The Vamos Curriculum for Exploratory Spanish | Complete Curriculum

The Vamos Curriculum™ is a proficiency-oriented curriculum designed for Exploratory Spanish courses. As an Exploratory curriculum, Vamos has three primary objectives:

1. development of linguistic proficiency
2. exposure to products, practices, and perspectives from a range of Spanish speaking communities
3. fostering interest in continuing language study

Unit 1: Chocolate

• Core Verbs: es, le gusta, prefiere, dice
• Featured Country: Mexico
• Cultural Focus: Chocolate's origin in Aztec culture

Unit 2: Faroles

• Core Verbs: hace, tiene, son, niños
• Featured Country: Costa Rica
• Cultural Focus: El Desfile de Faroles in Costa Rica (an Independence Day parade)

Unit 3: Papas

• Core Verbs: hay
• Recycled vocabulary: tiene, son, prefiere, le gusta, ¿Qué es esto?, niños
• Featured Country: Perú
• Cultural Focus: Perú's biodiversity

Unit 4: Barriletes

• Core Verbs: puede (ver), va, vive
• Featured Country: Guatemala
• Cultural Focus: El festival de los barriletes gigantes

Unit 5: El dominó

• Core Verbs: necesita, habla, juega
• Featured Country: Cuba
• Cultural Focus: El dominó

Unit 6: Rapa Nui

• Core Verbs: sabe, piensa que, está
• Featured Country: Chile
• Cultural Focus: Rapa Nui

Unit 7: Faroles

• Core Verbs: llega a tiempo, comienza a las (#), termina, sale de
• Featured Country: Panamá
• Cultural Focus: El Carnaval de Ocú

Unit 8: Adrenalina

• Core Verbs: robust exposure to recycled vocabulary
• Featured Country: El Salvador
• Cultural Focus: Adrenaline, adventurous activities

Unit 9: Orgullo (to be published in September of 2024)

• Core Verbs: to be determined
• Featured Country: Bolivia
• Cultural Focus: Imilla Skaters

Unit 10: Coquí (to be published in October of 2024)

• Core Verbs: to be determined
• Featured Country: Puerto Rico
• Cultural Focus: El coquí

PLEASE NOTE: Vamos units can be purchased individually, in bundles of 1-5 or 5-6 or the complete curriculum bundle. The complete curriculum bundle will include all individual units. Regretfully, we cannot accommodate refunds or exchanges for teachers that begin purchasing Vamos unit by unit or in small bundles and later choose to purchase the whole curriculum. 

Vamos Curriculum Scope and Sequence: bit.ly/scopeandsequencevamos