Learning Together
Spanish Immersion
Semillitas Bilingues is a Spanish Immersion program, meaning the teaching and interaction is conducted entirely in Spanish. This provides an environment where young children acquire the language very quickly. The fastest and most effective way to achieve fluency in a language is through immersion, which provides students full Spanish language instruction. As you may already know, languages are most easily learned during the early years as a child’s brain is developing and can readily absorb a second language. Our children are learning Spanish through an immersion model approach. The research is clear: early exposure to a foreign language provides numerous lifelong benefits including stronger cognitive skills; higher standardized test scores; appreciation and tolerance for other cultures; keen creativity;and greater career opportunities.
Curriculum
We believe that education is a process, brought on by children’s interactions with their immediate world. It is through playing in this world that each child is encouraged and stimulated to explore, to experiment and to discover, using their unique learning style and interest. This approach helps children develop curiosity, creativity, differing modes of communication, concentration, listening, negotiation and observation skills. Semillitas Bilingues is committed to values based on an image of children as curious, competent, and capable people. Semillitas Bilingues focuses on the development of the child. In addition to learning Spanish your child will develop:
-Socialization Skills
-Fine and Gross Motor Skills
-Learning Through Play
-Problem Solving Abilities
-Critical Thinking Skills
Community Garden
Our yards are a safe, fun, and beautiful outdoor classroom, an extension of the indoors, where children can play, explore and enjoy sunny days. Our outdoor classroom is simply another area in which activity centers exist. Semillitas Bilingues runs an effective indoor-outdoor flow program. We believe a child’s learning and growth is enhanced by being active and outdoors.