Chispitas Monte™

Bilingüe. K-12. Made in Texas.

A bilingual homeschool curriculum for families where the parent is a heritage speaker, and for families where the parent speaks no Spanish. Your child becomes bilingual. You remain the capable teacher.

Launching August 2026 · Founding Family enrollment now open

You do not need to speak Spanish to use this curriculum.

The English-speaking parent

Every lesson includes English scaffolding for the delivering parent. You never feel lost teaching it. Your child develops true bilingual fluency alongside your own growing comfort with the material.

The heritage-speaker parent

Your child's Spanish is not a subject to be taught in isolation. It is the language of instruction. Heritage speakers strengthen what they already have. The curriculum honors your family's linguistic identity.

Los cuatro pilares

What makes Chispitas Monte™ different

Bilingüe por Diseño

Bilingual by Design

Not a Spanish class. A curriculum in Spanish. Science, math, literature, entrepreneurship, all delivered in español with English scaffolding where useful. The goal is bilingual thinkers, not bilingual test-takers.

Naturalista

Nature-Based

Learning happens outside. The curriculum draws on Texas's diverse ecoregions and native wildlife across every year. Science with actual specimens. Math with actual measurement. Language with actual light.

Inspirado en Montessori

Montessori-Inspired

Inspired by Montessori and place-based learning traditions. Children lead the pace of their own understanding. Adults guide, they do not drive. Respect for the child is rigor, not sentimentality.

Emprendimiento Integrado

Entrepreneurship Woven

Every year of K-12 includes real projects. Not a unit. Not a special topic. Woven through math, literature, science, and history as core content, so children grow up knowing how to make something the world will pay for.

This year, we are in

Los Desiertos y los Cielos Grandes

The Deserts and the Big Skies

Chispitas Monte™ cycles through Texas's ecoregions over time. Every child studies every region across their K-12 years, revisiting each one at deeper developmental levels as they grow.

Next year, a new region. Same landscape. Same wonder. The Texas rotation deepens with every pass.

Bilingualism is a skill.

Four decades of research show that children who grow up bilingual read more fluently, think more flexibly, and outperform monolingual peers on measures of executive function and adult earning potential. Bilingual brains are not divided brains. They are stronger brains.

40 years

of research

Higher

lifetime earnings

Stronger

executive function

Las bandas de edad

Six age bands, K through 12

Each band respects developmental readiness. Placement is a bilingual conversation, not a test.

RetoñosSprouts
Ages 3-4 · Pre-KThe years of first wonder. Every word is new.
Enrolling August 2026 · sold separately
SembradoresSeedlings
Ages 5-7 · Grades K-2The years of language, senses, movement, and story.
Enrolling August 2026
ConstructoresBuilders
Ages 8-10 · Grades 3-5The years of doing. Materials become tools. Ideas become projects.
Enrolling August 2026 · pending curriculum readiness
ExploradoresExplorers
Ages 11-13 · Grades 6-8The years of expanding. History, science, and language open outward.
Waitlist · rolling release
Fundadores IFounders I
Ages 14-15 · Grades 9-10The years of building for real. Original projects. Deep language.
Waitlist · rolling release
Fundadores IIFounders II
Ages 16-18 · Grades 11-12Real markets. Real launches. Preparation for higher study or adult work.
Waitlist · rolling release
Placement is child-led. Every enrolling family completes a bilingual placement conversation with a Chispitas Monte™ enrollment advisor to determine the right starting band for each child.

Lo que recibes

What every Founding Family receives

  1. The Family Guide

    A physical binder with the year's curriculum, materials lists, and weekly rhythm structure.

  2. Bilingual student workbooks

    Printed on quality paper. One per age band, per year, per enrolled child.

  3. Nature-study field journals

    One per child, per season. Blank pages for their own Texas observations.

  4. Weekly parent-facing lesson plans

    Delivered by email. Downloadable. Printable. Written for the parent teaching the lesson.

  5. Chispitas Familia™ community access

    The private WhatsApp community. Monthly Pitch Nights. Seasonal gatherings in select Texas cities.

  6. Monthly office hours

    Direct access to our curriculum team for questions and guidance.

  7. Discounted Launchpad™ seats

    Preferred pricing on Chispitas Studio™ Launchpads throughout the year.

For homeschool cooperatives and microschools, custom pricing and licensing available.

Founding Family cohort · August 2026

Únete a la constelación.

Join the constellation.

First child · Founding

$659/year

or three payments of $239

Each sibling · Founding

$459/year

or three payments of $169

Founding Family rates are locked for the lifetime of your family's enrollment. Standard enrollment opens in Year Two at higher tiers. Founding Families always pay founding.

Preview access

The curriculum before public launch.

Preferred pricing

Locked for your family's tenure.

Voice in refinement

Feedback sessions in Year One.

In-person priority

First access to Texas city events.

Waitlist priority is by date joined

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La Fundadora

Caroline

Caroline built Chispitas Studio™ and Chispitas Monte™ because she wanted something for her own children that did not yet exist.

  • PhD Biomedical Sciences · MSPH Epidemiology
  • Twenty years teaching experiential learning to military teams and graduate professionals
  • Mother of two Chispitas · her first and most demanding students

I built this for my own children first. Todos los niños merecen esta chispa.

Preguntas frecuentes

Frequently asked

Honest answers. Nothing hedged.

Yes. Chispitas Monte™ was built with you in mind. Every lesson includes English scaffolding, pronunciation guides for the parent, and audio companions. You do not teach Spanish. You deliver a curriculum in Spanish, with the support you need to stay confident. Your child acquires the language. You grow alongside them.
Llamitas is a beautiful early-elementary Spanish curriculum. Charlotte Mason Spanish resources are typically supplements to an English-primary curriculum. Chispitas Monte™ is a full K-12 curriculum where Spanish is the language of instruction across every subject. We also weave entrepreneurship and life skills through every year as core content, not as enrichment. Different scope. Different design.
Chispitas Monte™ is applying for TEFA vendor approval through Odyssey. Founding Families will receive confirmation as soon as approval lands. Texas homeschool families with active TEFA accounts can use their $2,000 allocation for Chispitas Monte™ materials and the Math Academy pairing once approval is complete.
Pre-K through Grade 12, organized into six age bands: Retoños (Pre-K), Sembradores (K-2), Constructores (3-5), Exploradores (6-8), Fundadores I (9-10), Fundadores II (11-12). Retoños and Sembradores enroll for August 2026. Constructores is enrolling pending curriculum readiness. The upper bands are on the waitlist and released on a rolling basis as our team completes each level.
Chispitas Monte™ Founding Family enrollment is $659 per year for the first child and $459 per year for each additional sibling. Payment plan: three payments of $239 (first child), three payments of $169 (sibling). Founding Family rates are locked for the lifetime of your family's enrollment. Standard enrollment opens in Year Two at higher tiers. Retoños™ Pre-K curriculum is $397 Founding, $497 standard, sold separately. Math Academy pairing is $500 per year, paid directly to Math Academy.
Chispitas Monte™ integrates math through entrepreneurship, science, and place-based observation. For daily math progression toward calculus, we recommend pairing with Math Academy, a mastery-based adaptive K-12 platform accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. $500 per year or $49 per month, TEFA-eligible. One recommendation. One platform. Because the best gift we can give a family is fewer decisions.
Physical materials may be returned within 14 days of receipt, unused and in resalable condition, for a refund minus a $75 restocking fee. Return shipping is the family's responsibility. Digital access and community membership are non-refundable once granted. Enrollment covers a full curriculum year; no prorated refund for mid-year withdrawal. Founding Family enrollment is a cohort commitment and is non-refundable.
Yes. Every Founding Family has access to the Chispitas Familia™ WhatsApp community, monthly office hours with our dedicated curriculum team, and weekly parent-facing lesson plans delivered by email. You are not building this alone.
Yes. Custom pricing and licensing terms are available for homeschool cooperatives, microschools, and small learning communities. Email inspired@chispitas.studio to open the conversation.

Ready to join the constellation?

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