Grades 1-5
Our accelerated primary school program develops students’ cognitive reasoning, abstract thought, and full expression in both English and the target language.
(Now expanding to Grade 5 at both the NY and NJ campuses)
The majority of our students’ day is spent fully immersed in Mandarin or Spanish, where content is presented using central themes that integrate skills and strategies across content areas. Our small, multi-age classrooms are cohesive learning environments that promote action, experimentation, ingenuity, and debate. Applicants to Grades 1-3 must demonstrate a solid proficiency in the target language, including speaking, listening, reading and writing.
An active, intensive academic program that builds the foundation for fluency:
* Classes meet from 8:30 AM 3:30 PM daily
* Integrated target language curriculum (Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies/Culture, Fine Arts, Music Technology/Media and Physical Education taught in target language)
* Rigorous English curriculum includes Language Arts, Social Studies/Culture, Science and Math to complement target language study
Immersion
Bilingual Buds' full immersion model is based on children's innate ability to acquire language at an early age. Communication is ignited when content is engaging and personally relevant to the classroom community—whether day-to-day vocabulary or academic subject matter. Students are naturally motivated to connect with their teacher, socialize with their peers, and express their needs and emotions.
Our inspired, native-speaking teachers use a wealth of progressive teaching techniques to aid comprehension. Dramatic presentations and role playing, enticing manipulatives, visuals, long-term project studies, as well as music and technology help a challenging curriculum come alive for early language learners.
PROGRAM SCHEDULES
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