Colectivo ELE 1 – Spanish Textbook for Kids

A Latin American Spanish method for children who are just starting to learn the language. Through everyday situations, illustrations and communicative activities, students gradually build their listening, reading, speaking and writing skills.

Across six units, the book combines carefully sequenced language content with videos and interactive activities that enrich the learning experience. Its digital format can be used on screen for online classes or printed out to support in-person lessons.

Each lesson points to the recommended follow-up activities in the Activity Book, making it easy to connect both materials and plan the learning path.

• Level: Beginner.
• Ages: 6 to 10.
• Includes: hands-on activities, cut-outs, and access to interactive activities through links when used digitally and through QR codes when printed.
• Page count: 76

Teaching approach

Communicative approach

Colectivo ELE 1 is grounded in the communicative approach to language teaching, which places students at the center as active participants in building their language skills. Content is organized progressively and in context, supporting the integrated development of oral and written comprehension and expression. Activities encourage meaningful use of the language in communicative situations close to children's everyday world, linking how the language works with how it is used in practice.

Connected, networked learning

The book integrates digital resources that extend and connect learning beyond the printed page. Through links and QR codes, students access videos and interactive activities that complement the content, offer different ways into the language and help connect different formats and learning environments. This structure supports a flexible learning path in which the book's content, the audiovisual resources and the interactive activities work together to enrich the educational experience.

• Format: Interactive, printable PDF.
• How to use it: On screen or printed. Students can write, complete activities and take notes directly on the document using their PDF reader's editing or annotation tools.
• Built-in resources: Links and QR codes to complementary videos and interactive activities.
• Publisher: Petit Español
• ISBN: 978-631-01-7543-0