322 Vista del Mar Suite B,
Redondo Beach, CA 90277
310.378.1086
Languages Offered:
ARABIC
ENGLISH
CHINESE
FRENCH
GERMAN
ITALIAN
MANDARIN
JAPANESE
SPANISH
We also offer E.S.L.
Kids Summer Program
Field trip to a local restaurant to practice our Spanish
What is going to happen during the camps:
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Check out our Themes!
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Did you say Games? Language learning under cover!
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Watch one of our videos to see how we do it!
Camp languages per age group:
My First Language Camp
5 to 7 yrs M-F 1week 9:00-3:00 or 9:00-12:00
French - Spanish - Italian – Chinese - German
Our youngest students are introduced to the target language through songs, dances, games, finger plays & movement. The very active curriculum includes cultural crafts, cooking & field trips. Come see the kids perform on the last day!
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Imagine your little one in a beret and a paint smock happily singing a color song in French as she splashes watercolor onto an easel. For a moment she is an impressionist painter in Paris!
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Imagine your little guy in a sombrero marching with maracas as he bids good morning to his group all in Spanish.
Mariachi Madness!
These are just a few of the many excellent language activities we have designed to bring foreign language alive for our youngest campers. From puppets and echo chants during circle time to preparing fresh tortillas to playing, "un, deux, trois, soleil!", every moment is deliberately constructed to take advantage of your child¹s amazing capacity to absorb languages.
We have combined more than 30 years of expertise in the area of language learning and child development, plus the nurturing professionalism of our teachers to bring to your child a delightful summer week and the beginning of an invaluable, life-long skill.
Some of our themes include:
French: Les Petit Patissier... Petit croissants, pain au chocolate! Let's pretend we just moved to one of Paris' bakeries!
Les Petits Patissiers
Spanish: Picasso y Yo... Colors, shapes, sizes are easy to learn when you follow in Picasso's steps!
Our little Picassos at work!
Italian: Pinocchio in la Piazza... Let's meet Pinnochio and his friends.
Become part of his brave adventures...in Italian (of course)
Playing Soccer in Italiano!
Chinese: Little Dragon.... A colorful, musical journey with our friend,
introduces Mandarin in a fun, yet cultural way!
We are the Dragon!
Watch one of our videos to see how we do it!
Includes: Language Passport, Cultural take-home artwork, Language Home-Connection pages, cooking activities, cultural snacks, fun close-by walking field trips, last day mini-presentation!
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Awesome Grade school Language Camp
8-11 yrs M-F 1 week 9:00-3:00 or 9:00-noon
French - Spanish - Italian – Chinese – Japanese - German
In our immersion camps kids learn to speak Spanish, French, Italian, Chinese or Japanese by "doing". Activity oriented, hands-on, full of field trips, games, cultural crafts and cooking. Your child will be able to use greetings, basic questions & answers and vocabulary while having a fabulous time!
Come explore our themed camps:
Spanish: Awesome Spanish Vacation... Introduces Spanish via the history, culture and geography of the countries where Spanish is spoken.
Treasure Hunt in the Park in Spanish!
Mayan Mysteries... A mysterious journey (in Spanish) through the world of the Mayans.
Incredible Incas... Discover the wonders of the Incas while learning basic Spanish.
French: Awesome French Vacation... Introduces French via the history, culture and geography of many French Speaking countries.
Tour de France... Each day we visit a different region; its food, culture & language.
Le Pique-nique
Italian: Venice Carnival...Let's visit Venice, city of the famous Carnival, and discover its secrete and hear its wonderful sounds!
Chinese: From Fireworks to Fortune Cookies... Intro to Mandarin through the customs of China's 1000's of years of amazing culture... from the inventions to the traditions.
Japanese: Celebrate Tanabata... Discover how TEN-KOU and his daughter ORIHIME are believed to be at the origin of this exciting yearly celebration.
Includes: Language Passport, Cultural take-home artwork, Language Home-Connection pages, cooking activities, cultural snacks, fun close-by walking field trips, last day mini-presentation!
Watch one of our videos to see how we do it!
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Scenes from MAYAN MYSTERIES:
Green jungle leaves hang from the ceiling written with the Spanish words learned that day. Students in groups shout soccer cheers from Argentina. The teacher introduces color word vocabulary using balloons then a relay game is set up. The students excitedly encourage their team in Spanish while teammates scramble to locate the, "azul" or "rojo" balloon. Next the kids gather while the teacher explains briefly about Mayan hieroglyphics and culture with pictures and sculptures passed around. Kids then use hieroglyphics to make rubbings of their names, which they proudly take home .
Scenes from TOUR DE FRANCE:
The room is set up like a French café - a red-checkered tablecloth, a chalkboard with the "Menu" written on it and a French chanteuse singing in the background. Students wearing berets and neck scarves are gathered at the table giggling as they quickly pass a baguette around the table. The teacher stops the music and the student left holding the baguette shouts out "le pain". All the students chorus, "OUI, OUI, OUI!" They start again with "le from age". Soon there is a small pile of ingredients in the middle of the table. All together they begin to prepare a grilled sandwich called, a "Croque Monsieur". Next the kids learn a funny song about "les bonbons" using some of the vocabulary they just learned. At the end of the day they bring home the lyrics of the song so they can sing it to their families and the recipe so you can cook together.
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Teen Language Clinic in French, Spanish or Chinese
11-14 yrs M-F 1 week 9:00-3:00
If you are looking for something really valuable to do for your preteen this summer - here it is!
Middle and High school Foreign Language Preparation
Author - Joelle Petit Adkins, Savoir Faire Language Institute
http://www.prlog.org/10307058.html
Now is the time that your child's brain is wired to best take advantage of learning a second language . It becomes increasingly more difficult to acquire a second language after puberty. Let our exceptional teachers and especially-created curriculum let your child be the child she still is and at the same time give her a jump-start on her middle school language class . This camp is designed to leave your child with a lasting understanding of the building blocks of a foreign language through games and projects. A positive experience will set the tone for all her future foreign language explorations. A great value - 5 hours of immersion/day.
Includes: Language Passport, Cultural take-home artwork, Language Home-Connection pages, cooking activities, cultural snacks, fun close-by walking field trips, last day mini-presentation!
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Cook & Learn Language Camps
5-11 years old - M-F 1 week 1:00-3:00
French or Spanish or Italian or Chinese or Japanese
Kids love to cook. What better way to expose your child to another language but in the medium they so naturally respond to! Fun and traditional recipes made with love. Cook delights such as coco rico, arroz con leche,cascara de papa & of course tortillas! Oui Oui for la salade Niçoise, le croque-monsieur, mousse au chocolat and naturally - les crepes!
Yumm.. Home made dumplings!
Cooking is a wonderful together-time activity, one that meets their needs to touch, do, create and importantly TASTE! Cooking is the perfect medium to introduce a foreign language and culture! It¹s hands-on, visual nature makes it perfectly suited to the best language methodology, the immersion approach. Your kids learn little songs and rhymes as they grind spices with a mortar and pestle, count out raisins for "Arroz con Leche", repeat commands as they stack up little "tapas" platters, smell fresh basil and grate parmesan over orzo pasta, and dance "en rond", in charming traditional aprons. This class is scheduled from 1:00 to 3:00 in the afternoon so there is still time for free morning.
Includes: Language Passport, Cultural take-home artwork, Language Home-Connection pages, cooking activities, cultural snacks, fun close-by walking field trips, last day mini-presentation!
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Form-Your-Own Language Camp!
Here's how: Tell your friends!
Weeks chosen are on a first come, first served basis. Organize between 4-6 kids (same age & same level us best)
You may choose from 1/2 day morning (9:00-noon) Afternoon Cook & Learn (1:00-3:00) or Full day 9:00-3:00
English as a Second Language Programs
Since 2005, we have welcomed children from all over the world during the summer in our ESL (English) Programs. We have designed a format that integrates field trips and different encounters to help them with their conversation skills. For Example in 2009 we had a wonderful opportunity for our young students to meet Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, the second man who landed on the moon, while he was in Los Angeles. It was an amazing experience for the children… The students had prepared some questions and got to ask a few of them.
A typical day would look like this:
- First part of the class
- Review vocabulary/syntax needed for new material
- Introduction of new material via role play, communicative activities, games
- Role play and practice
- Second part of the class
- Activity: for example interviewing adults or other children of the same age, going to a restaurant to order food, going to the grocery store… the idea is to create real life communicative activities for the student to practice understanding and ability to speak.
- Third part of the class: individual instruction to allow each student to work on their specific challenges
We focus our curriculum to any part of the language the students need to improve.
We also suggest alternative activities for the student to practice English with other children. Camps are offered to all children in the south bay and we contact each of the organizations to insure they are fitted for our foreign students prior to registering them.
Let us know if you have any questions about our program in Redondo Beach!