Young Learners
Happy 2017 from YL5!
It’s 2017 and we have started the winter trimester at the International Institute. The students in Young Learners 5 know each well after spending the fall trimester learning and laughing together. This winter we have a new student and he is already one of the group! We started the trimester off by, what else?!,
Young Learners 1 – “Over and Under”
The YL1 class did a creative weaving craft that also served to help practice and remember the prepositions “over” and “under.” We also learned about different professions and then played a guessing game where to help practice forming questions: “Are you a doctor?” “Are you an astronaut?”
Happy Holidays from Kids Club 2
This week in Kids Club 2 we celebrated the upcoming holidays! We discussed Christmas vocabulary and practiced recognizing and pronouncing holiday words with an I Spy: Merry Christmas book. We also read the classic Christmas story The Night Before Christmas and talked about what our families usually do on Christmas Eve. We wrote sentences about our
Hello from Kids Club Fall 2016
Welcome to Kids Club! This trimester we have been quite busy learning new songs, games, and traditions from North America. In November, we learned about the Native American people and some of their traditions. We even made dream catchers and wrote about our own dreams in our journals. November was also a month to remember
Actividades de STEAM para niños (9-11 años): All Hands on Tech!
25 febrero – 1 abril (18 marzo no lectivo) Sábados | 10:30-12:00 9 a 12 años Este mini-curso es un taller de actividades de STEAM (ciencias, tecnología, ingeniera, arte y matemáticas) centrado en la electrónica. Los estudiantes aprenderán a diseñar y construir circuitos y aplicarlos a objetos diferentes en un ambiente divertido e interactivo.
Limelight: Teatro e Improvisación para Adultos ¡Nueva sesión y nuevos contenidos!
¡Nueva sesión y nuevos contenidos! Limelight Teatro e Improvisación un mini curso para adultos los lunes, del 6 de febrero al 13 de marzo 18:30 – 20:30 h. A través del estudio de escenas, monólogos y técnicas de improvisación, los estudiantes perfeccionan las herramientas necesarias para interpretar personajes con diferentes roles, entrevistas y hablar en
Happy Thanksgiving from Young Learners 2!
This week in Young Learners 2, we celebrated Thanksgiving. We read a story called Spare the Turkey about a boy who had his first vegetarian Thanksgiving. After that the class was split into two groups and we placed Guess Who? and Memory with Thanksgiving vocabulary cards. Lastly, we made fingerprint turkeys with paint and we each wrote
YL2 Shapes and Silhouettes, Formas y Siluetas
Young Learners 2 did a creative project with shadows using recycled paper on October 22nd. The students read a story together about making animal shapes using hands and a flashlight. Only the description of one of the shapes alluded to Halloween, with its howling dog, but as you can see in the pictures, its theme is there in the legs of a zombie, a bat, and a
Mini Campamento – 9 de diciembre 2016
Descarga el flyer aquí: mini-camp-diciembre-2016 Programa de Lengua y Cultura Norteamericanas 9 de diciembre 2016 • 9:30am – 14:00pm / 9:00am – 16:00pm El Instituto Internacional presenta su Mini Camp para niños de 6 a 8 y 9 a 11 años, un auténtico campamento norteamericano donde sus hijos practicarán inglés en un entorno creativo mientras se divierten.
We’ve had a great start to this year in YL4! The kids are enthusiastic and eager to learn English. We’ve focused a lot on speaking. I’m impressed with everyone’s level, enthusiasm, and imagination. The things they’ve invented during our fake interviews surprised me and made me laugh. I was very excited about our Halloween class!
