
3.6hlogged
Bsuggested grade
What Ella can do and say now
  • Greet someone and count to 20
  • Follow a first conversation
  • Catch a name, a country and an age
  • Ask and answer the four questions
The Pasaporte stamp, earnedUnidad 01 stamp + 8 Day stamps
This weekThe real parent hub
The parent hub's This week panel for a test learner: Days done, the last unit test score, hours logged, and what the teen can do and say now

Days done, the test score, hours, and what they can say now.

A grade you can explain
The parent hub's grade panel for a test learner: a suggested grade with the evidence for each part, and a bar for each skill

The evidence behind the grade, skill by skill.

Their routeLive map
The illustrated route map: the stops done linked by a travel line, and the next stop
Just earned
The Panamá stamp, Unidad 04Your teen just earned the Panamá stamp!

Unidad 04 is done. Next stop: Costa Rica.

Day by dayEvery Day, its goal and first-try score
The real day-by-day record for a test learner: each Day's goal, the date done, the first-try score and the minutes
Their passportEvery Day earns a stamp
The real passport page for a test learner: the Pasaporte stamp for Unidad 01 and eight dated Day stamps
Parent answers
Parent answers

Good questions

Do I need to speak Spanish?

No. The lessons teach everything step by step, with plain English first and real voices for the Spanish. You check the work with the answer keys.

Is it right for both a 6th grader and a 12th grader?

Yes. It's Spanish 1 made for grades 6–12: a look and voice for teens, short clear steps, and the orange button always shows what's next. Each learner moves at their own pace.

Does it count as a full Spanish 1 credit?

It is designed as a full one-credit course; parents award the credit. It is a full year of Spanish 1: 25 units, about 135–150 hours. Your parent view keeps the hours, the scores and a transcript summary to save for your records.

How much time does it take?

About 45 minutes a day. A unit takes 5–9 days, and the whole year is about 135–150 hours.

Can we start in the middle of the year?

Yes. Every learner starts at Unidad 01 and moves at their own pace, so you can begin whenever your family is ready. The full course opens in January 2027; join the list to hear first, and to get Unidad 01 free.

What if we fall behind or need a break?

That's fine. There are no streaks to break and no timer on the unit test. The weekly goal forgives a missed day, and your teen picks up right where they left off: the orange button always shows the next step.

How does my teen practice speaking?

Every Day has Spanish to hear and say out loud: conversations with the guides, a Record me button to hear themselves, and speaking turns in the games. On the unit test you listen and score two answers with a simple rubric, no Spanish needed.

What devices do we need?

It runs in a web browser and is Chromebook-friendly. The unit test works best on a laptop or Chromebook. The Student Workbook pages print at home, so many Days can also be done on paper.

Can siblings use it?

Yes. The Family plan covers 2–4 students, each with their own profile and progress, and you can add more for $49 per student beyond 4. One learner? The One student plan is for you.

What does “locked” mean for Founding Families?

Your $249 family price stays the same every year you stay a member, including new levels as they open. If you cancel and come back later, the regular price applies.

How does the Co-op plan work?

One teacher leads up to 15 students with all 25 units, the teacher slides, the guides and the Student Workbook pages, plus answer keys. It's $599 a year, locked, for the first 20 founding co-ops, then $799. Co-op families can add home access for $149 a year.

Is there religious content?

No. The lessons are about language and the cultures of Spanish-speaking countries, so families of every background use it.

More questions? Write to Julie: hola@spanishcurriculumstudio.com

Julie Endsley, Profe Endsley, smiling in a sunny courtyard
Meet your teacher

Hi, I'm Julie Endsley

“Profe Endsley” to the teens in the course.

I taught my own children Spanish at home: their full Spanish curriculum, plus a lot of learning beyond school. I also ran homeschool Spanish classes for other families.

Today I'm a National Board Certified Spanish teacher, and I train other teachers in backward design, instructional design and student engagement.

Every unit starts from what students should be able to do, then I design the path to get there.

  • National Board Certified
  • Teacher trainer
  • Taught her own kids Spanish at home
  • Homeschool Spanish classes
Opening January 2027

Prices · one student or the whole family

Every plan includes the full Spanish 1 course: all 25 units.

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$249 per year

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  • All 25 units: 25 stops, all 21 Spanish-speaking countries
  • Videos, games and practice that checks itself
  • Student Workbook pages to print
  • Your parent view: progress and answer keys
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Family · 2–4 students

For brothers and sisters learning at home.

$299 per year

or $35 per month

  • Everything in One student, for 2–4 students
  • Each student has their own profile and progress
  • +$49 per student beyond 4
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Whole family, every level.

$249 per year

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  • The whole family, every level, for the one-student price
  • $249 a year, locked for as long as you're a member, even when Spanish 2, 3 and 4 open
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  • The teacher slides, guides and Student Workbook pages for leading a class
  • Answer keys for the teacher
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