Duolingo
We love Duolingo! Both girls work on it every day and are motivated by the various awards they get and the league tables. I set up their accounts via Duolingo for Schools so they have free access. I can also see how they are progressing.
Duolingo is very good for constructing proper sentences and learning the grammar. Although the vocab learned can be quite odd, you can soon swap in new words that you learn to make sentences you would actually need. Quite often young children are taught Spanish words in isolation but not how to put them together to communicate with a native speaker so I find Duolingo achieves this brilliantly.
A new feature recently brought out by Duolingo (around October 2021) is the Duolingo Family Plan. If one person has the paid-for Duolingo Plus package, then you can share the full features of this plan with 5 other family members for free. It’s possible you could share this plan with other fellow home educators too.
Our other favourite online Spanish language resources
Linguascope
We also use Linguascope but the app can only be used on one device (and not Chromebooks) so the girls have to use this on my laptop. This app is very good for revising vocab on specific topics. It has various games to play to reinforce words learned. Progress is not saved so no separate log ins are needed. There is an end of unit test for each area eg clothes, colour, body parts and so, when my girls finish this, I create a certificate for them on Word. They then have a record of their achievements.
Light Bulb Languages
There are some really good worksheets on Light Bulb Languages too as well as Powerpoints explaining new topics separately. Everything is bright and cheerful, with good graphics, so perfect for the younger learners.
