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Spanish 2 · Intermediate

They know the words. Now teach them the sentences.

The second year: 35 weeks that take your child from naming things in Spanish to actually talking: past tense, future tense, real grammar. Still open-and-go. You still don't need to be fluent.

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385 pages 35 weeks 9 grammar tenses & structures Answer keys included
Spanish 2 Intermediate: the Teacher's Guide and workbook with reading and comprehension pages
Spanish 2 Intermediate — Teacher's Guide & workbook
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Is your child ready for Spanish 2?

It's the question we hear most, so here's a straight answer before you spend anything.

✅ Yes — start here if your child can…

  • Name colours, numbers, family members, food and animals in Spanish
  • Recognise (even shakily) that verbs change depending on who's doing them
  • Read simple Spanish words out loud, even slowly
  • Read directions in English on their own — Spanish 2 is written so students can work through much of it themselves
  • Finish a year of Spanish 1, another beginner program, or a couple of years of school Spanish
Spanish 2 picks up exactly there and builds sentences on top.

🌱 Not yet — start with Spanish 1 if…

  • Spanish vocabulary is brand new to your family
  • Your child is in K–2nd and hasn't done Spanish before
  • You want two grade levels taught side by side from one lesson
  • You'd rather build the vocabulary base first, then come back
See Spanish 1 (K–8) →

In between? Start Spanish 2 anyway. The Teacher's Guide is written on the assumption that some students arrive with gaps: "students can catch up with guidance." Weeks 1–7 re-teach the foundations while adding grammar.

The year-two wall

Most families quit Spanish in year two. Here's why.

Year one taught nouns. Year two needs verbs.Flashcards and vocabulary lists stop working the moment your child wants to say something that happened yesterday.
"I can't teach grammar I never learned."Conjugation charts are where most parents tap out, especially the ones who don't speak Spanish.
There's nothing to move up to.Beginner Spanish is everywhere. Intermediate homeschool Spanish, sequenced across a full year, barely exists.
Progress stops feeling like progress.Another 40 words isn't exciting. A child forming their own sentence is.

Spanish 2 exists so year two is the year it clicks — not the year you stop.

How it works

One lesson a week. The grammar is explained to you first.

Three design choices that make an intermediate year survivable for a non-fluent parent.

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Grammar explained in plain English

Every new structure comes with the rule written out for the teacher before it's asked of the student. You read it, then you teach it. No prior Spanish assumed.

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Answer keys for everything

Conjugation drills and worksheets both come with keys. You never have to guess whether your child got it right. That's exactly where non-Spanish-speaking parents get stuck.

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QR codes straight to the slides

Scan the code in the guide, the Google Slides deck for that week opens on your phone or screen. No hunting through folders, no printing required to teach it.

What you get

385 pages. A whole second year, already sequenced.

Two books, one download.

35
weeks of lessons
385
pages of curriculum
30
teaching weeks + 5 review
9
grammar structures
Teacher's Guide: 227 pages of lesson plans, grammar rules and answer keys
Student Workbook: 158 pages of practice and writing
One lesson plan per week, with activities and games built in
Grammar rules & explanations: written for the teacher, in English
QR codes to Google Slides: a ready deck for every week
Answer keys: for conjugations and for every worksheet
Five structured review weeks: weeks 31–35 consolidate the year
Spanish reading list: QR to recommended books at this level
Look inside

See the year before you buy it

Click any page to enlarge. These are real pages from the Teacher's Guide and workbook — not mock-ups.

A weekly vocabulary list from the Spanish 2 workbook
The week's vocabulary, Spanish and English
A verb conjugation page from the Spanish 2 workbook
Conjugation practice, every verb of the week
An illustrated worksheet from the Spanish 2 workbook
A worksheet — describe what they're wearing
A reading and comprehension worksheet from the Spanish 2 workbook
Reading & comprehension, with questions
A grammar explanation page from the Spanish 2 Teacher's Guide
The grammar, explained to you first
Spanish 2 35-week table of contents
The full year, page by page
What makes this "level 2"

The grammar spine

Vocabulary is the theme of each week. Grammar is the thread running through all 35 of them — introduced in a deliberate order, then reviewed.

Week 1
Present tense
Regular verbs, conjugated properly, taught alongside travel items so it's used from day one instead of drilled in isolation.
Week 4
Ser vs. estar
The distinction English doesn't have. Introduced with countries, where "I am from" vs. "I am here" makes the difference obvious.
Week 5
Tener & hacer
The two irregular workhorses of everyday Spanish, plus the expressions built on them.
Weeks 6–7
Time & the calendar
Telling time, dates, days and months: the scaffolding every later tense needs.
Week 9
Progressive tense
"I am eating": the first tense that lets a child narrate what's happening right now.
Week 12
Preterite (past tense)
This is the week year two is really for. Your child can now talk about yesterday.
Week 13
Interrogatives
Qué, quién, dónde, cuándo, por qué: asking questions, not just answering them.
Week 21
Future tense
Paired with professions ("what will you be?") so the grammar has something worth saying.
Weeks 29–30
Direct & indirect object pronouns
The last real hurdle before conversational Spanish. Lo, la, le, les are taught separately, a week apart, so they don't blur together.
31–35
Five weeks of structured review
Weeks 1–10, 11–16, 17–20, 21–26 and 27–30, revisited in blocks. The year ends by consolidating, not by running out of pages.
The full year

All 35 weeks, already planned

A travel arc (packing, airports, countries) that opens out into food, home, school, work and people. Nothing hidden, nothing to build yourself.

Week 1
Travel Items
+ Present tense
Week 2
Modes of Travel
Getting there
Week 3
The Airport
El aeropuerto
Week 4
Countries
+ Ser vs. estar
Week 5
Numbers
+ Tener & hacer
Week 6
Numbers & Time
Telling time
Week 7
Numbers & Calendar
Dates
Week 8
Fruit
La fruta
Week 9
Vegetables
+ Progressive tense
Week 10
More Food
La comida
Week 11
Clothes
La ropa
Week 12
Clothes
+ Preterite tense
Week 13
The Store
+ Interrogatives
Week 14
The Store
La tienda
Week 15
Hobbies
Pasatiempos
Week 16
Sports
Los deportes
Week 17
Music
La música
Week 18
In the Kitchen
La cocina
Week 19
School
La escuela
Week 20
School 2
More school
Week 21
Professions
+ Future tense
Week 22
Places
Los lugares
Week 23
Family
La familia
Week 24
Physical Features
Describing people
Week 25
Personality
La personalidad
Week 26
My Room
Mi cuarto
Week 27
My House
Mi casa
Week 28
Outside My House
Afuera
Week 29
Pets
+ Direct obj. pronouns
Week 30
Verbs
+ Indirect obj. pronouns
Week 31
Review
Weeks 1–10
Week 32
Review
Weeks 11–16
Week 33
Review
Weeks 17–20
Week 34
Review
Weeks 21–26
Week 35
Review
Weeks 27–30
The result

By the end of the year, your child can…

Say what they did yesterday, not just what things are called. The preterite is why year two exists.
Say what they're going to do: future tense, in full sentences.
Ask their own questions: ¿Dónde está? ¿Por qué? ¿Cuándo vamos?
Use ser and estar correctly. Mixing those up is the mistake that marks every English speaker out.
Describe a person: how they look, what they're like, what they do for a living.
Navigate a real situation in Spanish: an airport, a shop, a kitchen, a classroom.
Replace nouns with pronouns naturally, which is what makes speech sound fluent rather than translated.
Tell the time, give a date, and talk about their week without counting on their fingers.
Natalie Castner
Natalie Castner
Mamá Chilanga
Who wrote this

The hard part of year two is the parent, not the child.

I wrote Spanish 1 for families who don't speak Spanish. Then those same families finished it and asked me the obvious question: "what now?"

Spanish 2 is my answer. The tricky bit wasn't the Spanish. It was writing grammar explanations a parent with no Spanish background could read on a Tuesday morning and teach ten minutes later. That's what most of the 227-page Teacher's Guide is.

Born and raised in Mexico City — a chilanga, teaching the Spanish that's actually spoken.
Degrees in Spanish & Linguistics, Purdue University. The grammar sequence isn't arbitrary; it's ordered the way acquisition research says it should be.
15 years teaching Spanish: individuals, families, classrooms and co-ops.
Published author: twelve paperbacks in print on Amazon and more than 1,300 pages of original curriculum.
From families using it

What parents say

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Choosing

Spanish 1, Spanish 2, or both?

Two full school years. Most families do them back to back — though families with younger kids (K–3rd) often take Spanish 1 slowly and spend two years on it before moving up. There's no rush; it doesn't expire.

OptionBest if…LevelPagesPrice
Spanish 1 Super BundleSpanish is new, or your kids span several gradesBeginner · K–8576$149.99
Spanish 2You are hereYour child already has the vocabulary and needs sentencesIntermediate385$59.99
Both years togetherYou want the whole two-year path settled in one goBeginner → Intermediate961Ask about this bundle
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Spanish 2 — Intermediate

35 weeks · everything included
Teacher's Guide: plans, grammar, answer keys227 pages
Student Workbook158 pages
Weekly lesson plans with games & activities30 weeks
Structured review blocks5 weeks
Google Slides decks (via QR)included
Answer keys: conjugations & worksheetsincluded
$59.99
One time. Use it with every child, every year.
That's $1.71 a week for a planned school year. A weekly Spanish tutor runs $25–40 an hour. This doesn't expire and doesn't renew.
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Not sure of the level? Try a free sample first

A free sample of Spanish 2 itself is on its way (Natalie's pulling it together now). Meanwhile, Week 1 of Spanish 1 (Los Colores) is free — 19 pages, nothing held back. If it looks too easy for your child, Spanish 2 is your level. Get the free week →

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Rather hold real books?

Spanish 2 is in print too: the Teacher's Guide ($34.99) and Workbook ($24.99) are ISBN-registered paperbacks on Amazon. The download is cheaper and prints for every child, but bound books are there if that's how your family works. Teacher's Guide →   Workbook →

Questions

Before you buy

Do I need to have done Spanish 1 first?
No, but your child does need some Spanish. Any beginner program will do. So will a couple of years of school Spanish, or Spanish 1 itself. The Teacher's Guide is written expecting a mixed starting point: students who arrive with gaps can catch up with guidance, and weeks 1–7 rebuild the foundations while introducing grammar.
Do I need to speak Spanish to teach this?
No. The guide states it plainly: you do not have to be fluent to use this curriculum. Every grammar rule is explained in English, for you, before your child is asked to use it, and every drill and worksheet has an answer key so you're never guessing.
How is this different from Spanish 1?
Spanish 1 builds vocabulary across two grade bands (K–3 and 4–8) with a separate lesson plan and workbook for each. Spanish 2 is a single level with one lesson plan a week, and its organising principle is grammar rather than vocabulary: nine tenses and structures introduced in sequence, from the present tense in week 1 to object pronouns in week 30.
What ages is this for?
It's written by level rather than by grade. In practice most families use it with roughly 3rd–9th grade, but a motivated younger child who has finished Spanish 1 will manage it, and it works fine for an older beginner-plus student too.
Are there pronunciation videos like Spanish 1 has?
Not built into this level. Spanish 2 links out to Google Slides decks via QR codes for each week, and the reading list QR points to Spanish books at this level. If pronunciation is the worry, the Spanish 1 Super Bundle's 29 videos cover the core vocabulary that carries into year two.
Is this print or digital?
Digital. It downloads the moment you buy, and you're free to print whatever you need at home for your own children, year after year.
Can I use it in a co-op or classroom?
A single classroom or co-op group is covered, yes. To reproduce it across a whole school or district you'll need a separate school licence; email us and we'll set one up.
Is there religious content?
Not in Spanish 2 itself — its 35 weeks cover travel, food, home, school, work and people. (Spanish 1 has seasonal Christmas and Easter weeks.) Many of our families are Christian, and Natalie's recommendation for them: add Bible verses and worship songs in Spanish alongside the weekly lessons. It fits the rhythm of the curriculum naturally and gives kids Spanish they'll hear every Sunday.

Year one taught them words. Year two gives them sentences.

35 weeks of intermediate Spanish, planned and sequenced, with the grammar explained to you first.

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385 pages · 35 weeks · 9 grammar structures · answer keys included · © 2024 Natalie Castner