Duration of the online course: 3 hours and 28 minutes
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Build everyday Spanish fast with this free online course: greetings, colors, travel phrases, verbs and more—ideal for beginners working toward confidence and a certificate.
In this free course, learn about
Basic Spanish greetings and farewells (e.g., hola, adiós)
Vocabulary for farm animals and pets (mascotas)
Colors in Spanish, including green and black
Family member vocabulary (e.g., tío/uncle)
Travel/transport phrases: plane, train, and “I am going by…”
Food likes with “me gusta” and the phrase “I am hungry”
Numbers 1–10 and making simple number+noun phrases (e.g., “eight dogs”)
Opposites and descriptors: big/small, fast/slow
Body parts vocabulary and singular/plural (arm, leg/legs)
Using “me duele / me duelen” to say something hurts
School supplies, party planning, and bedroom/room vocabulary
Prepositions for locations (where things are in relation to others)
Shapes and sky vocabulary, including “(the) stars”
Start speaking Spanish from day one with a beginner-friendly course designed to make the language feel natural and useful. Spanish Elementary helps you build a solid foundation through short lessons and practice activities that focus on what you can say right away, not just what you can memorize. You will learn to understand common words and respond with simple, correct phrases so you can feel confident in real-life moments at home, school, or while traveling.
You will develop essential vocabulary for everyday conversations, including greetings and farewells, family, animals, food, clothing, school items, your room, shapes, the sky, and simple descriptions such as big or small, fast or slow. Step by step, you will also connect words to practical questions and answers so you can identify what you see, talk about how you feel, and describe what you like. These topics are introduced in a clear, supportive way that helps beginners remember and reuse what they learn.
As you progress, you will begin working with core structures that unlock the language. You will practice how Spanish sentences work around gustar, and you will learn how to form basic verb conjugations, including common patterns and an important verb for talking about play and activities. You will also gain comfort with time and routine language like the days of the week, plus handy travel phrases for moving around and asking where someone is going. Small touches of numbers and simple math language add extra fluency for daily life.
This course is especially suited to beginners who want a gentle pace, clear examples, and repeated exposure that builds real retention. With a mix of vocabulary, pronunciation practice, and guided questions, you will leave with a practical starter toolkit for understanding and speaking Spanish with more ease.
Course content
Video class: Learn Spanish kids Greetings (English to Spanish)10m
Exercise: What is the Spanish word for 'goodbye'?
Video class: Farm Animals in Spanish for kids, Learn Spanish for kids S1e2 Animals (English to Spanish)07m
Video class: Colors in Spanish for kids, Learn Spanish for kids S1e3 Colors (English to Spanish)05m
Exercise: What is the Spanish word for the color 'green'?
Exercise: In the Spanish lesson about colors, what is the Spanish word for 'black'?
Video class: Family in Spanish for kids, Learn Spanish for kids S1e4 Family (English to Spanish)14m
Exercise: What is the Spanish word for 'uncle'?
Exercise: What does the word 'mascotas' mean in Spanish?
Video class: Traveling in Spanish for kids, Learn Spanish for kids S1e4 Traveling (English to Spanish)08m
Exercise: ¿Cómo se dice 'plane' en español?
Exercise: In Spanish, how would you say 'I am going by train'?
Video class: Me Gusta Food in Spanish for kids, Learn Spanish S1e6 (English to Spanish)07m
Exercise: ¿Cómo se dice 'I am hungry' en español?
Video class: Number in Spanish 1-10 with Animals made for Kids, Teacher Catalina09m
Exercise: ¿Cómo se dice 'eight dogs' en español?
Video class: Grande y Pequeño, Learn Spanish Big and Small with Profe Nano and Teacher Catalina08m
Video class: Learn Spanish Body parts for kids, with Profe Nano and Teacher Catalina09m
Exercise: How do you say 'arm' in Spanish?
Exercise: How do you say 'leg' in Spanish?
Exercise: In Spanish, how do you say 'legs'?
Video class: Learn Spanish Me duele Me duelen for kids, with Profe Nano and Teacher Catalina08m
Video class: School Supplies in Spanish, Learn Spanish for kids, with Profe Nano and Teacher Catalina12m
Video class: How to Plan a Party in Spanish, Learn Spanish for kids, with Profe Nano and Teacher Catalina09m
Exercise: What is the Spanish term for 'birthday party' as discussed in the text?
Video class: My bedroom in Spanish , mi Cuarto Spanish, Learn Spanish for kids08m
Video class: Prepositions in Spanish, where things are in relation to others in Spanish07m
Video class: Shapes in Spanish for kindergarten07m
Video class: El cielo, the Sky in Spanish, Learn Spanish for kids06m
Exercise: In the context of the Spanish lesson discussed in the text, which word in Spanish is used to refer to the 'stars'?
Exercise: ¿Cómo se dice 'the stars' en español?
Video class: Gustar Conjugation plus Infinitive, Learn Spanish for beginners10m
Exercise: ¿Cuál de las siguientes actividades se traduce del español como 'to sing'?
Video class: Conjugating Yo Form Verbs, Learn Spanish with Teacher Catalina11m
Exercise: What is the first step to conjugate a Spanish verb that ends with the suffix '-ar' when referring to oneself?
Video class: The Verb Jugar, Present Tense (to play) Learn Spanish With Teacher Catalina07m
Exercise: How do you correctly conjugate the verb 'jugar' (to play) in the first person singular (I play) in Spanish?
Video class: Days of the week in Spanish - Los días de la semana09m
Exercise: ¿Cuál es el día que se encuentra justo en la mitad de la semana?
Exercise: What is the Spanish word for 'Tuesday'?
Video class: Los sentimientos, Spanish emotions explained06m
Exercise: How do you say 'I am happy' in Spanish?
Video class: La Ropa en Español, Learn Spanish Clothing Vocabulary08m
Video class: Spanish plus , minus and Divide In only 4 minutes Spanish for Beginners and Kids. Más, Menos Igual04m
Exercise: What is the sum of tres y dos in Spanish?
Video class: Spanish Fast and Slow In only 3 minutes!! Spanish for Beginners and Kids. Rápido and Despacio03m
Video class: What do you see in Spanish, In only 3 minutes!! Spanish for Beginners and Kids. ¿Qué ves?03m
Exercise: ¿Qué palabra en español usarías para describir la atracción a gran altura que algunas personas no disfrutan?
Video class: Where are you going in Spanish. In only 3 minutes!! Spanish for Beginners and Kids. adónde vas03m
Exercise: What phrase would you use in Spanish to ask someone 'Where do you go?'?