By age 8, John Stuart Mill had learned Latin and Greek and written a political treatise barring those with no knowledge of Latin or Greek from his tree house. Enliven your child's mind with today's Groupon: for $98, you get a week-long half-day Spanish-language-acquisition summer camp at The Language Factory in Missouri City (a $196 value). Classes run on weekdays July 18 - July 22 or July 25-29 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The registration fee of $35 is waived for Groupon holders.

The Language Factory's interactive classes and engaging curricula spur the development of language centers in growing minds, giving kids a head start in future communications with extracontinental chums. Language sponges aged 4–11 can enroll in half-day summer-camp classes that quickly immerse them in a thick gazpacho of soupy foreign words and culture. Sage teachers well versed in lingual niceties and child herding keep classes engaged through song and special projects, such as cooking classes hosted by real chefs or recreating ancient Incan masks. Through retention tools such as language games, tongues will learn the fricatives and basic vocabulary they'll need to argue with Spanish conquistadors.