Mamá Chilanga

A full year of Spanish your kids can actually speak.

Complete, open-and-go curriculum for grades K–8, written by a teacher born and raised in Mexico City. You don't need to speak Spanish to teach it.

Used by homeschool families, co-ops and Christian schools
35weeks per year
576pages of curriculum
29pronunciation videos
15 yrsteaching experience
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Who's learning?

Two very different needs. Pick the one that sounds like you.

I'm teaching my own kids

A complete year of Spanish you can run at home, with every age learning together. No prep, no fluency required, no planning on your part.

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I'm teaching a class or co-op

The same curriculum, with a scope and sequence, teacher's guide and answer keys. Co-op teachers and Christian schools already use it. Multi-teacher licensing available.

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Why families choose it

Built for real homes, not classrooms of one age

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Every age, one lesson

Two lesson plans and two worksheets each week: K–3rd and 4th–8th. Same theme, right level for each child.

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No Spanish needed

Every vocabulary word is pronounced for you on video. Answer keys included. Nothing assumes you already know it.

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The real thing

Written by a native chilanga with a Purdue degree in Spanish & Linguistics, so they learn it properly.

The curriculum

Find what fits your family

The Spanish 1 curriculum: lesson plan books, workbooks and Teacher's Guide

Spanish 1 · Grades K–8

A complete 35-week year. Colors and numbers through family, feelings, food and community.

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The Spanish 2 curriculum: Teacher's Guide and workbook

Spanish 2 · Intermediate

The next full year: real grammar and travel-ready Spanish, with 385 pages across 35 weeks.

$59.99
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Bajo el Mar, one of the bilingual unit studies

Bilingual Unit Studies

Learn a subject in Spanish: sea life, space, insects, Mexican food and traditions. Great alongside any curriculum.

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Natalie Castner
Natalie Castner
Mamá Chilanga
Who's behind it

Hi — I'm Natalie.

I grew up in Mexico City (chilanga is what you call someone from there). I've taught Spanish for fifteen years, and I wrote this for the parents who kept telling me: "I want my kids to learn Spanish, but I don't speak it."

So I built the thing I'd want if I were you. The whole year is already planned, and every word gets said out loud so you never have to guess. All your kids learn from the same lesson at once.

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Give them a language, not just a subject.

A full year of Spanish, planned and ready, from a teacher who grew up speaking it.