Snowy English Charity Event , A Visit to Yayasan Sayap Ibu Bintaro

Last Year Snowy English Bintaro held a charity event for Yayasan Sayap Ibu and also for this year. Snowy English Bintaro will hold a same program to celebrate Valentine’s Day on February 17,2012 and it is called Snowy English Charity Event, A Visit to Yayasan Sayap Ibu Bintaro.

at Yayasan Sayap Ibu , 2010

For Parents who would like to give the donation for this foundation could contact our customer service (021-7458080) or could also parcitipate by joining our Fund Raising Activity : by purchasing teachers home made chocolate and stationery from february 2nd until February 18th.

All Money collected will be given for our little friends at Yayasan Sayap Ibu.Thank you for your participation.

Regards,

Snowy English Bintaro

[HOLIGRAM UPDATE] Fun Making Pizza and Fun Painting \(^^)/

Fun Making Pizza and Fun Painting \(^^)/

In Snowy’s English, smart holiday program becomes one of our priorities and well-known for creativity & innovative holiday program.  On December 2011, we held our holiday program for two days: First day (28/12) is Fun Making Pizza with Daddy and Mommy. Second day (29/12) is Fun T-shirt and Bag Painting.

Fun Making Pizza with Daddy and Mommy

Most of the children love pizza so much. Now the children can make their own favorite pizza with daddy and mommy.

Do you want to know how fun the children made their own favorite pizza?

Let’s make the pizza

Don’t worry, mommy and daddy will help you

Look, it’s easy right ^^

It’s fun!

Look, the pizza is ready to cook!

Where is your pizza? Here is my pizza

Hmmm, yummy

Fun T-Shirt and Bag Painting

The next day the children paint their own blank t-shirt and bag. Do you want to know what picture they painted?

Let’s start painting. Don’t forget to pay attention to the painter^^

Smart kids!

Look, here is my bag, i want to paint Snowy ^^!

Painting is fun and easy ^^

Look, It’s almost finish , yeaaayyy!

My t-shirt looks great!

My t-shirt looks great!

This is it! Snowy’s paint t-shirt and bag

After painting ,let’s sing to celebrate our fun holiday \(^^ )/

It was soo fun right? So do not miss for the next holiday program with Snowy’s English.

Cheers,

Snowy’s English Bintaro

Jangan Lewatkan Masa-Masa Berharga dalam Perkembangan Bahasa

 

Barbara Zurer Pearson, penulis buku Raising a Bilingual Child, menga­takan, tak ada kata terlambat, atau terlalu cepat, untuk menga­jarkan anak bahasa keduanya. “Belajar bahasa kedua itu lebih mudah untuk anak-anak di bawah 10 tahun, dan lebih mudah lagi untuk anak balita, dibandingkan dengan orang dewasa yang butuh upaya lebih besar untuk mempelajarinya,” tuturnya.

Waktu ideal untuk meng­ajarkan bahasa baru pada anak ini adalah sejak mereka lahir hingga usia 3 tahun. Rentang usia ini bertepatan dengan masa ketika anak memang belajar berbicara, dimana pikirannya masih terbuka dan fleksibel. Namun usia 4 hingga 7 tahun juga menjadi waktu terbaik untuk mengajarkan bahasa kedua untuk anak, karena mere­ka masih memproses beberapa bahasa dalam satu jalur. Arti­nya, mereka membangun sistem bahasa kedua bersamaan dengan yang pertama, dan belajar kedua bahasa tersebut seperti penduduk aslinya.

Seperti yang Lenneberg dalam Darwowidjojo (2003: 218) sebutkan, usia 2-12 tahun adalah periode emas perkembangan kemampuan berbahasa. Mereka mampu belajar bahasa apapun seperti penutur asli. Periode ini harus dimanfaatkan sebaik-baiknya. A­nak di atas 7 tahun sebe­nar­nya belum terlalu terlambat untuk belajar bahasa kedua. Sebab, waktu ideal ketiga untuk memelajari bahasa kedua adalah sekitar usia 8 hingga masa pubertas. Menurut penelitian, setelah memasuki pubertas, bahasa-bahasa baru akan di­simpan dalam area yang terpisah di dalam otak. Sebagai hasilnya, anak harus mener­jemahkan lebih dulu bahasa tersebut, atau menggunakan bahasa pertamanya sebagai jalur menuju bahasa baru.

Sebuah penelitian menun­jukkan, sejak usia dua tahun seorang anak sudah bisa diajar­kan bahasa asing. Di India dan Malaysia misalnya, anak-anak mulai mempelajari bahasa asing sejak usia dini, yaitu 2 tahun, yang sangat berperan dalam hal berkomunikasi dan kepercayaan diri dalam berbahasa Inggris. Dalam penelitian terhadap 63 anak, anak-anak yang mampu berbicara dalam dua bahasa juga memiliki kelebihan dalam perkembangan otak yang memiliki fungsi ekseku­tif, seperti perencanaan, mengor­ganisasi, atau memusatkan perhatian pada detail penting.

Sumber : Fauzul Akmal

 

 

[INFO] Holiday Program Snowy English Bintaro 2011

Holiday is coming!

Hi Mommy, sudah punya rencana mau ke mana liburan kali ini? Kalau belum bergabung yuk di acara Holiday Program yang akan diadakan oleh Snowy’s English Bintaro.

Akan ada banyak kegiatan seru pada Holiday Program kali ini, diantaranya:

28 Desember 2011: Fun Making Pizza With Daddy/Mommy.
a. Membuat Pizza (Personal Pizza, Fruit tea) & Mewarnai
b. Sertifikat
c. Snowy T-shirt
d. Goodies Bag
e. Doorprize

29 Desember 2011: Fun T-shirt / Bag painting.
a. Fun T-Shirt / Bag painting
b. Snack box

Acara ini terbuka untuk umum lho, jadi kalau ada teman, saudara, atau tetangga yang mau ikutan juga boleh.

So what are you waiting for? Untuk informasi lebih lanjut dapat menghubungi Snowy’s English Bintaro (021-7458080).

[HOLIGRAM UPDATE] Show your talent at Snowy’s English Got Talent! ^^

On July 2011 Snowy’s English Bintaro hold a competition called Snowy’s English Got Talent where many students participate enthusiastically.

 The competition begun with the English Singing Competition on the first day. Both students and parents were so exciting during the competition because all the participants sang confidently.

On the next day, it’s time for the participants to show their talent on drawing and coloring competition with theme “Snowy in Jakarta”.   

The Winners

Congratulation to all the winners and the participants, it was so great to see their amazing talents! ^^ 

See you on the next holiday program! 

Snowy English Bintaro : Birthday Card Competition

Dalam rangka ulang tahun (anniversary of Snowy English Bintaro – October 10, 2011), Snowy English Bintaro mengadakan lomba “Membuat dan Menghias Kartu Ulang Tahun “. Akan dipilih 6 pemenang utama, dengan hadiah untuk karya terbaik masing-masing berupa Piala untuk juara 1 sampai juara harapan 3. Info lebih lanjut dapat menghubungi Ms. Dian di Snowy English Bintaro (745-8080). Selamat Mengikuti!

Miss Snowy

Dear Parents,
Baby Snowy program is getting hot! Our baby SNOWY students are very clearly improving in their speaking, as well in social skill. One cloudy Thursday Dion, Flo, Sachio, Daffa, and Aqila were studying about vegetables. They made carrot puzzle, and then… here you go! They have the real carrots in their hands. They were excited to feed Miss Snowy, our pet rabbit which lives happily in the backyard.

They were so happy. We taught them how to caress the rabbit. They were even willing to hold Snowy in their arms. This activity improves their understanding about environment and living things.

We told them that Snowy has very bright healthy eyes. Why? Because Snowy eats carrot. We encourage them to eat vegetables. Even though they just stared at the teachers and did not say anything to reply, but I am optimistic that they understand what we say. The key of talking to small kids is, you must have the point of what you’re saying. Choose short understandable sentence, and do fun things related to what you are telling them. These kids are amazing!

Aqila, Dion, Daffa, Sachio, and Flo now can say the words carrot, potato, tomato, and rabbit. After feeding Snowy, they wash their hands. Washing hands is an activity that we do continuosly in Baby Snowy. Yes we know that babies are more sensitive of dust and bacteria compared to big kids. But beside of that cause, washing hands trains them to take turn. We are a bit strict of taking turn because it does really good for them if they know that they have to take turn, give to friend who stop at the sink  earlier, stay in the line. It’s nice to see how these kids learn about patience. We really see how they grow into better and better social individuals.

by: KeiSha

Celebration of Indonesia’s Independence Day

Dear Parents,

What is special in August? Of course our beloved Indonesia’s birthday. So after celebrating International Children Day, now we are celebrating a big national event. Schools celebrate it on August 17, but Snowy English Bintaro has been celebrating it for a week! The students can see Indonesian flags everyday in Snowy English and they can take them. Maybe it is just a small thing but we love to see them waving Indonesian flag since their role models, in this global age, are none of Indonesian icon. Their role models are Disney Princess and Heroes so we are so happy they experience this celebration week. The next cool thing after free flags is, we keep playing Indonesian folk songs this whole week. We sing them in the class too! Students who couldn’t really sing the songs, after they hear it over and over again in Snowyland, now they can sing Indonesia Raya. Great! How about Baby Snowy students? Oh they love marching around the class while we sing the songs. They also make Indonesian flag. Take a look at their amazing talent:

Okay, I know you’re waiting for the story of the competitions. Yes, we held competitions or known as tujuhbelasan. Was it your favorite event when you were kid? Well, that’s all students’ favorite time. Here are some pictures of our children having fun in our games:

In the picture above, Mr.Herman tied the rope with a pencil at its end, and the participants would insert the pencil to the bottle.

We did almost all games the locals used to do to celebrate Indonesia Independence Day, well, except Panjat Pinang 😀 They all are happy even though we don’t give any prizes, only crowns.


So, dear parents, your children are having big fun times at Snowy English Bintaro. We also encourage you to enrich your children with some basic information about Indonesia. When we are singing National Anthem in Snowy, the teachers encourage them to sing it nicely. We grow their respect to our beautiful nation in fun ways. And their improvements are our satisfaction!


Written by: KeiSha