Preparing for those Young Amigos!

I received my teaching materials and curriculum today, and am so excited to get going with this class!  Who wants to learn Spanish with Bella?  She is my almost-6-year-old daughter, who has a seat in the course (with her 7-year-old brother, if I can get him to stick around!) that starts on October 1.

In this next photo, you can see another view of some of the materials.  That stack on the left contains 10 Activity Workbooks that I will be mailing out to participants.  I have about half of them spoken for already, but would really like to have 10 families for this class, if you know anybody who may be interested!

Here are a couple more looks at the curriculum, including a glance at the Online Resource Center, which each family will also have access to as a part of this class.  The second photo is a shot of one of the games...  whoever can find the "tocino" first, wins!

This class starts in just a few weeks, so I will dive into planning and production shortly.  Here's what I can tell you:

• It will be an asynchronous class.  In online learning language, that just means that there are no specific meeting times where we have to be online together.  It will all be completely on your own schedule, and I will provide the directions and all instruction in Spanish.  Your family completes the work when it best fits into your schedule.  I would aim for about 2-3 hours per week, but if participants are really enjoying the "work," do more!
• Each family will receive one of the Activity Workbooks.  If you have more than one participant, you will want to either photocopy the workbook, or I can direct you to the website where you can purchase additional workbooks for $7.  
• Participants will receive lessons recorded by the instructor, play games, sing songs, view skits and videos, complete fun workbook exercises, read popular children's literature, play games and do simple language-related art projects.  All will require differing levels of assistance from parents, depending on the age of the students.  
• Participants will receive copies of certain materials from the photographs, so that they can play games and cut out flashcards.
• Participants will receive and respond to oral prompts using a computer microphone.  This is primarily how I will assess performance.

This is a 10-week course.  The cost is $130 per family which includes tuition, materials and shipping and handling.  If you are interested in joining the learning and fun, or have further questions, please contact Krista at croghanlanguageacademy@gmail.com.  Looking forward to working with my Young Amigos!!!