Sonrisas Spanish and the National Standards for Foreign Language Learning The National Standards for Foreign Language Learning were first published […]
Language Learning—We’ve Got It Backwards By now it has been clearly established that learning a second language promotes substantial cognitive […]
One of the most frequent questions we get regarding the Sonrisas Spanish Curriculum is, “how long are the lessons supposed […]
In our last post we wrote about the importance of establishing a consistent routine for your Spanish class. Once you […]
Education research demonstrates the importance of routine for young learners. Benefits of having a predictable daily routine include a sense […]
In second language learning it is evident how important repetition is. We have written a lot in this blog about […]
The Sonrisas Spanish lessons are designed to create an immersion environment in which students have lots of opportunity for meaningful […]
Music and verse are a big part of the Sonrisas Spanish Curriculum. In Sonrisas Levels I and II, during the […]
In the last several posts we have been looking at what characterizes the three phases of our Acquire, Develop, Learn® […]
Our last two posts discussed how our Acquire, Develop, Learn® methodology gives elementary students the opportunity to naturally acquire Spanish […]