This Winter, Tierra is offering small-group Spanish classes for elementary and middle school students ONLINE!
WINTER SCHEDULE 2021
Spanish for Kids (For K, 1st, 2nd graders) Instructor: Carolina
Saturdays | 10:00am-10:45am | January 23rd-March 13th (8 classes 1x/week) (1 spot left)
Spanish for Middle Schoolers (For 6th, 7th, 8th graders) Instructor: Alexa
Tuesdays | 4:00pm-5:00pm | January 19th-March 9th (8 classes 1x/week)
About the instructors:
Carolina Bonilla
Carolina Bonilla is a native Spanish speaker who hails from Venezuela. She loves working with children and youth and strives to make the classes fun and engaging. With experience both in the elementary school classroom and as the mother of a young son, she prioritizes designing lessons to fit the students’ needs and providing accessible lessons that the children find inviting and motivating. She believes passionately in the importance of learning a second language and connecting to other cultures in a way that wouldn’t be possible otherwise, and delights in introducing students to aspects of Latin American culture as they begin the process of understanding and expressing themselves in the Spanish language.
Alexa Gaynor
Alexa Gaynor has roots in South America and spent seven years living abroad in Spain and Ecuador. Holding a Bachelor’s degree in Spanish language and a Master’s degree in Education with a focus on World Language teaching, she has been an instructor at a local Middle School and currently teaches at the high school level in addition to teaching adults at Tierra. Alexa excels at making learning Spanish fun, and young learners are engaged by her natural enthusiasm and high-energy. Alexa believes that the process of learning a language ought to be thoroughly enjoyable and draws on popular culture to help her students observe the structures they are learning in real usage.