Our Early Literacy Program designed to give young learners a nurturing start to their literacy journey. My name is Andrea Weinstock and I am from Mexico City. I have been teaching for fifteen years in the South Bay. For four years I was a Montessori Directress at a private school in Manhattan Beach, and on my 5th year at the school, I was asked by the school’s Director to take over the Spanish Pro
gram. I was thrilled at the opportunity to impact an entire school versus only a classroom at a time. I taught from Pre-K to 8th grade. It immediately became apparent to me that learning a foreign language, not only for adults but for children as well could be overwhelming. That was when I decided I would create an amazing Spanish program, where not only would I be able to continue with my life-long goal of instilling the love of learning in a child, but also to make it insanely FUN, hence the beginning of “FUNtástic-O” (formerly known as Spanish-is-fun). Often, parents would tell me that they had learned Spanish at some point in their lives, but had then forgotten it. That is why “FUNtástic-O” is a program based on a “Spiral Method”. The purpose of this method is to keep concepts and vocabulary learned at the top of their mind. This is done by continuously reviewing the concepts and vocabulary taught, while adding new ones. This helps build a solid foundation for the students to continue building upon in order to achieve the ultimate goal: for the students to be able to take their classroom knowledge and put it into practice in the real world. Allowing them to communicate properly with people from other countries. Time and time again, I see children being taught Spanish in schools with no apparent purpose… They learn all this vocabulary, but are unable to form a sentence with it. Even worse at the High School level where students are taught to conjugate every verb imaginable, in every tense, yet are incapable of having a dialogue with a foreigner. With my program, students will not only learn how to speak Spanish with a proper pronunciation, but read and write as well, and have FUN at the same time! To make the FUN part possible, besides my “crazy” way of teaching… I also use TPR (Total Physical Response), visual aids, puppets, songs, skits and lots of games! At the end of the year students will come home with their own Spanish Book showcasing all the different vocabulary they learned throughout the year as well as all their beautiful projects to reinforce the vocabulary they learned. All classes are highly academic yet incredibly FUN!! Call today for a FREE trial class!
