The path

All fourteen steps, in the order we think works best. You can open any of them today, even the last one. The numbers say what we would do next — never what you are allowed to do.

Start here, on day one

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These six start together — no need to finish one before the next.

  1. 1Telling Spanish sounds apart
  2. 2Forming the letters by hand
  3. 3How Spanish spells its sounds
  4. 4Naming the things around you
  5. 5English words that transfer free
  6. 6Saying it out loud yourselfaway from the screen

When you know 16 words

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  1. 7Talking about your own day

    Comes in two versions — one for children, one for grown-ups.

When you know 53 words

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  1. 8Whole phrases learned as units

When you know 61 words

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These two start together — no need to finish one before the next.

  1. 9Numbers, in small daily doses
  2. 10Reading text at your level

    Comes in two versions — one for children, one for grown-ups.

When you know 69 words

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  1. 11Following longer stretches of speech

    Comes in two versions — one for children, one for grown-ups.

When you know 114 words

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  1. 12Stories told by their people

When you know 122 words

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  1. 13Talking out in the world

When you know 130 words

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  1. 14The commonest words, mopping up

Nothing here is locked. If a step looks interesting, open it — coming back to it later still counts.