"I enrolled my oldest son in Spanish immersion classes here when he was just 22 months old. After a few months he was able to speak and understand basic Spanish! These classes are truly amazing."
Preschool
Imagine being able to put your child on the path to fluency and cultural understanding earlier than the vast majority of his peers ‐ allowing him to truly take advantage of the years when language learning is the easiest. Our half-day, extended immersion classes for preschoolers do just that! Best of all, the program is offered in a quality, caring and warm environment that you would expect from us Yaks.
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GOALS
Help children achieve high levels of world language acquisition.
Advance cognitive, social, physical and mental development in each child.
Prepare children for Kindergarten.
Provide a window into world cultures.
Yield lifelong benefits of early language acquisition.
A Typical 100% Immersion Day
Instructors provide a structured day that has a variety of learning opportunities all in the target language. Children engage in individual and social activities, assist with cleanup and develop self‐care skills. The most important segment of the daily routine is HighScope’s plan‐do‐review sequence, in which children make choices about what they will do, carry out their ideas, and reflect upon their activities with their instructors and other children. |
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Program Details
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Our Approach
We believe that children are intelligent. At a young age, they know what they like and learn better if the content being taught relates to their interests. This allows a preschooler’s natural love of learning to take over, encourages feelings of competency and increases the probability of classroom success.
We believe that instructors make the difference. Our amazing preschool instructors are more than an intelligent, interesting and globally aware group of native speakers. They are hard workers on a mission to create a climate of trust and respect from the child’s point of view in a “nose to nose, knee to knee” kind of way. |
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We believe there is a right way to aid language acquisition. When children have to understand to “survive” (participate) in an immersion environment, they acquire chunks of useful language. This becomes even easier when preschool curriculum is presented in a fun, play‐based fashion just like in an English‐only setting.
We believe in a no pressure environment. In an effort to inspire success, we create a feeling of “home” in our facilities. When children feel safe and nurtured in their environment, they have fun, express themselves openly, and most importantly, learn.
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