Around the Latin World in 58 Days – Spanish Camp

About the Teacher

Fanny Brousard. I love to teach my native language, and as a second language learner myself, I have had the opportunity to value the richness of knowing a new language; be a facilitator in this fantastic journey of teaching my “chicos & jovenes” during more than 6 years is a way of making a significant contribution to nurture, and maintain an environment of growth and challenge for everyone; see my participants follow in love within, and develop their Spanish knowledge and skills is my greatest satisfaction.

I maintained a great desire to teach since my first couple of years at the University from where I have a BS in Human Resources (1994), after years of experience in Organizational Development, I began a New Professional and Personal Journey, also into the learning process. I moved from my homeland VENEZUELA to The United States, obtained my Teacher Certification in Bilingual Early Childhood (2006), and as Secondary Spanish Teacher (2011). Throughout this time I started as a classroom Bilingual Teacher, it was a natural fit, what I love the most is the variety and the ability to use one’s creative process to teach participants on all levels.

My biggest desire is having our participants making rapid progress, building their SPANISH fluency and understanding with every session. I encourage “chicos & jovenes” of all levels to be part of it! Whether you know two words in Spanish or have studied for years, I am sure you will enjoy “Around The Latin World in 58 Days”… I look forward to meeting you!

I am deeply grateful for this great opportunity and all the support I have received from the YPW FAMILY, in their Spanish Summer Camp and Weekend Classes.

Some of the things the campers learned while in camp

We’ve had another excited week as we continue to learn about Colombia, which includes working on the passport. We made a typical Colombian paper doll dressed in one of the common Colombian attires, learned about the national flower, the beautiful orchid, and explored the lavish dresses and elegant suits of the Colombian culture. The kids also learned about one of Colombia’s most distinguished artists, Fernando Botero, who is known for his distinctive paintings and round animal and human clay sculptures, which expertly mix together playfulness and seriousness into one piece of art. We continue to look forward to what your children can create and contribute!

The vocabulary and key phrases focus for this week was:
Conjugations – in every class, we practice making sentences in the present, past and future using yo, tú, él, ella usted conjugation cards and pictures of learned verbs and vocabulary.

Family – vocabulary words
Key Phrases: ¿Quién es? Es… ¿Es…? Sí es../No, no es…
¿Cuántas personas hay en tu familia? Hay # personas en mi familia.
¿Cuántos(as) hemanos(as), primos(as), tíos(as) tienes?
Tengo # hemanos(as), # primos(as), # tíos(as).
¿Cómo se llama tu padre, madre, hermano(a), primo(a), abuelo(a)? Se llama…
¿Dónde vive tu…abuelo(a), primo(a), tío(a)? Mi… vive en…
¿Quién es el padre de tu padre? Es mi abuelo

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