Weekly Language Socials at Imagine:
Hebrew 4:30-8 Wed. 5/8; Spring Registration: Mandarin; Tuesdays Arabic, ASL, French; Thursdays Spanish, German, Romanian & Russian; & More Groups Starting!
Hindi, Korean, Japanese, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Greek, ASL ...
Please submit the form below to participate.
Share language and culture and form community connections with families while children have fun interacting and making friends enriching their language skills as they play at Imagine!
- Children 0-8 years have a natural ability to learn languages, making this an ideal time to support learning more than one language.
- Participants may choose to cooperatively incorporate the language component by reading stories, singing songs and/or simply conversing while playing together.
- Imagine's indoor play space has a child sized play town (grocery, doctors office, theater, library, etc.) which uniquely encourages development of language and communication skills as children play.
- Children 0-8 years have a natural ability to learn languages, making this an ideal time to support learning more than one language.
- Participants may choose to cooperatively incorporate the language component by reading stories, singing songs and/or simply conversing while playing together.
- Imagine's indoor play space has a child sized play town (grocery, doctors office, theater, library, etc.) which uniquely encourages development of language and communication skills as children play.
Hebrew
Wednesdays 4:30-8pm May 8th 2019 This is a well established group always happy to meet new folks!
The Hebrew language social is going strong with 8-15 families attending on a regular bases! Join with other families to socialize and offer an immersive language experience for children as they play in the interactive environment at Imagine. Additional activities may be offered if there is interest.
A new group is interested in starting a Hebrew Language Social gathering in the daytime Thursdays 10am-2pm.
Wednesdays 4:30-8pm May 8th 2019 This is a well established group always happy to meet new folks!
The Hebrew language social is going strong with 8-15 families attending on a regular bases! Join with other families to socialize and offer an immersive language experience for children as they play in the interactive environment at Imagine. Additional activities may be offered if there is interest.
A new group is interested in starting a Hebrew Language Social gathering in the daytime Thursdays 10am-2pm.
Mandarin
Sundays 10am When a minimum of 5 families sign up.
Special planting activity this week! Make your planter from recycled materials and plant vegetables and herbs from China! Join other families who speak Mandarin! Make community connections while children enjoy activities facilitated by Jian who is a native speaker with early childhood expertise. Stories, art, games, songs and pretend play are included in the fun!
Sundays 10am When a minimum of 5 families sign up.
Special planting activity this week! Make your planter from recycled materials and plant vegetables and herbs from China! Join other families who speak Mandarin! Make community connections while children enjoy activities facilitated by Jian who is a native speaker with early childhood expertise. Stories, art, games, songs and pretend play are included in the fun!
Arabic Language Social
Tuesdays 3pm-7pm Group will begin when 6 people register!
There is a lot of enthusiasm for starting the Arabic Language Social! Participants are planning to help with stories and activities. Please make sure that you sign up below if you are interested and please reply to the email if you can attend.
Tuesdays 3pm-7pm Group will begin when 6 people register!
There is a lot of enthusiasm for starting the Arabic Language Social! Participants are planning to help with stories and activities. Please make sure that you sign up below if you are interested and please reply to the email if you can attend.
French
Tuesdays 3:30-7:30pm Group will begin when 6 people register!
The French Language Social is growing with 5 families attending last week and a regular group emerging! We are looking forward to getting to know one another better and meeting new families as the group grows! Feel free to bring food or order out if you like. Stop in for a bit or make this a family night out. We are now open until 8pm!
Tuesdays 3:30-7:30pm Group will begin when 6 people register!
The French Language Social is growing with 5 families attending last week and a regular group emerging! We are looking forward to getting to know one another better and meeting new families as the group grows! Feel free to bring food or order out if you like. Stop in for a bit or make this a family night out. We are now open until 8pm!
German
Thursdays 3-6:30pm Group will begin when 6 people register!
The German Language Social is steadily growing with a regular group of 5 or so families and many more who have expressed interest. We hope you will join us to socialize in German and have fun! Children have been playing together and making friends. Organized activities may develop over time if there is interest.
Thursdays 3-6:30pm Group will begin when 6 people register!
The German Language Social is steadily growing with a regular group of 5 or so families and many more who have expressed interest. We hope you will join us to socialize in German and have fun! Children have been playing together and making friends. Organized activities may develop over time if there is interest.
Spanish
Thursdays 10-1pm Group will begin when 6 people register!
There are many families who have expressed interest in the Spanish Social! Meet with other families who speak Spanish to share experiences as children play together and practice their language skills. Bring food to eat together or order out if you wish. Please let us know if you can join us for the Spanish social this week!
Thursdays 10-1pm Group will begin when 6 people register!
There are many families who have expressed interest in the Spanish Social! Meet with other families who speak Spanish to share experiences as children play together and practice their language skills. Bring food to eat together or order out if you wish. Please let us know if you can join us for the Spanish social this week!
Romanian
Thursdays 4-8pm Group will begin when 5 people register!
We are planning to share stories, music, friendships and fun!
We hope you will help spread the word about this group, Marinka is happy to get things started!
Thursdays 4-8pm Group will begin when 5 people register!
We are planning to share stories, music, friendships and fun!
We hope you will help spread the word about this group, Marinka is happy to get things started!
Russian
Thursdays 4:30-8pm Group will begin when 6 people register!
This is a fun growing group of Russian speaking families. More families each week are getting to know one another and joining the fun. Many additional families have expressed interest and we hope you can join us soon. We have a Russian library and may offer circle time, crafts and activities if there is interest over time. For now everyone is excited about playing at Imagine together with new found friends!
Thursdays 4:30-8pm Group will begin when 6 people register!
This is a fun growing group of Russian speaking families. More families each week are getting to know one another and joining the fun. Many additional families have expressed interest and we hope you can join us soon. We have a Russian library and may offer circle time, crafts and activities if there is interest over time. For now everyone is excited about playing at Imagine together with new found friends!
There is significant interest in the following languages as well. We can begin a particular language social as soon as we have six families who would like to meet consistently.
Hindi, Korean, Japanese, Italian, Portuguese, Somali, Greek, Polish, ASL - American Sign Language
What other languages/cultures would you like to share? Please let us know and we will try to get a group together!
Any books, music or other resources you would like to contribute to our International Children's Library would be greatly appreciated. It is becoming an important bilingual and multilingual family resource with a great selection of children's books in Spanish, ASL, Russian, Italian, Portuguese, German, French, Korean, Japanese, Mandarin, Arabic, Hindi and other languages. With your help it can be even better!
Hindi, Korean, Japanese, Italian, Portuguese, Somali, Greek, Polish, ASL - American Sign Language
What other languages/cultures would you like to share? Please let us know and we will try to get a group together!
Any books, music or other resources you would like to contribute to our International Children's Library would be greatly appreciated. It is becoming an important bilingual and multilingual family resource with a great selection of children's books in Spanish, ASL, Russian, Italian, Portuguese, German, French, Korean, Japanese, Mandarin, Arabic, Hindi and other languages. With your help it can be even better!