Spanish Summer Programs - has anyone in a bilingual Spanish program not taken their children..

[Anonymous]

We're looing for summer Spanish programs? Has anyone already compiled a list? Also, has anyone in a bilingual Spanish program not taken their children to a Spanish summer program, and it seemed that their children were doing fine the following year???

[Anonymous]

My child attends the Washington International School summer program.

I am also familiar with the Spanish camp through Parks and Rec at Tyler on the Hill thru friends. They like it.

[Anonymous]

We didn't do Spanish camp during the summer between ps-3 and pk-4, and we had no problem whatsoever. Midway through pk-4 now, and the kid is pretty close to fluent, just working on some conjugation issues.

[Anonymous]

WOW! That is amazing. My child has been in immersion for three years and I would not say he was fluent. What school is your child at?

[Anonymous]

Ours also goes to WIS summer camp for about 3 weeks, interspersed with sports and other camps. They have an advanced class that your child should qualify for. The price is about the same as all other private summer camps.

[Anonymous]

10:50 here. I'd rather not say where. But, she is not completely fluent, she is very close. She is much shyer in Spanish, and nowhere near as verbose, but she can understand everything and can hold full conversations without a problem. Moreover, she is starting to read in Spanish as well.

She has always been very, very fast to pick things up linguistically, to the point where people were constantly commenting on it while she was a toddler. I also have always read somewhat frequently to her in Spanish. But, I think that she really bloomed this year because she absolutely adores her teacher, who only speaks spanish, so she hangs on the teacher's every word.

[Anonymous]

It's not necessary at pre-K. But it doesn't hurt to go to a camp. Ask at your school for suggestions.

For 3-6 year olds with no Spanish, CommuniKids is great introduction. They only work with young children and it is truly immersion. They understand parents' concerns about language learning and are very supportive. http://www.communikids.com/our-programs-/summer-programs

WIS is OK for slightly older kids or young ones who have some Spanish. But it's a much bigger camp with other languages and English only programs. Not exactly a full immersion environment.

I have no first-hand experience with Tyler/DPR, but have heard from others that it is designed for young children entering bilingual for the first time.

HTH

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:10:50 here. I'd rather not say where. But, she is not completely fluent, she is very close. She is much shyer in Spanish, and nowhere near as verbose, but she can understand everything and can hold full conversations without a problem. Moreover, she is starting to read in Spanish as well.

She has always been very, very fast to pick things up linguistically, to the point where people were constantly commenting on it while she was a toddler. I also have always read somewhat frequently to her in Spanish. But, I think that she really bloomed this year because she absolutely adores her teacher, who only speaks spanish, so she hangs on the teacher's every word.

Fond memories of similar blossoming with our child. It's amazing what great teachers can do. In any language