Spanish Nature Club
Nature Based Spanish Immersion Program
Santa Cruz, CA.
Since 2020
NOW ENROLLING FOR 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR
"Get outside, get into nature, listen and learn Spanish"
What is Spanish Nature Club
Enriching childhood with nature and Spanish language
Spanish Nature Club is an outdoor, child-centered and play based educational program for children of all ages that integrates both nature exposure and Spanish immersion. Our intention is to help children to build a bond with nature and one another and plant the seed of a Second language.
Our program is fully insured. Sessions are held in various "nature classrooms" around the Santa Cruz mountains where kids will have an opportunity to be outside, explore, play, learn and bond with the amazing nature around us while listening and learning Spanish in community. Days at Spanish Nature Club are filled with adventure and sense of wonder, where kids climb trees, find bugs, spot wild animals, splash at creeks, look for figures in the clouds, and much more! While listen and learn the Spanish language.
Led by native Spanish teacher and nature-awareness instructor Lisset Orozco. CPR and WFA certified by NOLS. Fingerprint cleared. Member of California Association for Enviromental & Outdoor Education.
Our Approach
Our program approach is simple "Get outside, get into nature, listen and learn Spanish". Based on sound learning principles and hands-on enriching activities in nature, the children minds will transition to a quieter and more open state of curiosity, socialization and learning.
Exposure and nourishing time in nature with friends.
Foster appreciation and respect for the local ecosystems.
Stimulating curious and inquisitive minds through emergent curriculum.
Foster empathy and open-mindedness through the exposure of a second and different language.
Spanish is introduced naturally though games, songs, storytelling, story time, nature journaling, art projects, watercolor painting, and mini-Spanish lessons along with reading and writing practice at kids own pace and level.
Daily Flow
Honoring our Slow Down philosophy, we allow for a flexible flow of the day.
Hola Amigos: Greetings and community circle
Nature Adventure: Includes hike, exploration, observation.
Snack time: Kid's choice spot.
Enrichment Circle: We use this time for art project, nature journaling, Spanish songs, Spanish vocabulary, or Spanish story time.
Nature Play: (Unstructured-free)
Lunch Time: We will gather for a lunch.
Tea party: We finish the day with expressions of gratitude to Mother Earth, friends and a cup of forest tea.
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