90/10 Model
To get the full benefits of bilingual education, a child needs to be fully immersed in a culture. At Alma Flor Ada, we embrace the strength of the 90/10 model for our Spanish immersion program. This means that your little one’s teachers will speak Spanish 90 percent of the time and English 10 percent of the time.
The 90/10 model will raise your children’s cultural awareness through authentic Spanish learning experiences featuring history, customs and traditions, music, technology, and the arts.
In addition, our 90/10 Spanish Immersion program:
- Provides a safe, caring, and nurturing environment where all children flourish
- Develops each child’s social-emotional intelligence
- Promotes authentic exploration and discovery through hands-on learning in science, literacy, and numeracy
- Ensures parents a maximum return on their early childhood investment
- Creates partnerships with all families, working together to meet each child’s needs socially, emotionally, and educationally
- Facilitates self-regulation skills through developmentally appropriate approaches, creating conditions for optimum learning
- Instills 21st Century Skills through language, critical thinking, engineering/robotics, and global citizenship
- Produces a solid foundation of intellectual, social, emotional, and academic growth for all children to prosper and excel
- Toddler & Early Pre-K ( 24 months – 3 years) – 90% of daily instruction occurs in Spanish and 10% in English
- Pre-K 01 ( 4 years) – 90% of daily instruction occurs in Spanish and 10% in English
- Pre-K 02 ( 4 years) – 90% of daily instruction occurs in Spanish and 10% in English
- Kindergarten 01 ( 5-6 years) – 90% of daily instruction occurs in Spanish and 10% in English
- Kindergarten 02 ( 5-6 years) – 90% of daily instruction occurs in Spanish and 10% in English
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