We were on the hunt for a FUN, visually appealing, open-and-go curriculum for Spanish this year.
A good friend of mine pointed out the appeal of Llamitas, so we tried it out and wanted to share our thoughts on it.
We are two months into using it and I love how easy it is to use to learn Spanish in an engaging way as a family!
Whether you want to incorporate Llamitas into your homeschool,
or you’d like to add Llamitas onto your school-going child’s extracurriculars, we highly recommend it.
I’ve summarized and listed all of their options below.
Llamitas Preschool Morning Binder
“A beautifully illustrated open-and-go binder providing a gentle introduction to the Spanish alphabet and other first concepts.
The Preschool Spanish Morning Binder is our beautifully illustrated introductory curriculum that teaches Spanish basics, including:
the Spanish alphabet, counting to 20, colors and shapes, the weather, calendar work, and emotions.
The binder includes 3 core sections:
~ ‘Actividades diarias’ (daily activities): 4 pages to be used every lesson to practice the calendar, weather, talking about feelings and basic introductions.
~ ‘Canciones’ (songs): 7 catchy and beautiful songs that help consolidate the first concepts taught.
~ 27 ‘unidades’ (mini units): Learn the Spanish alphabet with printables that practice tracing, letter recognition, colors, shapes, counting and more!
Plus 130+ native speaker audios, music playlists and more!”
You can purchase the Preschool Morning Binder (printed version) here.
You can purchase the Preschool Morning Binder (digital print at home version) here.
Llamitas Level One
Recommended for Ages 5-10
“Simply open your lesson, read the teacher scripts out loud and complete the activities!
You can facilitate the lessons in the language you feel most comfortable in and switch later if you need to: Spanish is in blue font, English is in purple.
Phonics + Spelling: Your child will learn to identify letters in the Spanish alphabet, and associate them with their accompanying speech sounds and syllables using the audio playlists.
Counting + Classifying: Your child will learn to count to 100 in Spanish, classify, and complete simple problems.
Listening Comprehension: Your child will develop listening skills with native speaker audio and build comprehension with sequencing and matching games.
Art Studies: Your child will discover famous paintings and complete crafts and recipes to develop fine motor skills.
Music + Movement: Your child will consolidate their vocabulary learning through songs and games.”
You can purchase Llamitas Level One (printed and digital version) here.
You can purchase Llamitas Level One (print at home version) here.
Llamitas Level Two
“Perfect for students that have completed Level 1, OR have at least 1 year of formal Spanish education.
Phonics and Spelling: Building on level 1, your child will develop more advanced phonics through beautiful texts, stories and unit vocabulary. Native speaker audio is included to support pronunciation!
Math in Spanish: In Level 2, they will review concepts taught in Level 1 like counting, 2D shapes, and master a few new concepts including: telling time, practicing addition and subtraction up to 20 with world problems,
more complex 2D shapes, skip counting in twos and fives, and reading bar charts.
Building Biliteracy Skills: Your child will continue to develop foundational reading skills in Spanish, and start learning basic grammar concepts in context. This is key! No drilling, no verb charts.
Cultural Studies: Your child will learn more beautiful and culturally authentic folk songs and traditions in Hispanic culture. “
You can purchase Llamitas Level Two (printed and digital version) here.
You can purchase Llamitas Level Two (print at home version) here.
Llamitas Level Three
“Prerequisite: Level 1 and 2, or minimum of 2 years dual language/ formal Spanish education.
Phonics + Spelling: Building on levels 1 and 2, your child will develop more advanced phonics through beautiful texts, stories and unit vocabulary. Native speaker audio is included to support pronunciation.
Math in Spanish: In Level 3, they will review concepts taught in Levels 1 and 2 like counting, 2D shapes, and master a few new concepts including: Classifying and comparing numbers up to 1000, adding and subtracting two and three digit numbers, analyzing pictographs and bar charts and simple fractions, counting money and learning to identify quadrilaterals and parallelograms.
Bilingual Folktales Anthology: Your child will develop their biliteracy and grammar skills with our beautifully illustrated Level 3 bilingual anthology! This collection of 6 short stories (one per unit) has corresponding activities in the textbook.
Music and Movement and Art Studies: Your child will study beautiful paintings, complete crafts and learn catchy songs rooted in Hispanic culture.
Geography, History, and Culture: Your child will develop an appreciation for the diversity and beauty of the Hispanic culture.”
You can purchase Llamitas Level Three (printed and digital version) here.
You can purchase Llamitas Level Three (print at home version) here.
Llamitas Holiday Bundle
“Celebrate the holidays with Llamitas Spanish®!
Discover the traditions of the holidays in the Hispanic culture with crafts, recipes, games, videos, songs and more! Includes 7 holidays.”
You can purchase Llamitas Holiday Bundle (print at home version) here.
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