Young Learners
Week 2: Summer in the City “Round and Round”
For the second week of the Summer in the City Camp, the theme was Round and Round. Classes worked on all kinds of activities about “round” things. Some groups looked at sports and soccer (the week of the World Cup final). Yellow made their own soccer balls (“Buckyballs”) out of posterboard. Orange, Red and Yellow groups worked
Summer in the City gets off to a Rocking Start
On July 30th the Institute began the Summer in the City English Camp. The theme of the first week was Rock Stars, and the students worked on different activities related to the theme. They made guitar posters, watched rock-star themed movies and learned a few dances like the Bunny Hop and The Chicken Dance. On
Please Join Us for a Workshop on Increasing Vocabulary and Literacy Skills!
July 9, 2014 2.30pm – 3.30pm, Room 101 International Institute C/ Miguel Angel, 8 Word Study Success for ESL Learners Through Vocabulary Building and Sorting Please join us for Ellen Comis’ second English language workshop, entitled “Word Study.” This exciting, non-traditional approach is currently gaining ground in the U.S. as an effective method
Please Join our Free BrainPOP Workshop for Educators
July 3rd, 2.30pm, Rm 101 American Space Madrid International Institute, C/Miguel Angel, 8 RSVP To discuss the use of online resources to teach English to children who speak Spanish and other languages, Ms. Comis will focus on BrainPOP, an award-winning online educational resource that utilizes animated curriculum content for teaching subjects such as English as
Kids’ Club finishes off a great year
Kids’ Club finished the term with a performance for their parents. Patti’s class sang three songs and performed a play of The Very Busy Spider. Alicia’s group sang three songs from the film version of Charlotte’s Web. The class read the book throughout the term, and finished off with these happy (and fast) songs. It
The Young Learners’ Spring Program
On 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
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
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!
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!
