No Comments Director Adriana Castaño brings her creativity, positivity, and energy to Spanish Schoolhouse Sugar Land every day. Let's learn a little more about this dynamic director!
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No Comments It’s time to plan for Summer 2020! Summer days can seem long when children don’t have their usual routines. No matter how hard you try to keep little ones entertained, they often seem to have energy for days! Temperatures rise, the pools start feeling more like a luke-warm bath, and being in the A/C feels like the only option. It can be a challenge to find screen-free activities! Spanish Schoolhouse […]
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No Comments When you first heard about Spanish Schoolhouse, you may have done some research on foreign language learning. You probably found all kinds of terms like bilingual, dual-language, total immersion, two-way immersion, ESL, and transitional, heritage, or even developmental immersion. What the heck does all this mean and what is the best way for my child to learn?! Simply put, bilingual education is the pathway to understanding two languages (‘bi’ meaning […]
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No Comments Many people around the world deck the halls and exchange gifts on Christmas Day, but Spanish and Latino celebrations begin well before December 25, often lasting through the first week of January! Let’s explore some of the festive ways Christmas is celebrated around the world… the Latin world, that is. A Full Season of Celebrations Since more than 75% of Latin Americans and Spaniards are Catholic, celebrations tend to revolve […]
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No Comments As a Spanish preschool, our days are immersed in the Spanish language and culture. With our locations in Texas, however, it’s natural that most of our teachers come from Mexico and Central or South America, rather than from Spain. Spain is, of course, the birthplace of the Spanish language and the inspiration for a lot of Latin America’s rich culture. Let’s take a look at some of its highlights! From […]
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No Comments You can feel the energy at Spanish Schoolhouse Keller! Each and every day the teachers bring their special enthusiasm, which makes the students excited to see what’s in store for them. That kind of spirit comes from the top and trickles down. SSH Keller’s director, Marielbi (Marie) Gómez, leads her team with positivity so that together they can reach the high standards she sets for her school. Marie is as […]
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1 Comment This year, we are celebrating 20 years of language, love, and learning at Spanish Schoolhouse. Anniversaries are a time to reflect on where we’ve been, and at SSH, we’ve been taking a walk down memory lane. We are so proud to have educated over 15,000 students! We reached out to some of our early students to see how language learning in early childhood has impacted them as they continue on to middle school, high school, and even college!
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No Comments As we celebrate our 20th anniversary, the three Spanish Schoolhouse founders recently gathered at our corporate office in Plano, Texas, to reflect on the past two decades. Memories of the early days brought about nostalgic smiles and touching stories as they looked back on the highlights over the years. Here is the story of Spanish Schoolhouse – then and now! Planting the First Seed The language immersion process is […]
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No Comments “🎵 ¡Hola amigos! ¿Como está usted? Estoy muy feliz de verlo a usted.” 🎵🎵 Every day at Spanish Schoolhouse, we work to create a cultural experience for our students and their families. One way we achieve this is through music. Come at any time of day and you’ll hear teachers singing, dancing, and putting fun motions to popular Latin nursery rhymes. Even at naptime you’re likely to hear soft lullabies […]
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No Comments If you’re new to language immersion, you likely have a few questions, curiosities, or even fears about the process. After 20 years in the language learning business, we’ve got you covered with the answers you need to know about the wonderful journey you and your child are about to begin. ¿Qué?/What? What Exactly is Spanish Immersion? It’s not so mysterious! Immersion simply means being surrounded by a language so it […]
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