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Spanish · Ages 6–14

The first 1-on-1 Spanish learning system built for kids' actual level of development.

Premium 1-on-1 Spanish instruction with native teachers, designed to build confidence and get your child speaking from day one.

100%
Native Teachers
1:1
Dedicated Focus
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A first in kids' Spanish

The first Spanish course built for kids' actual level of development — combining live 1-on-1 teaching with a companion app, so they build confidence and speak from day one.

1:1
Live teaching
App
Reinforces class
Day 1
Speaking with confidence
The Stepping Stones System

A Spanish system built around your child.

Lessons designed for their level of development, taught one-on-one by native teachers, and reinforced with the companion app, so they build confidence and start speaking from day one.

01Right level

Designed for their level of development

Every lesson is built around your child's age and developmental stage, so the material always meets them exactly where they are.

02Live class

Live 1-on-1 classes

A dedicated native teacher each week, focused entirely on your child. They build confidence and start speaking Spanish from day one.

03Reinforce

Reinforced with the companion app

The vocabulary and themes from class show up in the app as short daily practice, locking in what they learned so they progress quickly.

The honest comparison

No one has ever become fluent from a language learning app, or in Spanish class at school.

Here's why the usual options keep falling short, and what we built instead.

The little green owl on the phone

Language learning apps

Designed to be addictive, not effective.

  • Built for streaks

    The product's job is to bring you back tomorrow, not to make you fluent.

  • No real conversation

    You tap pictures of fruit. You don't actually speak with a person.

  • No teacher, no feedback

    Mistakes get a red X. No one explains why or fixes the habit.

  • Generic curriculum

    The same path for a 6-year-old and a 40-year-old.

Spanish at school

School class

30 kids, one teacher, one curriculum. Not enough.

  • Class of 30

    Your child gets a few minutes of real attention per week, at best.

  • Pace of the slowest

    Lessons move at the pace the whole class can handle.

  • Worksheets & quizzes

    Heavy on grammar drills, light on actual speaking.

  • Distractions everywhere

    Phones, side conversations, half the room tuned out.

Stepping Stones

Stepping Stones

1-on-1 with a native teacher, personalized to your child.

  • 100% one-on-one

    Every minute of class is your child speaking with a native teacher.

  • Personalized curriculum

    Lessons adapt to your child's level and pace, not a one-size-fits-all worksheet.

  • Speaking from day one

    Confidence first. Grammar slides in through real conversation.

  • A real path to fluency

    A continuous system, not scattered lessons that go nowhere.

Programs by age

A different program for every stage of childhood.

Calibrated to attention span, motivation, and grammar readiness. Not a one-size curriculum stretched across all ages.

Portrait representing the Early Learners program
Ages 6–8

Early Learners

30-min classes

Visual, conversational sessions built for short attention spans. Confidence first, speaking before reading, play before grammar.

  • Visual-first

    Big imagery, gestures, and props. Almost zero reading required.

  • Tap, don't type

    The companion app is multiple-choice only at this age — no typing required, just listen and tap.

  • Joyful repetition

    Songs and games circle back so vocabulary sticks without drilling.

Portrait representing the Young Pioneers program
Ages 9–11

Young Pioneers

45-min classes

The age where speaking aloud takes off. Roleplay scenarios, reading challenges, and grammar introduced through stories, never as drills.

  • Conversation-led

    Real scenarios: at the market, with friends, on a trip.

  • Story spine

    Each unit follows an arc, kids care what happens next.

  • Gentle grammar

    Verb tenses introduced in context, reinforced in the app.

Portrait representing the Confident Communicators program
Ages 12–14

Confident Communicators

60-min classes

Longer, deeper sessions for older students. Conversations move into the topics teens actually care about, with the range and nuance to keep up in real Spanish.

  • Confident conversation

    Hold their own in real back-and-forth, not scripted exchanges.

  • Topics that matter

    Music, sports, school life, travel, the things they want to talk about.

  • Real-world Spanish

    Slang, idioms, and how people actually speak, not just the textbook.

A vintage globe centered on the Americas, symbolizing global citizenship through language
The fluency window
Ages 6–14

The years when true fluency is still effortless — and an accent indistinguishable from a native speaker is still possible.

Why Spanish, why now

Set your child up to be a global citizen.

Spanish opens your child's world to over 600 million speakers across more than 20 countries — at work, in travel, in friendships, and in everyday life in the U.S. Learning it young gives them more than a second language. It gives them a wider lens on the world, and the confidence to move through it.

600M+
Spanish speakers worldwide
A passport to 20+ countries across the Americas and Europe.
1 in 5
Americans speak Spanish
More friendships, more communities, more daily opportunities.
+11%
Average bilingual salary lift
Spanish is the most-requested second language by U.S. employers.

Travel that goes deeper

Order, negotiate, joke, and connect like a local — not like a tourist with a phrasebook.

Career options that expand

Healthcare, law, business, tech, education — every field rewards the people who can speak with twice as many clients.

A native-like accent, only possible young

Pronunciation is the one skill adults rarely recover. Kids absorb sounds effortlessly that adult learners spend years chasing.

A lifelong cognitive edge

Bilingual children show stronger memory, focus, and problem-solving — benefits that compound through school and beyond.

Pricing

A complete system, built on consistency.

Classes meet at the same time each week so progress compounds. Live classes, the companion app, and personalized instruction all work together as one connected program.

Ages 6–8
30-min classes
~4 classes / month
1 class per week
$100
per month
Most popular
~8 classes / month
2 classes per week
$175
per month
~12 classes / month
3 classes per week
$250
per month
Ages 9–11
45-min classes
~4 classes / month
1 class per week
$150
per month
Most popular
~8 classes / month
2 classes per week
$250
per month
~12 classes / month
3 classes per week
$350
per month
Ages 12–14
60-min classes
~4 classes / month
1 class per week
$200
per month
Most popular
~8 classes / month
2 classes per week
$350
per month
~12 classes / month
3 classes per week
$425
per month
Included with every plan:Live native teacherUnlimited companion appPersonalized lessonsConsistent weekly time
Giving back

We donate 10% of all profits to children's charities in Colombia.

Every class your child takes helps support kids in the community where our teaching began.

Michelle Puga, Spanish and English teacher at Stepping Stones Spanish
Meet your child's teacher

Michelle Puga

Professional Spanish & English Teacher

4.9

Average rating

500+

Classes taught

A professional Spanish and English teacher with more than two years of experience teaching children online, as well as teenagers and adults, both in-person and online. Michelle decided to share her passion for languages through teaching, drawing on a variety of approaches tailored to each student.

See it for yourself

Try a class for free and see the system in action.

The best way to understand how it works is to experience it. Hop on a call with us, we'll walk you through the program, your child takes a real demo lesson, and we wrap up by answering anything you want to know.

1. We meet the parent

We start with a short call to learn about your child and walk you through how the live classes, companion app, and personalized lessons fit together.

2. Your child takes a demo lesson

Your child jumps into a real class with a native teacher — not a sales pitch, an actual lesson so you can see the system in action.

3. We answer your questions

After the lesson, we hop back on with you to share what we saw, talk through next steps, and answer anything still on your mind.

Free · No commitment

Pick a time to meet us and see for yourself.

No pressure, no commitment. Keep your camera off if you'd prefer, whatever makes you the most comfortable. We'll walk you through the course, your child takes a real demo lesson, and we'll answer any questions you have.

Booking sooner is best. If you do decide to enroll, it'll be easier to claim your ideal time and day slot. The most popular days and times tend to get claimed quickly.

Takes ~60 seconds. You'll get a confirmation email with the Google Meet link.