SPANISH IMMERSION
Our Spanish Immersion Program is the heart of our Multilingual Learning Center.
With a proven, step-by-step curriculum, we build the necessary skills for
your child to become successful in a second language.
Summer 2010 Schedule (begins June 14, 2010)
| TODDLERS |
MON & WEDS |
9:00am-12:00pm |
| PRESCHOOL |
MON-FRI |
1:00pm-3:00pm |
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TUES, THURS, FRI |
9:00am-12:00pm |
| AFTER SCHOOL |
MON-FRI |
9:00am-12:00pm
OR
1:00pm-3:00pm
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Experts
Agree
"Classes
taught by the immersion method—where instruction is conducted
solely in the second language—can
help a child to become bilingual. Singing songs and learning
to count, doing movement and dance, all in the context
of hearing a foreign language—that is the deal." Nancy
Rhodes, director of the Foreign Language Education Division
at the Center for Applied Linguistic in Washington, DC.
Early childhood is the best time
to learn Spanish, or any other language. According to the
National Network for Early Language Learning (NNELL), studies
show that babies can hear all the sounds in the world.
However, from birth on, brain paths start to be developed
only for the language or languages that they hear on a
regular basis in early childhood. All others are trimmed
out. The ability to detect sounds that have not yet been
“registered” in the brain diminishes with age, and after
puberty this ability is extremely difficult to develop
(NNELL, 2007).
The Language Adventure
Early contact with a
new language forms the basis for better cognitive development.
At Bambinos we use this to lay the foundation
for future language growth. An outstanding pre-K curriculum
coupled with a 100% immersion instructional program based
upon progressive instructional methods is the perfect way
to start their adventure!
Children in a bilingual environment
become more aware of their own language and learn to think
and act in more flexible ways. They develop a better ability
to understand other people's way of thinking and have a
better understanding for people who speak a different language.
Optimal Age to
Learn Language
Research studies show that children
learn a second language more easily before the age of eight
years. Immersion is certified to be the best known
way of teaching a new language to children of a young age.
Immersion motivates the child to learn without any pressure.
The advantages of
a true immersion language program and its influence upon
their language skills are well researched. There is no
better way to expand their capabilities
with respect to all three of the main functions of language:
reading, writing, and speaking about one's culture.
Always an Asset
There are still too few opportunities to continue this
immersion at primary school level. But in any case, once
you have laid this foundation of an early second language
in pre-school, it will never be lost. The child will
always benefit from learning this second language or
an additional foreign language more easily - even if
it takes years till the lessons are picked up in a normal
school. Experts rate the greater social and cognitive
competence of immersion children as an extremely valuable
asset. A second language is a gift. Especially when it
is learned effortlessly and through daily play activities
in an immersion environment.
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T: 541.386.2005
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