The Young Learners’ Spring Program
June 27, 2014 at 1:56 pm | Posted in Clases Young Learners, Summer in the City/ Campamento Urbano, Uncategorized, Young Learners 1, Young Learners 2, Young Learners 3, Young Learners 4, Young Learners 5 | Leave a commentOn June 21, 2014, all the Young Learners celebrated their accomplishments by giving a grand performance to family and friends.
The Young Learners 5 group were fantastic emcees, walking the crowd through each act.
Young Learners 1 sang three songs, “Changing Seasons,” “The Seasons Song,” and “Spring is Here.”
Young Learners 2 also sang three songs, “On the Boardwalk,” “Keep the Oceans Clean,” and “The Water Cycle.”
Young Learners 3 presented a play that they wrote, “The Spectacular Shows!”
Young Learners 4 closed the show with Pharrell Williams’ contagious song, “Happy.”
Happy summer to all, and see you next week at our summer camp!
Young Learners 1 Gets Ready for Easter
May 5, 2014 at 10:58 am | Posted in Clases Young Learners, Holidays, Uncategorized, Young Learners 1, Young Learners 2 | Leave a commentYoung Learners 1 had a great Saturday class before Easter week. They had a great time joining Young Learners 2 to paint Easter eggs, make chicken cupcakes and do an Easter egg hunt. They found all of the eggs in the end! Great job!
Learning Scary Vocabulary
January 8, 2014 at 2:24 pm | Posted in Holidays, Young Learners 2 | Leave a commentTags: holidays, Vocabulary
Our YL2 class celebrated Halloween by learning all about Halloween house decorations in the United States. We viewed several images of the scariest Halloween house decorations. We learned several new vocabulary words. The students then took large pieces of drawing paper and, with partners, drew their own houses and decorated them to make them the scariest. They labeled the house decorations with the vocabulary they learned in class. The students then presented their drawings to the rest of the group and explained their decorations, providing another opportunity for them to use the new vocabulary.
The students also read a play about bones and body parts. They split into two groups and rehearsed the play, coming up with their own ideas on how to act it out. I was very impressed with the actions they added to the play and their teamwork. Below are some pictures of the kids reading their play.
YL2 Celebrates Fall
January 2, 2014 at 3:30 pm | Posted in Uncategorized, Young Learners 2 | Leave a commentTags: Seasons, Vocabulary
The Fall is a special time that is full of color and new fruits. The kids in our YL2 class studied about Fall and learned lots of new vocabulary. Students recalled their new vocabulary and helped build their fluency by playing a hot potato game. The students stood in a circle and tossed the “hot potato”, a small ball, taking turns saying a vocabulary word within three seconds. If a player stalled or took longer than three seconds, the player had to leave the circle. Students not only had fun, but were able to recall their new words quickly.
We also learned about apples from seed to ripeness. Students learned the process as well as all the vocabulary that is related to an apple’s lifecycle. Once the unit on apples was finished, each student chose a favorite fruit and learned how to use adjectives to describe the fruit.
Students also used their creativity to make crafts for the season. Here they are in a photo with their apple crafts.
During our recess some students decided to create a collage on our garden tables with leaves that they picked from the garden. As you can see they are very creative.
Decorating Christmas Cookies
December 21, 2012 at 6:03 pm | Posted in Clases Young Learners, Holidays, Young Learners 1, Young Learners 2, Young Learners 3, Young Learners 4 | Leave a commentTags: Food
Young Learners 1, 2, 3 and 4 classes decorated Christmas cookies on the last day of classes. They were very creative in their designs, which they then got to eat!
Los alumnos de las las clases 1, 2, 3 y 4 decoraron galletas para la navidad el último día de clase. Se mostraron muy creativos con sus diseños…¡que luego comieron!
Esperamos veros a todos de nuevo en enero. ¡Felices fiestas! ¡Felices vacaciones!
Happy Halloween 2012
November 20, 2012 at 4:32 am | Posted in Clases Young Learners, Holidays, Young Learners 1, Young Learners 2, Young Learners 3, Young Learners 4, Young Learners 5, Young Learners 6 | Leave a commentTags: Food, holidays
Once again, Young Learners and Kids’ Club students got involved in some American Halloween traditions. Some classes, like YL 3 on Tuesday and Saturday, and YL 5/6 on Wednesday, carved pumpkins. Kids’ Club and YL 3 and YL 4 made popcorn balls, a tasty treat that some Americans eat at Halloween and Christmas. Our popcorn balls were made with candy corn, a special Halloween candy from the U.S. Some students made lollipop ghosts to take home, too.
End-of-term celebrations at the Institute
June 26, 2012 at 5:02 am | Posted in Clases Young Learners, Parents, Young Learners 2, Young Learners 3, Young Learners 4, Young Learners 6 | Leave a comment
On Saturday, June 16th, the Young Learners Saturday classes did a show for their parents and classmates. Young Learners 2 and 4 did “Readers’ Theater” pieces, Young Learners 3 did a newscast with some amazing stories, and Young Learners 6 students acted as greeters and presenters for all the other acts. 
Everyone enjoyed the show, and the kids got to show off the English they learned this year with their fantastic teachers: Alicia and Donna, Alisha, Chloe, Chris and Christine.
Alisha’s and Chloe’s classes wrote their own scripts.
After studying Martin Luther King, Jr., and other figures of the civil rights movement in the United States, as well as discussing discrimination and civil rights in Spain, the Young Learner’s 4 Saturday class put their heads together to write their own anti-discrimination fable using words from their vocabulary notebooks. Here is what they presented in a “Readers’ Theater” format for us:
The Possum and the Raccoon: an anti-discrimination fable
One day, in a forest in Georgia, animal friends were talking about the raccoon’s party… all except one. The possum didn’t have a lot of friends because the other animals said that he was very nasty, above all the raccoon.
That morning, the possum was looking for food when he saw a lot of animals with presents.
“Where are you going?” the possum asked the bird.
“We are going to the raccoon’s party. Hurry up! The party is going to start soon,” answered the bird.
The possum thought, ‘Oh, a party could be fun!’, and he followed the animals. All the animals went into the garden, but when it was the possum’s turn, a very big fox stopped him.
“Sorry, you aren’t on the list,” said the fox. Continue Reading End-of-term celebrations at the Institute…
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