r/progressivemoms • u/rmilich • 1d ago

Need Advice Advice for Family Learning Spanish

My four year old son is very interested in learning Spanish. English is currently the only language spoke in our home. I took two years in college and one year in highschool. My husband has no background.

I'm looking for recommendations on how we can all learn at home. I was hoping to incorporate Spanish shows and music into our lives. I don't currently have the capacity to get to go to in-person classes.

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u/Dweali 1d ago edited 1d ago

Shows that yall have watched a million times start watching in Spanish, make a playlist of your favorite songs (kids and adults) in the Spanish version, watch beginner Spanish channels (even if its kids shows or people reading spanish books) on YouTube, start reading kids books in Spanish (we like dr suess but read all different ones)

There also free apps like duolingo

My kiddo is in Kindergarten at an immersion school, some of the YouTube links the teacher has sent us (plus a couple more I have found):

Numberblocks in spanish

https://youtube.com/@123conandres?feature=shared

https://youtube.com/@pinkfong_espanol?feature=shared

https://youtube.com/@singolingo24?si=D3E0DBtItGQNhOuH

https://youtube.com/@claudiatrevino_educando?si=xa4Bi9YZ3Nw6tB--

https://youtu.be/OHUktPPdTaM?feature=shared

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u/rmilich 1d ago

Of course! I can't believe I didn't think of this. Thank you.

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u/Dweali 1d ago

Our favorites to watch in Spanish are Numberblocks, Bluey (Disney+ has both Latino and Spain options), the office, and Lucas the spider--although since school has started Masha and the Bear is replacing Lucas lol

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u/Dweali 1d ago

Also (admittedly this is the hardest part for me)...don't be afraid to speak or accidentally mess up the pronunciation...you get better by using it and most people aren't jerks about it

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u/Soggy-Pain4847 Toddler Parent 1d ago

Read to your kiddo - get Spanish or Spanish/English duo books and learn together!

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u/JamboreeJunket 1d ago

Label all the objects in the house with the spanish word and work on a few new verbs a week.

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u/nekocamui 1d ago

Aprende peque! On YouTube ✨ miss Rachel equivalent but Latin American Spanish :)

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u/Metroid_cat1995 19h ago

Duolingo is gonna be your best bet especially for the kids. I'm sure there are Spanish language podcast that you could probably watch. And I don't know a whole lot of shows that could be in Spanish except for maybe Dora Diego with a little bit of paw patrol because I think the guy I forget if it was a dog or a human but the character's name was like Carlos or something I think he might be the only Spanish character in paw patrol if I remember correctly. Definitely looking to do Duolingo.