Welcome to the Ready For Spanish Demo
This short demo highlights how Ready For Spanish supports bilingual literacy, cognitive development, and family engagement in early childhood and elementary classrooms.
The examples below reflect a new bilingual literacy initiative designed for pilot implementation in Title I and underfunded schools. They show how educators, caregivers, and community partners can facilitate Spanish learning experiences together, even without a Spanish-speaking background.
Ready For Spanish is designed to make bilingual literacy accessible, joyful, and equitable.
Quick Rhyme Spanish Time
Foundational Literacy Through Rhythm and Language
Quick Rhyme Spanish Time is a short, engaging routine that supports early literacy skills, including phonological awareness, listening, and vocabulary development.
Through rhythm, repetition, and movement, children are introduced to Spanish in ways that strengthen memory, attention, and confidence. The activity is designed to be easy for any adult to lead, regardless of Spanish fluency, making it well suited for classrooms, homes, and community settings.
What this demonstrates:
Early literacy and language development
Cognitive skills including memory and pattern recognition
High student engagement through rhyme and repetition
Low-barrier facilitation for educators and families
Getting Started
🎥 Press play on the video below to watch a Quick Rhyme Spanish Time lesson in action.
📂 Download this week’s Quick Rhyme Spanish Time printable here.
The printable includes simple prompts and visuals to help educators, caregivers, and community partners follow along and participate, even without a Spanish-speaking background.
✨ Parent and Teacher Tip: Use the rhyme daily or several times a week to build familiarity, confidence, and vocabulary. Repetition helps strengthen memory, listening skills, and phonological awareness.
Bilingual Read-Aloud
Building Literacy, Comprehension, and Global Awareness
This bilingual read-aloud demonstrates how Ready For Spanish integrates Spanish language learning with reading and storytelling to strengthen early literacy. The experience supports vocabulary development, reading comprehension, and oral language skills while introducing children to a second language in a meaningful, literacy-rich context.
Educators and caregivers are guided with simple prompts and strategies so they can confidently support bilingual reading experiences, even without a Spanish-speaking background. This approach builds expressive language, comprehension, and early literacy skills while fostering confidence, curiosity, and global awareness.
What this demonstrates:
Literacy-rich instruction through storytelling
Vocabulary and reading comprehension development
Family and caregiver engagement as learning partners
Culturally responsive, globally focused learning
Getting Started
📖 Press play on the video below to watch a Ready For Spanish bilingual read-aloud in action.
This video models how educators and caregivers can support literacy, comprehension, and Spanish language exposure through shared storytelling, including in classrooms and communities that have historically lacked access to bilingual instruction.📂 Use the featured book from this lesson to read along with students.
Simple prompts are shared throughout the read-aloud to help adults engage children in both Spanish and English, even if they do not speak Spanish.
✨ Parent and Teacher Tip: Pause during the story to ask questions, point to illustrations, or repeat key words. These moments strengthen comprehension, vocabulary, and confidence.
Why This Matters
Together, Quick Rhyme Spanish Time and the bilingual read-aloud illustrate Ready For Spanish’s approach to expanding equitable access to bilingual literacy.
These examples reflect how our model builds strong readers, confident learners, and globally minded students through shared learning experiences across school, home, and community.
This approach is designed to support scalable implementation across U.S. public schools, particularly those that have historically lacked access to early language learning.