The benefists of learning a second language at a young age.

Early childhood is the best time for language acquisition. Ease of learning a second language diminishes with age. Between birth and adolescence the brain is hard-wired to acquire language naturally. As a child approaches puberty, the nature of language learning and storage changes, becoming less flexible.

Exposing your child to a second language young allows a child to optimize his or her learning potential, helping to shape the brain at its most flexible stage. Young children are uniquely suited to learning a second language. Learning a second language at a young age is cognitively as easy as learning a first language.

Young children can acquire native-like fluency as easily as they learned to walk. Where adults have to work through an established first-language system, studying explicit grammar rules and practicing rote drills, the young kids learn naturally, absorbing the sounds, structures, intonation patterns and rules of a second language intuitively, as they did their mother tongue. The young brain is inherently flexible, uniquely hard-wired to acquire language naturally.

A very fun theme last year was Happy healthy me week! Children were getting flu shots, eye exams, etc. We decided to helped them to understand what was going on with a Dr. Office dramatic area. We also discusses good nutrition and healthy habits such as washing our hands and exercise. We had so much fun observing these little ones pretending to be doctors, and preparing healthy snacks.

Summer

I am supposed to be relaxed right? Well I am not, I cannot stop thinking in new ideas for the Fall. I can wait to meet my new little friends and play with them and learn together.