Spanish course for children
Spanish courses for children 6 to 12 years old
Our Spanish courses for children are especially designed for children aged 6 to 12 years as a part of a family language trip to Spain with their parents or one parent. The goal of the course is to introduce the children playfully to the Spanish language, without making them feel that they are at school. The classes take place partly in the classroom and outside in the wonderful children’s park of our village or on the square. In small groups of 4 to 6 children, in 4 classes of 45 minutes per day, the children learn to communicate in Spanish, play language games, some of them including movement, sing Spanish songs, do arts & crafts, paint, listen to Spanish music and do role plays in which they communicate in Spanish in daily life situations of a child. We encourage the kids to contribute their own ideas to the program.
You as a parent can participate in the Spanish course for adults while your children are in class, and acquire useful knowledge of Spanish, together with other parents or single parents. The knowledge acquired in the course will greatly simplify travelling in Spain and give you a deeper insight into Spanish culture and lifestyle. Or you can just enjoy your holidays while your children are learning and practicing Spanish. In the afternoons we organize interesting activities for parents and children if you are interested.
The afternoons are free for children and parents to do activities. There are a lot of optional activities that can be organized by the language school’s team, such as canoeing, hiking, horse riding, workshops such as painting ceramics or cultural visits to the famous White Villages nearby. And there are a lot of activities that you can do on your own or together with other families participating in the family program.
Summer vacations
In the summer holidays in July and August, the Spanish courses for children are open to individual enrolments. We take care to compile the groups according to age and previous knowledge.
If you are looking for a more intensive immersion into Spanish for your children in the summer vacations, we can organize a combination of activities with local children in the mornings and Spanish classes in the afternoon.
| Arrival dates 2023 summer |
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| 02 July (1-5 weeks) |
| 17 July 1-3 weeks) |
| 24 July (1-2 weeks) |
| 30 July (1 week) |
Spanish activities with local children
If you are looking for a more intensive immersion into Spanish for your children in the summer vacations, we can organize a combination of activities with local children in the mornings and Spanish classes in the afternoon. There are several options, which can be combined:
Option 1 – Sports camp
In first week of July, in our local village a sports camp is organized by a local sports club which includes activities such as soccer, basketball, swimming, and several games, three days a week. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for the younger children from 6 to 9 years old and Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays for the children from 10 to 12 years old, from 9:30am to 2pm. The fee is approx. €80 per child and includes a customized shirt and some shorts.
The Spanish classes are organized around the sports camp in the afternoons from 3:30pm and in the mornings on the two free days per week of the sports camp.
Option 2 – “Ludoteca”
The activities of the “Ludoteca”, including experiments, workshops like painting or recycling, dancing and theater, start at the beginning of July until the middle of August, from Mondays to Fridays from 9:00am to 2:00pm. The price is approx. €25 per child per week.
With this option, the Spanish classes start at 3:30pm, from Mondays to Fridays. The weekends are free, feel free to ask us for suggestions for your own family activity plans.
Longer sabbatical with your children
If you are looking for a longer immersion stay for your children, please just ask us. We can organize different options, e.g. a combination of Spanish language classes and participation in activities for local children like soccer, karate or music school. When your children have acquired a certain level of Spanish and feel prepared for that experience, we can help get them enrolled in the local elementary school for a period. This option is possible for children from 6 to 12 years old, which is the age span of the Spanish elementary school.
Spanish Language Camp for Children
If you are looking for a Spanish language camp for a group of children or teenagers, with the possibility of an exchange with Spanish children and teenagers, please contact us. We have been organizing German-Spanish language camps for children and teenagers for groups from Germany and Spain since 2008. The mornings are dedicated to deepening the foreign language with communicative activities. In the afternoons and evenings, there are joint bilingual activities, games and workshops with the Spanish children or teenagers. The camps are with 24-hour supervision, at a campsite in the natural park with its own swimming pool. Parents are not permitted to stay at the camp to allow the children to be fully immersed in the group dynamic. If the parents arrive with their children, we suggest that the parents stay in the province of Cadiz, Seville or Malaga and explore the rich natural and cultural heritage of this part of Andalusia.
