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With the school year ending, parents can find themselves challenged to find productive activities for their children who are now home during the day. Both the children and adults can go through an adjustment period of balancing and filling the time usually spent apart. One possibility for those with young ones aged eight and under is to learn Spanish together. LearnSpanishNC.com, located just north of Charlotte in Mooresville, NC, offers a unique and refreshing curriculum for families.
Taught by Angela Sendler, a native of Peru, LearnSpanishNC.com is holding a “Summer Immersion Program” starting Monday June 13th for children ages 4-8. The classes will be held on
Mondays and Wednesdays from 8:30 to 10:30 in the morning for five weeks culminating on July 20th. Cost for the program is $70 per week per child, with discounts given for those with
multiple children attending or those who bring friends. To sign up for classes or find out more about what the company offers, go to the website www.LearnSpanishNC.com, or email Angela@LearnSpanishNC.com.
Mrs. Sendler’s course is designed to teach Spanish to young children by “waking up their curiosity” with several hands-on methods in a station-to-station manner that keeps kids
engaged and focused throughout. Young ones will spend time seated in a circle learning songs and reading stories, sitting at a table making crafts, writing words on a flip chart,
and playing games (such as Bingo, Monopoly and Memory Cards) all in Spanish.
For those unable to attend or commit to these dates, the company offers private group sessions for children and adults of all ages. For instance, when asked about a parent
attending with two small children, she said one session per week for a private group like this would run in the neighborhood of $50 per session. Angela understands that families
with multiple children have many time commitments if each child is involved in other activities such as sports or taking musical lessons and it can be hard to commit to a firm time
every week. Benefits for parents to attend or arrange for private group lessons with their children are three fold:
1. They can reinforce what their children are learning by repetition at home.
2. The Spanish speaking population in both Charlotte as well as across the nation is growing, and picking up the language and culture can help with communication and overall comfort in interacting with Spanish-speaking neighbors and/or co-workers.
3. Professionally, speaking a second language could open up new career doors and/or increase the earning power of working or under-employed parents.
1. They can reinforce what their children are learning by repetition at home.
2. The Spanish speaking population in both Charlotte as well as across the nation is growing, and picking up the language and culture can help with communication and overall comfort in interacting with Spanish-speaking neighbors and/or co-workers.
3. Professionally, speaking a second language could open up new career doors and/or increase the earning power of working or under-employed parents.
Mrs. Sendler believes children are “like sponges, able to soak up” new things like languages much faster than adults. Parents can stay and learn with their children (at no
additional cost), or drop them off and pick them up at the conclusion of the session. Within minutes of meeting Ms. Sendler, the company’s founder and an eight-year North Carolina
resident, you can sense her passion for the Spanish language and culture. “I feel blessed to offer this opportunity to teach a new language to children. I feel it’s like
my legacy, passing down the language to children. I like to teach beyond the language, to the culture.”
She graduated with a degree in Journalism and Communication Arts, and has a unique way of putting those she’s speaking to at ease. She has spent the past six years as a
bilingual real estate agent. It was during this time that she discovered her passion of teaching others the language and cultures of the Spanish-speaking world. It also taught
her how removing the language barrier can make interactions in business, and life in general, more productive.
LearnSpanishNC.com also offers one-on-one tutoring for high school aged teenagers as well as adults. The company also offers services to businesses such as translation and
assistance with marketing and outreach materials in Spanish. Information on these services can be found on the website.
Ms. Sendler stated she started the company because of the value she sees in being bilingual, but also to help her balance working with being a mom. When asked what advice she’d
give other working parents, Angela responded with words she has come to live by: “love what you do, live your dreams, and find a way to connect your family to what you do.”
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