Young Learners
Summer Fun in the City
Our SUMMER IN THE CITY camp has started off really well. Our first two weekly themes were THE WONDERS OF THE WORLD and FANTASTIC STORIES. We had parties with healthy snacks prepared by the students, did lots of interesting projects in class and in the computer lab, and went on a trip to Cibeles Centrocentro
Young Learners starts the summer with a show!
On Monday, June 25th we had ANOTHER great show, this time with the Young Learners and Kids’ Club Monday and Wednesday groups. There were all kinds of great acts: a poetry recital and singalong from Patti’s Kids’ Club group, a funny Readers’ Theater from Alicia’s Kids’ Club class, some funny news stories written by Alisha’s
End-of-term celebrations at the Institute
On Saturday, June 16th, the Young Learners Saturday classes did a show for their parents and classmates. Young Learners 2 and 4 did “Readers’ Theater” pieces, Young Learners 3 did a newscast with some amazing stories, and Young Learners 6 students acted as greeters and presenters for all the other acts. Everyone enjoyed the show,
Kids Club travels around the world with Flat Stanley
This spring Kids’ Club students in Patti’s group read Flat Stanley, by Jeff Brown. This book tells the story of a boy, Stanley Lambchop, who becomes flat after a bulletin board falls on him in the night. Being flat allows Stanley to have lots of adventures. One fun thing Stanley gets to do is travel
Peanut butter and jelly in the garden
In May Alicia’s class learned about writing instructions, so they decided to make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, an American favorite, to practice explaining a recipe. First they made the sandwiches while the children in Patti’s group watched so they could make sandwiches, too. Nora said, “This is the first time I’ve ever made my
Connecting English and Science in Young Learners 3
Check out the experiment the one group of Young Learner’s program students did to practice English in the context of a scientific problem. They have studied inventions and had talked about catapults as part of that. Sara Comis, a student from MIT who is studying this semester in MIT-Spain program , gave the students a lesson
¿Por qué debemos leer con los niños? Why should we read to children?
FERIA DE LIBROS EN INGLÉS ESTE SÁBADO en el Instituto de 10:30 a 13:30, coincidiendo con el cuentacuentos de CLEVER BEATRICE. Libros de temas y niveles variados a precios muy asequibles. Os queremos animar a los padres e hijos a disfrutar de la lectura en inglés juntos. We are repeating the Book Fair from Books
¡MATRÍCULA ABIERTA PARA SUMMER IN THE CITY, nuestro CAMPAMENTO URBANO EN JULIO!
Diviértete aprendiendo inglés mediante juegos e investigaciones sobre nuestros divertidos temas semanales: WONDERS OF THE WORLD, FANTASTIC STORIES, CALIFORNIA DREAMING y THE OLYMPIC GAMES. Para concertar prueba de nivel, llama al 91 319 81 84.
Feria de libros en inglés/ English book fair
Los días 7 y 19 de mayo, coincidiendo con las clases de Young Learners y el storytelling de mayo, celebraremos una feria de libros en inglés, organizado por Books and More. Habrá todo tipo de libros, de todos los niveles, para toda la familia. ¡Nos vemos allÍ! On May 7th and 19th, coinciding with our
Happy International Book Day!
Yesterday at the Institute, for La Noche de los Libros, there was a storytelling session in English, about the book What About Me? Thanks to Ana, our librarian, and Carrie and Trisha, the storytellers, for organizing the event. Some of our students also talked about their favorite books. They had lots of ideas. One book we
