Building Bilingual Brains
Create playful, language-rich early learning classrooms to prepare 21st-century citizens with SparkLing.
SparkLing’s Instructional Training and Classroom support is now available!
The SparkLing Method
The SparkLing training and certification program prepares you to teach young children a second language. The SparkLing program applies discoveries on language development by world-renowned researchers and contains evidence-based teaching strategies, lesson plans, and classroom tools.
Harness the brain’s prime time for language learning
Language is foundational to school readiness and cognitive/social development
Developed by UW’s Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences (I-LABS)
The human brain can easily master two languages at the same time. But language learning is time-sensitive.
Our training and certification program will prepare you to inspire and enrich children’s second language learning.
Research-based & field-tested
Drawn from 30 years of I-LABS research, the six-point SparkLing Method was developed using discoveries in early language development that enhance brain development.
Learn the SparkLing Method
Instructors will gain the knowledge and skills to successfully apply SparkLing’s proven language learning method including the key ingredients of high-quality language instruction for young children.
Apply the SparkLing Method
SparkLing’s adaptable lesson plans and resource libraries make it easy for instructors to plan and adjust their classroom time throughout the week with fun and engaging activities to help them apply their new skills.
Our Programs
SparkLing offers two developmentally tailored tracks: one for children aged 0-3 years and another for children aged 3-5 years.
Each track includes age-appropriate teaching strategies, activities, and instructor support, available in both Spanish and English to serve bilingual language learning opportunities for all children, regardless of their background or home language.
