Easy for parents to teach
Open-and-go lesson plans and video-based teaching support help parents guide Spanish learning even without a Spanish background.
Calico for homeschool
Spanish your family can start today.
Calico Spanish gives homeschool families open-and-go lessons, animated songs, video stories, games, and colorful support materials built for children and easy for parents to teach.
A family license covers your household, so siblings can learn from the same joyful curriculum at their own pace.
Designed for real homeschool days
Use Calico as a scheduled subject, a short language loop, a multi-child family activity, or a flexible Spanish thread that fits around the rest of your week.
Joy children recognize
Songs, recurring characters, stories, games, and visual materials give children context and repetition without turning Spanish into a worksheet-only subject.
One license for the family
The homeschool family license is built for households, making Calico a strong value when more than one child is learning Spanish at home.
What your family uses inside Calico
A Calico subscription brings together the teaching pieces families use week after week, from guided lessons and songs to hands-on review.
Lesson plans
Step-by-step guidance for teaching at home.
Music videos
Memorable songs that children keep singing.
Video stories
Characters and story context that make meaning clear.
Flash cards
Visual review for vocabulary and routines.
Activity sheets
Practice pages for a quieter learning block.
Games
Playful review that keeps Spanish active.
Culture capsules
Short cultural connections woven into learning.
Printables
Support materials for hands-on home lessons.
A four-level path from first words to fuller conversation
Calico is organized into Levels A-D, so families can begin with the foundations and keep building through connected songs, stories, and daily language.
Level A
I am special
Children begin with self-introduction, age, likes, days of the week, early colors, and counting up to three.
Level B
I love my family
Children describe themselves, family, and pets while adding color, counting, and date language.
Level C
I live here
Children expand into home activities, food, games, routines, telling time, more colors, and counting up to twelve.
Level D
Welcome to the farm
Children practice weather, seasons, clothing, farm stories in Mexico, sequencing events, and counting up to one hundred.
Charter and ClassWallet
Working with a charter school or using ClassWallet?
Families using charter, ESA, or ClassWallet funds have a separate homeschool purchasing path with procurement details, purchase-order guidance, and the funded-family license option.
Why homeschool families keep using Calico
The live site highlights parent reviews that repeatedly mention ease of use, songs children remember, colorful graphics, and a gentle immersion approach.
There is no need for the parent or teacher to have a Spanish education or background to use this curriculum.
All of the games and activities reinforce learning, and children might enjoy this so much that they want to do Spanish every day.
The graphics are colorful and engaging and the songs are so well loved by the kids.
Ready to try Spanish with your kids?
Start with the free trial, explore the lessons together, then choose the homeschool family license when you are ready to continue.