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Spiders and Insects
Kids’ Club has continued to read, talk and sing about spiders and insects. Here are some pictures of the ants they made out of egg cartons. Everyone loved pretending big ants were crawling up their arms! They also learned this song: “The Ants Go Marching.” They changed some of the words for their end-of-year
A new connection between Madrid and Boston
This past winter when I arrived at the Institute from my hometown of Brookline, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston, I felt contrasting emotions of great excitement and of others that bordered on homesickness. It was, then, a welcome surprise when Institute Executive Committee member (and fellow Brookline resident) Ben DeWinter showed me a book he
Summer in the City ¡Nuevo grupo para niños de 3º de infantil!
Les anunciamos que hemos abierto un grupo nuevo para el campamento urbano SUMMER IN THE CITY: ¡un grupo de niños y niñas de 5 y 6 años! Los niños y niños tienen que haber terminado 3º de educación infantil, listos para empezar 1º de primaria. Este verano pueden venir con “los mayores” a hacer manualidades, cantar, jugar y divertirse,
Preparing for the Show
With the end of the trimester approaching, the YL 3 weekday group began making decorations for their play, “JDDCAF.” The Young Learners wrote the entire script themselves, based on research they did throughout the term in the computer laboratory. We look forward to seeing their performance on June 23, 2014!
“You are the diplomats moving forward,” said Ambassador Costos to Fulbright Fellows.
“You are the diplomats moving forward, you will take the torch from this country and bring it home and share the wonderful things you have learned about this country”. Con estas palabras se dirigió el pasado 6 de junio el Embajador Costos al grupo de becarios norteamericanos Fulbright reunidos en el Instituto Internacional en el
Memory!
The Young Learners 1 group did a great job of creating cards for a memory game! In the pictures you can see them enjoying their hard work. Keep up the excellent work!
Spiders and Insects
Kids’ Club is still learning about spiders and insects. They have read two more Eric Carle books, The Very Grouchy Ladybug and The Very Hungry Caterpillar. They looked at the life cycle of a caterpillar and compared fiction (story) books with non-fiction (information) books. This Kids’ Club group loves crafts! They made ladybugs with movable wings and played a game
Your Neighborhood Part II
Remember when the YL 3 members sent Kate Sullivan, author of “On Linden Square,” drawings of their own neighborhoods? She responded! Not only did she send them pictures of her artwork, personalized with notes commenting on the Young Learners’ drawings, but she also mentioned them on her blog which you can see here. Thank you Kate Sullivan
Estudio español en Madrid porque…
Los estudiantes del Programa de Verano de Univerisity of Pennsylvania : Angela, estudiante del Programa Huntsman en Penn, es de Shanghai, estudia español porque “es una lengua seria con conexiones culturales profundas y con muchos usos en el mundo social y de negocios” . A Zain de Jordania, le “atrae mucho la cultura española
!Bienvenidos Cornell University¡
Hoy empieza el programa de verano de Cornell University en el Instituto.!Bienvenidos¡