On this page we share a list of Heritage Language Playgroups and Schools organised by country, city/town, language, and then:
1) Name of the Heritage Language Playgroup or School
2) Link
3) Age group(s)
4) Method
5) Name of the owner/director/founder
If you know of any that should be added on this page, please indicate the country, the name, and the link to website in the a comments here below.
Please find the list of online lesson providers at the bottom of the list.
BELGIUM
Gent
Greek
- TEG Gent (Greek Language Department)
- Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/griekseschoolgent
- 4-17 year olds. We also offer classes for adults
- Direct instruction model (“traditional” approach to teaching), but factoring in student idiosyncrasies
- Alexia Sideri
CANADA
Montreal
Greek
- Montreal Archangels Greek School
- https://www.archangelsschool.ca/
- 4 to 18 year olds
- Teaching Greek as a foreign language
- Miranda Athanasiou
Toronto
Greek
- Greek School GBA
- https://www.greekschoolgba.com/
- 3.5 to 17 years old
- Hands-on, Inquiry-based, transcurricular
- Konstantina Peristeris
Russian
- Wonder Heritage Language Centre
- http://wonderhlc.ca
- Age 4 to 18
- Weekly lessons in small groups (3-6 kids), 60 minutes long in most cases, 30-50 minutes for younger students. Combination of various methods, based on current psycholinguistic research
- Dr. Marina Sherkina-Lieber, Ph.D
DENMARK
Copenhagen
Danish
- Dansk IB
- https://dansk-ib.dk/
- 12-18
- IB Curriculum
- Ole Udsholt
Dutch
- NTC Copenhagen / FUNS
- https://www.ntc-kopenhagen.dk/
- 2-16 yrs old
- we follow the curriculum, teaching methods and books of Dutch and Belgian schools and are government audited
Greek
- Παιδόκηπος
- https://paidokipos.com/
- 1 to 12 years old – currently growing as we grow
- Method: learner-centred, activity-based teaching methods, learning by play, outdoor learning, drama in education
- Chryssa Oikonomidou
GERMANY
Bad Abbach
German
- Bad Abbach Grundschule
- https://gs-bab.edupage.org/
- 7-12
- Traditional
Munich
Spanish
- El Desván
- https://www.carolinalifschitz.com/el-desvan /
- Reading club in Spanish for families with babies from 8 months to 4 years old and for children from 4 to 7 years old
- Reading for pleasure, fostering early literacy from a constructivist psychogenetic approach
- Carolina Lifschitz
GREECE
Athens
Chinese
- Huaxin
- https://milamekinezika.com/
- 4 – adult
- collaborative learning project based learning
- Stella
Greek/English
- Greek Owls
- https://greekowls.com/
- 7 to 12 and 13 to 18
- Interactive, expeditionary learning, differentiated instruction
- Semiramis Sofra
NORWAY
Bergen
Greek
- Εργαστήρι ελληνικής γλώσσας και πολιτισμού
- Gresknorsk forening Bergen (Facebook)
- 4 to 14 year olds
- Games, songs, and physical activities Bilingual Greek-Norwegian resources Mixed level/age groups
- Georgia (Giouli) Kasari
SPAIN
Danish
- Brain Biscuit
- https://www.brainbiscuitlearning.com/
- Mainly children 4-20 year olds. In some cases we teach adults too.
- Visual, creative, small groups, students participate actively. Kind of Montessori.
- Joan Nelin
SWITZERLAND
Geneva
English
- English Voice Academy
- www.englishvoiceacademy.com
- 0-12 year olds
- Baby signing and Communicative Approach to teaching English
- Roya Caviglia
Wil (SG)
Spanish
- Ronda redonda
- https://musik-und-sprache.my.canva.site/ronda-redonda#home-3
- 2-4 years old
- Language Development through Music and movement
- Claudia Demkura
THE NETHERLANDS
Amsterdam
Estonian
- Eesti Kool Hollandis
- https://sites.google.com/view/eestikoolhollandis
- 0 to 12 years
- 3 age groups, topic based learning, cultural celebrations. Once a month.
- Margit Tera [Email: tera.m@hotmail.com]
German
- Deutschkurs für zweisprachige Kinder
- [Email: deutschkurs@xs4all.nl]
- 0-3 year olds, 7-12 year olds (Dutch elementary school age 4-12 year olds)
- No special method
- Katja B. Zaich
Greek, English, Dutch
- My Greek Teacher
- www.mygreekteacher.org
- 3– (no limit)
- Montessori, game based learning
- Aliki
Den Haag
Greek
- Τμήμα ελληνικής γλώσσας Χάγης
- https://www.gsdh.nl/
- 4-adults
- Various
Rijswijk
Thai
- Baan Paa Saa Thai School (will transfer to Den Haag in September 2025)
- https://www.facebook.com/stichtingthailanguageculture
- 5 year olds and above
- Play-based learning for the beginner groups
UNITED KINGDOM
Cambridge
Danish
- Dansk med Tina
- https://tbollerslev.wixsite.com/dansk
- 3-5-year-olds
- Online interactive learning
- Tina Bollerslev
London
English & Second language: Mandarin Chinese, French, Arabic (Spanish to come)
- Hatching Dragons
- https://www.hatching-dragons.com/en-gb/
- 0-10 year olds
- Montessori and Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)
Manchester
Greek
- Speak Greek
- https://www.speak-greek.com/
- 4-12 year olds
- CELTA
- Iraklis Lampadariou
UNITED STATES
Texas, San Antonio
Spanish
- Learning Casita
- https://www.learningcasita.com
- ages 3-6
- Montessori forest school inspired
- Miss Cami
Virginia
Spanish
- Ms Roxana Spanish Playgroup
- [facebook: https://www.facebook.com/roxana.tellini/]
- 0-8 year olds
- Activities, learning by playing, outdoor and inside learning
- Roxana Chaves Tellini
ONLINE
Danish
- Danes Worldwide
- https://www.danes.dk/
- From 3 years and up (kids, teens, adults)
- Online, asynchronous
- Lene Ditlevsen
- Brain Biscuit
- https://www.brainbiscuitlearning.com/
- 5-adults
- Creative based on the students level and ability
- Joan Nelin
Dutch
- Dutch for Children
- https://dutchforchildren.nl
- 3,5-17 year olds
- Tailor made for each child
- Wendy van Dalen
English
- Next Level English
- https://www.nextlevelenglish.es/
- 4-16 year olds
- Fun, communicative literacy classes for bilingual children
- Ricky Magee
Greek
- Learn Greek online by Olga
- https://www.learngreekonlinebyolga.com/
- 7 to 12 year olds
- Learning with a book and other
- Olga Saltsidou
Greek / German / English / Italian
- LLEARN
- https://llearn.gr/
- 9-18 and adults
- Communicative approach
Portuguese
- Portugues nossa herança
- https://www.portuguesnossaheranca.com/
- 8-14 year olds
- Portuguese lessons online
- Daniele Ferreira
Hi Ute,
I´d like to let you know that this kind of database of Heritage language schools around the world would be super valuable to our school and our international community. We´re constantly advising them to find activities in heritage language but don´t have the actual details of these groups. They often don´t have websites, just Facebook groups or the information is shared within the community only.
Please keep updating the list! There are so many groups in and around Amsterdam.
The HLE network focuses mainly on Eindhoven area, perhaps all of these could be added to your site https://www.hlenet.org/directory
I just added our Estonian School in the Netherlands.
In the same building there´s Finnish School but I can´t represent them. Perhaps you can add them- https://www.suomikouluamsterdam.nl/ ?
THANK YOU so much for creating this list!
Thank you, Margit! I would love to include some of the information from HLE to our list, but they really need to fill in the form as it would otherwise look like we are copying them – I prefer having their explicit consent. I will add the Estonian school asap. As for the Finnish school, could you please fill in the form? You don’t have to represent them, it is just important that it is active for at least 3 years.