Connecting English and Science in Young Learners 3

May 31, 2012 at 1:26 am | Posted in Clases Young Learners, Young Learners 3 | 1 Comment

Check out the experiment the one group of Young Learner’s program students did to practice English in the context of a scientific problem. They have studied inventions and had talked about catapults as part of that. Sara Comis, a student from MIT who is studying this semester in MIT-Spain program , gave the students a lesson on design.  Now we have the results of the students taking that one step further to create a catapult of their own design. Way to go!

In the same week, we were lucky enough to have another visit, this time with Sara and her friend Elise Myers, also from MIT. They taught the students about the solar system and the students did a role play pretending to be the different planets, asking each other questions. They finished by making a model of the solar system from balloons, with stones from the garden as an asteroid belt.

We would like to thank Sara and Elise for sharing their time and knowledge with us, and for bringing such fun activities!

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¿Por qué debemos leer con los niños? Why should we read to children?

May 16, 2012 at 3:50 am | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

FERIA DE LIBROS EN INGLÉS ESTE SÁBADO en el Instituto de 10:30 a 13:30, coincidiendo con el cuentacuentos de CLEVER BEATRICE. Libros de temas y niveles variados a precios muy asequibles. Os queremos animar a los padres e hijos a disfrutar de la lectura en inglés juntos.

We are repeating the Book Fair from Books and More this Saturday from 10:30 to 13:30, coinciding with the storytelling session for CLEVER BEATRICE. There will be a wide variety of topics and levels, at very reasonable prices. We want to encourage parents and children to enjoy reading in English together.

Os pasamos dos hojas con consejos para padres:

Here are two fact sheets for parents about reading aloud to children:

Why Read Aloud to Children? 

y Diez hechos que los padres deben entender sobre la lectura.

La página de Jim Trelease, de donde provienen estas hojas, está muy bien. Trelease es el autor de The Read-Aloud Handbook, que explica qué, cómo, y por qué deben leer los adultos a los niños en voz alta.

We recommend both Jim Trelease’s web page and his book The Read-Aloud Handbook, which explains what, how and why adults should read aloud to children.

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May 7, 2012 at 5:04 am | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

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