This is for beginners with at least 50 hours of speaking practice. Please take Beginner 1.1 first to get an assessment before taking Beginner 1.2. 

Each ongoing Spanish Immersion class will focus on a small part of a song with very specifically targeted vocabulary that goes with that song. With that, we will build on short question/answer conversations to build ear training, listening skills, build confidence to respond, and overall have a lot of fun through games, which are created to help them remember the context of the vocabulary. Each class, students can learn a targeted aspect of the language. Join or leave the course at any time, since each class is a lesson in itself. 

The goal of any TruFluency Kids Spanish Immersion class is to give a basic level of fluency within 3-4 years with 2-3 classes a week (take any of our courses to build fluency, since we change themes every month, school-wide, building fluency one conversation topic at a time). Then, a higher level of fluency by joining our dual language classes/teen conversation classes later on. Our goal is to give fluency, through online, consistent, convenient lessons with engaging and dynamic methodology that is always evolving and improving. Parents can count on us to be in business for decades, as we started our business in 2010. 

This class renews with a NEW THEME every 4 weeks, following our school's monthly changing curriculum, so rest assured, after this course, there will be another 4-week course at the same time, all throughout the year. 

If your child knows some words and understands some phrases, this is a good level. If your child knows nothing, this is a good level. All beginners. Your child will be unmuted the entire class and interacting as if we were in person - we even get up, stand up and move around quite a bit to keep everyone on their toes (literally)! We will speak mainly in Spanish, but no one will ever be confused for too long - just like how your children learned English, you did not translate, and eventually they figured it out. We will do this through showing, expressions, pictures, telling stories and more. With over 1000 clients who have improved their Spanish fluency, our method is spot on!

We use The Bellieu Method for fluency, our trademarked method for acquiring a second language, which upholds songs, singing, dancing, getting them moving to express what they're saying, speaking (when they're ready - everyone has a different speed), relevant material that is useful for everyday life, topics based on the kids attending the class, and letting the student be the focus of the class for ultimate engagement. We are not a 1, 2, 3, red, green, blue type of Spanish class. We teach RELEVANT words used DAILY, for TRUFLUENCY. 

Conversation level will be adjusted depending on the level of each student or the group as a whole. Conversation will also be geared towards the interests of the students in this small class. We meet your student exactly where he or she is. 

What will they learn or talk about?

In every TruFluency Kids Spanish Immersion class, we have 2-3 themes that we touch on (for example traveling, animals, hobbies, what you like to eat, etc). During the discussion of these themes, we will focus on being able to express ourselves in Spanish in regards to this theme. We will always encourage speaking, while also increasing listening comprehension, reading and writing in Spanish. Activities in class include, but not limited to: learning songs, singing, ear training to hear Spanish clearly and pronounce it correctly (yet everyone goes at their own speed). Every class includes an activity such as reading a story, playing a word game, creating a song game with our voices in Spanish, or even a computer game to keep the environment immersive. 

While the focus is always on listening/speaking, since that is how children learn language first (and most successfully), we also incorporate writing and quick spelling exercises (but limited, as this is learned later).

Singing is incorporated into every class.  

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THEMES WITH DATES
2-week Summer Camp ☀️: "¡Sí, puedo!" 🐮 (Yes, I can!) - June 23 to July 6

If your child takes 1 class/week, these are the lessons they will have per week:
Week 1 (June 23 - June 29): Lesson 1
Week 2 (June 30 - July 6): Lesson 2

If your child takes 2 classes/week, these are the lessons they will have per week:
Week 1 (June 23 - June 29): Lessons 1-2
Week 2 (June 30 - July 6): Lessons 3-4

If your child takes 3 classes/week, these are the lessons they will have per week:
Week 1 (June 23 - June 29): Lessons 1-2 + extra activities
Week 2 (June 30 - July 6): Lessons 3-4 + extra activities

ACTIVITIES PER LESSON (Every Curriculum)
Every lesson in our curriculum has a set of activities which follow the structure below. Stories, songs, videos, games and crafts are always part of our lessons:
-Activity 1. Personal questions. Students practice basic and daily personal questions according to their level (quantity and difficulty vary). We are going to repeat this set of questions throughout the whole course. 
-Activity 2: Let’s get ready. Students learn and practice the keywords, expressions, questions and answers we will find later in the next chapter of the story.
-Activity 3: Story time! Students read the main story with the teacher. The stories are written for each level respectively. The difficulty, number of words and topics change.
-Activity 4: What was the story about? Students answer questions about the story to review vocabulary and expressions.
-Activity 5: Now’s your turn. Students answer questions about themselves using the topics seen in the story’s content and the characters’ dialogues. 
-Activity 6: Students read the story one more time. Kids repeat the words and act the story out.
*The following activities are for 7 to 12-year-old groups only.
-Activity 7: Older students learn and practice an extra topic related to the main story.
-Activity 8: Students use the main and extra vocabulary learned from the story in real life situations in which these will be useful and practical.
-Activity 9: Students review what they learned in today’s class.
-Activity 10: Intermediate students (levels 2.2 to 3.1) discuss and talk about a certain topic with open questions related to the content of the lesson.

MAIN TOPICS PER LESSON in "¡Sí, puedo!" 🐮 (Yes, I can!) 

Lessons 1-2: 
Students will learn and practice in Spanish:
-Phrase “I can” + different skills and activities.
-Question “Can you...?” “Yes, I can. / No, I can’t.”
-Activities and situations in cities and little towns or farms.
-The first chapter of the story introduces two kids: Blue Girl and Yellow Boy. They will show us what the can and can’t do both in a small town and a big city, respectively.
-7 to 12 years old students: Can you…? + extra verbs and different places. Example: Can you surf at the beach? Yes, I can. 
-Intermediate students: Talk about everything they can or can’t do in their neighborhoods. Students will compare how different the activities in places around the country can be.

Lessons 3-4: 
Students will learn and practice in Spanish:
-Word “There is/There are” + places and food in cities and little towns or farms. Example: There is a river in this town.
-Review phrase “I can” + different skills and activities and question “Can you...?” “Yes, I can. / No, I can’t.”
-Add the questions “Why” and answer “Because…”. Example: I can’t swim. Why? Because the water is too cold.
-The second chapter of the story shows us more things Blue Girl and Yellow Boy can or can’t do. But this time we are going to ask them why. Funny scenes and situations will show students how these words and questions work in Spanish.
-Activity with the word “can” and the question “Why?”. Every student will tell the class if they can or can’t do whatever is shown on screen.
-7 to 12 years old students: Can you…? + extra verbs and different places + Why? Why not?
-Expression “Let me see”. The teacher asks students what they can do. If someone says they can, teacher will reply “Let me see…”, then students will have to act it out and prove it.
-Intermediate students: Talk about strange tasks and activities they can or can’t do at home. Students will discuss about whether it is possible to do what is shown on the slides or not.

NEXT…

THEMES WITH DATES
2-week Summer Camp ☀️: "La tiendita" 🍪 (The little shop) - July 7 to July 20

If your child takes 1 class/week, these are the lessons they will have per week:
Week 1 (July 7 - July 13): Lesson 1
Week 2 (July 14 - July 20): Lesson 2

If your child takes 2 classes/week, these are the lessons they will have per week:
Week 1 (July 7 - July 13): Lessons 1-2
Week 2 (July 14 - July 20): Lessons 3-4

If your child takes 3 classes/week, these are the lessons they will have per week:
Week 1 (July 7 - July 13): Lessons 1-2 + extra activities
Week 2 (July 14 - July 20): Lessons 3-4 + extra activities

MAIN TOPICS PER LESSON in "La tiendita" 🍪 (The little shop)

Lessons 1-2: 
Students will learn and practice in Spanish:
-Phrase “There is/There are” + food and kitchen stuff vocabulary.
-Phrase “I don’t have” + fruits and vegetables. 
-Question “Can I have…?” + fruits and vegetables. “Yes, you can have…”.
-The first chapter of the story introduces Gaby, a girl who notices she hasn’t got any cookies left to watch movies. She tells her grandfather they need to buy a box. Her grandfather gives her some money and sends her to the little shop a few blocks away.
-Questions “Is there/Are there…?” + food and kitchen stuff. “Yes, there is/are”, “No, there isn’t/aren’t”.
-Asking for money before going to a store or a supermarket.
-Expression “Thank you” after getting something from someone.
-7 to 12 years old students: Look at a map and follow directions to get to different places using expressions like “Go straight”, “Cross the street”, “Turn left/right”. 
-Intermediate students: Look at a map with more information and places and practice how to ask for and give directions to others. Students will have to be specific and clear to help their classmates get to the right place on time.

Lessons 3-4: 
Students will learn and practice in Spanish:
-Review the phrase “There is/There are” + groceries vocabulary (cookies, sodas, bottles of water, candy, fruit, etc.)
-The second chapter of the story shows us how Gaby gets to the store and talks to the owner. She wants to buy a box of cookies, but he offers her things she doesn’t need and ends up buying everything! What will her grandfather tell her after spending all the money he gave her?
-See how money in Mexico looks like. Teacher will describe coins and bills Mexicans use. Kids will say which one is their favorite and make an easy drawing out of them. Bills in Mexico have animals that represent the country. – Later this vocabulary will let us ask students how much something is. Students will answer “It costs $100 pesos”.
-7 to 12 years old students: Pretend they visit a little shop and boy some products. We will repeat all the questions and expressions any Spanish speaker would use when going shopping: I would like…, Can I have…? Are there…? How much…? etc.
-Intermediate students: Watch videos explaining what the animals on the Mexican bills mean and what’s the story behind each design. Students will make comments and share their opinions about them while comparing Mexican and American money.