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12 Kids’ Shows on Netflix That Are Perfect For Learning Spanish
These shows on Netflix can be dubbed or subbed in Spanish to help your children learn a new language.

12 Kids’ Shows on Netflix That Are Perfect For Learning Spanish

Ask anyone who grew up in a bilingual household, and they’ll tell you that “Dora the Explorer” is overrated and the Gingerbread Man scene in the Spanish dub of “Shrek” is an absolute masterpiece. As a first-generation American, I was encouraged at a young age to be “a citizen of the world,” which meant reading not only “The Cat in the Hat” but also its foreign-language counterparts “El Gato Ensombrerado,” “Le Chat Chapeauté,” and “Il Gatto col Cappello.” That, of course, was long before Netflix even existed. Back then, I thought it was a pain to do so much extra reading, but honestly, it’s the whole reason I speak four languages now.

So when I was an au pair in college, the biggest piece of advice I gave parents was to let their kids watch Netflix in the language they were learning. Netflix is an incredibly powerful tool — second only to immersion — especially for learning Spanish. It has a huge selection of dubbed and original Spanish kids’ shows (including great cartoons in Spanish), all of which offer subtitles in multiple languages to facilitate learning — all you need to do is change the audio. Here are 12 of the best ones currently available to stream — trust me, I spent my childhood watching “Bob Esponja” on repeat (“SpongeBob” in Spanish).

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