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Decorating Christmas Cookies
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
Student poets in Kids’ Club
Kids’ Club students have just finished a poetry unit with their teacher, Alicia. They read lots of different types of poetry, and then they wrote and illustrated their own poems. Have a look at their work. Great work, everyone! [slideshow]
¡Matrícula abierta para el programa de Young Learners! Mirad lo que hemos hecho este trimestre.
¡Ya ha empezado la matrícula del trimestre de invierno! Tenemos clases para todos las edades, desde los 6 a los 16 años, entre semana y los sábados por la mañana. Pueden ver los horarios aquí. Este trimestre hemos hecho un montón de cosas interesantes. Entre ellas, un grupo de Young Learners 4 hizo de críticos
Feria de libros este sábado 15/ English book fair this Saturday, December 15th
El próximo sábado 15, coincidiendo con las clases de Young Learners y el storytelling de la biblioteca, celebraremos una feria de libros en inglés, organizado por Books and More. Habrá todo tipo de libros, de todos los niveles, para toda la familia. Adelántate con las compras de navidad regalando libros…¡con un 10% de descuento! On Saturday,
Young Learners 5 students become authors and illustrators.
Alex’s Young Learners 5 class on Saturdays has been working hard on a book-making project. Students wrote original stories and drew or found illustrations. Then they actually made their own books! Here are some examples of the works in progress: [slideshow]
Kids’ Club celebrates Thanksiving
Kids’ Club has done several activities to commemorate Thanksgiving this November. We prepared marshmallow Pilgrims’ hats and Native American tepees that children could take home and eat. Tepees were dwellings used by the Native Americans of the Great Plains, so the Pilgrims did not actually see them. The Native Americans where the Pilgrims arrived, the Wompanoag,
Reading Aloud with Dr. Linda Gerena
On Wednesday, November 21st, Dr. Linda Gerena of City University of New York gave a free talk for parents and teachers here at the Institute. She demonstrated strategies for reading aloud to children at home and at school. We had a mixed group of parents and teachers, who participated actively, asking lots of good questions. [slideshow] Here
Happy Halloween 2012
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
Save the date! FREE TALK for parents and teachers on November 21st.
Free talk for parents and teachers: Literacy activities for preschool and primary: Wednesday, November 21st, 19:00. The talk will highlight strategies parents and teachers can use to develop children’s literacy in the preschool and primary years. Our speaker, Linda Gerena, from City University of New York, will model these strategies with stories and poems about the
Activities for Young Learners in the Library
Next week the Library starts its activities for kids. One is the well-known Saturday Storytelling Morning, which will be held next Saturday, October 27th. The story will be told by Brian, “Oliver,” who used to teach in our Young Learners’ program. Stortelling is for children from 4 to 8 years old. The new activity we’re