Llamitas Spanish Curriculum

Level 4

$197.00

MSRP:

SKU: L4DIG

What's included?

Lifetime Access to the Level 4 Curriculum Online Portal
One-time payment, no monthly subscriptions or annual fees. Access the curriculum portal online, anywhere at anytime.
Libro de actividades (Level 4 Textbook)
You will receive online access to the digital version of the Textbook to download and print yourself. In Spanish only or bilingual format. If you choose ‘Printed and Shipped’ you’ll receive the bilingual format in print.
Don Quijote de la Mancha: Chapter Book
You will receive online access to the digital version of the chapter book to download and print yourself: In bilingual format. If you choose ‘Printed and Shipped’ you’ll receive a hard copy.
Libro de escritura (Writing Book)
You will receive online access to the digital version of the Writing Book to download and print yourself. In Spanish only or Bilingual format. If you choose ‘Printed and Shipped’ you’ll receive the bilingual format in print.
Native Speaker Audio Tracks

4 Unit Studies

4 Thematic and Sequential Unit Studies

There are 18 lessons per unit

El mundo hispanohablante (The Spanish Speaking World)
Las fuerzas en movimiento (Forces in Motion)
Rocas y cuevas (Rocks and Caves)
El gobierno de Estados Unidos (The U.S. Government)

Academics Overview

Spanish Phonics

Your child will learn about accent marks with “aguda, grave, esdrújula, and sobreesdrújula” words. They will also discover “letras tramposas”, and review homophones.

Spanish Grammar

Your child will review grammar from level 3 including synonyms, antonyms, adjectives and adverbs. They will also develop more advanced grammar with the preterite and imperfect tenses, and literary devices such as idioms, similes, metaphors, personification, and onomatopoeia.

Lectoescritura (Reading and Writing)

Your child will read a fully illustrated and abridged retelling of the famous novel Don Quijote de la Mancha. They will learn about literary genres, character development, persuasive, narrative, and informative texts, Graphic Organizers, and Venn diagrams. They will also complete corresponding long form writing tasks in their Libro de escritura (Writing book).

Sciences
Your child will learn about Newton’s Laws of Motion, and wind energy.

Geography and Geology
Your child will learn about Spanish speaking countries, landforms, famous caves in Spain, the Rock Cycle, physical and political maps, co-ordinate planes, and the cardinal compass.

Civics
Your child will learn about the U.S. Government in Spanish, including the Constitution, Preamble, and Bill of Rights. They will discover the National Mall in Washington D.C, and discover the three branches of government. They will also learn about civil rights leaders César Chávez and Dolores Huerta.

Prerequisites

Level 4 is ideal for students who have completed levels 1-3, or have at least 3 years of formal Spanish/ dual language education. This is our advanced level course.

Level 4 is our advanced Spanish course, offering a deep dive into Spanish Language Arts. Students will embark on a captivating literary adventure, as they read a fully illustrated and abridged version of the famous Spanish novel Don Quijote de la Mancha! They will develop grammar, reading, and writing skills in Spanish.

Choose a Printing Format:

Print At Home

$197

Download and Print At Home:

This option is for digital access to the curriculum portal and course book download only. No textbooks are shipped.

Printed & Shipped

$267

Preorders NOW OPEN!

- One, Level 4 Spiral Bound Course Book
- One, Level 4 Spiral Bound Writing Book
- One, Don Quijote de la Mancha Fully Illustrated Chapter Book

Add More Printed Book Sets +$70

Teaching more than one child at a time? Each child will need their own book set.

Curriculum Overview

What is taught in Level 4?

4 Thematic and Sequential Units:

There are 18 lessons per unit.

Unit 1: El mundo hispanohablante (The Spanish Speaking World)
Students learn to talk about nationalities, Spanish speaking countries, landforms, and begin their literary journey in La Mancha with our chapter book Don Quijote de la Mancha.
Unit 2: Fuerzas en movimiento (Forces in Motion)
In the famous scene at the windmills, students learn about Newton’s Laws, wind energy, and begin to read the rising actions in our story of Don Quijote de la Mancha.
Unit 3: Rocas y cuevas (Rocks and Caves)
Students learn about geology, the rock cycle, and famous caves in Spain. They also continue to read the rising actions in the story.
Unit 4: El gobierno de Estados Unidos (U.S. Government)
Students learn about the branches of the U.S., government, as well as the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and conclude their journey in La Mancha with the story’s climax and resolution.

1. Building Reading Fluency

Don Quijote de la Mancha Chapter Book

Students will embark on a literary adventure where fantasy and reality collide, by reading a fully illustrated, abridged version of the famous Spanish story “Don Quijote de la Mancha”. This is an upper elementary, age appropriate retelling. Students will:

Discuss various story elements including: the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
Explore character development, conflict, themes, and plot
Discover and compare literary genres
Complete Venn diagrams

2. Developing Writing Skills

Libro de escritura

Students will develop writing skills with a variety of texts, and long-form writing activities. Students will:

Develop persuasive, narrative, and informative writing skills
Develop an ‘Evidence List’ throughout the chapters to create a mini essay: ¿Ha perdido la razón Don Quijote? (Is Don Quijote insane?)
Develop story maps over the course of the curriculum.
Develop editing skills to spot for spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors in texts.

3. Phonics and Grammar

Spanish Language Arts

Building on Level 3, students will develop more advanced Spanish phonics and grammar through the beautiful chapters of Don Quijote de la Mancha, as well as unit vocabulary.

Complete grammar activities in the textbook that correspond to the Don Quijote de la Mancha chapter book
Developing comprehension skills through event sequencing, copy work, and narration
Preterite and imperfect tenses, prepositional phrases, conjunctions, transition words, adjectives and adverbs, synonyms and antonyms review
Literary devices including idioms, similes, metaphors, personification, and onomatopoeia
Acentuación: Aguda, grave, esdrújula, and sobreesdrújula words, letras tramposas, homophones, and more
Poetry, haikus, and recitations

4. More CORE subjects in Spanish

Geology and Sciences

Cross-curricula learning continues with themes inspired by the events of our story as Don Quijote battles imaginary giants at the windmills, and discovers a magical world in the depths of Montesino’s Cave :

Newton’s Laws of Motion
Wind energy and windmills in Castilla-La Mancha
Igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks
The Rock Cycle
Erosion and decomposition
Caves in Altamira, Aracena, and Montesino’s Cave in Spain

5. U.S. Government

Civics

In Unit 4 your child will learn about the U.S. Government to correlate with the standards for civics at an upper elementary level. This theme is also explored in the story of Don Quijote de la Mancha, as your child we analyze the role of Sancho Panza as governor, and the ruling of a duke and duchess.

The U.S. Constitution, Preamble, and Bill of Rights

The three branches of the U.S. government
The Pledge of Allegiance
Civil rights activists Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez

What do you get in Llamitas Spanish Curriculum Level 4?

Here’s What’s Included

Lifetime Access to the Level 4 Curriculum Online Course

One-time payment, no monthly subscriptions or annual fees. Access the curriculum portal online, anywhere at anytime.
Level 4 Course Book
Chapter Book: Don Quijote de la Mancha
Libro de escritura (Writing Book)
Print at Home OR Printed & Shipped

If you choose our Printed & Shipped format, you will receive the spiral bound course book, the chapter book, and the writing book for the course as well as online access to the digital version.

If you choose the Print At Home format, you will receive PDF access to the digital version of the course book, chapter book, and writing book to download and print yourself.
Native Speaker Audio Tracks

Plus Extras

Thematic Book Menus

Recommended book lists that pair directly with the unit themes for additional reading experience.
Audio-Videos

Watch our Don Quijote story come to life with beautiful, and gentle audio-videos for each chapter.
Coming soon: Musical multiplication

Learn the times tables to fun rhymes and rhythms! Optional resource, not included in the textbook.

Expected availability in portal: October 2025.

What content is in Llamitas Spanish Curriculum Level 4?

4 Thematic & Sequential Unit Studies

El mundo hispanohablante (The Spanish Speaking World)
Las fuerzas en movimiento (Forces in Motion)
Rocas y cuevas (Rocks and Caves)
El gobierno de Estados Unidos (U.S. Government)

Sample the Curriculum

Download sample pages in our Freebie Library.

Freebie Library

How do you Access the Llamitas Spanish Curriculum?

Step 1

Purchase

Choose the Print At Home version or the Printed & Shipped option and proceed to checkout. Either option you choose, you will gain immediate access to the online curriculum portal with all of the downloadable course work.

Step 2

Set-Up

If you haven’t created a Llamitas Spanish account already, you will be prompted to do so during checkout. You will use the same account info to log in and access your curriculum in Your Library at anytime.

Step 3

Access

Your purchased curriculums are accessible in Your Library under your account. From there you can enter the curriculum portal and get started on your Spanish learning journey with your student!

Your Student After Llamitas Spanish Curriculum…

Building Elementary Skills in Spanish Academics

Higher level of fluency in the Spanish language

Deeper connection to the Hispanic culture

Stronger cognitive skills (memorizing, thinking, listening, questioning)

Is Llamitas Spanish Right for You?

Level 4 Prerequisites

Level 4 is perfect for students who have completed Level 3, or have at least three years of formal Spanish immersion/ dual language immersion. This is our advanced upper Elementary level based on the standards.

Placement Quiz

Llamitas Spanish is for you:

You want a completely done-for-you curriculum.
You want to learn Spanish alongside your child. Our curriculum is bilingual so you can follow instructions in English (in purple font).
You are a bilingual or native Spanish speaking family. In this case you should follow the Spanish script (in blue font).
You are willing to facilitate the lessons. We make it easy for you! The textbook provides step-by-step, scripted lessons so you can facilitate with ease.
You want your child to develop strong “lectoescritura”- reading and writing skills in Spanish.
Your child can read short chapter books
You want a curriculum that mirrors dual language immersion for Spanish. (Your child is not just learning vocabulary in Llamitas Spanish curriculum levels, but also learning Spanish phonics, literacy, music, art, and humanities. Llamitas Spanish is a wholesome, fully enriched, and cross-curricula Spanish program.)
Your child enjoys working with beautifully illustrated worksheets and completing ‘book work’.

Llamitas Spanish is not for you:

You don’t like thematic learning. (We teach through sequential unit studies: phonics, vocabulary, literacy, art, civics, and humanities subjects are all connected to a theme in each unit.)
You don’t want to facilitate your child’s lessons and want an online Spanish tutor.
You want to learn grammar ‘the old school way’ with verb drilling and conjugation charts. (We teach grammar in context through a beautifully illustrated story.)
You want separate teacher/ student books. (Everything is open and go in one book)
You don’t want ‘book work’. (Our curriculum levels are almost entirely screen free, and are formatted as open-and-go textbooks.)

Frequently Asked Questions

What Age is intended for Level 4?

Level 4 works well for ages 8+ provided the child has had at least 3 years of a formal Spanish/ dual language education.

Level 4 is correlated with Tercer and Cuarto Grado for CCSS en Español. It follows the recommendations for reading, writing, civics, and more. Our curricula is sequential!

Take our Placement quiz if you are unsure.

How long is the Level 4 Curriculum?

Level 4 is made up of 4 thematic units with 18 lessons per unit. That’s 72 lessons.

Each lesson takes approximately 30-45 minutes to complete.

We Speak Spanish Fluently. Is This Too Easy?

Actually our program is very popular amongst native and heritage Spanish speakers because we provide bilingual scripted lessons (read the blue ink for Spanish). This allows you to use the program as complete immersion.

Your child may already know the thematic vocabulary but will develop advanced skills in Spanish language arts, as well as civics, geography, and cultural studies.

We go beyond learning vocabulary! This is a comprehensive and academically robust curriculum.

I don’t speak Spanish! Can I teach my kids successfully using this curriculum?

Yes! But we recommend starting at a lower level. We have designed Llamitas Spanish to support both native and non native speakers.

We provide lots of support for parents that are learning alongside their child:

~ The textbook provides scripted lessons in both English and Spanish. English is in purple. You would read the purple only.

~ We also provide native speaker audio tracks, and pronunciation guides.

Everything is setup to support you so your experience is fun and stress free!

How much printing is there?

If you choose the printed version you do not need a printer. Everything is printed for you.

If you choose digital only (print at home) you will need to print:

Level 4 Textbook: approximately 325 pages (163 sheets)
Level 4 Don Quijote Chapter Book: 175 pages (88 sheets)

Level 4 Writing Book: 46 pages (23 sheets)

We recommend printing the textbook unit by unit as you go. Print the chapter book and writing book all in one go.

Each unit is about 80 pages (40 sheets). The printed option is there for you if you want to hit the easy button!

Can I get a hard copy of the textbook?

Yes! You can choose between two payment options: The digital-only course (print at home) OR the digital + physical (printed spiral bound course book + chapter book + writing book). Printed sets are on preorder and are estimated to ship in September.

Are there separate teacher and student books?

No. Everything is open-and-go.

Instructions are provided on page for parents / teachers to read. The student then completes the activities on page in the same book.

Is this curriculum secular?

Yes. The Llamitas Spanish Levels do not include any religious teachings or biblical content.

Secular does not mean we are anti-religion. It simply means that we don’t include faith based content. If you have any questions regarding this, please feel free to contact us.

Our Holiday and Seasonal Bundle includes content that pertains to the Christian cultural celebrations in Spanish speaking countries. This is not part of our curriculum levels.

Do you take purchase orders?

We do! We love working with Charter Schools and Homeschool Co-ops.

Please visit our Charters page for more information.

Do I need a license for a homeschool co-op or school?

This curriculum course is for your own personal, non-transferrable use only as per your agreement to our website’s Terms and Conditions.

You may not share your course login with other parents or teachers. The copying, distribution, publication, and reproduction of it without permission is a theft of the author’s intellectual property.

If you wish to share with a school or co-op, please review our Extended Licenses.

Where do you ship?

For the Printed edition, we ship to US states and territories.

We can ship internationally but the rate is much higher. For an international shipping quote, please complete our contact form.

Do you ship to military overseas?

Yes! We ship to APO addresses with USPS. This is configured in our checkout. Please select one of the following for ‘states’ at checkout:

AA Armed Forces Americas (excluding Canada)

AE Armed Forces Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Canada

AP Armed Forces Pacific

We also provide a 15% active military discount. Please email info@llamitasspanish.com for the code.

What is your shipping and returns policy?

Due to the instant access of our curriculum, all sales of digital products are final. No refunds will be issued.

Physical Products: We do offer a 30 day return policy for the physical portion of your order provided it is completely unused. The digital portion of your order is still non refundable.

You can read our full shipping and returns policy here.

The Llamitas Spanish curriculum quickly became one of those purchases that I can’t imagine life without it. It genuinely increased my daughter’s excitement and confidence in speaking Spanish in a short period of time.

This curriculum is worth it! My kids are excited to learn Spanish and ask every morning when we can do our Spanish lesson. Which was not the case with other Spanish curricula we’ve tried out. It’s so easy to facilitate and the lessons are fun and engaging.

Veo que este currículum está hecho con mucho amor, y se nota en todo el trabajo que tiene, me encanta que para cada tema trae actividades, vocabulario, canciones, matemáticas, arte. Como mamá me hace el trabajo más fácil.

I wanted a complete easy-to-follow curriculum that made learning Spanish fun. I love how easy this curriculum is to follow and add to our homeschooling. Everything is so organized and beautifully done.

My kids absolutely love it! We did the first 2 lessons and they were so engaged and excited! It’s been a struggle to get them to want to learn Spanish so thank you for creating such a fun curriculum!

Llamitas Spanish es una excelente herramienta que considero escencial para cualquier mamá que necesita ayuda en su plan bilingüe.

¡El plan de estudios es fantástico! Nuestra primera lengua en casa es el español y las actividades incluidas en esta guía han sido perfectas para mi niño.

The Llamitas curriculum is so engaging and easy to incorporate. We love the hands-on learning!

Llamitas is the perfect Spanish language curriculum for preschool and early elementary. Each lesson is thoughtfully crafted, it makes learning at home a breeze.