Young Learners
Young Learners 4: How to Train Your Dragon
The Tuesday-Thursday group of Young Learners 4 has been doing advanced vocabulary study through a segment of one of the books from the series ‘How to Train Your Dragon’. There is also a series of movies which is loosely based on the book, and the third is coming out in June (it would be a
Kids’ Club Practice Phonics of Short Vowels
Here are links to the songs the kids used last trimester to practice phonics of the short vowels. It would be a fantastic idea to review the songs and sing along with them to practice, not only for pronunciation but for the vocabulary. The Short “A” Song The Short “E” Song The
Young Learners 1 Spring Activities
Young Learners 1 did a lot of activities associated with spring this week. They began learning a song called “Spring is Here,” which is on YouTube under the name of the group, “The Learning Station.” Here is the song if parents wish to practice at home with their children: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DobrRgD5aOU Have fun singing!
The Easter Bunnies Are Coming
The weekday Young Learners 3 group celebrated the upcoming vacation with a quick Easter egg hunt in the garden. Afterwards they made their own cupcake Easter bunnies. The Young Learners gave life to the cupcakes with frosting fur, jelly bean eyes, gummy noses, and candy ears. They also gave their sweet bunnies bright whiskers. Happy vacation to
Pre-Easter Celebration!
Kids’ Club had a fun, pre-Easter celebration in the garden. They dyed Easter eggs, which most American school children do at this time every year. Then they made bunny-ear bags to take their eggs home. After that, they decorated cupcakes to look like spring chicks. They used yellow icing for the face and “fluff,” and jellybeans and
A New Trimester
For the first Saturday class of the trimester the Young Learners 3 group read and discussed the incredible story of Roy Sullivan, the Guinness World Record holder for person struck the most times by lightning: seven times! They also reviewed when to use the past simple and past continuous tenses; for example, “Roy was climbing a tree when a
The Night of the Books 2014
Estamos encantados de invitarles a ustedes a los eventos organizados por nuestra Biblioteca para la Noche de los Libros, ¡el miércoles 23 de Abril del 2014! Nos vemos para una noche con un libro bilingüe y storytelling en inglés.
Vernal Equinox
For our last YL 3 class of the trimester, we talked about the vernal equinox and how the tilt of the Earth’s axis contributes to the change in seasons here in Madrid. Spain and the U.S. are both located in the Northern Hemisphere; thus, both countries have recently welcomed Spring! To celebrate this season,
Short Vowels ‘i’ and ‘u’ and their Pronunciation
The Young Learners 1 class has been learning about short vowels this trimester. In week 8, our main focus was practicing reading, writing and saying words that rhyme with ‘big’ and acting out and listening to words that have the short ‘u,’ like the words, ‘hug,’ ‘duck,’ ‘puddle,’ ‘gum,’ ‘rub,’ ‘tummy,’ etc. You can see
