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Las Lengüitas - Spanish Classes We make learning new Spanish easy AND fun!
➡️ In-person and online classes With Las Lengüitas, students learn Spanish as naturally as their first language.

We create an environment that completely immerses them in a fun and engaging world of Spanish. With small class sizes and carefully planned lessons, we speak only in Spanish, using the world around us to make sense of the language. With Las Lengüitas, Spanish is memorable because it is meaningful, engaging and most importantly, Spanish is fun!

Meet Samantha!She learned Spanish the traditional way first. Grammar rules, textbooks, conjugation tables. Then she went...
09/09/2026

Meet Samantha!

She learned Spanish the traditional way first. Grammar rules, textbooks, conjugation tables. Then she went to Guatemala for an immersion experience and everything shifted. That is where she discovered what language learning actually feels like when it stops being a subject and starts being a conversation.

That shift is exactly why she fits so well here.

Samantha has 8 years of Spanish teaching experience in public schools, across every grade from K to 12. She holds a BA in Spanish and an MA in Spanish with a concentration in translation. Outside of teaching she is usually baking something, reading something, or outside with her husband and their dog.

We are so glad to have her on our team! 💛

Every child has an innate capacity for language. It’s literally what the human brain is designed to do.The difference be...
07/30/2026

Every child has an innate capacity for language. It’s literally what the human brain is designed to do.

The difference between a child who becomes bilingual and one who doesn’t isn’t ability. It’s opportunity.

That’s what we’re here to create 💛

Tag a parent who needs to hear this today ✨

Your child is deep in conversation in Spanish and then suddenly English. You think: are they forgetting it? Are they reg...
07/23/2026

Your child is deep in conversation in Spanish and then suddenly English. You think: are they forgetting it? Are they regressing?

Here's the truth: what you just witnessed is called code-switching. And it is a sign of bilingual competence, not confusion.

Their brain is doing something really sophisticated: pulling from two full language systems and choosing the best tool for the moment.

Bilingual speakers switch between languages based on context, emotion, or whichever word comes to them fastest. It's fluid, it's natural, and it's incredibly common.

Research shows that fluent bilinguals code-switch all the time. It means they have full access to both languages.

So the next time it happens? Smile. Because that's your bilingual child doing their thing 💛

Meet Ms. Karolyn.14 years of teaching across the US and abroad, a Bachelor’s in Spanish Education, a Master’s in Curricu...
06/29/2026

Meet Ms. Karolyn.

14 years of teaching across the US and abroad, a Bachelor’s in Spanish Education, a Master’s in Curriculum and Instruction, and time spent living in Spain, Mexico, and Peru. Growing up in a bilingual Polish household sparked a lifelong love of languages that has shaped everything she does.

She’s also raising two bilingual kids herself, so she knows firsthand what it takes to nurture a multilingual learner.

Her goal isn’t just to impart knowledge. It’s to give students the confidence to reach their language goals 🤍

After the first week, children often come home saying "I don't know what they said."That feeling of reaching, of not qui...
06/20/2026

After the first week, children often come home saying "I don't know what they said."

That feeling of reaching, of not quite having the word, and hunting for it, is exactly where the language gets rooted.

The brain is working hard in those early weeks. It's building something real. It just doesn't look like anything yet.

It's uncomfortable for about three weeks. Then something shifts.

A word lands.

A phrase clicks.

And then another.

If your child is in that first-week fog right now, hang tight.

You're not behind.

You're exactly where you're supposed to be.

Language teaches through the doing of it. The pausing, the reaching, the not-quite-right-and-trying-again. A translation...
06/10/2026

Language teaches through the doing of it. The pausing, the reaching, the not-quite-right-and-trying-again. A translation app can give you the word. It can't give you the patience, the humility, or the quiet thrill of being understood in a language that wasn't yours yet.

Those things get built in the classroom, in the circle, in the mess of real immersion. And they stay with your child long after the vocabulary does 🤍

06/03/2026

Some recent work with our amazing students 🫶

Music makes language stick in a way that drills never could.

When kids learn Spanish through song, they’re absorbing rhythm, vocabulary, and pronunciation all at once without even realising they’re studying.

It’s one of the most natural ways to build confidence in a new language!

05/29/2026

She’s been my sidekick for 11 years.

When my last class said “adios Maria” I knew it was the last time. And man... it hit differently.

It seems silly to be emotional about a puppet. But I love my students, I love teaching, and this transition is harder than I expected.

The online program is incredible though. The way we’ve been able to replicate the in-person experience is something most programs can’t do. I cannot wait to see what’s ahead 🤍

Signs your child is acquiring Spanish that have nothing to do with 'say something in Spanish' 😅Because here's the thing:...
05/28/2026

Signs your child is acquiring Spanish that have nothing to do with 'say something in Spanish' 😅

Because here's the thing: language acquisition is mostly invisible. It happens quietly, in the background, until suddenly... it isn't.

These are the real green flags we look for with our students. And most parents are completely surprised when we point them out.

Which one is your child showing? Let me know below👇

P.S. If none of these feel familiar yet, that's okay too. Every child moves at their own pace, and that's exactly what we're here for 💛

Parents often worry when their child isn’t speaking Spanish right away but, silence is a normal, healthy part of languag...
05/24/2026

Parents often worry when their child isn’t speaking Spanish right away but, silence is a normal, healthy part of language learning.

Children build language internally long before they express it externally.

They’re listening, absorbing, processing, and making meaning.

Speaking early does **not** mean learning faster.

Feeling safe, connected, and confident does.

At Las Lengüitas, we never force output.

We create a joyful environment where speech emerges naturally, in the child’s own time not ours.

If your child is quiet… they are still learning.

Often more than you think.

Want to understand more about our approach?

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