Learning Spanish as a family should be fun, practical, and engaging. Whether you’re starting from scratch or looking to improve your conversational skills, the right tools can make all the difference.
Here are the best apps, books, courses, and immersion techniques we’ve found while learning Spanish together.
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A family-focused program that helps parents and kids start speaking Spanish together from day one. No grammar drills, just real conversations.

Comprehensible Input to help you absorb Spanish like a child. they have videos from super beginner all the way to advance spanish.

A beautifully-designed vocabulary deck is exactly what you need to take your Spanish comprehension to the next level. Their deck is optimised for fast learning speed

This is great for learnijng mass vocab but in sentence context, for fluency you need a lot of vocab.

An unlimited tutoring service with native Spanish speakers. Perfect for serious learners who want fast progress through real conversations.

Benny Lewis has been a bifg inspiration on my language journey, espcially when i first decided to look into learning langauges in 2012

Short simple stories to keep you engaged and learning new vocab in a way thats fun. Swap out your current book for this.

If Spanish verbs confuse you, this book breaks them down into simple, easy-to-understand exercises.

Handy for travel, quick phrases & pronunciation. A easy go to handbook.

Everyones favourite childrens book but now in Spanish for you to learn Spanish with your kids

Perfect book for young childre, heck even great for adults if its your first language.

Perfect bite-sized lessons. I used to use this in my very early days of learning Spanish.

Conversational Spanish with native speakers. Another great way to learn by listening.

Focuses on building sentence structure naturally. Lots of videos to watch and practice along with.

Uses Comprehensible Input to help you absorb Spanish like a child. This is one of my favourites to listen too.

Watch Spanish TV shows with interactive subtitles to learn naturally.

Fun & addictive, great for casual practice. No need to explain as most have heard of this.
We’re Sean, Tania, Atticus (8), and Aurelia (6) a not-so-ordinary family trading routines for backpacks and school runs for border crossings. In 2025, we set off on a year(ish) of slow travel through South and Central America.
No trust funds, no grand plan, just big dreams, small backpacks, and a lot of figuring it out as we go. From desert dunes to jungle hikes (and the occasional Netflix night in between), we’re learning how to make adventure our new normal.
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