What kind of results can we realistically expect from 3-5 year old children?
The results are really remarkable. Children actually become bi-lingual. In the first few weeks they start singing songs and saying simple sentences. Over the next several months they learn ways to express each of 23 “Basic Mobilizing Concepts”—practical concepts children need to be able to express to become mobile in the language. All of the learning is done in an atmosphere of fun and play—the children won’t even know what a Basic Mobilizing Concept is, but they will be able to express them in Spanish. First graders and older children in the second year of the program continue to learn the basics of the language, and also begin to learn how to read in Spanish. In the third and later year—generally before the end of 1st grade–children are functionally fluent in the language and study from Spanish textbooks used in public school systems.
