Our Story
20 years of hands-on full immersion fun
Your Instructor
I am a devoted homeschooling mother of two and a passionate educator and entrepreneur who specializes in early childhood and elementary foreign language education. Most importantly, I just love what I do. Being an early childhood foreign language instructor and a business owner is one of the most rewarding things I have ever done, other than being a mother… luckily for me, I happen to be both!
I was born in Chile and moved to the United States during my senior year of High School. I attended Bradley University and focused my studies on early childhood education, cognitive and social psychology, child brain development, and art.
I realized that by combining my love for nurturing children with my passion for learning about new cultures, I could reach students in a way that went above and beyond ordinary language learning.
For the last 16 years I have owned, directed, and taught at Lingua Garden where I offer foreign language lessons nationwide (online classes and local families in Boulder, CO) to children and adults. I have dedicated my time to teaching Spanish & French, creating new and exciting foreign language curricula, training new teachers, developing foreign language educational software, and most importantly, spending quality time with my family.
Currently, professionally, I devote my time to develop engaging curriculum, teach online lessons to children from all over the country, teach local private/small group lessons, lead and facilitate conferences, workshops, & training for early childhood educators, nursing students and homeschooling families nationwide. When I am not working, I enjoy spending quality time with my husband & kids who are being raised bilingual and multicultural.
20 years of hands-on full immersion fun
Lingua Garden LLC, also formally known as Kultural Kids LLC, started as a creative arts & foreign language learning center located in Central Illinois back in 2004.
Over the years, we continued to grow & add programs
Learn Spanish with Ms Denise anywhere, anytime!
In 2016, founder & instructor, Denise Leitch -AKA Ms Denise,- relocated to Colorado having to close the Lingua Garden Learning Center located in IL.
Now, Ms Denise offers Live Online Spanish Lessons to her former students from Illinois. This new format has also allowed her to expand and teach Spanish lessons to children & adults all over the country!
Lingua Garden LLC offers three types of programs
- Live Online Spanish Lessons for children & adults (2 & up).
- Prerecorded Online Spanish Lessons for the entire family for only $20/month.
- Full immersion Spanish lessons for children ages (0-10) in the Boulder & surrounding areas. *no in-person classes are being offered at the moment*
Just contact Ms Denise directly at [email protected] to schedule a demo class.
This course provides you with ongoing lessons that are short & effective so that you & your child can view from anywhere, anytime! In addition, the content is fun and engaging.
Children learn while being entertained & challenged, while you learn along through fun, relaxed, and motivational Spanish lessons. My goal is to help you & your child to be able to communicate in the target language. This is a self paced Spanish course and the library is constantly growing!