Due to numerous requests from parents, Signal Mountain resident Mardi Leonard is teaching a second session of Spanish for preschoolers at Mountain Arts Community Center. The weekly class will be offered Mondays or Fridays for five weeks beginning Monday, Jan. 21 from 11 a.m. to noon either day.
“It will introduce them to a different language as well as a different culture and get them excited about learning,” said Leonard.
Lauren Gardner completes an assignment focused on color during the first session of Mardi Leonard’s Spanish class held at MACC and designed for preschoolers.The class is designed for children ages 2-6 who are not currently in elementary school, including preschoolers as well as home-schoolers.
“Studies show children in the preschool years pick up language a lot faster,” said Leonard, who previously taught Spanish to preschoolers at St. Timothy’s as well as to first- through fifth-graders at Thrasher Elementary.
Each session of her class has a different focus, such as food or color, which is incorporated into every lesson through songs or craft projects.