Young Learners
Learning English through Thrilling Moves
During our 80’s week students have been learning English while exploring the 80’s decade. The music, the artists, the fashion, the special vocabulary, the art and the dance moves. Students practiced their listening and comprehension skills while learning to do the moves for the “Thriller.” The guest teacher did an excellent job in breaking down
Exploring Our Sense of Touch
Our field trip for our Five Senses Week was to the Museo Tiflologico de la ONCE (Organizacion Nacional de Ciegos Españoles). At the museum students were able to explore the different ways blind persons can see through the sense of touch. They were able to see the evolution of the tools used by blind
Maximizing Learning from a Snack
It was our turn to make the snack for Summer camp. We had to make American sandwiches. It offered us a great opportunity to learn lots of language. We read the book “Sandwich and Soup,” a story about a boy who wished for a grown-up sandwich. The students loved the boy’s imaginary sandwich. I taught
Exploring Our Galaxy: Red Group
For our Outer Space Week the Red Group won the Odyssey of the Mind contest with their alien. The students were very creative using ballons, face masks and pasta to create an Alien. Creating Galaxies We studied all about the earth’s galaxy. Then students had a blast creating galaxies using chalk and paper. We also
Learning English Through the Senses
The Yellow Group studied the senses exploring different senses through various experiments. We did several experiments to test our senses, but focused on seeing and hearing in particular. After learning a bit about the anatomy of the eye we made a simple model of our eyeball. Plus, we talked about animation and how we perceive
Experimenting with the Five Senses
All Summer in the City groups competed in the Odyssey of the Mind contest prepared by the Blue and Purple groups. The Blue and Purple groups explained to the other groups what the activity entailed and monitored the experiments. They did a great job explaining everything in English. Students moved through five centers to experiment
Understanding English Through Songs
The Orange group learns some motions to the song ‘What a Wonderful World’, shared by one of its members, Andrea Blazquez Vazquez at the end of their dance session during rotations on Tuesday (July 9th). The Orange group learned some typical dances of the 80s: MC Hammer dances (‘The Running Man’ and others), the Egyptian, and Vogue
Kid’s Club Volcanoes
As part of the Non Fiction unit students made some experiments. One of those experiments was a volcano. We first learned about volcanoes and what natural forces create them. We made a beautiful volcano craft and finally we made our real life like volcanoes out of clay. We put poured bicarbonate and vinegar inside and
Yellow Group Outer Space Week
On their first week at the Summer in the City program students in the Yellow Group studied about “Outer Space.” ROCK CANDY Since, the students were finishing the week going to the Mineralogy Museum we learned a little about crystals and their use in everyday life, then we experimented with growing sugar crystals in the form
Reading and Writing about Non-Fiction
Kid’s Club students learned about Non-fiction. They explored the differences between fiction story books and non-fiction books. Students learned that non-fiction books sometimes use labels to point out information about a picture or diagram. Kids learned how to respond to non fiction books and to tap into their background knowledge to make a connections to
