KSS Immersion Schools Blog
KSS Immersion Preschools Mark 100+ Days Without COVID-19
KSS (Kids Speaking Spanish) Preschool has remained without COVID-19 for over 100 days across all of our 5 locations. Thanks to teachers, staff, students, and parents, we have reduced the spread of the virus in our group learning environment — and will continue to do so.
How Preschoolers Build Executive Functions With Language Immersion (Part 2)
In this post, we explain how immersion programs encourage four more executive functions: self-awareness, self-regulation, self-motivation, and verbal working memory.
How Preschoolers Build Executive Functions With Language Immersion (Part 1)
Preschoolers who learn a second language, such as Spanish, require a sequence of cognitive capabilities called executive function skills. Language immersion strengthens these skills, providing kids with life-long benefits.
Four Key Reasons Your Child Should Learn Spanish
Learning Spanish at a young age can provide a long list benefits for your child. Keep reading to learn more about why Spanish is an important language to learn as a child:
Returning to Work? Consider a Language Immersion Preschool for Childcare
Whether their employers are requiring them to return to the office or they are unable to do their job from-home without someone caring for their children, parents need safe, COVID safety protocol-compliant childcare arrangements to mitigate the risk of the virus.
Why Socialization is So Important for Preschoolers
Socialization and language acquisition provide preschoolers with a range of life-long skills, such as improved executive function, cultural tolerance, and better chance of success in the future.
Why the U.S. Lags Behind in Foreign Language Study
Research shows that most European counties have national-level mandates for foreign language study, with students learning a second language as early as six years old. But no such thing exists in the U.S.
How Language Learning Leads to Better Friendships
Research shows that learning a second language like Spanish improves communication and empathy. Bilingual preschoolers who enroll in a language immersion program could develop these social skills and foster life-long friendships.
How Learning Another Language in Childhood Builds Confidence
Parents can help to offset negative impacts to self esteem through early childhood language immersion programs. There’s a sense of achievement that comes with bilingualism, and this drives children to become even more successful.
Why is it Easier for Kids to Learn a Second Language?
Childhood is a “critical period” for language development, according to scientists. Kids’ brains soak up language like sponges, putting them at a linguistic advantage. Learning a new language is just more difficult for us adults.
KSS Immersion Schools COVID Operations Plan
Our top priority is a safe and healthy environment for students, their families and our faculty and staff. Our COVID operations plan has been prepared after careful review of the Center for Disease Control (CDC), state and county public health departments, and Community Care Licensing guidelines.
Why Kids in Language Immersion Programs are more Culturally Tolerant
How does early education play a role in how we perceive other people and cultures? Could language immersion change the way we think?
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