Build foundational Spanish literacy with PreK–2 Spanish language arts

In the Classroom, IXL Updates

IXL Spanish Language Arts (SLA) helps teachers provide learners an exceptional Spanish literacy education. Now, IXL is growing its SLA curriculum with new skills for Pre-K through 2nd grade! IXL has been bringing thoughtful, research-driven early literacy development to our ELA curriculum for a decade, and we’re excited to bring that same expertise to SLA.

Let’s look at how IXL SLA will help you build your students’ foundational reading and early literacy skills, whether they’re in a bilingual or dual-language program.

Access science-based Spanish literacy skills

IXL SLA’s PreK–2 curriculum is designed according to research-based best practices for effective early literacy instruction. Skills teach Spanish phonics and reading systematically, starting with simple concepts and guiding students to more complex ones. As learners practice, questions dynamically adapt to their current level of knowledge while providing explicit instruction and feedback.

No matter what kind of language background learners come from, IXL SLA enables them to build Spanish knowledge and fluency at their own pace.

Early literacy SLA skill asking students to identify what the picture is showing. The picture is an illustration of an unhappy dog being bathed.

Supply authentic and original content

All of IXL SLA’s content is high-quality, created from the ground up by our team of expert writers and curriculum designers. Through rich writing, delightful images, and engaging audio, IXL brings Spanish to life while helping students read, listen to, and spell hundreds of new words.

An IXL skill short story about a Chinese dragon in Spanish, followed by a multiple choice question about the story. There is an illustration of a Chinese dragon flying over a fisherman.

Enable independent Spanish learning

Every skill comes with resources that provide in-the-moment support for students. These not only include sample questions, but also video tutorials targeted to the concepts students are practicing.

IXL’s comprehensive videos are a true game-changer for early Spanish literacy, thoroughly preparing students for new topics. In each video, a fun and friendly Spanish-speaking tutor introduces the skill’s key concept before going through some example questions, putting learners on a proven path to success.

Over the IXL SLA skill "¿De qué trata la imagen?" a video plays. It is hosted by a woman, who walks through a multiple choice question.

Strengthen both English and Spanish education

IXL gives teachers the rigorous, standards-aligned resources they need to help students build literacy in both Spanish and English. Whether students speak Spanish at home, come from English-only backgrounds, are growing up bilingually with both languages, or bring other home languages to their learning, IXL gives you a single platform to enhance your ELA and SLA instruction.

See our Spanish language arts curriculum in action: