Young Learners
Expanding Our School Partnerships
As part of a larger initiative to expand the North American Language and Culture Program beyond the walls of the International Institute building, the Institute’s administrative team has worked to develop relationships with primary and secondary schools in Madrid. Last year, we offered activities in English to two local schools. Following those successful experiences, we
Kids Club 2 With Jessica: A Fun-Filled Trimester
It’s the end of the trimester, which means it’s time to celebrate the holidays and spend valuable time with family. Unfortunately, this also means it’s the end of Kids Club 2 – for now. The past few months have been action-packed! Our students have been hard at work, getting their creative juices flowing while learning
All the fall Favorites with YL 1B (Saturdays)
In addition to improving their language skills this trimester, Matt’s YL 1B class has been exploring the culture and traditions behind some of our beloved fall holidays. Two of their favorites have been Halloween and Thanksgiving. For Halloween, the students made masks that they wore as they visited some of the other classes while “trick-or-treating.” We
All aboard with YL 6
The YL6 Saturday group is currently working on the topic of travel and transportation. After discussing the different modes of transportation and their personal preference the class was able to watch several videos on some of the most scenic train routes in the United States. After talking about American transportation students were paired up to
News from YL 3 B Saturdays
The YL3B Saturday class has been busy! In addition to studying our pronouns and future tenses, we’ve been learning a lot about American culture. For Halloween we carved our own jack-o’-lanterns. We’ve also played many popular American games, such as Jeopardy, Scattergories and Taboo. Books are an important part of the class. After reading about
What’s new in YL2B?
This fall in YL2B Saturday classes has been focused on experiments and conquering the fear of speaking English! In October we made videos talking out our hobbies to share with the rest of the class. We also read about about “Masks Around the World” and designed masks of our own based on our favorite emoticons. For Halloween
YL 2A News
The YL 2 A group has been doing activities and projects to practice the past tense forms. They’ve talked and wrote and sang, sometimes about what they did in summer and sometimes about what happened in BrainpopESL videos. Here you can see the ‘new’ lyrics they wrote to the tunes of familiar songs such as
Happy Halloween from YL 4 (Saturdays)!
We’ve had a great start to this year in YL4! We’ve already done a lot of activities where I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the students’ creativity. We have focused a lot on speaking, and the students have written and performed a number of dialogues and plays. Last week was our class dedicated to Halloween where
Kids Club 1: All about North American Music
This trimester in Kids Club 1, we are learning all about music from North America. We use poetry, games, media and creative activities inspired by music to learn about the people and places that helped create American music styles. We spent our first week exploring all the different ways music can make us feel by
YL3 Saturdays: Getting to Know You and Getting Spooky!
YL3 has jumped right into reading and writing this month! We started by creating some fantastic “recipes” to get to know each other a little better. We have read two stories together in class, and were especially enthralled by the very mysterious “Cave of the Lost”. For Halloween, everyone is bringing in a spooky story
