
Kiddos Lingua: Spanish After School Program
Private
Kiddos Lingua is a Spanish after-school program (run by Cruz Language Academy) held at James Monroe Elementary School in the Desert Sands Unified School District. Meeting on school-year afternoons, it teaches Spanish as a second language to elementary students through games, songs, and hands-on activities - an academic after-school program rather than a summer camp.
The practical details
We list only what the camp itself publishes, and programs change — dates, prices, ages and availability can all move after we check. Confirm the details on the camp’s own website and contact Kiddos Lingua: Spanish After School Program directly before you register or pay. Last checked August 2026.
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Powered by GoogleWe have been beyond happy with the after school program at Monroe Elementary! From the very beginning Luis was so accommodating and the communication was great. The instruction by Mrs. Yipsy is well planned and organized and our kids have learned so much in a short period of time. I highly recommend this program!
There are so many good things I can say about this program. Firstly my daughter loves the teachers, and absolutely looks forward to the kiddos lingua after school program! Secondly the kindness the directors have shown me as well. They truly care about the children, and want to help them learn Spanish as a second language. My daughter is almost fluent in Spanish! Although my last name is of Latin decent, I do not know any Spanish, so my daughter came into this class not knowing very much, and now she can almost have a basic conversation in Spanish with her grandparents, and great grandparents. I am forever grateful for this after school program!
Luis Cruz and the Cruz Academy has figured out exactly what helps one learn a language, and that is by relating to you personally, and providing resources and a teaching style tailored just to you. Have you traveled to Cancun? Well, Luis Cruz will have something up his sleeve to teach you more Spanish by including that experience in your program! Luis is easy-going yet professional, and I enjoy these classes where I'm learning a lot. Perfecto!
My son is around 8 years old. He started learning Spanish by enrolling in Kiddos Lingua when he started second grade. He made very good progress in learning Spanish vocabulary starting first week itself. Within two months he started forming sentences in Spanish. Prior to learning Spanish as part of Kiddos Lingua, I tried 5 different Spanish teachers for my son but nothing worked at all. Kiddos Lingua method of teaching is very effective and it has been working well. Kiddos Lingua Spanish teacher (Mrs. Yipsy De Armas), who is a native Spanish speaker, is highly educated and has exceptionally good Spanish teaching skills. Luis Miguel, who is also a highly educated Spanish teacher, has been managing the program very successfully. He provided a lot of free Spanish learning material (for example, online Spanish learning games) which made Spanish learning easy with a lot of fun. I highly recommend Kiddos Lingua for Spanish learning.
We enrolled our Son as a Second grader into this Spanish After School Program and it's been the best Money spent! Before this Program he didn't know any Spanish... nothing at all, he has learned so much just in one school year attending 3 days each week. It's absolutely amazing to see him absorb what he has learned and apply it in everyday life. We recently went to dinner at a local Mexican Restaurant and he ordered in Spanish! We couldn't believe it! The was they teach is in such a fun manor and the kids enjoy learning. Next year we will also be enrolling our youngest who will be in kindergarten and attending after school as well. We are extremely happy with the program, environment and Mrs Yipsey is so great with the kids too!




