Young Learners
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
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
Camino Creates “Bob the Box!”
Today’s post is by Camino, who is a weekday YL 3 member. She made a felt box with the help of this website: http://howaboutorange.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/diy-stiffened-felt-boxes.html 1. First she cut out the templates for the top and bottom of the box. 2. She then traced them onto her pieces of felt using a marker. 3. She cut along
Summer in the City
Los profesores el programa de Young Learners ya están preparando un mes de julio lleno de diversión para los chicos y chicas de 6 a 16 años. Los temas semanales van a ser: Semana del 30 de junio al 04 de julio: Rock Stars: La primera semana se llenará de música: de los rockeros, desde los clásicos
Celebrating Families with a Sweet Gesture
International Day of Families was on May 15th. To celebrate their loved ones, the Young Learners 3 Saturday group made cupcakes using felt and paper. With tons of creativity each member added his or her own twist to the beautiful pastries. Some had many eyes, others had hearts or sprinkles. While these cupcakes are not
Have You Ever Tried Sushi?
Today the YL 3 Saturday group practiced the present perfect tense with questions like, “have you ever tried sushi before?” They also learned why raw fish is much softer than other raw meats such as chicken or beef. In the ocean fish swim and feel the effects of gravity less than land animals because of
Reporting from the YL 3 Headquarters
Carrying on from last week’s “Happy Children’s Books” theme, the YL 3 weekday class made their own bookmarks: They then began a new project, creating a class newspaper. Each week the YL 3 members will visit the language laboratory where they can conduct online research on their topics of choice: Politics, Science, Food, Entertainment, etc. YL
Insects and Spiders
The youngest Kids’ Club group is working on a unit about Insects and Spiders. They listened to the book The Very Busy Spider, by Eric Carle, and learned this song: Shoo Fly, Don’t Bother Me! Story: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NJj3fsSPSw Song: Miss Nina’s music videos are great for learning English, and for just having fun! This week the group learned another traditional
What’s Your Story?
“Happy Children’s Books” week is celebrated in May in many countries. Both the weekday and weekend YL 3 class members worked on book projects, choosing either to interview a classmate and write a mini-biography or pen his/her own autobiography. All the students handcrafted their books, using interesting methods of binding which ranged from sewing with thread to
Young Learners 1 Gets Ready for Easter
Young 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!
