{"id":3881,"date":"2021-03-24T11:06:05","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T10:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viaro.org\/unafinestraoberta\/?p=3881"},"modified":"2021-03-24T11:06:05","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T10:06:05","slug":"english-week-in-viaro-infantil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viaro.org\/unafinestraoberta\/english-week-in-viaro-infantil\/","title":{"rendered":"English Week in Viar\u00f3 Infantil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If we start from the conviction that bilingual children establish knowledge mechanisms and structures, we must also accept that they learn faster and easier; the strategies used to learn languages \u200b\u200bseem to be found to also serve to improve problem-solving skills and awaken creativity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The benefits, then, are considerable and remarkable throughout life. The development of multiple intelligences and the acquisition of resources and skills offers more professional opportunities in adulthood, opens the door to nurture us from other cultures, makes us more open minded, tolerant and allows us to appreciate the diversity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore, it is worth being aware of the educational opportunity offered by the child's predisposition in this childhood stage to easily learn different types of language and, therefore, take advantage of the most innovative methodologies to optimize the results and achieve the skills that derive from it academically and personally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Viar\u00f3 Infantil we offer the first contact with English since they are babies with the intention that the ear and the brain become familiar with the phonetics and sonority of a first foreign language (what we call the musicality of a language) sharing a small space with native languages (Catalan \/ Spanish). Gradually, and recurrently, this contact intensifies over time, in the diversity of activities and in opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of the thematic weeks we offer at Viar\u00f3 Infantil, there is one that is entirely dedicated to English: the English Week. Each year, this week focuses on a specific topic, this year it has referred to space. During these days, our children can enjoy a variety of activities around this topic and live quality educational experiences in English while also maintaining an emphasis on first-rate pedagogical goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In order to be able to learn deeply around this topic, starting the week before the English Week, we offer students a wide vocabulary for them to work on (selected and adapted to their stage of maturation). The activities take place in a particularly playful environment (from play, song and story; three basic and fundamental resources for children) but maintaining a demanding academic rigor and a structure consistent with the lines of learning designed by Viar\u00f3 Infantil. In this way, the sequencing of activities follows a logical order that allows children to easily understand the development of the different initiatives proposed to them; therefore, at the beginning of the week it is essential to have at least a basic knowledge base that serves as a foundation and starting point to start enjoying the proposed activities in a meaningful way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the activities that have been revitalized are the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

- Games. Play is a very effective resource because it stimulates children\u2019s participation and sets in motion different skills and promotes multiple intelligences and divergent thinking. So, for example, taking advantage of the planets that the boys and girls had previously designed and made with cardboard, we proposed to the older students to arrange the planets of the Solar System in order to arrange them from the nearest to the farthest from the Sun. at the same time we took the opportunity to illustrate them with some of their features. Activities of this type allow to work at the same time different pedagogical objectives (to know contents on a subject, to learn to be ordered, to work in team ...)<\/p>\n\n\n\n