Online Classes
Spanish Online Courses: Fluent / Highly Proficient
Session Spring (March 3 to May 30) / Registration: February 3 to Feb 15, 2025
Session Summer (June 16 to July 25) / Registration: May 15 to Jun 30, 2025
In addition to in-person classes, ChiCeLaCu! is delighted to offer its online Spanish course selection for 2025 two times per week to students proficient in the language. These online Spanish immersion courses for digital drawing, pencil drawing, and mathematics are an excellent way to improve the language and acquire new skills.
This online Spanish program for students who are fluent or proficient in Spanish has a sequential curriculum intended for students from first to 6th grade; the program includes homework for practice and scheduled emails for parents in Spanish with class information and support material to be printed at home. For cartoon drawing, students will also have access to ChiCeLaCu’s resource files, which are guides available at any time to practice at home. For pencil drawing, students will use inexpensive materials. For the Mathematics program in Spanish, students will use the traditional Latin-American book “Baldor”. We offer small groups of 2 and 3 students for individualized attention. For registration information, click here. Please scroll down for class descriptions:
Cartoon Drawing in Spanish
Cartoon Drawing in Spanish for First Grade / Ages 6-7
(Funko and Kawaii Drawing)
Session Spring (March 3 to May 30) / Registration: February 3 to Feb 15, 2025
Session Summer(June 16 to July 25) / Registration: May 15 to Jun 30, 2025
If you can draw circles, squares, and triangles, welcome to this course! Students will discover how easy it is to draw cartoons, kittens, dogs, various animals, and their favorite superheroes using circles, squares, and triangles. With a dynamic, step-by-step process, students will put what’s in their imagination on paper using basic materials like colored pencils, crayons, and pencils. Students will apply Funko and Kawaii drawing techniques to make their creations more charming. This course is suitable for children ages six and seven interested in drawing. All courses are taught in Spanish. Please remember that you will be required to purchase additional materials for drawing. To register click here
Cartoon Drawing in Spanish: Level I
(Drawing facial expressions, emotions, and crazy hairstyles…)
Session Spring (March 3 to May 30) / Registration: February 3 to Feb 15, 2025
Session Summer (June 16 to July 25) / Registration: May 15 to Jun 30, 2025
Children will learn simple drawing techniques to bring their favorite characters to life or create new ones! Students will begin developing their artistic style by creating realistic and unique representations using traditional methods with pencil and paper. Taught in Spanish, students will apply geometric figures to develop their drawings, draw bodies in movement, and learn to draw various facial expressions and emotions, among other physical and facial characteristics. Students will also learn to give fun and crazy hairstyles to their characters! Practical and simple techniques will be presented in an interactive and dynamic form where students will quickly gain the skills to keep them engaged in drawing and speaking Spanish. To practice at home, students can access ChiCeLaCu!’s resource file guides. Please remember that you will be required to purchase additional materials if necessary. To register, please click here
Cartoon Drawing in Spanish: Level II
(Drawing animals with human characteristics and emotions)
Session Spring (March 3 to May 30) / Registration: February 3 to Feb 15, 2025
Session Summer(June 16 to July 25) / Registration: May 15 to Jun 30, 2025
¿Quieres ser un caricaturista? Would you like to be a cartoonist? In this fun and efficient course, students will learn to draw animals with human characteristics against dynamic backdrops, where they will apply drawing techniques such as vanishing points and depth simulation. Students will add dialogue bubbles to their vignettes and apply techniques to represent human emotions such as joy, fear, excitement, sadness, etc. With explanations from the instructor that are simple, personalized, and entirely in Spanish, students will engage in fun exercises to practice the techniques learned in each class. Students will also have access to ChiCeLaCu’s resource files, which are guides available at any time to practice at home. Please keep in mind that you will be required to purchase additional materials. To register, please click here
Cartoon Drawing in Spanish: Level III
(Design comic books in Spanish)
Session Spring (March 3 to May 30) / Registration: February 3 to Feb 15, 2025
Session Summer (June 16 to July 25) / Registration: May 15 to Jun 30, 2025
A fabulous idea can catapult an illustration to another level! This course focuses on the child’s creative development, bringing excellent illustrations to the canvas and ideas to life. Students will be immersed in the fun world of cartooning, where they will learn to draw dynamic creatures in comic strip formats or as illustrations, design comic book covers, and develop their own stories. Specifically, students will learn to create greeting card illustrations, animal comic strips, editorial illustrations, and storyboards while improving their drawing strokes and use of ink and color. As a final project, students will create their very own comic strip. Students will also have access to ChiCeLaCu’s resource files, which are guides available at any time to practice at home. Please keep in mind that you will be required to purchase additional materials. To register, please click here
¡Bienvenidos a Cartoon Drawing III donde despertaremos el artista que hay en ti!
Pencil Drawing in Spanish
Pencil Drawing in Spanish: Level I
(Learn the fundamentals of color, composition, perspective, proportions, shadows, and more)
Session Spring (March 3 to May 30) / Registration: February 3 to Feb 15, 2025
Session Summer(June 16 to July 25) / Registration: May 15 to Jun 30, 2025
Students will sharpen their Spanish conversational and listening comprehension skills through the art of pencil drawing. A unique and fun way to practice the language, students will learn the fundamentals, including color, composition, perspective, proportions, shadow, highlights, gradations of tone, and much, much more. It is ideal for an aspiring artist or anyone simply interested in a fun and relaxed way to practice the language. This course improves concentration, focus, and creativity and is open to all skill levels. Students listen to Spanish and enjoy music to foster creativity. Classes offer children a healthy and enjoyable escape, which is excellent for reducing anxiety and stress. Please keep in mind that you will be required to purchase additional materials if necessary. To register, please click here
Pencil Drawing in Spanish: Level II
(Drawing elaborate landscape for land and sea)
Session Spring (March 3 to May 30) / Registration: February 3 to Feb 15, 2025
Session Summer(June 16 to July 25) / Registration: May 15 to Jun 30, 2025
A more advanced drawing course for children with knowledge of proportions and the use of light and shadow, this course delves deeper into the study of facial proportions, volumetry, and the basic drawing of landscapes and aerial and marine views using led and colored pencils. With each stroke, students will discover how competent they are in drawing portraits that were thought too difficult or even impossible previously. They will hone their sketching skills to develop more elaborate landscapes through the use of light and shadow, as well as the combination of colors that highlight the natural beauty of the scenery for both land and sea. The instructor will use Adobe Photoshop to create more realistic landscapes and vegetation with the corresponding colors and shadows, allowing students to follow along with their pencils and paper. Please keep in mind that you will be required to buy additional materials. To register, please click here
Pencil Drawing in Spanish: Level III
(Drawing spaceships, trees, animals, and more)
Do you want to draw terrific mountains, realistic scenery, and animals such as wolves, lions, cats, dogs, and horses? Combine everything you’ve learned to create even more impressive and realistic creatures and scenery. In this course, students who have previously taken Pencil Drawing 1 and 2 will build upon their acquired skills and refine their drawings to achieve more realistic finishes through continuous lines and color combinations, reinforcing the use of light and shadow. Students will expand their portfolio with amazing creations, including more cartoons, spaceships, trees, and many different animals. Please keep in mind that you will be required to buy additional materials. To register, please click here
Matemáticas Divertidas in Spanish
Matemáticas Divertidas I in Spanish: Grades 3, 4 & 5
Session Spring (March 3 to May 30) / Registration: February 3 to Feb 15, 2025
Session Summer (June 16 to July 25) / Registration: May 15 to Jun 30, 2025
The objective of this course is to foster in students a love of math through its many real-life applications, while at the same time building a strong foundation in arithmetic. Math and Spanish are fun combinations where students play with numbers, solve math problems innovatively, apply measurements, explore geometric figures, master fractions, and more. An introductory algebra module is taught for 5th and 6th graders in the last weeks of the course to prepare students for Matematicas Divertidas II. Please keep in mind that you will be required to purchase additional materials. To register, please click here
Matemáticas Divertidas II in Spanish: Grades 5 & 6
(Learning Algebra in Spanish with Baldor Algebra Textbook)
Session Spring (March 3 to May 30) / Registration: February 3 to Feb 15, 2025
Session Summer (June 16 to July 25) / Registration: May 15 to Jun 30, 2025
Algebra is fun! We recommend taking Matematicas Divertidas I before taking this class. To start learning algebra, students must have mastered basic math skills such as adding, subtracting, multiplying, and fractions. Students will delve into integers, one-step equations, inequalities and equations, graphs, and functions, percents, and probabilities, among other things. They will learn, understand, and apply linear relationships using equations, graphs, charts, and tables. Do you know that learning algebra in Spanish helps further develop critical thinking skills? Students will learn to think outside the box through problem-solving, logic, pattern, and reasoning activities. Technology will be used to introduce and expand upon the areas of study listed above. This course fuses Spanish and math in a very interactive way, making the learning process effective and fun. We use a friendly platform, games, and traditional handwritten exercises, applying the time-honored way of teaching algebra in Latin American countries with the famous Baldor Algebra textbook. Please keep in mind that you will be required to purchase additional materials. To register, please click here
