My older kids love read German and that’s as we have taught them when they were younger!!! This looks awesome!!! We did German phonics at 4 and my kids where ready!!!
Thank you for this! I've been seriously considering this for when we finish Aventuras de abecedario. It looks really great. I'm so glad there are more and more resources for Spanish for young learners.
I am also glad! Makes our job way easier when we have open-and-go resources to rely on. And I think this is a really good "step up" from Aventuras del Abecedario...for once they know the alphabet and sounds are are ready to begin putting them together.
Which one is the aventuras de abecedario? Is it also a curriculum or it’s just a book? Wanting to start homeschooling my 3 year old but want to know where to start.
@@user-tx6ze2hg3c I should probably let Rachel answer, but Aventuras is a very sweet curriculum that Rachel wrote that is basically a letter of the week type of program. We've enjoyed it very much. The book and song suggestions are very good and the little worksheets are just right for us. There is an English version also. With a three year old you could probably do them in tandem, and have a lovely start for early literacy in both English and Spanish. If you look in the description she has a link to her website. 😀
So happy I came across your channel. I'm starting to homeschool my toddler and I want a curriculum in Spanish. I was worried I would have to verbally and manually translate every English learning activity I come across, which would be very time consuming and would lead to burnout. Thanks for this review! I will be purchasing!
Depending on the age/advanced level of your toddler, Llamitas recently released a resource that can be used as a sort of "primer" to this level, their preschool morning binder: seveninallfamily--llamitasspanish.thrivecart.com/morning-binder/ That may be a good starting place if your little one hasn't yet mastered the alphabet and numbers 1-20. Mine will be arriving in a few days and I'm excited to start it with my 3 year old (I use the curriculum in this video with my older son). And there are definitely Spanish resources available for homeschoolers if you're determined enough to keep your eye out for them! :) They exist, but just may be a little bit harder to find.
I very much understand how hard it is to stay consistent with practicing and using that second language--that's why I often find it worthwhile to lean on resources that make it easier, and take some of the 'mental load' off.
I think it would depend on the age and phonics readiness. Aventuras del Abecedario is definitely at an easier level than this program academically--that's focused on mastering individual letter sounds and the activities are simpler, while this moves quickly into blending and numbers from 20-100--from my experience, I see that you can get the most out of this with a child who is very close to reading and decoding. I did Aventuras del Abecedario with my son starting this past spring--so I would recommend it for a younger student or one who's not close enough to the point of reading. For a non-native speaking student on the older end of the age range, say, a 6 year old who knows some Spanish but isn't fluent, I'd recommend Llamitas--because at that point, they don't need so much focus on learning the alphabet, but will be able to handle the phonics while focusing on building Spanish skills.
Are you supposed to cut or fold the flash cards? It says to cut along the dashed lines then fold on the dotted, but then the stories didn't quite make sense to me. How do you use it?
To make the little reading booklets, I believe you cut on all the lines to make 4 little pages, then look at the page numbers to make sure you put them in the right order before stapling.
I’d love to see maybe a day in the life to understand how you mix this with your English curriculum! I just want to make sure I don’t confuse my kids when they are in the “learn to read” stage. Any advice?
I will try to remember to record some of this in an upcoming day in the life. Bilingual Together has a great blog post sharing her experience with teaching phonics in both languages to her kids, and the different approaches she's used: bilingualtogether.com/how-i-teach-reading-in-spanish/ With my son, I'm using the approach of moving ahead with phonics first in English, because that's his dominant language, but then as he has progressed in English, following along a little bit behind with Spanish phonics. And I do "name" the languages we're working in to help with distinguishing the vowel sounds. "In Spanish, A says..." "Let's practice our reading in English." etc.
I'm sorry, I've never taught Spanish with that age group--one of the bilingual homeschool bloggers I follow has a great Spanish curriculum round-up post with lots of details, that might be helpful: languagelearningathome.com/blog/complete-homeschool-spanish-curriculum-round-up
Do you teach your kids both languages everyday? My sons only speak Spanish they are 1.5 and 3 years old and I want to start homeschool soon but I’m not sure if I should teach them both languages, they might not go to public school, we are still unsure and I don’t want them to be behind of we do decide to send them. What are your thoughts
We do schoolwork in both languages daily. Not that we teach every "subject" in both languages but we do some schoolwork in both languages daily. I think what you should do really depends on where you live and what your long-term goals are, what languages they would need to use if they did go to public school someday. We live in SE Asia and no one else speaks Spanish here, so for them to interact with friends or communicate with anyone else, they needed to speak English. We are from the US, and in the long term, I expect that they will likely attend colleges in the US and do most of their academic work in English. For our own family, English is a more dominant language, but we do work hard to make Spanish a part of their daily lives and to help them grow those language skills and keep using Spanish in our home and family. My husband went to public school in America and didn't speak English when he first started kindergarten--he did end up repeating kindergarten because it took him extra time to learn English and then to learn the kindergarten material. I've known enough kids to struggle with language learning at the same time as beginning school that for me, I would want to make sure kids spoke the language of instruction before attending any school, but there are others who have a different opinion.
I just tried a sample of this curriculum with my daughter and she loved it! Instead of me doing the teaching, I used a puppet to be her "teacher"! We love how it went! Would you be able to tell me how many lessons there are in total for Level 1? I know there are 12 units, but I'm not sure if there are enough lessons to take us a full year.
Using a puppet sounds fun! There are 72 lessons in this level, so it's more of something to use a couple times a week vs. every day if you want it to last through a school year. We're down to our last couple of lessons, and I do plan to use Level 2, though I'm planning to take a break to just work on building reading fluency.
We’re a bilingual household and want to add Spanish as our 3rd language for our daughters - one is 2.5 years and one just turned 5 (who likes worksheets). I am pretty proficient in Spanish from school and living abroad but have introduced very little Spanish language to our girls so far. Do you think Llamitas would be a good fit? Or would you recommend something like Homeschool Languages or Beautiful Mundo for us? Thanks!
If your daughter has at least some background in Spanish ( Does she know what you're telling her and respond with action when you say things like ponte tus zapatos or es tiempo de comer, etc? Even if she doesn't know how to say or use the words herself, does she have enough background knowledge to understand it?)...and if she likes worksheets, Llamitas might be a good fit. If there is less background knowledge...I'd probably be more likely to go with Homeschool Languages which is much better for initially introducing and getting started with speaking the language. The book suggestions of Beautiful Mundo can have VERY rich language--young kids who aren't already used to being read aloud to in Spanish might struggle to enjoy them or feel like they understand much without a lot of explanation. They are not the easiest, simplest picture books. For context/comparison...my 5 year old has always had some Spanish exposure but is definitely MUCH stronger on understanding Spanish vs. using it. I'd say he understands just about everything he hears from his dad or me, and follows picture books well...but actually using it can be challenging...and that's where intentionally working with curriculum is coming in.
Yes--you wouldn't even necessarily need the hard copy, as you could print out everything you need, but yes, you can print multiples of any worksheets that they are writing on.
We don't double everything in schoolwork - I don't try to do science, geography, etc in two languages equally (for many families, it's not realistic to do every subject in both languages). The majority of our schoolwork is in English because we are from the USA and my son's most likely future is education and career in an English-dominant environment. However, we do prioritize including Spanish, mainly in LA areas. My son has actually finished this level of Llamitas since I made this video, so my current Spanish focus for him is learning to read well (using primers designed for kids learning to read and phonics worksheets) along with learning songs in Spanish and listening to stories in Spanish. Once he's reading more fluently we will move on to Level 2 of Llamitas. We do spend a good chunk of time on schoolwork but educating my children is one of my primary jobs right now, so it's not something I try to limit as far as time goes. @@jacquilawrie1598
It looks beautiful and I really wanted to like it. However it is worksheet based which will definitely not work for my boys. I really need something games, songs based
I know that not all little ones love worksheets--my little guy thrives with them, so this has been a good fit for us. Do your sons already speak Spanish or are they beginning to learn? I would check out Homeschool Languages level 1 or 2 if your children are beginners in Spanish, they are very active and have lots of games...for native Spanish speakers I'm not aware of any song- or game-based programs for Spanish literacy.
Can you compare this to Beautiful Mundo? In your opinion, what one would be better for an advanced beginner Spanish speaking mom with kids ages 10, 7, and 3? Or do you use them both together? If so, can you share how that has worked for you? Thanks!!
With children the ages of your kids, between these two, I'd go with Beautiful Mundo. Have you seen my flip-through of that? I also have a discount code for that one. ruclips.net/video/HFpS2zv1enk/видео.html The reason why I say that is because Llamitas has a focus on academics (phonics, comprehension, early math) that would be below the level of your kids...even though they may not know Spanish phonics and will need to learn that, this level of Llamitas is really targeted at the PreK/K age range and the skills they are building. One question that I'd have is do your kids have any background with Spanish, or it is only you who does? Because I think with both of these programs...having some background already for the learners really helps make the most of them. With Beautiful Mundo, you're jumping straight into singing songs and listening to picture books completely in Spanish and some kids might be overwhelmed by the immersion style if they don't have some basic level of Spanish (I think it depends on the kid and their personality, too--immersion is a great way to learn, but it does frustrate some kids). I do plan to do a comparison video of Spanish curriculum options soon, probably in the next month!
@@SevenInAll I just watched the Beautiful Mundo video and it looks amazing. My kids do have some experience. We homeschool and I have used charlotte mason spanish with them this year. Plus, my older two are in spanish immersion classes once a week for 4-5 hours. My youngest will start next fall. I agree with you on Beautiful Mundo being better for my oldest after watching both videos. I also think that I will learn some from it haha! I am still considering getting Llamitas for my 3 year old though! :)
@@wietaa Depending on how advanced your 3 year old is, you may want to look into the "PreK Morning Binder", which Llamitas just released as a sort of Primer for this level of Llamitas. I will be doing a video on that one in the next few weeks, as I will be using that with my 3 year old this coming year, and am very excited about it! We also love Beautiful Mundo--I've appreciated the combo of having a guide for our Spanish books and music...and then having Llamitas for the more 'academic' side of Spanish for my PreK/Kinder son this year.
@@SevenInAll I did look at that too! She will be 4 when I start in fall though so I think the full curriculum will work for her, and I think I would use some of it with my older kids like the picture study and immersion stories, and maybe even some worksheets. I’m very excited. Thank you again :)
Yes, I'm still using and loving Beauitful Mundo. We read the picture books and poems during our "morning basket" time--Beautiful Mundo includes 2 alphabet-themed worksheets for each week, which my son does, and then we work together on a narration page for our weekly stories at the end of the week. But that's all in the way of "seatwork"... I was noticing that with how quickly he was advancing in English, we needed to beef up Spanish during our daily "seatwork" school session. So this is more the "sit down and do some Spanish schoolwork" while the other is more our literature/poetry/music guide.
@@SevenInAll Do you do anything to make the two of them line up better in terms of vocabulary and/or letter and syllables focused on for the week? It kind of looks like you could do Beautiful Mundo out of order easier??? Or do you just move through both in order regardless? If so does it get to be too much new vocabulary, new songs, etc. at one time?
I'm still using Beautiful Mundo - I'm actually planning on doing a side-by-side comparison video of several Spanish resources soon. Beautiful Mundo is very much based on literature--so we get our picture book read alouds, poetry, and songs for morning time from Beautiful Mundo--there are also worksheets, but they are just 2 very simple alphabet/copywork worksheets a week, and we also summarize our story of the week on a notebook page at the end of the week (that is mostly parent-led at this point, as my son isn't old enough to manage writing complete sentences). Llamitas is not literature-based, and is more "academic" (at about an early kinder level)--where the child needs to respond to instructions in Spanish or complete activities based on instructions in Spanish. i.e. counting by 10s or circling the correct syllable that begins a word. In a recent lesson, we learned the phrase "más que" and then had to match pictures that showed different scenarios to simple comparison sentences using "más que". So...for us, I'd say that Beautiful Mundo helps gives us the exposure to rich vocabulary and language, and Llamitas helps guide me through activities where he has to do more "production"--"show" what he knows and work with what he learns in Spanish.
The illustrations look incredible
They're lovely!
My older kids love read German and that’s as we have taught them when they were younger!!! This looks awesome!!! We did German phonics at 4 and my kids where ready!!!
That's great! I hope to see my son reading in Spanish for fun in the future.
Thank you for this! I've been seriously considering this for when we finish Aventuras de abecedario. It looks really great. I'm so glad there are more and more resources for Spanish for young learners.
I am also glad! Makes our job way easier when we have open-and-go resources to rely on. And I think this is a really good "step up" from Aventuras del Abecedario...for once they know the alphabet and sounds are are ready to begin putting them together.
Which one is the aventuras de abecedario? Is it also a curriculum or it’s just a book? Wanting to start homeschooling my 3 year old but want to know where to start.
@@user-tx6ze2hg3c I should probably let Rachel answer, but Aventuras is a very sweet curriculum that Rachel wrote that is basically a letter of the week type of program. We've enjoyed it very much. The book and song suggestions are very good and the little worksheets are just right for us. There is an English version also. With a three year old you could probably do them in tandem, and have a lovely start for early literacy in both English and Spanish. If you look in the description she has a link to her website. 😀
@@jessicaTX964 oh okay! Thank you so much😊 I’ll look into it!
I was just thinking about getting a homeschool Spanish curriculum, I guess now I know what I want to get! 😊
This is a solid option! We're enjoying it!
This looks like a great resource! And so beautiful!
It is!
This looks really nice. I like that the instructions are scripted. That really makes it easy for the teacher.
Yes, the teacher script is especially helpful for me.
Thank you for this inside ans detailed look inside
Thanks for watching!
Oh my word this looks so fun
We've been having a lot of fun with it! Cyrus loves the cut-out activities and the songs.
Oh the bilingual teacher script is lovely!
I think that's a very clever feature!
So happy I came across your channel. I'm starting to homeschool my toddler and I want a curriculum in Spanish. I was worried I would have to verbally and manually translate every English learning activity I come across, which would be very time consuming and would lead to burnout. Thanks for this review! I will be purchasing!
Depending on the age/advanced level of your toddler, Llamitas recently released a resource that can be used as a sort of "primer" to this level, their preschool morning binder: seveninallfamily--llamitasspanish.thrivecart.com/morning-binder/
That may be a good starting place if your little one hasn't yet mastered the alphabet and numbers 1-20. Mine will be arriving in a few days and I'm excited to start it with my 3 year old (I use the curriculum in this video with my older son).
And there are definitely Spanish resources available for homeschoolers if you're determined enough to keep your eye out for them! :) They exist, but just may be a little bit harder to find.
This looks really great! My husband has become fluent in Spanish, and we want our kids to grow up learning, but consistency is very hard for me.
I very much understand how hard it is to stay consistent with practicing and using that second language--that's why I often find it worthwhile to lean on resources that make it easier, and take some of the 'mental load' off.
This looks amazing ! Thanks for the flip through !
You are so welcome!
Aww this looks so cute! I can’t add anymore to my plate, but this looks so good!
It's been a fun addition for him, something that really challenges him in Spanish.
Great video Rachel!
Thank you!
This looks awesome! 😍
I'm glad we've added this resource to our routine!
Would you recommend starting with AVENTURAS DEL ABECEDARIO first for non native speakers?
I think it would depend on the age and phonics readiness. Aventuras del Abecedario is definitely at an easier level than this program academically--that's focused on mastering individual letter sounds and the activities are simpler, while this moves quickly into blending and numbers from 20-100--from my experience, I see that you can get the most out of this with a child who is very close to reading and decoding. I did Aventuras del Abecedario with my son starting this past spring--so I would recommend it for a younger student or one who's not close enough to the point of reading. For a non-native speaking student on the older end of the age range, say, a 6 year old who knows some Spanish but isn't fluent, I'd recommend Llamitas--because at that point, they don't need so much focus on learning the alphabet, but will be able to handle the phonics while focusing on building Spanish skills.
Are you supposed to cut or fold the flash cards? It says to cut along the dashed lines then fold on the dotted, but then the stories didn't quite make sense to me. How do you use it?
To make the little reading booklets, I believe you cut on all the lines to make 4 little pages, then look at the page numbers to make sure you put them in the right order before stapling.
I’d love to see maybe a day in the life to understand how you mix this with your English curriculum! I just want to make sure I don’t confuse my kids when they are in the “learn to read” stage. Any advice?
I will try to remember to record some of this in an upcoming day in the life. Bilingual Together has a great blog post sharing her experience with teaching phonics in both languages to her kids, and the different approaches she's used: bilingualtogether.com/how-i-teach-reading-in-spanish/
With my son, I'm using the approach of moving ahead with phonics first in English, because that's his dominant language, but then as he has progressed in English, following along a little bit behind with Spanish phonics. And I do "name" the languages we're working in to help with distinguishing the vowel sounds. "In Spanish, A says..." "Let's practice our reading in English." etc.
@@SevenInAll thank you!
Love your videos. Any recommendations for middle school Spanish?
I'm sorry, I've never taught Spanish with that age group--one of the bilingual homeschool bloggers I follow has a great Spanish curriculum round-up post with lots of details, that might be helpful: languagelearningathome.com/blog/complete-homeschool-spanish-curriculum-round-up
@@SevenInAll no worries. Thanks for the link!! It’s great!!
Do you teach your kids both languages everyday? My sons only speak Spanish they are 1.5 and 3 years old and I want to start homeschool soon but I’m not sure if I should teach them both languages, they might not go to public school, we are still unsure and I don’t want them to be behind of we do decide to send them. What are your thoughts
We do schoolwork in both languages daily. Not that we teach every "subject" in both languages but we do some schoolwork in both languages daily.
I think what you should do really depends on where you live and what your long-term goals are, what languages they would need to use if they did go to public school someday.
We live in SE Asia and no one else speaks Spanish here, so for them to interact with friends or communicate with anyone else, they needed to speak English. We are from the US, and in the long term, I expect that they will likely attend colleges in the US and do most of their academic work in English. For our own family, English is a more dominant language, but we do work hard to make Spanish a part of their daily lives and to help them grow those language skills and keep using Spanish in our home and family.
My husband went to public school in America and didn't speak English when he first started kindergarten--he did end up repeating kindergarten because it took him extra time to learn English and then to learn the kindergarten material. I've known enough kids to struggle with language learning at the same time as beginning school that for me, I would want to make sure kids spoke the language of instruction before attending any school, but there are others who have a different opinion.
I just tried a sample of this curriculum with my daughter and she loved it! Instead of me doing the teaching, I used a puppet to be her "teacher"! We love how it went! Would you be able to tell me how many lessons there are in total for Level 1? I know there are 12 units, but I'm not sure if there are enough lessons to take us a full year.
Using a puppet sounds fun! There are 72 lessons in this level, so it's more of something to use a couple times a week vs. every day if you want it to last through a school year. We're down to our last couple of lessons, and I do plan to use Level 2, though I'm planning to take a break to just work on building reading fluency.
@@SevenInAll thank you, that's great insight! I can always supplement with books for the other days then. Thanks so much!
We’re a bilingual household and want to add Spanish as our 3rd language for our daughters - one is 2.5 years and one just turned 5 (who likes worksheets). I am pretty proficient in Spanish from school and living abroad but have introduced very little Spanish language to our girls so far. Do you think Llamitas would be a good fit? Or would you recommend something like Homeschool Languages or Beautiful Mundo for us? Thanks!
If your daughter has at least some background in Spanish ( Does she know what you're telling her and respond with action when you say things like ponte tus zapatos or es tiempo de comer, etc? Even if she doesn't know how to say or use the words herself, does she have enough background knowledge to understand it?)...and if she likes worksheets, Llamitas might be a good fit. If there is less background knowledge...I'd probably be more likely to go with Homeschool Languages which is much better for initially introducing and getting started with speaking the language.
The book suggestions of Beautiful Mundo can have VERY rich language--young kids who aren't already used to being read aloud to in Spanish might struggle to enjoy them or feel like they understand much without a lot of explanation. They are not the easiest, simplest picture books.
For context/comparison...my 5 year old has always had some Spanish exposure but is definitely MUCH stronger on understanding Spanish vs. using it. I'd say he understands just about everything he hears from his dad or me, and follows picture books well...but actually using it can be challenging...and that's where intentionally working with curriculum is coming in.
How would you use this with multiple children? The hard copy as a teacher manual and print out as their work sheets?
Yes--you wouldn't even necessarily need the hard copy, as you could print out everything you need, but yes, you can print multiples of any worksheets that they are writing on.
Are you using it in conjunction with English maths etc or as the only curriculum your son is doing?
We do schoolwork in English as well.
@@SevenInAll how do you manage it without feeling like you are doubling your workload and the amount of time you spend on school?
We don't double everything in schoolwork - I don't try to do science, geography, etc in two languages equally (for many families, it's not realistic to do every subject in both languages). The majority of our schoolwork is in English because we are from the USA and my son's most likely future is education and career in an English-dominant environment. However, we do prioritize including Spanish, mainly in LA areas. My son has actually finished this level of Llamitas since I made this video, so my current Spanish focus for him is learning to read well (using primers designed for kids learning to read and phonics worksheets) along with learning songs in Spanish and listening to stories in Spanish. Once he's reading more fluently we will move on to Level 2 of Llamitas. We do spend a good chunk of time on schoolwork but educating my children is one of my primary jobs right now, so it's not something I try to limit as far as time goes. @@jacquilawrie1598
It looks beautiful and I really wanted to like it. However it is worksheet based which will definitely not work for my boys. I really need something games, songs based
I know that not all little ones love worksheets--my little guy thrives with them, so this has been a good fit for us. Do your sons already speak Spanish or are they beginning to learn? I would check out Homeschool Languages level 1 or 2 if your children are beginners in Spanish, they are very active and have lots of games...for native Spanish speakers I'm not aware of any song- or game-based programs for Spanish literacy.
Don't know why it's crossing out some of my comment but hopefully it's still readable!
Can you compare this to Beautiful Mundo? In your opinion, what one would be better for an advanced beginner Spanish speaking mom with kids ages 10, 7, and 3? Or do you use them both together? If so, can you share how that has worked for you?
Thanks!!
With children the ages of your kids, between these two, I'd go with Beautiful Mundo. Have you seen my flip-through of that? I also have a discount code for that one. ruclips.net/video/HFpS2zv1enk/видео.html
The reason why I say that is because Llamitas has a focus on academics (phonics, comprehension, early math) that would be below the level of your kids...even though they may not know Spanish phonics and will need to learn that, this level of Llamitas is really targeted at the PreK/K age range and the skills they are building.
One question that I'd have is do your kids have any background with Spanish, or it is only you who does? Because I think with both of these programs...having some background already for the learners really helps make the most of them. With Beautiful Mundo, you're jumping straight into singing songs and listening to picture books completely in Spanish and some kids might be overwhelmed by the immersion style if they don't have some basic level of Spanish (I think it depends on the kid and their personality, too--immersion is a great way to learn, but it does frustrate some kids).
I do plan to do a comparison video of Spanish curriculum options soon, probably in the next month!
@@SevenInAll I just watched the Beautiful Mundo video and it looks amazing. My kids do have some experience. We homeschool and I have used charlotte mason spanish with them this year. Plus, my older two are in spanish immersion classes once a week for 4-5 hours. My youngest will start next fall. I agree with you on Beautiful Mundo being better for my oldest after watching both videos. I also think that I will learn some from it haha! I am still considering getting Llamitas for my 3 year old though! :)
Also, thank you so much!!
@@wietaa Depending on how advanced your 3 year old is, you may want to look into the "PreK Morning Binder", which Llamitas just released as a sort of Primer for this level of Llamitas. I will be doing a video on that one in the next few weeks, as I will be using that with my 3 year old this coming year, and am very excited about it! We also love Beautiful Mundo--I've appreciated the combo of having a guide for our Spanish books and music...and then having Llamitas for the more 'academic' side of Spanish for my PreK/Kinder son this year.
@@SevenInAll I did look at that too! She will be 4 when I start in fall though so I think the full curriculum will work for her, and I think I would use some of it with my older kids like the picture study and immersion stories, and maybe even some worksheets. I’m very excited. Thank you again :)
At which age did you taught your child to read in spanish?
Around 5 years old, although we will still continue practicing and building fluency when he's 6 and 7.
Are you still using Beautiful Mundo along with Llamitas? And if so, how are you incorporating both?
Yes, I'm still using and loving Beauitful Mundo. We read the picture books and poems during our "morning basket" time--Beautiful Mundo includes 2 alphabet-themed worksheets for each week, which my son does, and then we work together on a narration page for our weekly stories at the end of the week. But that's all in the way of "seatwork"... I was noticing that with how quickly he was advancing in English, we needed to beef up Spanish during our daily "seatwork" school session. So this is more the "sit down and do some Spanish schoolwork" while the other is more our literature/poetry/music guide.
@@SevenInAll Do you do anything to make the two of them line up better in terms of vocabulary and/or letter and syllables focused on for the week? It kind of looks like you could do Beautiful Mundo out of order easier??? Or do you just move through both in order regardless? If so does it get to be too much new vocabulary, new songs, etc. at one time?
How does this compare to Beautiful Mundo?
I'm still using Beautiful Mundo - I'm actually planning on doing a side-by-side comparison video of several Spanish resources soon. Beautiful Mundo is very much based on literature--so we get our picture book read alouds, poetry, and songs for morning time from Beautiful Mundo--there are also worksheets, but they are just 2 very simple alphabet/copywork worksheets a week, and we also summarize our story of the week on a notebook page at the end of the week (that is mostly parent-led at this point, as my son isn't old enough to manage writing complete sentences).
Llamitas is not literature-based, and is more "academic" (at about an early kinder level)--where the child needs to respond to instructions in Spanish or complete activities based on instructions in Spanish. i.e. counting by 10s or circling the correct syllable that begins a word. In a recent lesson, we learned the phrase "más que" and then had to match pictures that showed different scenarios to simple comparison sentences using "más que". So...for us, I'd say that Beautiful Mundo helps gives us the exposure to rich vocabulary and language, and Llamitas helps guide me through activities where he has to do more "production"--"show" what he knows and work with what he learns in Spanish.