After School Programs Spring 2024
Registration is rolling and prorated !

Activity based classes in German, Spanish, and Mandarin to promote and support your child’s target language acquisition and development.

Our offerings include something for everyone and are open to students from other schools. Registration is continuous and prorated, you can join anytime and see if a class is a good fit for your child. Make-up classes are given only when a teacher is absent, refunds and make-ups are not given due to travel or illness of the child.

Spring semester dates: February 5th - June 7th (16 weekly classes, 15 for Monday classes).

Spring Semester - NO CLASSES:

• February 19th - President’s Day

• April 22nd - 26th - Spring Break

• May 27th - Memorial Day

There is no After School Programming during the summer camp season (July-August). Classes will resume in mid-September, a few weeks after the start of the new school year.

Class Descriptions:

Ballettmäuse, ballet/dance - with Lili

This class invites boys and girls on a magical journey to discover how they can express themselves through dancing. Children will learn body coordination, musical awareness through age-appropriate exercises by using their imagination and promoting creativity, self-confidence and development.

Young dancers will be introduced to ballet through games, stories and imaginative exercises and will discover the joy of creative movement. The focus is on songs and dancing to music using props and imagination and basic coordination.

Miss Steffanie is originally from Germany and has studied ballet, jazz, and top in Heidelberg and New York City. She has taught in the Young Dancers Program at Steps on Broadway in New York City and completed the David Howard teacher certification.

Soccer - with Stefan in German

Soccer is one of the best sports for improving children’s social skills. Communication and cooperation are vital for playing the game and passing the ball. Children also improve their teamwork skills and often make great friends at the same time. In this class they will learn the basic skills of the game in a fun and engaging way that helps to improve agility and teach fair play and sportsmanship.

Soccer - with Alex in Spanish

Naturally, we also offer the same great soccer program in the Spanish language!

Language Arts - GERMAN and New: a 2 hour MANDARIN class

Language acquisition and support through games, story time, art activities, play and music. Children learn through play and when they are having fun and with the variety of activities in this class there is something for every type of learner.

Piano

In the course of the school year we learn to play easy pieces on the piano with both hands (e.g. "Brother Jakob" and the like), by ear and, over time, also by reading notes. Rhythm is an important part of music. We will learn and deepen this through various games (e.g. clapping, drawing, etc.). The group lessons are ideal for making music together at a young age and for playing easy pieces for piano four hands. Another aspect is getting to know music through singing and listening. Excerpts from operas (e.g. Mozart's “Magic Flute”, Saint-Saens “Carnival of the Animals” and many more) are told in a child-friendly manner and implemented creatively with the pupils.

The focus is on the students having fun with the music, developing new skills that motivate them and increase curiosity.