Young Learners
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
¡Matrícula abierta para Young Learners, trimestre de otoño!
Este curso os esperamos para que os unáis a nuestro programa de Young Learners. Habrá clases dinámicas, divertidas, con proyectos, dramatizaciones, invitados especiales, y más. Tenéis muchos horarios para elegir: Tardes de lunes/ miércoles o martes/ jueves de 18:00 a 19:30, sábados de 10:15 a 13:15, y como novedad, este curso ofrecemos clases de Young Learners también
Micro-story competition is back at the Institute’s Library
Once again, the Library is holding a micro-story competion in both English and Spanish. Children, teens and adults can participate. Last year the winners included students from our Young Learners program. Details and rules can be found here. Only one sentence of text is required. So it’s an easy way to work on writing and
Cursos de otoño en el Instituto Internacional: ¡Matrícula abierta en septiembre!
Después de un curso y un mes de julio muy intensos y divertidos, os comentamos que ¡estaremos de vuelta en septiembre! Sí, empieza la matrícula para los cursos de Young Learners para niños y jóvenes de 6 a 16 años. Tenéis muchas opciones de horarios, entre semana y sábados. Os esperamos para hacer la prueba
More Summer Fun
The fun continued in the last two weeks of Summer in the City! We started with a California theme week, with lots of great ideas from Alicia, Christine and Katie, who are all from California. We also had guest speakers from the US Embassy to talk about California and high school life in USA. Christine
