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We ended the week of Spanish camp with a dress up race. The children had to dress in the clothes listed on each card.

Then they sang for their families and friends and presented some of what they learned through dialogues.

This ends 6 great weeks of Language camps! Check out the fall schedule for the classes for children, families and adults.
Registration for summer 2010 will begin in March.
Muchas Gracias!

At our first day of Spanish camp we learned a lot! This week we’ll be mastering vocabulary from el tiempo (weather) and la ropa (clothing); today we only focused on weather though. After decorating our folders and greeting one another in Spanish, we reviewed our new vocabulary and played pass the card and teacher versus the class. Unfortunately we lost the 2nd game against Señora, but it was our first time; Señora doesn’t know what’s coming next time we play. Then we learned some new songs, which we caught onto quicker than Señora thought! We also played race for the card and matamosca, where we had to hit the vocabulary card with a fly swatter. This week we’re also learning about Argentina. Today, we located it on the map and colored it. Plus, we learned about the Argentinian flag and symbols. Later we did four pages of our book that I’ll be able to bring home later in the week to read to you. I can’t wait to see what fun activities are planned for tomorrow!

Most of today was spent tying up loose ends in preparation for the parent visit. The campers excitedly reviewed their songs and dialogues, with even the shyest members of the group coming through with their parts. We played musical chairs, went outside for extended playground time, and even spent some time painting “granja” scenes. At the end of the day, the kids joined together with the older campers and put on a fun show that exhibited the hard word they did all week. We were delighted and proud to see the kiddos do such a great job! The week was stellar, all thanks to an intelligent, curious, and fun-loving group of campers.

Sadly, today was our last day at Spanish camp. We worked on fine-tuning our presentation for our parents and also made props. We got to make brown bag puppets and most of us made conejos (rabbits). Then we finished camp with the presentation for the parents. We worked so hard throughout the week and all that hard work paid off! We were fantástico! I can’t wait for our next time at Spanish camp!