Aayla & Ambria - BORA Classes

Brazilian Portuguese for Kids — A Note for Parents

Welcome! This course teaches your daughters real spoken Brazilian Portuguese — the language children actually use in Brazil, not the textbook version. They'll learn to greet people, say their age and name, name their family, order food, ask where things are, and describe their day. By the end, they'll be able to hold a real conversation with a Brazilian child their age.

How the week works

Every Monday, the lesson for that week's Wednesday class is added to the course. You'll have it a few days before the class, so you can look through it if you'd like to know what's coming. There's no preparation required from you — the lesson is complete and the teacher leads it.

After each class, read the teacher's feedback first

This is the most important part of the routine. After every Wednesday class, the teacher sends you a short note that tells you exactly where to go next:

1. If the class didn't finish everything, she'll tell you how far to review with the girls before the next lesson. Stay within that range — going ahead on your own tends to confuse rather than help.
2. If the lesson was completed, she'll tell you it's finished, and that's your signal to move on to the challenges at the end of the lesson.

The challenges are where the real learning happens

Each lesson ends with a "Desafio da Semana" — two or three small things for the girls to do during the week. Asking someone their age in Portuguese. Saying "obrigada" five times a day. Counting the stairs on the way up. Giving a weather report at breakfast.

These take a few minutes and they matter more than they look. A word used once at the kitchen table is worth more than the same word repeated ten times in a lesson, because that's the moment Portuguese stops being a subject and starts being something that happens in their life. Your job is simply to make sure the challenges actually happen.

Your role is easier than you think

You don't need to speak Portuguese, and you don't need to correct anything. Ask the question, let them answer, and be impressed. Children who get to be the expert in the room will repeat a word twenty times for the pleasure of it.

One small thing that makes a real difference with siblings: always ask the younger one first. She answers, and the older one confirms. That way they're working together instead of racing, and both of them keep talking.

Five minutes a day beats thirty minutes on Saturday. Don't schedule a study hour — just attach Portuguese to things that already happen: waking up, eating, leaving the house, going to bed.

Any questions along the way, just ask. Bora! 🇧🇷