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.

A note from the teacher & some of the things the campers learned while in camp

The next two weeks are especially dear to Mrs. Fanny because these weeks we are exploring and learning about her homeland, Venezuela, and everything was very “Venezuelan style”. In our first day, we learned about objects with different shapes, colors, and forms as we decorated the Venezuelan flag with them. One of the questions of the week was: “Como estoy vestido?” “How am I dressed?” with which the answer was, “Yo estoy vestido con una/uno_____” “I am dressed with a_____”.
Then on Tuesday we learned about JOROPO, a style of Venezuelan music, and heard a song called Mi Companche y El Alma Humera, which is one of the most important songs of this country. We also learned about a colorful and happy festival in which we celebrate the battle between good and evil and that good ultimately triumphs in the end. This celebration is called “Los Diablos de Yare”.
We all took a break to celebrate the Fourth of July on Wednesday, celebrating with our friends and family.
Of course we couldn’t fully experience Venezuela without having a game of Baseball, and on Thursday we had ourselves a fun game of baseball in which the boys and girls tied. Then in exploring science we learned about how the acid in lemons can take away the dirt and grime in pennies, leaving them clean and looking like new. We also played a memory game where the left column was where you identified the types of clothes and the right column was how you read the clothes in Spanish. This will help us recognize different syllable sounds in Spanish so we will eventually know how to put together and sound out long Spanish words.
To end the week we put our dance skills to the test and danced to songs of JOROPO. We also dedicated time to read and read about vacations, books, and Venezuela. For snack we put on our chef aprons and made arepas, a traditional Venezuelan food that is found in almost every home in this country.

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