About
Cruz Language Academy / Kiddos Lingua Spanish Programs offers 1:1 virtual Spanish lessons through Zoom, kids and teens 1:1 face-to-face or virtual Spanish classes, and conversational Spanish classes for kids, teens, and adults. The program also offers a Spanish after school program, a Spanish summer camp, 1:1 virtual private lessons for adults and kids, and Spanish literature courses for adolescents and adults.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Schedule: Class options Monday through Friday starting at 8:30 am into the evening, with ongoing classes all year; options include two 30-minute or two 45-minute sessions per week for kids and teens, and weekly 90-minute or two one-hour sessions for adults, with a minimum course length of one semester
• Price: Package 1 standard rate $260/month (4 hours: two 30-minute sessions per week, 8 classes per month); Package 2 discounted rate $350/month (6 hours: two 45-minute sessions per week, 8 classes per month); Kids/Teens 1:1 face-to-face/virtual Spanish classes from $270.00; one-time materials fee $55 for Package 1; extra sessions in a calendar month are added to the bill upon request
Since 2010, Cruz Language Academy has been helping kids, teens, and adults to succeed in learning Spanish. The Kiddos Lingua Spanish Enrichment Program states that it is helping children to become fluent in Spanish by teaching them the teachers’ mother tongue and their grandparents’ traditions with lots of fun. Cruz Language Academy states that it focuses on practicing Spanish from day one using experiential methodology and the communicative approach, centering on listening, reading-comprehension, writing, speaking, and Spanish grammar.
The teaching team includes Mrs. Yipsy De Armas, who has a Master’s degree in Spanish; Ms. Ivanna Castro, who has a Bachelor’s degree in Education; and Mrs. Daniela Rodriguez, who has a Bachelor’s degree in Spanish. They are described as bilingual professors, native Spanish speakers, and background checked, and they hold valid teaching credentials from accredited universities in the USA, Latin America, and Spain. Teachers for private lessons hold a master’s degree, and a bilingual, native Spanish-speaking teacher with a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Spanish is described as having more than 15 years of experience. Some highly qualified teachers are described as having Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Spanish, teaching credentials, and more than 20 years of experience, and the program describes its teachers as native speakers, certified, and experienced. Luis manages the Kiddos Lingua program and is an instructor at Cruz Language Academy.
Kiddos Lingua is described as a Spanish class for TK to 5th grade students who attend James Monroe Elementary School, and Cruz Language Academy is an approved vendor for charter schools including Mission Vista Academy, Pacific Coast Academy, Cabrillo Point Academy, iLEAD, Sage Oak, and others. The program states that its services are non-sectarian and non-religious for homeschooled charter school students. It offers beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels for kids, adolescents, and adults, and upper levels are taught entirely in Spanish. The program describes a holistic approach to language learning using communicative, task-based, and experiential methods, along with a bilingual approach (English and Spanish) that takes advantage of learners’ strengths in their native language and transfers those skills to their second language. It also states that it uses Spanish in the child’s environment (family, animals, school, etc.) combined with basic grammar concepts and activities, and that it uses communicative and experiential methods to improve conversational and grammar skills towards fluency.
For Kiddos Lingua 1:1 virtual Spanish lessons, space is limited to a daily enrollment of 5 schoolchildren. Class groups for the Kiddos Lingua after school program are described as limited to 30 students, and elsewhere also as limited to 60 kids for the Spanish after school program. The program offers month-to-month tuition all year-round with Christmas and summer breaks, and it has a 48-hour reschedule policy for classes. Extra activities for oral and written communication are included only in Package 2 to speed up the student’s commitment towards fluency and mastery of Spanish. The program provides unlimited access to resources such as bilingual dictionaries, translators, and verb conjugators, and Spanish literature courses include works by world-class, renowned authors and Nobel Prize and Cervantes Prize laureates. It states that if Cruz Language Academy does not live up to its promises, they ask to be told right away and will restore their values and ensure high quality instruction.
Materials for Package 1 have a one-time materials fee and include a textbook, workbook, audios, and videos according to the Spanish curriculum and program. Instructors also provide materials free of charge such as textbooks, workbooks, bilingual dictionaries, and online resources per session, and homework is provided to be completed during the student’s spare time after class. The program states that it holds a business license and that teachers hold valid teaching credentials from accredited universities in the USA, Latin America, and Spain.
Parent and student testimonials describe Kiddos Lingua and Cruz Language Academy as having amazing teachers and a program where children are excelling in Spanish, and they describe Kiddos Lingua’s method of teaching as very effective. One parent reports that an 8-year-old child made very good progress in Spanish vocabulary starting in the first week and began forming sentences within two months, and describes Kiddos Lingua Spanish teacher Mrs. Yipsy De Armas as a native Spanish speaker, highly educated, and having exceptionally good Spanish teaching skills. Several testimonials describe Luis Miguel as a highly educated Spanish teacher who manages the program successfully, provides free Spanish learning material such as online Spanish learning games, and customizes lessons to specific interests and goals, including conversation-focused lessons and even recording a podcast interview. Multiple adults describe Cruz Language Academy as a place where they have learned a lot from weekly lessons with Luis, and they describe him as prepared, energetic, funny, positive, patient, and using techniques that make lessons practical, easily understood, fun, and effective. One testimonial compares his teaching skills and detailed knowledge of grammar and bilingual ability favorably to teachers at Yale University. Parents of children in the after school program at Monroe Elementary describe communication from Luis as accommodating, instruction by Mrs. Yipsy as well-planned and organized, and report that their children have learned a lot in a short period of time. Another parent states that a child has been in Kiddos Lingua for three years and that the child’s Spanish has improved exponentially, and describes Yipsy and Luis Miguel as exceptional in the material, method, and care they take of the child’s linguistic needs.
Last updated April 3, 2026.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Schedule: Class options Monday through Friday starting at 8:30 am into the evening, with ongoing classes all year; options include two 30-minute or two 45-minute sessions per week for kids and teens, and weekly 90-minute or two one-hour sessions for adults, with a minimum course length of one semester
• Price: Package 1 standard rate $260/month (4 hours: two 30-minute sessions per week, 8 classes per month); Package 2 discounted rate $350/month (6 hours: two 45-minute sessions per week, 8 classes per month); Kids/Teens 1:1 face-to-face/virtual Spanish classes from $270.00; one-time materials fee $55 for Package 1; extra sessions in a calendar month are added to the bill upon request
Since 2010, Cruz Language Academy has been helping kids, teens, and adults to succeed in learning Spanish. The Kiddos Lingua Spanish Enrichment Program states that it is helping children to become fluent in Spanish by teaching them the teachers’ mother tongue and their grandparents’ traditions with lots of fun. Cruz Language Academy states that it focuses on practicing Spanish from day one using experiential methodology and the communicative approach, centering on listening, reading-comprehension, writing, speaking, and Spanish grammar.
The teaching team includes Mrs. Yipsy De Armas, who has a Master’s degree in Spanish; Ms. Ivanna Castro, who has a Bachelor’s degree in Education; and Mrs. Daniela Rodriguez, who has a Bachelor’s degree in Spanish. They are described as bilingual professors, native Spanish speakers, and background checked, and they hold valid teaching credentials from accredited universities in the USA, Latin America, and Spain. Teachers for private lessons hold a master’s degree, and a bilingual, native Spanish-speaking teacher with a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Spanish is described as having more than 15 years of experience. Some highly qualified teachers are described as having Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Spanish, teaching credentials, and more than 20 years of experience, and the program describes its teachers as native speakers, certified, and experienced. Luis manages the Kiddos Lingua program and is an instructor at Cruz Language Academy.
Kiddos Lingua is described as a Spanish class for TK to 5th grade students who attend James Monroe Elementary School, and Cruz Language Academy is an approved vendor for charter schools including Mission Vista Academy, Pacific Coast Academy, Cabrillo Point Academy, iLEAD, Sage Oak, and others. The program states that its services are non-sectarian and non-religious for homeschooled charter school students. It offers beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels for kids, adolescents, and adults, and upper levels are taught entirely in Spanish. The program describes a holistic approach to language learning using communicative, task-based, and experiential methods, along with a bilingual approach (English and Spanish) that takes advantage of learners’ strengths in their native language and transfers those skills to their second language. It also states that it uses Spanish in the child’s environment (family, animals, school, etc.) combined with basic grammar concepts and activities, and that it uses communicative and experiential methods to improve conversational and grammar skills towards fluency.
For Kiddos Lingua 1:1 virtual Spanish lessons, space is limited to a daily enrollment of 5 schoolchildren. Class groups for the Kiddos Lingua after school program are described as limited to 30 students, and elsewhere also as limited to 60 kids for the Spanish after school program. The program offers month-to-month tuition all year-round with Christmas and summer breaks, and it has a 48-hour reschedule policy for classes. Extra activities for oral and written communication are included only in Package 2 to speed up the student’s commitment towards fluency and mastery of Spanish. The program provides unlimited access to resources such as bilingual dictionaries, translators, and verb conjugators, and Spanish literature courses include works by world-class, renowned authors and Nobel Prize and Cervantes Prize laureates. It states that if Cruz Language Academy does not live up to its promises, they ask to be told right away and will restore their values and ensure high quality instruction.
Materials for Package 1 have a one-time materials fee and include a textbook, workbook, audios, and videos according to the Spanish curriculum and program. Instructors also provide materials free of charge such as textbooks, workbooks, bilingual dictionaries, and online resources per session, and homework is provided to be completed during the student’s spare time after class. The program states that it holds a business license and that teachers hold valid teaching credentials from accredited universities in the USA, Latin America, and Spain.
Parent and student testimonials describe Kiddos Lingua and Cruz Language Academy as having amazing teachers and a program where children are excelling in Spanish, and they describe Kiddos Lingua’s method of teaching as very effective. One parent reports that an 8-year-old child made very good progress in Spanish vocabulary starting in the first week and began forming sentences within two months, and describes Kiddos Lingua Spanish teacher Mrs. Yipsy De Armas as a native Spanish speaker, highly educated, and having exceptionally good Spanish teaching skills. Several testimonials describe Luis Miguel as a highly educated Spanish teacher who manages the program successfully, provides free Spanish learning material such as online Spanish learning games, and customizes lessons to specific interests and goals, including conversation-focused lessons and even recording a podcast interview. Multiple adults describe Cruz Language Academy as a place where they have learned a lot from weekly lessons with Luis, and they describe him as prepared, energetic, funny, positive, patient, and using techniques that make lessons practical, easily understood, fun, and effective. One testimonial compares his teaching skills and detailed knowledge of grammar and bilingual ability favorably to teachers at Yale University. Parents of children in the after school program at Monroe Elementary describe communication from Luis as accommodating, instruction by Mrs. Yipsy as well-planned and organized, and report that their children have learned a lot in a short period of time. Another parent states that a child has been in Kiddos Lingua for three years and that the child’s Spanish has improved exponentially, and describes Yipsy and Luis Miguel as exceptional in the material, method, and care they take of the child’s linguistic needs.
Last updated April 3, 2026.
Is this your business? There is no cost, but you will be asked to sign up or log in.