SPANISH STORYTIME AND CRAFTS
TUESDAYS
August 12, 19, 26 & September 1, 9, 16, 23, 30
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
AGES: up to 4 years old + parent
MAX CLASS SIZE: 10 children (includes 1 adult per child)
Come to toddler “Mami y yo” (Mommy and Me) time, geared toward families of young children up to age 4 who will enjoy being introduced to the Spanish language through story time, singing, and a fun art activity.
This will be a great chance to get to spend quality time with your child, and learn a new language at the same time! Win, win fun!
All children have the ability to learn multiple languages, even children with delayed development or with different abilities.
SCHEDULE
August 12
Colors: Colores
Families will create a rainbow cutout. Add color using cut fruits to print with colored in story. Make a hole on top of the rainbow and add a pipe cleaner for hanging.
August 19
Chica Chica Bum Bum
Families will create a Collage of Palm Tree and letters of the “alfabeto”
August 26
Hungry Caterpillar
Families will create a handprints to make a caterpillar. Glue head of Hungry caterpillar pre made
September 1
How are you? Como Estas? by Angela Dominguez
Children will use precut facial features and glue the on a large construction paper to make a Happy Face-Feliz! Parent will write Feliz on the construction paper. The background will be decorated using dot markers.
September 9
De La Cabeza A Los Pies
Families will Create a puppet using tag board and add vocabulary to glue on each body part. Example Head: Cabeza.
September 16
Besos For Baby
Families will Paint a Tree using black and white paint. While it dries make 2 red cardinals using pre-cut shapes. Add details with a black sharpie. Add Googly eyes. Glue them facing together so they are “kissing” and add a precut heart on top.
September 23
Puedo Jugar Yo También
Families will use a paper plate and cut a concentric curved line and then use a string to make it like a puppet. Decorate using dot paints and add google eyes. If time allows, have kids play ball with their snakes. Use a light weight plastic ball.
September 30
Harold y el Lapiz Morado
Families will be given a long piece of purple yarn have them dip the yarn in glue mixed with a little water have them create a shape using the yarn and leave to dry on a flat surface lined with wax paper. add a small precut shape of a purple crayon on top of the design.
All materials provided, including special clay specific for sculptures.
COST: $12 per session
Teacher:
Miss Mili Mendola is a Native Spanish speaker born in Peru, South America, and is a newcomer to St. Simon’s Island where she resides with her husband, and son, who is a Senior at Frederica Academy. They also spend their time attending their four dogs walking them around this beautiful island!
Mili is a member of Glynn Visual Art center where she has taken several clay building classes. She also paints pet portraits and other subjects by commission. She is a former art teacher with 25 years experience teaching in Public and Private elementary schools of Florida and South Carolina, and also has experience teaching Spanish to grades K-8. Since moving to Georgia, she has been very involved with homeschool families in our area, and is really loving this aspect of her life!
www.petportraitsbymilagros.com
