Bilingual Benefits!

We teach English, Chinese (Mandarin) and Spanish.

What are the benefits of being bilingual/multilingual?

**STRONGER CAREER PROSPECTS**

**✓ Competitive edge**
**✓ Wider range of job opportunities**
**✓ Employment in global industries**
**✓ Increased earning potential**

**COGNITIVE ADVANTAGE**

**✓ Enhanced executive functioning**
**✓ Flexibility & multitasking abilities**
**✓ Superior memory & attention span**
**✓ Problem solving, critical thinking skills**

**CULTURAL AWARENESS**

**✓ Cultural sensitivity & perspective**
**✓ Access to global community, no barrier**
**✓ Direct sources, books & published works**
**✓ Understand diversity & inclusivity**

**EVIDENCE OF HEALTH BENEFITS**

**✓ Faster stroke recovery**
**✓ Lower stress levels**
**✓ Delay onset of dementia**
**✓ More resilience & creativity**

**SOCIAL ADEPTNESS**

**✓ Develop empathy, adaptability**
**✓ Enhanced social skills**
**✓ Diverse ways to express thoughts**
**✓ Cross-cultural bonds & connections**

**EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION**

**✓ 1 out of 7 people in the world speak Mandarin**
**✓ Better aptitude to learn another language**
**✓ Bilingual Spanish & English person can access 60%+ of everything published on the web**

Why learn a second or third language in preschool?

Critical Countdown: Early Years are Essential for Lifelong Linguistic Excellence

It may surprise you to learn that the optimal time for learning additional languages is during childhood, alongside the primary language. Most linguistic experts agree that the sooner you start the better. Dr. Maria Montessori described the sensitive period for language as a window of time (0-6 years) when people are most capable and responsive to absorbing information.

A child’s brain has billions of neurons that are ready to form synapses when they learn new things but if they go unused, they die off. A baby can distinguish sounds of all languages, but an adolescent brain will ignore the sounds of foreign languages making it nearly impossible for adults to achieve native proficiency unless they started learning by 10 years old. What is difficult for adults comes easily for children as they naturally pick up linguistic patterns, pronunciation, intonation and grammar rules.

There are myths that children will suffer from “language confusion” or delayed speech or process overload due to multiple language exposure. Recent research has proven these to be unfounded. We teach English, Spanish, Mandarin, Japanese and French in preschool so our students do not miss out on this unparalleled period for language learning.

How do we teach world languages?

We take advantage of the child’s innate ability to absorb information and learn languages almost effortlessly. In class we make language learning fun by including many cultural celebrations, traditional snacks and engaging stories. We can provide a more immersive approach to language acquisition because many of our teachers are bilingual. Peers often converse in their target language too.

Students participate in a Chinese circle daily. We also have optional Spanish lessons later in the day. Throughout the week students have the opportunity to practice with materials and books that reflect the lessons they were introduced to. We also sing songs in multiple languages with actions to reinforce student understanding.