Learning English by immersion

Learning is most effective when it is fun, and we are the experts of fun education. We at active kids have created an environment in which children can easily and naturally master proper and advanced communication skills in the English language. The method we use is the direct learning method, which basically is total immersion in the English language. The second the kids walk through our doors they are taken on a trip to an English speaking world. Every day is a fun and new adventure which educates them. English will accompany the children at active kids like an English speaking tour guide throughout their regular daily whether they are eating, playing, or going to the bathroom English will be there. This way, English is acquired unconsciously, as is done in the case of a child learning their mother tongue.

For children who are expatriates we offer a special and advanced curriculum in the English language, which meets international standards. This curriculum covers the subjects of math, English, social studies, geography , and sciences at a level suitable for children who are native speakers of English or at an advanced level of English.

The Glenn Doman Reading Method

According to G. Doman “learning to read is as easy as learning to talk, and maybe even easier, because vision develops earlier than the ability to speak.”

In class the children are placed in an interesting, fun, and relaxed environment filled with written words which makes learning word comprehension easy, with faster results.

This method plays an important role in stimulating the development children. Information from visual and auditory pathways streamline their operations, influencing both halves of the brain. This method develops and perfects visual perception, develops a system of concepts, raises the level of knowledge and intelligence in children, and most importantly instills a sense of pride in children that they can read( regardless the fact that they lack a proper knowledge of letters).

Speech Exercises according to Hanna Tymichowa

Before learning to write, it is necessary to improve motor skills

in terms of speed, precision, kinetic melody of movement, coordination of movements of the body, and to develop proper hand-eye coordination. Through various forms and levels of difficulty children play with a dash, line, pattern, tracing, copying, shading, and calculating by mapping. The Hanna Tymichowa speech exercises develop all of the above in a stress-free way that is interesting for children.

The Good Start Method according to professor Marta Bogdanowicz

The Good Start method is an excellent way for developing the language functions of perceptive, visual, auditory, tactile, kinesthetic, and motor skills. We practice using a scheme that orientates a child’s own body with large and small motor skills, perception and memory with auditory function , coordination, and perceptual – motor functions. By combining different kinds of activities we challenge the brains of our children ,so that both halves work at the same time which creates a perfect situation for reading and writing preparation, these activities include: singing, touching, listening, drawing, writing, performing ,relaxation exercises, and movement exercises.

Method E. Gruszczyk – Kolczyńska

Through experience we know that the best way to shape a child’s mathematical skills and to ensure that they grasp the concept of mathematics, is through movement. In a fun way we practice this skill by allowing a child to uses the space we provide and teach mathematics using rhythm in dance, measuring liquids, measuring space (their toys and everything that surrounds them), we teach them to weigh things ,add and subtract through games and activities. We make math a pleasure to learn here.

The method of physical stories

In this method the teacher tells a fairy tale and includes the child in the story, through games and activities the teacher leads the children on to allow themselves to interpret the events that are unfolding in front of them. This method uses exercises that engage the imaginations of children and get all the major muscle groups and organs working by mixing emotions with physical activity. The kids will be running, jumping, throwing, pushing, crawling through their favorite fairytales, it’s almost as if they will be rewriting them ….