7 Ways to Turn Your Home into a Spanish-Immersion Oasis
There's no doubt that childhood is the best time to learn a foreign language: children's brains are growing and flexible, and have the seemingly magical ability to soak up linguistic information like a sponge. Of course, the best way for children to learn a language is to live in a place where that language is spoken. That way, they'll be using the language to communicate, and their skills will increase rapidly.
Bilingual Kids Rock... with podcasts!
Jim chats with Olena Centeno of Bilingual Kids Rock.
A Guided Tour of Spanish Dialects Across the Globe
In this fascinating and beautifully written article Paul tells us all about Spanish dialects across the globe. Let the tour begin!
How UK primary MFL teachers make the most of their limited class time
We asked 17 teachers from within the primary MFL community to tell us how they make the most of their limited class time. Here's what they kindly shared with us...
Spanish Valentine's Day Activities
We scoured the Net to find you 19 top Spanish Valentine's Day Activities!
7 things I love most about living in Spain
What a place to live!!!
Make your own Spanish Year Calendar
How to make a Spanish calendar and use this the days of the week and months of the year.
37 Spanish Christmas Words and Phrases
Can you find them all in the Christmas Tree?!
Visit Arcos de la Frontera!
Walking tour of Arcos de la Frontera.
The Making of Speekee the Puppet
In this tribute to master puppet maker Neil Sterenberg, we reveal how Speekee the puppet came together thanks to Neil's creative genius.
Bilingual struggles: How my family is catching on
Here in an exclusive post for Speekee, Mariana explains how bringing up bilingual children is not always as easy as it sounds.
Halloween Lesson Plan for Primary Spanish Teachers (KS1, lower KS2)
2 activities to learn Spanish at Halloween.
Speekee's Spanish FastTrack program for Homeschoolers - in their own words
Homeschoolers review Speekee FastTrack, the 40 week program designed specially for Homeschool Spanish.
Five key questions on Bilingualism answered by the experts
When should the languages be acquired? Which bilingual strategy should be used? Will the child have a real need for each language? What will be the type and amount of input from each language? What other support can parents count on?
How to learn Spanish - Experts' Tips
After many months of careful observation on Twitter (!) we picked out twelve experts on Spain and Spanish, asking them for their top tips on learning the language. Here's what they told us...
How Speekee's KS2 Scheme of Work is the perfect fit for the MFL primary curriculum
Detailed examples on how the Speekee Scheme of Work for Spanish supports the KS2 MFL curriculum requirements.
What makes a great Spanish tutor?
"The first thing Gareth has to do is try to learn the language," said Jonathan Woodgate last year upon hearing that fellow footballer Gareth Bale had signed for Real Madrid, the legendary Spanish club Woodgate himself had played for some years earlier.
All You Need To Know About Spanglish
Let's surfear!... and other Spanglish.
Don't burn the child's brain!
In a recent interview conducted in Spanish, Rodolfo Llinás was asked about the role of the brain in education, with specific reference to early years education.
