(SPANISH) - Spanish Adventures for Kids: Interactive Mixed-level Class (Age 6-10) (1)

TIME:  Every Wednesdays from 4:00 PM to 4:55 PM, except for school holiday weeks. 

VENUE: Room 112, South Whidbey Community Center.  

AGE: 6-10 

FEE: $210/ 10 weeks (paid in one go or monthly installments) 

In this mixed-level Spanish class, students will acquire language skills through storytelling, songs, games, hands-on projects, and other immersive experiences.  Lessons are topic-based and our instructor, a Mexican native and experienced Spanish teacher, will focus on improving students' communication skills as well as expanding their vocabulary and enhancing pronunciation. 

Our lessons typically include: 

• CIRCLE TIME: Students sing songs, recite verse, play games, and do calendar and lesson activities—all in Spanish. Students review activities from previous lessons and are introduced to new content. 
• STORY TIME: The teacher reads a Spanish children’s storybook to students. This provides students with an authentic Spanish language experience, introduces new content, and engages students’ imaginations. 
• ART TIME: Students complete an art project which is related to the theme for the lesson. While students are engaged, the teacher converses with them in Spanish, one-on-one, about what they are working on. This reinforces the communication objective for the lesson. 
• STUDENT PORTFOLIO ACTIVITY: Students practice language outcomes independently. The portfolio activity can be done in class with the teacher facilitating, or it can be assigned for homework. 

CURRICULUM: We use the curriculum from Sonrias Spanish, a preschool Spanish curriculum provider with 27 years of experience teaching elementary Spanish. Sonrias developed the trademarked Acquire, Develop, Learn® methodology which provides students with a developmentally appropriate, standards-based, comprehensive Spanish language education. The Acquire, Develop, Learn® methodology includes scaffolded lesson activities to ensure a developmentally appropriate sequence of elementary Spanish instruction.

At level 1 (K-3), the Sonrias Spanish curriculum focuses on music and verses, games, roleplay and drama,  calendar activities, reading authentic literature,  art projects, and cultural activities. 

About the instructor - Claudia Kiyama

Claudia Kiyama was born and raised in the surrealist magic that is Mexico City.  After earning her BA in Architecture in Monterrey, Claudia returned to  Mexico City to graduate from the Masters in Architecture program at  Mexico’s National School of Preservation and Restoration. Claudia has  worked as a preservation architect in Mesoamerican ruins, Colonial World  Heritage sites, modern buildings and rural cultural landscapes.  Parallel to her career in architecture, Claudia has been involved in education most of her adult life. From private tutoring to homework  support as community service, teaching assistant at her daughter’s  preschool, and as Design and History of Architecture Professor at her  alma mater. Claudia is delighted to be bringing her love of  Latinamerican and Spanish culture to Whidbey Island. At present, Claudia is a Spanish teacher at the Whidbey Island Waldorf School.