<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288551802517833982</id><updated>2010-02-18T05:48:45.097-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Kids in Madrid Blog</title><subtitle type='html'>What's on, news and events in Madrid. Ocio en familia y actividades en inglés</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.loghound.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.phpfeeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http:///kidsinmadrid.com/page22/files/blogRSS.php'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php'/><link rel='hub' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3288551802517833982/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25&amp;orderby=published'/><author><name>palomablanca21</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08666928102105456391</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>27</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288551802517833982.post-6236842306003690751</id><published>2010-02-18T05:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-18T05:48:45.145-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Education'/><title type='text'>Young Enterprise helps students learn the skills they really need</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;a href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/BIGstrawberry_banana.jpg.jpg' rel='zoom' title='strawberry_banana.jpg'&gt;&lt;img  alt='strawberry_banana.jpg' class='imageStyle' src="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/strawberry_banana.png" width="167" height="250"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;Young Enterprise is a program that helps students doing their A levels learn the key business skills needed run a business in a practical environment. Students set up their own business with their fellow classmates, electing a board of directors and organizing everything independently with little help from their teachers.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Recently Year 12 Hastings School students in Madrid have opened their own business Drink Groovy, which aims to satisfy the needs of the growing organic smoothie market in Madrid, as well as to contribute to a variety of charitable causes such as Haiti 2010. Currently they are selling their drinks on the school premises at special events such as the Kids in Madrid 2010 fair at the Intercontinental Hotel on Sunday the 25&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt; of April. With increasingly hard competition to get into a good university, this program aims to give them a step up above the rest and give them, not only knowledge, but experience and opportunities to apply the knowledge they have learnt in the classroom.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Marketing director Juan Herrero (17), said: &amp;ldquo; When we first set up Drink Groovy, we were aiming to establish an economically viable business and set-up a stable source of income. However, throughout and after the first sale came to realize that, although profit is key, customer satisfaction is incredibly rewarding. When we noticed that the economic benefits where going to be higher than we first thought, we noticed that we could make a change in the form of perhaps small, but significant donations when is comes to fighting poverty. Our smoothies don't only generate profit, but the make people happy, and we take huge pride in that. &amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Shareholders receive their dividend throughout the year and can sell their shares after a year. At the end of the year students decide to either liquidate the business or continue for another year.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;We have already gained 240 euros profit, and what's more, covered our costs amply... And that&amp;rsquo;s after the first month! I think our success resides in that we make each of our products by hand. It may take a little longer and cut our profits a small fraction, but the difference in taste is huge. Our products are made with care, and when you try our smoothies you can tell," mentioned financial director Jayesh Ramchandani (17).&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;"The experience of being able to really step into the world of business and outside the classroom is very beneficial for all of us," commented Director Adam Winogrodzki (17), " I personally have come to learn about and appreciate the importance of all employees pulling their weight, and working as a single unit. We've been given the opportunity to offer a valuable service to people, and we are not going to waste it. For everyone involved in the project, it&amp;rsquo;s a chance to really learn and gain experience so that, when we set off into the world independently, we will be resourceful and efficient people."&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;The team are currently looking for sponsors. Bulk order can be made through their website."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px; font-weight:bold; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:15px; font-weight:bold; "&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.drinkgroovy.com/" rel="external"&gt;Drinkgroovy.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;script src='http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/FancyZoom.js' type='text/javascript'&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script src='http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/FancyZoomHTML.js' type='text/javascript'&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script type='text/javascript'&gt;var zoomImagesURI   = 'http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/';setupZoom();&lt;/script&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3288551802517833982-6236842306003690751?l=kidsinmadrid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=6236842306003690751' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=6236842306003690751' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=6236842306003690751'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=6236842306003690751'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=6236842306003690751' title='Young Enterprise helps students learn the skills they really need'/><author><name>palomablanca21</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08666928102105456391</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.loghound.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11646521942133974054'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288551802517833982.post-4881340205628317756</id><published>2010-01-31T09:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-31T09:19:54.029-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Aprender el inglés con My Smart Hands</title><content type='html'>&lt;img class="imageStyle" alt="Screen shot 2010-01-31 at 6.18.49 PM" src="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/screen-shot-2010-01-31-at-6.18.49-pm.png" width="300" height="155"/&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;Imagine communicating with your baby before he or she can even speak. 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We will give you the skills and knowledge you will need to communicate with your preverbal, hearing baby.&amp;nbsp; So come and take a class with My Smart Hands&amp;trade; Madrid and learn how to sign with your baby!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:carmen@mysmarthands.com"&gt;carmen@mysmarthands.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mysmarthands.com"&gt;www.mysmarthands.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Imagina poder comunicarte con tu beb&amp;eacute; antes de que comience a&amp;nbsp; hablar. My Smart Hands&amp;trade; constituye un Programa Educativo de Estimulaci&amp;oacute;n Psicomotriz para ni&amp;ntilde;@s sin dificultades auditivas basado en la lengua de signos para beb&amp;eacute;s (American Sign Language); Reduce la frustraci&amp;oacute;n, acelera el desarrollo verbal y las habilidades cognitivas.&lt;br /&gt;Numerosas investigaciones muestran que beb&amp;eacute;s en etapas pre-verbales del desarrollo pueden comunicarse a trav&amp;eacute;s del uso de la lengua signada antes de que puedan verbalizar sus necesidades. Te ofreceremos las t&amp;eacute;cnicas y el conocimiento que necesitar&amp;aacute;s para comunicarte con tu beb&amp;eacute; o si lo prefieres tu hij@ podr&amp;aacute; disfrutar con Mis Primeras Palabras en Ingl&amp;eacute;s con My Smart Hands&amp;trade;. &amp;iexcl;An&amp;iacute;mate y toma una clase con nosotros en Madrid!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style="text-align:justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:carmen@mysmarthands.com"&gt;carmen@mysmarthands.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mysmarthandsspain.weebly.com"&gt;www.mysmarthandsspain.weebly.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3288551802517833982-4881340205628317756?l=kidsinmadrid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=4881340205628317756' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=4881340205628317756' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=4881340205628317756'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=4881340205628317756'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=4881340205628317756' title='Aprender el inglés con My Smart Hands'/><author><name>palomablanca21</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08666928102105456391</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.loghound.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11646521942133974054'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288551802517833982.post-6673337034319003181</id><published>2009-12-21T07:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-30T09:43:14.242-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Education'/><title type='text'>A day in the life of a Child with Sensory Processing Disorder by Tara Konradi</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;img class="imageStyle" alt="logopeda" src="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/logopeda.png" width="480" height="132"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;James, the Sensory Seeking Six Year-old&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(A Day in the Life of a Child with Sensory Processing Disorder)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tara Konradi, OTD, OTR/L&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&amp;ldquo;Bang! Thud, crash, pitter-patter, pitter patter&amp;rdquo; Ana jolts out of bed to the sound of her six year-old running through the hall to the living room. She looks at the clock; it isn&amp;rsquo;t quite 7AM. Her husband continues to sleep soundly next to her as she slips out of bed and into the living room where she finds James, her son, with all of the toys from his toy box spread across the room. &lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;Zooom! Look mom!&amp;rdquo; James yells as he jumps from the couch to the floor holding a toy plane in his hand. Initially, Ana cringes and wants to scold James for jumping on the furniture, but remembers what her occupational therapist told her about James&amp;rsquo;s need for seeking out sensory experiences, especially sensation in the muscles and joints, movement through space, and sound. &lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;Wow! You&amp;rsquo;re a pilot!&amp;rdquo; Ana exclaims as she grabs his arms and helps him jump off the couch one more time. She spins him around in her arms like an airplane as he squeals with excitement. &lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;Great landing, pilot. Now you&amp;rsquo;ve got to prepare for your next assignment: school! Go on, get dressed,&amp;rdquo; she says as she guides him down the hall to his room grasping his hips and making plane sounds. &lt;br /&gt;Ana leaves James in his room to get dressed as she goes to get ready herself. Her husband is up now and asks what James was up to. A wave of anger rushes over her as she visualizes him sleeping as she had to jump out of bed to attend to their son.  She knows her husband means well and is just a naturally deep sleeper, but she can&amp;rsquo;t help resent it a bit. At least he finally agreed in taking James to occupational therapy. Actually, neither of them had even heard of occupational therapy until the school psychologist mentioned that James might benefit from it. &lt;br /&gt;After weeks of complaints from teachers and difficulties at home, they decided to bring James in for an evaluation. The occupational therapist (OT) explained to them that James&amp;rsquo;s engine is chronically running too fast. The OT called it a Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) and told them that James has difficulty turning sensory information into appropriate behavior. For James, this means he is constantly craving and aggressively seeking out sensory input. She mentioned that the disorder could also cause children to have engines that run too slow, and Ana wondered why she was blessed with James the tornado. &lt;br /&gt;At first the family was led to believe James had Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), but they visited a very experienced child psychologist who ruled that out. Ana was relieved; she knew it just didn&amp;rsquo;t quite fit the bill for James. Now, after only two months of OT intervention, they are seeing many changes in their son, and are encouraged and eager to learn more ways they can help him better organize his sensory needs to achieve states of calm and focus attention. &lt;br /&gt;Ana goes to check on the progress James has made getting dressed. His clothes for the day were previously laid out nicely in the order in which he was to put them on, but now they were thrown all over the room and some had actually made their way onto James&amp;rsquo;s body. Ana smiles and looks at her son in socks and a t-shirt, but no pants as he plays with his cars in the corner of his room. &lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;Let&amp;rsquo;s get moving tiger!&amp;rdquo; she says as she tickles him and manages to grab his pants at the same time. She helps him into his pants and gives him a kiss as they head to the bathroom to finish getting ready. What once took half an hour of struggling to get James dressed is now down to 15 minutes, and although she still helps him with many things, she is confident he&amp;rsquo;ll be able to do it himself one day soon. For children like James who are sensory seeking, it is often difficult to organize their behavior, so activities such as dressing is difficult because their need for sensory input (playing with cars) is so consuming that organizing the activity (dressing) is very hard.&lt;br /&gt;When they make their way to the car to drive to school James runs across the yard and climbs up their medium sized maple tree. &lt;br /&gt;	&amp;ldquo;Look! I&amp;rsquo;m a monkey!&amp;rdquo; he yells as he swings back and forth on a branch. &lt;br /&gt;	&amp;ldquo;Wow, monkey! Can you swing back and forth 5 times and then jump in the car?&amp;rdquo; replies Ana, hoping that allowing James to swing will give him enough input to stay put in the car long enough to reach school without any incidences. &lt;br /&gt;	&amp;ldquo;One, two, three, four, five!&amp;rdquo; He swings back and forth five times and jumps to the ground. He runs into the car without resistance. A sigh of relief runs over Ana. It worked! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="image-right"&gt;&lt;a href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/BIGgirl.jpg' rel='zoom' title='gril'&gt;&lt;img  alt='gril' class='imageStyle' src="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/girl.png" width="213" height="141"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;	At school James is found touching, prodding and pushing the kids in the hallway. His teachers scold him to keep his hands to himself as the children complain. Keeping his hands to himself causes both social and disciplinary problems for James, but once in the classroom he finds himself feeling more calm and organized as he is allowed to play with the fidgety toy that is tied to the bottom of his desk. Fidgeting is common in sensory-seeking children. This was another idea the OT had for James to help him keep his hands to himself and be more organized and centered during class. &lt;br /&gt;	&amp;ldquo;Take your pencils out and turn your language book to page 15,&amp;rdquo; says the teacher. &lt;br /&gt;	James takes out his pencil with a chewy rubber topper. This T-shaped pencil topper with little nubbies on it is designed for James to chew on. It was another idea the OT had and encouraged James&amp;rsquo;s parents to try it in the school setting. The teacher was reluctant at first, thinking it would be distracting, but after a week trialing the chewy pencil topper, she is convinced that having James chew on this specially designed pencil topper is better than him eating the communally shared erasers each table has. Initially the teacher thought James was just being silly, or even hungry, as he would consistently eat pieces of the eraser, disrupting the class as the other children at the table protested. She is now very thankful for the pencil topper that James&amp;rsquo;s parents shared with her, and recognizes that James has a sensory processing disorder, which makes him constantly seek out input from the senses, including oral sensations. &lt;br /&gt;	In the school environment, James&amp;rsquo;s behavior is especially disrupting. Before his parents met with his teacher to discuss what the OT had explained, the teachers had been punishing James constantly and were beginning to label him as a disobedient and &amp;ldquo;bad&amp;rdquo; child. Children who are sensory-seeking are often labeled &amp;ldquo;bad&amp;rdquo;, which causes the child to see himself as &amp;ldquo;bad&amp;rdquo;, and so he begins to act &amp;ldquo;bad&amp;rdquo;. James is not &amp;ldquo;bad&amp;rdquo;, however, and when given tools and activities to help him deal with his sensory experiences, James can better be in charge and learn self-regulation. This allows him to work better in all situations and environments and supports the development of his nervous system. &lt;br /&gt;	When James&amp;rsquo;s dad picks him up after school, he shows no signs he is at all worn out. &lt;br /&gt;	&amp;ldquo;Ready to head to the park, kiddo?&amp;rdquo; Asks his dad. The OT recommended that his parents offer him several chances throughout the day to have 15-20 minutes of jumping, running, swinging and spinning experiences and so his parents have made it a habit to go to the park directly after school to give him some sensory input time. &lt;br /&gt;	After James has run around the park for half an hour, they return home for dinner. &lt;br /&gt;	&amp;ldquo;Hot and spicy tortillas! Yeah!&amp;rdquo; yells James as he pours more hot sauce on his tortillas. He even enjoys spicy food in his quest for sensations. &lt;br /&gt;	When it&amp;rsquo;s time for bed, James&amp;rsquo;s mother puts on a calming CD the OT gave her and begins to do a deep pressure massage to help prepare him for bed. She hopes she&amp;rsquo;s doing it right and makes a note to ask the OT to show her again which direction to massage the limbs. James seems to enjoy the massage thoroughly, though, and when she finishes she is able to tuck him tightly under the covers and kiss him goodnight. &lt;br /&gt;	&amp;ldquo;Tight as a bug in a rug! Sleep well my little prince,&amp;rdquo; she says in a soothing voice. She turns out the light, leaves the CD running, and walks back to the living room to enjoy a couple more hours of alone time with her husband. She enters smiling. It&amp;rsquo;s the first time in a long time she doesn&amp;rsquo;t hear anything coming from James&amp;rsquo;s room after tucking him &lt;br /&gt;into bed. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;References&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Case-Smith, J, (2004). Occupational Therapy for Children. (5th ed). Philadelphia, PA:  Mosby.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Greenspan, S., &amp; Wieder, S. (1998). The Child with Special Needs. Boston, MA: Perseus Books.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Miller, Lucy Jane (2006). Sensational Kids: Hope and Help for Children with Sensory &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Processing Disorder (SPD). New York, NY: Penguin Group.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;About the Author&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Bachelor Degree in Health Science from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, USA&lt;br /&gt;- Doctorate in Occupational Therapy (OTD) from Creighton University (Cum Laude), Dr. Tara Konradi has worked as an occupational therapist in a variety of clinical settings in the US including schools, sensory integration clinics, hospitals and nursing homes. &lt;br /&gt;She most recently has worked as a private contractor with the New York City Public School System and at a pediatric clinic with children with complex medical conditions in New York.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;In the area of pediatric occupational therapy, she has a wide range of experience including teaching handwriting skills, treating sensory integration problems and motor coordination training.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Born and raised in the heart of the US, she has relocated to Spain to&amp;nbsp;marry her fianc&amp;eacute;e and continue her vocation: assist others achieve greater independence and satisfaction in their daily lives.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;a name="fb_share" type="button" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php"&gt;Share&lt;/a&gt;&lt;script src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share" type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img class="imageStyle" alt="tara" src="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/tara.png" width="124" height="125"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Tara Konradi is an Occupational Therapist at SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute (C/ Sagasta 8 1&amp;ordm; Madrid, 91 10 20 610).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;You can find sinews at: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sinews.es" rel="external"&gt;www.sinews.es&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Address: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;C/ Sagasta n&amp;ordm; 8, 1&amp;ordm; CP. 28004 MADRID&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align:justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;Telephone:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt; 91 10 20 610 (Mon-Fri: 8:30 AM to 8:00 PM)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;Fax:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt; 91 70 14 061&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/BIGour-logo.jpg.jpg' rel='zoom' title='OUR LOGO'&gt;&lt;img  alt='OUR LOGO' class='imageStyle' src="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/our-logo.png" width="166" height="138"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; font-weight:bold; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;VERSI&amp;Oacute;N ESPA&amp;Ntilde;OL&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; font-weight:bold; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;Jaime, un hijo de seis a&amp;ntilde;os en busca de sensaciones&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; font-weight:bold; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Un d&amp;iacute;a en la vida de un ni&amp;ntilde;o con un Trastorno de Procesamiento Sensorial)&lt;br /&gt;Tara Konradi, Terapeuta Ocupacional&lt;br /&gt;SINEWS Instituto de Terapia Multiling&amp;uuml;e&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;&amp;iexcl;Pam!, ca&amp;iacute;da, choque, unos pies galopando&amp;rdquo;, Ana salta de su cama al sonido de su hijo de 6 a&amp;ntilde;os corriendo por el pasillo hacia el sal&amp;oacute;n. Mira el reloj, no son todav&amp;iacute;a las 7 de la ma&amp;ntilde;ana. Su marido sigue profundamente dormido a su lado mientras ella se desliza de la cama y se dirige al sal&amp;oacute;n donde encuentra a Jaime, su hijo, con todos sus juguetes desperdigados por la habitaci&amp;oacute;n.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;&amp;iexcl;Zooom!, &amp;iexcl;Mira mam&amp;aacute;!, grita al mismo tiempo que salta, avi&amp;oacute;n de juguete en mano, desde el sill&amp;oacute;n. Al principio, Ana se desespera y tiene ganas de gritar a Jaime por saltar sobre el sof&amp;aacute;, pero le viene a la mente lo que la terapeuta ocupacional le ha comentado sobre la necesidad de Jaime de buscar sensaciones f&amp;iacute;sicas, especialmente en los m&amp;uacute;sculos y articulaciones con movimientos bruscos y tambi&amp;eacute;n a trav&amp;eacute;s del sonido. &amp;ldquo;&amp;iexcl;Guau!, &amp;iexcl;eres un piloto!&amp;rdquo;, exclama Ana a la vez que sujeta sus brazos y le ayuda a saltar otra vez. A continuaci&amp;oacute;n le da vueltas boca abajo en sus brazos como un avi&amp;oacute;n al mismo tiempo que exclama entusiasmada: &amp;ldquo;&amp;iexcl;Estupendo aterrizaje, piloto! Ahora vamos a prepararnos para el siguiente destino: El cole. &amp;iexcl;Vamos, a vestirse!&amp;rdquo; Dice mientras le gu&amp;iacute;a por el pasillo a su cuarto sujet&amp;aacute;ndolo de las caderas y haciendo ruidos de avi&amp;oacute;n.&lt;br /&gt;	Ana deja a Jaime en su habitaci&amp;oacute;n para que se vista y va a prepararse ella tambi&amp;eacute;n. Su marido se ha levantado y pregunta si James est&amp;aacute; ya de pi&amp;eacute;. Una hola de rabia inunda a Ana al imaginarse a su marido durmiendo pl&amp;aacute;cidamente mientras ella sal&amp;iacute;a disparada para encargarse del ni&amp;ntilde;o. Sabe que su marido no es mal padre y que duerme como un tronco, pero no puede evitar un cierto rencor. Menos mal que al final estuvo de acuerdo en llevar al ni&amp;ntilde;o a terapia ocupacional.&lt;br /&gt;	Es curioso, ninguno de los dos hab&amp;iacute;a o&amp;iacute;do hablar de la terapia ocupacional hasta que la psic&amp;oacute;loga del cole les coment&amp;oacute; que podr&amp;iacute;a irle bien a Jaime. Despu&amp;eacute;s de semanas de quejas y notas de los profes y problemas en casa, hab&amp;iacute;an decidido solicitar una evaluaci&amp;oacute;n. La terapeuta ocupacional (TO) les explic&amp;oacute; que &amp;ldquo;la maquinaria&amp;rdquo; de Jaime va siempre demasiado acelerada y lo llam&amp;oacute; un Trastorno de Procesamiento Sensorial (TPS). Les dijo que el ni&amp;ntilde;o tiene dificultades para convertir la informaci&amp;oacute;n sensorial en comportamientos apropiados. Esto significa, en el caso de Jaime, que est&amp;aacute; constantemente persiguiendo y buscando de forma excitada sensaciones f&amp;iacute;sicas (informaci&amp;oacute;n sensorial). Tambi&amp;eacute;n les explicaron que existen otros casos en los que sucede lo contrario, la maquinaria va demasiado lenta, &amp;ldquo;&amp;iexcl;vaya, tuvo que tocarnos a nosotros el torbellino!&amp;rdquo;, pens&amp;oacute; ella.&lt;br /&gt;	Al principio, toda la familia estaba convencida de que Jaime era un ni&amp;ntilde;o hiperactivo, pero fueron a ver a un psic&amp;oacute;logo infantil que descart&amp;oacute; ese problema porque &amp;ldquo;hab&amp;iacute;a cosas que no encajaban&amp;rdquo;, al principio se sintieron un poco decepcionados porque a a alg&amp;uacute;n hijo de sus amigos le hab&amp;iacute;a ido tan bien el tratamiento... Ahora, despu&amp;eacute;s de s&amp;oacute;lo dos meses en Terapia Ocupacional, hab&amp;iacute;an visto un cambio tan grande en su hijo que estaban motivad&amp;iacute;simos con aprender m&amp;aacute;s trucos que ayuden a Jaime a organizar sus necesidades sensoriales, los que ya usan han ayudado mucho al ni&amp;ntilde;o a calmarse y centrar su atenci&amp;oacute;n.&lt;br /&gt;	Ana va a ver c&amp;oacute;mo le va a Jaime con lo de vestirse. La ropa que le hab&amp;iacute;a dejado en su orden sobre la cama estaba ahora desperdigada por el cuarto y s&amp;oacute;lo alguna que otra prenda hab&amp;iacute;a conseguido su lugar en el cuerpecito de su hijo. Ana se sonri&amp;oacute; mirando al ni&amp;ntilde;o en calcetines y camiseta pero sin pantalones, jugando con sus coches en una esquina del cuarto. &amp;ldquo;&amp;iexcl;Sigamos en marcha, tigre!&amp;rdquo; le dice mientras le hace cosquillas al mismo tiempo que alcanza los pantalones; le ayuda a pon&amp;eacute;rselos y le da un beso de camino al ba&amp;ntilde;o para terminar de prepararse. Lo que antes llevaba media hora y un buen enfado, la lucha para que Jaime se vista, se ha reducido a 15 minutos y, aunque ella todav&amp;iacute;a le ayuda con muchos pasos, va teniendo confianza en que pronto lo podr&amp;aacute; hacer &amp;eacute;l solito. Para los ni&amp;ntilde;os que necesitan buscar continuamente sensaciones, suele ser complicado organizar el comportamiento, de forma que tareas como vestirse son problem&amp;aacute;ticas porque su  necesidad de input sensorial (jugar con los coches) es tan demandante que implementar la actividad (vestirse) al mismo tiempo es bastante dif&amp;iacute;cil.&lt;br /&gt;Al ir hacia el coche, Jaime corre por el jardincillo de delante de la casa y ya se ha subido a la valla de la entrada. &amp;iexcl;Mira mam&amp;aacute;, soy un mono!, grita balance&amp;aacute;ndose desde la altura.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;&amp;iexcl;Guau, orangut&amp;aacute;n! &amp;iquest;qu&amp;eacute; te parece balancearte como un mono grande 5 veces m&amp;aacute;s y despu&amp;eacute;s meterte de un salto en el coche? Ana responde con la esperanza de que dejar a Jaime moverse un poco le proporcionar&amp;aacute; suficiente experiencia sensorial para permanecer tranquilo durante el trayecto en coche hasta el cole. &amp;ldquo;&amp;iexcl;Una, dos, treeeeees, cuatro y ciiiiiinco!de un salto el ni&amp;ntilde;o se baja de la valla y se mete en el coche sin resistencia. A su madre se le escapa un suspiro de alivio, &amp;iexcl;funcion&amp;oacute;!&lt;br /&gt;	Ya en clase, podemos ver a Jaime tocando, pegando y empujando a los ni&amp;ntilde;os en el vest&amp;iacute;bulo. Sus compa&amp;ntilde;eros protestan y el profesor le grita que tenga las manos quietas. No poder mantener las manos quietas es algo que ha causado al ni&amp;ntilde;o problemas de relaci&amp;oacute;n y disciplinarios en el pasado. Pero una vez en su aula, se encuentra m&amp;aacute;s calmado y centrado porque se le permite juguetear con una bolita de goma con pelos que cuelga debajo de su pupitre. La incapacidad para dejar de moverse es muy frecuente en los ni&amp;ntilde;os &amp;ldquo;buscadores de sensaciones&amp;rdquo;. Esta fue una idea de la TO para ayudar a Jaime a mantener sus manos ocupadas y as&amp;iacute; estar algo m&amp;aacute;s concentrado y mejorar su comportamiento durante las clases.&lt;br /&gt;	&amp;ldquo;Coged vuestros lapices y abrid el libro de lengua en la p&amp;aacute;gina 15&amp;rdquo;, dice el profe. James coge su l&amp;aacute;piz con un extremo de goma masticable, este utensilio para el l&amp;aacute;piz est&amp;aacute; dise&amp;ntilde;ado para que el ni&amp;ntilde;o lo pueda morder. Fue otra de las ideas que aport&amp;oacute; su terapeuta ocupacional para cuando el ni&amp;ntilde;o est&amp;aacute; en el cole. El profe era reticente al principio, pensaba que todo esto podr&amp;iacute;a distraerle, pero despu&amp;eacute;s de dejarse convencer para una semana de prueba ha comprobado que esto es mejor que destrozar su propio l&amp;aacute;piz o morder las gomas de los dem&amp;aacute;s. Al principo, la verdad es que el tutor pensaba que Jaime estaba simplemente haciendo el tonto o que &amp;iquest;ten&amp;iacute;a hambre?, porque siempre terminaba mordisqueando todas las gomas lo que molestaba a los otros ni&amp;ntilde;os, que protestaban. Ahora entiende que este comportamiento extra&amp;ntilde;o es el resultado de que Jaime tiene un Trastorno del Procesamiento Sensorial que le lleva a buscar constantemente input a trav&amp;eacute;s de los sentidos, incluyendo el tacto y las sensaciones orales (de ah&amp;iacute; que se llevase tantas cosas a la boca).&lt;br /&gt;	En el entorno escolar, la conducta de Jaime est&amp;aacute; especialmente alterada. Antes de que el tutor recibiese informaci&amp;oacute;n de la TO, los profes castigaban continuamente al ni&amp;ntilde;o y empezaban a etiquetarlo de &amp;ldquo;desobediente&amp;rdquo; y &amp;ldquo;un ni&amp;ntilde;o dif&amp;iacute;cil&amp;rdquo;. Suele pasarles a los ni&amp;ntilde;os con este problema y eso en ocasiones les lleva a asumir ese rol de ni&amp;ntilde;o &amp;ldquo;malo&amp;rdquo; y actuar como se espera de ellos. James, por supuesto, no es un ni&amp;ntilde;o &amp;ldquo;malo&amp;rdquo; y si se le facilitan instrumentos y actividades para ayudarle con las experiencias sensoriales es capaz de controlarse mejor y aprender a autorregularse. Esto le permite trabajar mejor en todas las situaciones y entornos y ayuda al desarrollo de su sistema nervioso.&lt;br /&gt;	Cuando su padre le recoge en el colegio, Jaime no parece estar en absoluto agotado. &amp;ldquo;&amp;iquest;Preparado-listo para ir al parque?&amp;rdquo; pregunta pap&amp;aacute;. La TO recomienda que se ofrezcan al ni&amp;ntilde;o varias oportunidades a lo largo del d&amp;iacute;a de tener 15- 20 minutos para saltar, correr, dar vueltas, trepar... as&amp;iacute;, que sus padres han adquirido el h&amp;aacute;bito de ir al parque directamente desde la escuela para un rato de &amp;ldquo;input sensorial&amp;rdquo;. Despu&amp;eacute;s de que su hijo haya corrido por el parque durante media hora, vuelven a casa en mejor disposici&amp;oacute;n para los deberes (que han dejado de ser una tortura gracias a algunos peque&amp;ntilde;os trucos que les ense&amp;ntilde;&amp;oacute; la terapeuta).&lt;br /&gt;	&amp;ldquo;Burritos para cenar, &amp;iexcl;hurra!&amp;rdquo;, su demanda de sensaciones le lleva incluso a echarles una dosis extra de salsa picante. Cuando llega la hora de irse a la cama, mami le pone un CD de m&amp;uacute;sica relajante y empieza un masaje con presiones profundas que la OT le ha ense&amp;ntilde;ado y que prepara al ni&amp;ntilde;o para el sue&amp;ntilde;o. No est&amp;aacute; muy segura de estar haci&amp;eacute;ndolo bien, as&amp;iacute; que se anota en la agenda: &amp;ldquo; preguntar a Tara la direcci&amp;oacute;n del masaje en las piernas&amp;rdquo;. A Jaime parecen encantarle las sensaciones del masaje y ya s&amp;oacute;lo queda remeter bien mantas y s&amp;aacute;bana para mantener su cuerpecito envuelto en una leve tensi&amp;oacute;n bajo las mismas y darle el beso de buenas noches. &lt;br /&gt;	&amp;ldquo;Envuelto como la larva de un gusano de seda,  buenas noches, mi amor&amp;rdquo; dice Ana en un susurro. Apaga la luz, deja el CD funcionando y vuelve al salon a disfrutar sus dos horitas de pareja del d&amp;iacute;a. Sonr&amp;iacute;e al pensar que es la primera vez en mucho tiempo que no oye nada al darse la vuelta despu&amp;eacute;s de cerrar la puerta.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bibliograf&amp;iacute;a:&lt;br /&gt;-Case-Smith, J, (2004). Occupational Therapy for Children. (5th ed). Philadelphia, PA: Mosby.&lt;br /&gt;-Greenspan, S., &amp; Wieder, S. (1998). The Child with Special Needs. Boston, MA: Perseus &lt;br /&gt;Books.&lt;br /&gt;-Miller, Lucy Jane (2006). Sensational Kids: Hope and Help for Children with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD). New York, NY: Penguin Group.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sobre la autora:&lt;br /&gt;	&amp;bull;	Diplomada en Terapia Ocupacional por la Universidad de Creighton, Nebraska, USA &lt;br /&gt;	&amp;bull;	Doctora en Terapia Ocupacional por la Universidad de Creighton (tesis calificada CUM LAUDE)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px &amp;#39;Lucida Grande&amp;#39;, LucidaGrande, Verdana, sans-serif; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; "&gt;La Dra.Tara Konradi acumula experiencia como terapeuta ocupacional en entornos cl&amp;iacute;nicos muy diversos de Estados Unidos. Llega a Espa&amp;ntilde;a desde Nueva York, donde trabajaba como terapeuta ocupacional consultora externa para la Red de Colegios P&amp;uacute;blicos y en una cl&amp;iacute;nica pedi&amp;aacute;trica del &amp;aacute;mbito privado.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px &amp;#39;Lucida Grande&amp;#39;, LucidaGrande, Verdana, sans-serif; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; "&gt;En el &amp;aacute;rea de la terapia ocupacional pedi&amp;aacute;trica, tiene amplia experiencia ayudando en el aprendizaje de la escritura a ni&amp;ntilde;os con dificultades, desarrollando t&amp;eacute;cnicas de integraci&amp;oacute;n sensorial o entrenando la coordinaci&amp;oacute;n motora.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Actualmente trabaja en Madrid como miembro del equipo multidisciplinar de SINEWS Instituto de Terapia Multiling&amp;uuml;e.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Para saber m&amp;aacute;s sobre SINEWS: www.sinews.es&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px &amp;#39;Lucida Grande&amp;#39;, LucidaGrande, Verdana, sans-serif; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; "&gt;Address: C/ Sagasta n&amp;ordm; 8, 1&amp;ordm; CP. 28004 MADRID (DISTRITO CHAMBER&amp;Iacute;)&lt;br /&gt;Telephone: 91 10 20 610 (de lunes a viernes, de 8:30 AM a 8:00 PM)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px &amp;#39;Lucida Grande&amp;#39;, LucidaGrande, Verdana, sans-serif; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;a name="fb_share" type="button" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php"&gt;Share&lt;/a&gt;&lt;script src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share" type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; 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font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;Jelly Bees&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;English speaking playgroup (0-4 years) Thursday mornings starts Thursday January 7th.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;A warm indoor play area for parents &amp; kids. &lt;br /&gt;Coffee/ tea for parents. Toys, books, slide and bolas for kids. &lt;br /&gt;At En Lugar de Chamberi, 11- 12.15,&amp;nbsp; &amp;euro;5 per child (www.enunlugarde.es) &lt;br /&gt;Please contact Diana at jellybeesmadrid@gmail.com to reserve a place or just to find out more.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px &amp;#39;Lucida Grande&amp;#39;, LucidaGrande, Verdana, sans-serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;(Metro - Bilbao, Quevedo, Iglesia)&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;Jelly Bees &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;Playgroup en Ingl&amp;eacute;s (0-4 a&amp;ntilde;os) para padres y ni&amp;ntilde;os en la Ludoteca y Centro de Ocio Infant&amp;iacute;l del barrio de Chamber&amp;iacute;. &lt;br /&gt;Caf&amp;eacute; y T&amp;eacute; para padres. Juegos, libros, tobog&amp;aacute;n y Parque de bolas para los mas peques.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;Todos los Jueves a partir del 7 de Enero de 11:00 - 12.15 en "En un Lugar de Chamberi" 5&amp;euro; por cada ni&amp;ntilde;o (www.enunlugarde.es)&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Contactar con Diana en jellybeesmadrid@gmail.com para hacer la reserva, o si quer&amp;eacute;is mas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px &amp;#39;Lucida Grande&amp;#39;, LucidaGrande, Verdana, sans-serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;informaci&amp;oacute;n.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px &amp;#39;Lucida Grande&amp;#39;, LucidaGrande, Verdana, sans-serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;C/ Gonzalo de C&amp;oacute;rdoba n&amp;ordm; 17 (Metro - Bilbao, Quevedo, Iglesia)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;a name="fb_share" type="button" share_url="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kidsinmadrid/450508570166" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php"&gt;Share&lt;/a&gt;&lt;script src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share" type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;script src='http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/FancyZoom.js' type='text/javascript'&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script src='http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/FancyZoomHTML.js' type='text/javascript'&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script type='text/javascript'&gt;var zoomImagesURI   = 'http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/';setupZoom();&lt;/script&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3288551802517833982-4781995515983008892?l=kidsinmadrid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=4781995515983008892' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=4781995515983008892' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=4781995515983008892'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=4781995515983008892'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=4781995515983008892' title='Jelly Bees New English Playgroup - Jelly Bees Nuevo Grupo de Juego en Inglés (0-4)'/><author><name>palomablanca21</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08666928102105456391</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.loghound.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11646521942133974054'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288551802517833982.post-9051514868523541143</id><published>2009-11-11T00:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-11T00:42:16.501-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Un minuto ....  A minute for Madeleine McCann ...</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; font-weight:bold; "&gt;(ENGLISH VERSION FURTHER DOWN) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UN MINUTO PARA MADELEINE...&lt;br /&gt;AY&amp;Uacute;DANOS A DIFUNDIR ESTE NUEVO MENSAJE ONLINDE DE LA POLIC&amp;Iacute;A&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Londres, 3 Noviembre. El el centro nacional para la protecci&amp;oacute;n de ni&amp;ntilde;os del Reino Unido - the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre - ha enviado hoy un mensaje online (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; color:#0C4698;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/ceop"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/ceop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; color:#5F1D6A;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yUZBHHYhmQ"&gt;)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;&amp;nbsp;destinado a alguna persona cercana a quien est&amp;eacute; envuelto en la desaparici&amp;oacute;n de Madeleine McCann.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;La persona a quien queremos llegar puede ser un socio, familiar, amigo o colega de quien o quienes est&amp;aacute;n involucrados en la desaparici&amp;oacute;n de Madeleine. Tambi&amp;eacute;n es muy probable que ellos, o alguien muy cercano, use internet para buscar cualquier dato que pueda sugerir que la polic&amp;iacute;a est&amp;eacute; muy cerca de descubrir la verdad.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;"Hoy queremos entregar un mensaje a esa persona y le pedimos a cualquiera que se conecte a internet que nos ayude. Queremos que este mensaje se difunda tanto que est&amp;eacute; a s&amp;oacute;lo un click de cualquier contacto de Madeleine como un recordatorio constante para esa persona de que nunca es tarde para hacer lo correcto - que jam&amp;aacute;s es demasiado tarde &amp;nbsp;para reivindicarse."&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;"Por tanto, si Ud. es padre o cuida ni&amp;ntilde;os, un estudiante o miembro de alguna red social, tiene blog o email, o se maneja de alg&amp;uacute;n modo en el ambiente de internet, mucho o poco, &amp;nbsp;por favor mire este video hoy, cr&amp;eacute;ele un link, comp&amp;aacute;rtalo con sus amigos y post&amp;eacute;elo en las comidades online que Ud. usa. Haga lo que pueda para difundirlo de manera online en el mundo. Queremos que hacerlo omnipresente para que as&amp;iacute; esa persona a quien tratamos de llegar lo vea y se anime a hacer lo correcto"&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;El mensaje est&amp;aacute; disponible en &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; color:#0C4698;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="http://ceop.police.uk/"&gt;ceop.police.uk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;&amp;nbsp; en siete idiomas diferentes - Ingl&amp;eacute;s, &amp;Aacute;rabe, Franc&amp;eacute;s, Alem&amp;aacute;n, Italiano, Portugu&amp;eacute;s y Espa&amp;ntilde;ol.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Gracias por ayudarnos a exponer esta importante informaci&amp;oacute;n.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Sylvia&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; color:#0C4698;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="http://helpingtofindmadeleine.org/"&gt;http://helpingtofindmadeleine.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; color:#0C4698;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; font-weight:bold; "&gt;A MINUTE FOR MADELEINE ...&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;HELP SPREAD A NEW ONLINE POLICE MESSAGE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;London, 3 November. The UK's national law enforcement centre for protecting children - the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre - has today issued an online viral message (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; color:#0C4698;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/ceop"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/ceop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; color:#601D6A;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yUZBHHYhmQ"&gt;)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;&amp;nbsp;aimed at anyone close to the person who was involved in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;The person we are looking to reach is likely to be a partner, family member, friend or colleague of the person or people who were involved in Madeleine's disappearance. It is also highly probable that they, or someone close to them, is using the internet to search for any updates that may suggest the police are getting closer to discovering the truth.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;"Today we want to deliver a message to that person and we're asking everyone who goes online to help us. We want the message to become so widespread that it becomes just one click from any Madeleine search as a constant reminder to that person that it is never too late to do the right thing - that it is never too late for that person to redeem themselves.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;"So if you are a parent or carer, a student or member of the public who is a social networker, blogger or emailer, or if you run any type of online environment, big or small please look at the film today, link to it, share it with your friends and post it in the online communities you occupy. Do everything you can to spread it around the online world. We want to make it omnipresent so that the person we are trying to reach sees it and is prompted to do the right thing."&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;The message is available at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; color:#0C4698;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="http://ceop.police.uk/"&gt;ceop.police.uk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt; and is in seven different languages - English, Arabic, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you for helping us get out this important information.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Sylvia&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; color:#0C4698;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="http://helpingtofindmadeleine.org/"&gt;http://helpingtofindmadeleine.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3288551802517833982-9051514868523541143?l=kidsinmadrid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=9051514868523541143' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=9051514868523541143' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=9051514868523541143'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=9051514868523541143'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=9051514868523541143' title='Un minuto ....  A minute for Madeleine McCann ...'/><author><name>palomablanca21</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08666928102105456391</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.loghound.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11646521942133974054'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288551802517833982.post-2790477022911604863</id><published>2009-11-04T09:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-04T09:26:19.152-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='november - noviembre'/><title type='text'>Sticky Fingers Fair - Feria 7 de noviembre</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;img class="imageStyle" alt="Screen shot 2009-11-04 at 6.25.06 PM" src="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/screen-shot-2009-11-04-at-6.25.06-pm.png" width="480" height="366"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3288551802517833982-2790477022911604863?l=kidsinmadrid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=2790477022911604863' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=2790477022911604863' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=2790477022911604863'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=2790477022911604863'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=2790477022911604863' title='Sticky Fingers Fair - Feria 7 de noviembre'/><author><name>palomablanca21</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08666928102105456391</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.loghound.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11646521942133974054'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288551802517833982.post-5248544865447802942</id><published>2009-10-26T04:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-26T04:12:33.570-07:00</updated><title type='text'>“ESCUELA DE PADRES” DE TVE 2 BUSCA FAMILIAS - DO YOU WANT TO GO ON TV?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font:18px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;&amp;ldquo;ESCUELA DE PADRES&amp;rdquo; DE TVE 2 BUSCA FAMILIAS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:18px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Soy Lorena Montiel, redactora del programa ESCUELA DE PADRES que se emite cada s&amp;aacute;bado a las 14 horas en la 2 de TVE. En nuestro programa tratamos m&amp;uacute;ltiples temas sobre las familias, especialmente, realizamos reportajes sobre las preocupaciones que en estos momentos podamos tener sobre nuestros hijos o cuestiones que podamos plantearnos sobre su educaci&amp;oacute;n. Para aconsejaros y poner soluci&amp;oacute;n a esos peque&amp;ntilde;os problemillas cotidianos, contamos con dos psic&amp;oacute;logos de reconocido prestigio en el &amp;aacute;mbito de la psicolog&amp;iacute;a infantil y juvenil que pueden dar respuestas a vuestras cuestiones y, sobre todo, ofreceros su ayuda.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Si os anim&amp;aacute;is a participar en nuestro programa o quer&amp;eacute;is conocer m&amp;aacute;s detalles sobre el mismo, no dud&amp;eacute;is en poneros en contacto conmigo en el tel&amp;eacute;fono 914436078 o bien a trav&amp;eacute;s del mail lorena.montiel@unidadeditorial.es&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Espero que os anim&amp;eacute;is, un saludo&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Lorena Montiel&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:18px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ENGLISH VERSION: &amp;ldquo;ESCUELA DE PADRES&amp;rdquo; DE TVE 2 IS LOOKING FOR FAMILIES&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:18px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;I'm Lorena Montiel, programme editor of ESCUELA DE PADRES which goes out every Saturday on TVE channel 2 at 2pm. In our programme we tackle a lot of family related issues, in particular we feature and discuss concerns that we as parents may have concerning our children's education.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In order to guide you and give you solutions to those little daily problems, we have two highly recognised child pschycologists who can answer your questions and above all offer you some guidance. &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;If you would like to participate in this programme or you want a little more information, please contact me by telephone 914436078 or email on lorena.montiel@unidadeditorial.es&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Kind regards&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Lorena Montiel&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img class="imageStyle" alt="3288551802517833982-7306355211344682691" src="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/3288551802517833982-7306355211344682691.png" width="1" height="1"/&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3288551802517833982-5248544865447802942?l=kidsinmadrid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=5248544865447802942' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=5248544865447802942' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=5248544865447802942'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=5248544865447802942'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=5248544865447802942' title='“ESCUELA DE PADRES” DE TVE 2 BUSCA FAMILIAS - DO YOU WANT TO GO ON TV?'/><author><name>palomablanca21</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08666928102105456391</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.loghound.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11646521942133974054'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288551802517833982.post-7318067926155353697</id><published>2009-10-24T06:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-24T06:38:32.154-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Education'/><title type='text'>Bilingual Readers</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/BIGbilingual-readers-pink.jpg.jpg' rel='zoom' title='bilingual readers pink'&gt;&lt;img  alt='bilingual readers pink' class='imageStyle' src="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/bilingual-readers-pink.png" width="197" height="238"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&amp;iquest;Sab&amp;iacute;as que el periodo fundamental para que los ni&amp;ntilde;os alcancen un nivel biling&amp;uuml;e en m&amp;aacute;s de un idioma acaba hacia los siete a&amp;ntilde;os? Si para el cerebro de un adulto aprender un idioma es con frecuencia dif&amp;iacute;cil, para un ni&amp;ntilde;o menor de siete a&amp;ntilde;os es pan comido. Los &amp;uacute;ltimos estudios resaltan la importancia de aprovechar los primeros a&amp;ntilde;os de vida para exponer a los ni&amp;ntilde;os a nuevos idiomas, por lo que cada vez m&amp;aacute;s padres buscan recursos que les ayuden a desarrollar las habilidades ling&amp;uuml;&amp;iacute;sticas de sus hijos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De esta necesidad surge Bilingual Readers (http://www.bilingualreaders.es), una nueva editorial que provee de recursos biling&amp;uuml;es a familias y comunidades. &amp;ldquo;Crecer con m&amp;aacute;s de un idioma puede ser una experiencia muy enriquecedora tanto para ni&amp;ntilde;os como para padres y profesores, &amp;iexcl;y tambi&amp;eacute;n puede ser muy divertido!&amp;rdquo;, explican los cofundadores, Deanna Lyles e &amp;Iacute;&amp;ntilde;igo Gil. "Nuestro cat&amp;aacute;logo de libros biling&amp;uuml;es espa&amp;ntilde;ol/ingl&amp;eacute;s, juegos y materiales crece constantemente y ayudar&amp;aacute; a los padres a reforzar las capacidades ling&amp;uuml;&amp;iacute;sticas de sus hijos e inculcar en ellos el amor por la lectura desde el primer d&amp;iacute;a", a&amp;ntilde;aden.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pero &amp;iquest;por qu&amp;eacute; es tan importante la lectura para el aprendizaje de nuevos idiomas? A menudo, la expresi&amp;oacute;n escrita se diferencia enormemente de la oral, as&amp;iacute; que al leer en voz alta a tus hijos los expones a nuevas maneras de combinar palabras. Los ni&amp;ntilde;os biling&amp;uuml;es a quienes sus padres leen en m&amp;aacute;s de un idioma tienen el beneficio a&amp;ntilde;adido de reforzar los fonemas, vocabulario y sintaxis de cada idioma. Por si a&amp;uacute;n no est&amp;aacute;s convencido, d&amp;eacute;cadas de investigaci&amp;oacute;n han demostrado que la lectura compartida entre padres e hijos ayuda a desarrollar la capacidad de o&amp;iacute;r y comprender los patrones ling&amp;uuml;&amp;iacute;sticos, el ritmo y la rima, la identificaci&amp;oacute;n de objetos y mucho m&amp;aacute;s. Cuanto m&amp;aacute;s oiga cada uno de sus idiomas, m&amp;aacute;s desarrolladas estar&amp;aacute;n las &amp;aacute;reas correspondientes al lenguaje de su cerebro biling&amp;uuml;e.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Los libros y juegos biling&amp;uuml;es de Bilingual Readers est&amp;aacute;n dise&amp;ntilde;ados para suplir esta necesidad para todas las familias que quieren exponer a sus hijos al ingl&amp;eacute;s desde muy peque&amp;ntilde;os. Sus primeros dos libros, Easy Alphabet/&amp;iexcl;Abecedario f&amp;aacute;cil! y Two Little Libros: Animals/Animales son un magn&amp;iacute;fico ejemplo de c&amp;oacute;mo las familias pueden aprovechar la lectura para fomentar el desarrollo ling&amp;uuml;&amp;iacute;stico de sus hijos mientras juegan y leen con ellos. Aunque estos dos primeros libros estar&amp;aacute;n disponibles en librer&amp;iacute;as espa&amp;ntilde;olas a partir del 20 de octubre de 2009, Bilingual Readers ya lleva mucho tiempo trabajando para proveer a los padres con los recursos necesarios para criar a sus hijos en m&amp;aacute;s de un idioma. Tanto su blog como su bolet&amp;iacute;n electr&amp;oacute;nico mensual gratuito ya est&amp;aacute;n funcionando desde hace varios meses, y tambi&amp;eacute;n se puede estar en contacto con Bilingual Readers en Facebook y en Twitter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bilingual Readers comenz&amp;oacute; cuando Deanna e &amp;Iacute;&amp;ntilde;igo, una pareja de estadounidense y espa&amp;ntilde;ol, empezaron a investigar sobre la adquisici&amp;oacute;n de la capacidad del biling&amp;uuml;ismo, sobre la alfabetizaci&amp;oacute;n temprana de los ni&amp;ntilde;os y sobre t&amp;eacute;cnicas multiling&amp;uuml;es para padres. Les fascin&amp;oacute; el importante papel que juega la lectura, incluso en los ni&amp;ntilde;os criados en hogares monoling&amp;uuml;es, y llegaron a la conclusi&amp;oacute;n de que leer era fundamental para reforzar las capacidades ling&amp;uuml;&amp;iacute;sticas en los ni&amp;ntilde;os biling&amp;uuml;es. Por este motivo empezaron a trabajar en un variado conjunto de productos que ayudaran a los padres de ni&amp;ntilde;os biling&amp;uuml;es a desarrollar y reforzar sus capacidades a trav&amp;eacute;s de la lectura, &amp;iexcl;y as&amp;iacute; naci&amp;oacute; Bilingual Readers!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ENGLISH VERSION&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Did you know the critical period for children to acquire native-like language skills in more than one language ends around age 7? While learning a new language is often difficult for our mature adult brains, it&amp;rsquo;s actually a piece of cake for children. Recent studies have emphasized the importance of exposing small children to new languages, which has led many parents to search for resources which will help develop their children's linguistic abilities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bilingual Readers (http://www.bilingualreaders.com), a brand new publishing company which provides bilingual resources for families and communities, was created in response to this need.  &amp;ldquo;Growing up with more than one language can be an enriching experience for children, parents and teachers alike, and the great news is it can also be a lot of fun!&amp;rdquo;, explain cofounders, Deanna Lyles and &amp;Iacute;&amp;ntilde;igo Gil. "Our catalogue of English/Spanish bilingual books, games, music and activities is a constantly growing source of materials, which will help parents to reinforce their children's language skills and instill a love of reading in them from day one," they add.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But why exactly is reading so important for learning new languages? Written language often differs greatly from oral expression, so by reading aloud to your children you are also exposing them to new ways of combining words. Bilingual children whose parents or other caregivers read to them in more than one language have the added benefit of reinforcing phonemes, vocabulary and sentence structure from each individual language. If you still aren't convinced, decades of research have shown that shared parent-child reading helps develop skills such as hearing and distinguishing language patterns, rhythm and rhyme, labeling objects and much more. The more your child hears each language, the better developed the corresponding language centers of his bilingual brain will be.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bilingual Readers' catalogue of bilingual books and games was specifically designed to provide the necessary resources for families who want to expose their children to new languages from an early age. This new publishing company will launch with two titles, Easy Alphabet/&amp;iexcl;Abecedario f&amp;aacute;cil! and Two Little Libros: Sea Animals/Animales del mar y Jungle Animals/Animales de la selva, which are a great example of how families can use our products to stimulate their children's language development through reading and playing together. Although these first two products will be available in bookstores all over Spain as of October 20, 2009, Bilingual Readers has already been working for months to provide parents with the resources they need to raise bilingual children. Both their blog and monthly e-newsletter are a constant source of information, and you can also keep in touch with Bilingual Readers on Facebook and Twitter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bilingual Readers got its start when American/Spanish couple Deanna and &amp;Iacute;&amp;ntilde;igo began doing extensive research on bilingual language acquisition, early children's literacy and multilingual parenting techniques in order to be as prepared as possible for raising their own bilingual children someday. Both were fascinated by the important role reading plays even in monolingual language development and could only conclude that reading was even more important for reinforcing language skills in bilingual children. So they set off to develop a set of products which would help the parents of bilingual children to develop and reinforce their children's language skills through reading, and Bilingual Readers was born!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;script src='http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/FancyZoom.js' type='text/javascript'&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script src='http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/FancyZoomHTML.js' type='text/javascript'&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script type='text/javascript'&gt;var zoomImagesURI   = 'http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/';setupZoom();&lt;/script&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3288551802517833982-7318067926155353697?l=kidsinmadrid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=7318067926155353697' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=7318067926155353697' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=7318067926155353697'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=7318067926155353697'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=7318067926155353697' title='Bilingual Readers'/><author><name>palomablanca21</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08666928102105456391</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.loghound.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11646521942133974054'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288551802517833982.post-3344236168312225617</id><published>2009-10-11T04:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-11T05:01:29.097-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='schools'/><title type='text'>Madrid Montessori - Día de puertas abiertas - Open House 17 Oct 09</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#BD149A;font-weight:bold; 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"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dear Sir/Madam&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; font-weight:bold; "&gt;A Plea for Information in the search for our daughter Madeleine McCann&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As you are aware, we are conducting our own investigation and search to help find our daughter Madeleine (now 6 years old). Madeleine was abducted in Praia da Luz, Portugal on 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; "&gt;rd&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; "&gt; May 2007.&lt;br /&gt;We don't know where she is now.&lt;br /&gt;We are asking for your help.&lt;br /&gt;Your information could be the vital lead that brings Madeleine home to us.&amp;nbsp; There is &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; font-weight:bold; "&gt;absolutely nothing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; "&gt; to suggest that Madeleine has been harmed.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; font-weight:bold; "&gt;We love her dearly and miss her beyond words&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; "&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Madeleine is still a very &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; font-weight:bold; "&gt;findable&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; "&gt; little girl and we&amp;nbsp;need your help to&amp;nbsp;bring her home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; "&gt;Please take time to look at our website&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0C4698;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.findmadeleine.com/"&gt;&amp;nbsp;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;It contains the most recent poster of Madeleine along with e-fits of people who&amp;nbsp;are of significant interest to the Investigation Team.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0C4698;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.findmadeleine.com/"&gt;http://www.findmadeleine.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please call our Investigation Line on: 0845 838 4699 or email &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0C4698;"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:investigation@findmadeleine.com"&gt;investigation@findmadeleine.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; "&gt; if you have any information which you consider relevant. If you want to contact us anonymously please email us at: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0C4698;"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:anonymous@findmadeleine.com"&gt;anonymous@findmadeleine.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; "&gt;. &amp;nbsp;There is a reward for information that leads us to Madeleine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; "&gt;This email is sent on behalf of the &amp;lsquo;Find Madeleine Campaign' by HTFM an affiliated group. Thank you for taking the time to read this e-mail and for any help or information you are able to provide.&lt;br /&gt;With many thanks and good wishes,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; font-weight:bold; "&gt;Sylvia&lt;br /&gt;on behalf of Kate and Gerry McCann&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;script src='http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/FancyZoom.js' type='text/javascript'&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script src='http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/FancyZoomHTML.js' type='text/javascript'&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script type='text/javascript'&gt;var zoomImagesURI   = 'http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/';setupZoom();&lt;/script&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3288551802517833982-4156060800958962737?l=kidsinmadrid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=4156060800958962737' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=4156060800958962737' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=4156060800958962737'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=4156060800958962737'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=4156060800958962737' title='Find Madeleine Campaign - A letter from Kate and Gerry McCann'/><author><name>palomablanca21</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08666928102105456391</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.loghound.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11646521942133974054'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288551802517833982.post-6635542642580163297</id><published>2009-09-01T12:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-16T03:50:05.976-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bilingualism'/><title type='text'>Talleres Bilingüismo -  fechas septiembre a diciembre 2009</title><content type='html'>&lt;img class="imageStyle" alt="sinews" src="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/sinews.png" width="518" height="159"/&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;SINEWS Instituto de Terapia Multiling&amp;uuml;e organiza talleres para padres de familias biling&amp;uuml;es.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px &amp;#39;Lucida Grande&amp;#39;, LucidaGrande, Verdana, sans-serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;En SINEWS somos conscientes de los beneficios que puede ofrecer educar a los ni&amp;ntilde;os en varios idiomas, pero tambi&amp;eacute;n de sus complicaciones.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px &amp;#39;Lucida Grande&amp;#39;, LucidaGrande, Verdana, sans-serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;Muchos de los miembros de nuestro equipo hemos crecido en dos lenguas y conocemos las ventajas que esto aporta.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px &amp;#39;Lucida Grande&amp;#39;, LucidaGrande, Verdana, sans-serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;Se trata de una aventura durante la que surgen dudas y pueden aparecer peque&amp;ntilde;os conflictos o frustraciones si no ajustamos bien las expectativas. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px &amp;#39;Lucida Grande&amp;#39;, LucidaGrande, Verdana, sans-serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;El taller ofrece respuesta a algunas de las preguntas que con frecuencia nos han planteado los padres que emprenden este proyecto:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px &amp;#39;Lucida Grande&amp;#39;, LucidaGrande, Verdana, sans-serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&amp;iquest;Puede ser malo para el desarrollo intelectual del ni&amp;ntilde;o? &lt;br /&gt;&amp;iquest;Retrasa la adquisici&amp;oacute;n del lenguaje hablarle desde el principio en dos lenguas? &lt;br /&gt;&amp;iquest;Es mejor el modelo "un padre un idioma" o el modelo "un hogar un idioma"? &lt;br /&gt;&amp;iquest;Es malo que el ni&amp;ntilde;o mezcle las dos lenguas o inserte palabras de una cuando habla en la otra? &lt;br /&gt;&amp;iquest;Qu&amp;eacute; hacer cuando el ni&amp;ntilde;o se niega a hablar con pap&amp;aacute; o mam&amp;aacute; en su idioma (que antes utilizaba sin problemas)? &lt;br /&gt;&amp;iquest;C&amp;oacute;mo reforzar el uso de una lengua cuando la otra domina cada vez m&amp;aacute;s?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Las fechas ser&amp;iacute;an las siguientes:&lt;br /&gt;*Viernes 25 de septiembre*: Taller I y II&lt;br /&gt;*Viernes 23 de octubre*: Taller I y II&lt;br /&gt;*Viernes 27 de noviembre*: Taller I y II&lt;br /&gt;*Viernes 18 de diciembre*: Taller I y II&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Donde: BIBLIOKETA (International children&amp;rsquo;s bookstore)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;C/ Justiniano 4 (M Alonso Mart&amp;iacute;nez) www.biblioteka.com. F&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;Para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n enviar un mail a&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:info@sinews.es" rel="external"&gt;info@sinews.es&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;  or visitar la p&amp;aacute;gina web &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href=" http://www.sinews.es" rel="external"&gt; www.sinews.es&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;ENGLISH&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;This is a workshop run by Sinews on Bilingual Families and offers answers to some of the most&lt;br /&gt;frequently asked questions by parents who find themselves faced with this&lt;br /&gt;project:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can it have a negative effect my child&amp;rsquo;s intellectual development? &lt;br /&gt;Will speaking to a child in two languages from the start delay language acquisition? &lt;br /&gt;Is the best model &amp;ldquo;one parent, one language&amp;rdquo; or &amp;ldquo;one home, one language&amp;rdquo;? &lt;br /&gt;Is it bad for a child to mix the two languages or insert words from one language when speaking another? &lt;br /&gt;What to do if the child refuses to speak to the mother or father in his or her language (which the child previously used without any problem)? &lt;br /&gt;How to reinforce the use of one language when the other is consistently becoming more dominant?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These workshops will resume starting on Friday, September 25th. Workshop&lt;br /&gt;part I and Worshop part II will now be given on the same Friday once a&lt;br /&gt;month. Part I will start at 4:00 PM and end at 5:30 PM, and Part II will&lt;br /&gt;start at 6:00 PM and end at 7:30 PM. Worshops for the Fall will be given&lt;br /&gt;on the following dates:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Friday, September 25th: Workshop parts I and II&lt;br /&gt;*Friday, October 23rd: Workshop parts I and II&lt;br /&gt;*Friday, November 27th: Workshop parts I and II&lt;br /&gt;*Friday December 18th: Workshop parts I and II&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;Location: BIBLIOKETA (International children&amp;rsquo;s bookstore) C/ Justiniano 4&lt;br /&gt;(M Alonso Mart&amp;iacute;nez).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.biblioteka.com/"&gt;www.biblioteka.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;. For more information, please send&lt;br /&gt;us an email at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:info@sinews.es"&gt;info@sinews.es&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt; or go to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sinews.es/"&gt;www.sinews.es&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt; (click on for more&lt;br /&gt;details or to pre-enroll.sinewsmti&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3288551802517833982-6635542642580163297?l=kidsinmadrid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=6635542642580163297' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=6635542642580163297' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=6635542642580163297'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=6635542642580163297'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=6635542642580163297' title='Talleres Bilingüismo -  fechas septiembre a diciembre 2009'/><author><name>palomablanca21</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08666928102105456391</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.loghound.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11646521942133974054'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288551802517833982.post-739728082705645327</id><published>2009-08-30T05:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-16T03:50:04.158-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Back-to-School Transitions: Tips for Parents</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/BIGback-school.png' rel='zoom' title='back2school'&gt;&lt;img  alt='back2school' class='imageStyle' src="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/back-school.png" width="177" height="180"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;&lt;u&gt;Consejos para padres sobre c&amp;oacute;mo afrontar la vuelta al cole&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;Por Ted Feinberg, EdD, NCSP, y Katherine C. Cowan  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Traducci&amp;oacute;n de Eva Obreg&amp;oacute;n &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Asociaci&amp;oacute;n Nacional de Psic&amp;oacute;logos Escolares&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Empezar un nuevo curso acad&amp;eacute;mico de buen pie puede repercutir en la actitud y confianza de los ni&amp;ntilde;os as&amp;iacute; como en su rendimiento social y acad&amp;eacute;mico. La transici&amp;oacute;n entre agosto y septiembre puede ser dif&amp;iacute;cil tanto para los ni&amp;ntilde;os como para los padres.  Incluso si la idea de volver al colegio les hace ilusi&amp;oacute;n, los ni&amp;ntilde;os deber&amp;aacute;n adaptarse a un mayor nivel de actividad y a una estructura m&amp;aacute;s exigente, y algunos tambi&amp;eacute;n deben adaptarse a las presiones asociadas a la vida escolar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El grado de adaptaci&amp;oacute;n depender&amp;aacute; de cada ni&amp;ntilde;o, pero los padres pueden ayudar a sus hijos (as&amp;iacute; como al resto de la familia) a llevar mejor este ritmo de vida acelerado, planificando de antemano, siendo realistas y manteniendo una actitud positiva, A continuaci&amp;oacute;n ofrecemos algunas sugerencias para ayudar a facilitar esta transici&amp;oacute;n y fomentar una experiencia escolar exitosa.&lt;br /&gt;Antes de empezar el colegio&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Buena salud f&amp;iacute;sica y mental. Conviene comprobar que el ni&amp;ntilde;o est&amp;aacute; en buena forma f&amp;iacute;sica y mental. Es aconsejable pedir cita con el m&amp;eacute;dico y con el dentista en cuanto antes. Se recomienda comentar con el pediatra cualquier inquietud entorno al desarrollo emocional o psicol&amp;oacute;gico del ni&amp;ntilde;o. El m&amp;eacute;dico puede ayudar a determinar si los cuestiones que se plantean son normales, si son temas propios de la edad, o si por lo contrario requieren una evaluaci&amp;oacute;n m&amp;aacute;s en profundidad. Es mejor para el ni&amp;ntilde;o que cualquier tema que pueda surgir se haya identificado y se haya empezado a abordar antes de empezar el colegio. Los colegios agradecen el esfuerzo de los padres por poner remedio a los problemas en cuanto estos se hayan detectado.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Repasar toda la informaci&amp;oacute;n. Conviene repasar la informaci&amp;oacute;n que env&amp;iacute;a el colegio en cuanto llegue. Esta documentaci&amp;oacute;n incluye informaci&amp;oacute;n importante sobre el profesor del ni&amp;ntilde;o, el n&amp;uacute;mero de aula, los materiales escolares que necesitar&amp;aacute;, el proceso de inscripci&amp;oacute;n para actividades y deportes extraescolares, el calendario y el transporte escolar, formularios de salud y de urgencias, y oportunidades de voluntariado.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Marcar al agenda. Es importante tomar nota de fechas importantes, sobre todo de las reuniones de vuelta al colegio. Esto es especialmente importante en caso de que los ni&amp;ntilde;os vayan a distintas escuelas y los padres tengan que compatibilizar obligaciones. Conviene, si es necesario, ir buscando una canguro ya.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hacer fotocopias. Conviene fotocopiar toda la documentaci&amp;oacute;n de urgencias y sanitaria de los ni&amp;ntilde;os para guardar una copia de referencia. La documentaci&amp;oacute;n sanitaria suele ser tener una validez de m&amp;aacute;s de un a&amp;ntilde;o y se puede volver a utilizar para el campamento, las actividades extraescolares, o para el siguiente curso escolar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Comprar el material escolar pronto. Hay que procurar adquirir estos materiales lo antes posible y llenar las mochilas una semana o dos antes de empezar el colegio. Los ni&amp;ntilde;os m&amp;aacute;s mayores pueden ayudar con esta tarea, pero conviene asegurarse de que utilicen una lista de comprobaci&amp;oacute;n que los padres puedan revisar. Algunos profesores obligan a los alumnos a llevar unos materiales concretos, as&amp;iacute; que conviene guardar los recibos de cualquier art&amp;iacute;culo que se compre por si se tiene que devolver m&amp;aacute;s adelante.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reestablecer la rutina de sue&amp;ntilde;o y los horarios de comidas. Es aconsejable contar con empezar a reestablecer los horarios de las comidas (sobre todo del desayuno) y la hora de ir a la cama al menos 1 semana antes de empezar el colegio. Los padres pueden preparar a los ni&amp;ntilde;os a afrontar este cambio habl&amp;aacute;ndoles de las ventajes de la rutina durante el curso escolar en tanto que ayuda a prevenir el cansancio excesivo o evita que los ni&amp;ntilde;os se agobien con demasiados deberes y demasiadas actividades. Se puede incluir un tiempo de lectura antes de ir a la cama y reintroducir la participaci&amp;oacute;n en las tareas dom&amp;eacute;sticas si es que se ha abandonado este h&amp;aacute;bito durante el verano.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apagar la TV. En vez de ver la tele por las ma&amp;ntilde;anas, es aconsejable animar al ni&amp;ntilde;o a que se entretenga con actividades tranquilas: puzzles, tarjetas de estudio, pinturas, o lectura. Esto ayudar&amp;aacute; al ni&amp;ntilde;o a reincorporarse al proceso de aprendizaje y a la rutina escolar. Esta pr&amp;aacute;ctica deber&amp;aacute; mantenerse, en la medida de lo posible, durante todo el curso escolar. La televisi&amp;oacute;n suele alterar a los ni&amp;ntilde;os, y estos llegar&amp;aacute;n al colegio mejor preparados para aprender cada ma&amp;ntilde;ana si han estado inmersos en actividades menos pasivas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Visitar el colegio con los ni&amp;ntilde;os. Si se trata de un ni&amp;ntilde;o peque&amp;ntilde;o o si va a acudir a una escuela nueva, conviene ir a visitar el colegio con &amp;eacute;l. Conocer al profesor y localizar el aula, la taquilla, la cafeter&amp;iacute;a, etc. ayudar&amp;aacute; a aliviar la ansiedad antes de empezar el colegio. Tambi&amp;eacute;n es importante que los ni&amp;ntilde;os tengan una oportunidad de plantear dudas a cerca del nuevo entorno. Conviene llamar antes para asegurarse de que los profesores estar&amp;aacute;n disponibles para present&amp;aacute;rselos al ni&amp;ntilde;o.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Minimizar el estr&amp;eacute;s de comprar ropa. Conviene comprar tan s&amp;oacute;lo lo indispensable. La ropa de verano suele servir perfectamente a principios del oto&amp;ntilde;o, pero es importante que el ni&amp;ntilde;o tenga al menos un buen par de zapatos. Conviene confirmar antes las reglas de la escuela en cuanto a la ropa. Suele ser habitual que se proh&amp;iacute;ban los pantalones cortos o las mini-faldas, las cinturas ca&amp;iacute;das, los ombligos expuestos, los tirantes o tops sin espaldas, la ropa interior visible, y la ropa con mensajes anti-sociales.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Designar y despejar un espacio para hacer los deberes. Los ni&amp;ntilde;os m&amp;aacute;s mayores deber&amp;iacute;an tener la opci&amp;oacute;n de estudiar en su cuarto o en una zona tranquila de la casa. Pero para los m&amp;aacute;s j&amp;oacute;venes es m&amp;aacute;s conveniente designar una zona aparte en la sala de estar o en la cocina para facilitar a los adultos la tarea de hacer un seguimiento, supervisarles y darles &amp;aacute;nimo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Escoger un sitio para guardar las mochilas y las fiambreras. Conviene designar un espacio d&amp;oacute;nde los ni&amp;ntilde;os puedan dejar el material escolar y tambi&amp;eacute;n cualquier notificaci&amp;oacute;n o informaci&amp;oacute;n importante que puedan llevar a casa para que los padres lo vean. Hay que explicarles que vaciar las mochilas cada noche forma parte de sus responsabilidades, tambi&amp;eacute;n para los ni&amp;ntilde;os peque&amp;ntilde;os.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Congelar algunas cenas r&amp;aacute;pidas. Ser&amp;aacute; mucho m&amp;aacute;s f&amp;aacute;cil para los padres si ya tienen la cena preparada para que no tengan la tensi&amp;oacute;n a&amp;ntilde;adida de tener que cocinar durante la primera semana del curso.&lt;br /&gt;La primera semana&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Despejar la agenda. En la medida de lo posible, conviene retrasar los viajes de negocio, las reuniones de voluntariado y otros proyectos. La idea es estar libre para ayudar al ni&amp;ntilde;o a aclimatarse a la rutina escolar y a sobrellevar la confusi&amp;oacute;n o ansiedad que suelen experimentar muchos ni&amp;ntilde;os al principio de un nuevo curso escolar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Preparar los almuerzos la noche antes del colegio. Los ni&amp;ntilde;os m&amp;aacute;s mayores deber&amp;iacute;an ayudar o prepar&amp;aacute;rselo ellos mismos. Si los ni&amp;ntilde;os lo prefieren y la econom&amp;iacute;a familiar lo permite, se les puede dar la opci&amp;oacute;n de comprar la comida en el colegio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Poner los despertadores. Los ni&amp;ntilde;os en edad escolar pueden programar sus propios despertadores para levantarse por la ma&amp;ntilde;ana. Es importante mostrar aprobaci&amp;oacute;n cuando respondan puntualmente a los horarios matutinos y a la llegada del autob&amp;uacute;s escolar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dejar suficiente tiempo extra. Conviene asegurarse de que el ni&amp;ntilde;o tenga tiempo de sobra para levantarse, desayunar y llegar a la escuela. A los ni&amp;ntilde;os muy j&amp;oacute;venes que tienen que coger el autob&amp;uacute;s, se les puede fijar una tarjeta a la ropa o a la mochila con la informaci&amp;oacute;n pertinente, incluido el nombre del profesor y el n&amp;uacute;mero de autob&amp;uacute;s, as&amp;iacute; los datos de contacto de los padres. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Despu&amp;eacute;s del colegio. Conviene repasar con el ni&amp;ntilde;o qu&amp;eacute; es lo que debe hacer si llega a casa despu&amp;eacute;s del colegio y no est&amp;aacute;n los padres. Hay que ser muy concretos, sobre todo con los m&amp;aacute;s peque&amp;ntilde;os. Se puede dejar una tarjeta en la mochila con el nombre y n&amp;uacute;mero de tel&amp;eacute;fono de alg&amp;uacute;n vecino que est&amp;eacute; en casa durante el d&amp;iacute;a, as&amp;iacute; como un tel&amp;eacute;fono d&amp;oacute;nde puedan localizar a los padres. Si no se ha hecho ya, conviene presentar al ni&amp;ntilde;o a estos vecinos para reconfirmar esta apoyo de refuerzo en persona.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Repasar los libros de texto del ni&amp;ntilde;o. Es conveniente hablar sobre lo que aprender&amp;aacute; el ni&amp;ntilde;o durante el curso escolar. Los padres pueden compartir con &amp;eacute;l su entusiasmo por las asignaturas y su confianza en las habilidades del ni&amp;ntilde;o para dominar el contenido. Se trata de reforzar la progresi&amp;oacute;n natural del proceso de aprendizaje que ocurre a lo largo del a&amp;ntilde;o. Las habilidades de aprendizaje exigen tiempo y repetici&amp;oacute;n. Hay que animar al ni&amp;ntilde;o a tener paciencia, estar atento y mantener una actitud positiva.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mandar una nota al profesor del ni&amp;ntilde;o. Los padres pueden pedir a los profesores que les informen peri&amp;oacute;dicamente sobre el rendimiento escolar del ni&amp;ntilde;o y sobre lo que est&amp;aacute; haciendo en clase. Es importante de asistir a las jornadas de vuelta-al-cole y pres&amp;eacute;ntese a los profesores. Conviene averiguar c&amp;oacute;mo prefieren comunicarse con los padres (i.e., con notas, por email, o por tel&amp;eacute;fono). Se trata de transmitir un deseo sincero de colaborar con los profesores de los ni&amp;ntilde;os para favorecer la experiencia educativa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Conocer a otros profesionales de la escuela. Conviene hacer el esfuerzo de averiguar a quienes dentro de la escuela o del distrito son las personas a qui&amp;eacute;n podr&amp;aacute;n recurrir padres e hijos. Es recomendable familiarizarse con el papel que juega cada una de estas personas y averiguar de qu&amp;eacute; manera se puede acceder a su ayuda en caso de que sea necesario. Esto incluye el director del colegio y el personal de oficina; psic&amp;oacute;logo, orientador y trabajador social; especialista en lectura, logopeda, y enfermera; y el coordinador de actividades extraescolares.&lt;br /&gt;Superar la ansiedad&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hay que transmitirles a los ni&amp;ntilde;os lo mucho que nos importan. Si el colegio le genera ansiedad al ni&amp;ntilde;o, se le pueden meter notas personales en la fiambrera o en la mochila. El caso es reforzar su capacidad para enfrentarse a las situaciones. Los ni&amp;ntilde;os pueden llegar a absorber la ansiedad de los padres, as&amp;iacute; que es conveniente que estos se conviertan en un modelo de optimismo y confianza para el ni&amp;ntilde;o. Es importante tranquilizar al ni&amp;ntilde;o explic&amp;aacute;ndole que es natural estar un poco nervioso cuando se empieza algo nuevo y asegurarle que estar&amp;aacute; bien una vez que se haya familiarizado con los compa&amp;ntilde;eros de clase, con el profesor y con la rutina escolar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No exagerar. Los primeros d&amp;iacute;as son un poco dif&amp;iacute;ciles, es importante no reaccionar de forma exagerada. La separaci&amp;oacute;n, sobre todo para los m&amp;aacute;s peque&amp;ntilde;os, podr&amp;iacute;a generar ansiedad o timidez al principio, pero los profesores se han formado para ayudarles a adaptarse. Es importante que los padres procuren no quedarse demasiado tiempo si acompa&amp;ntilde;an a los ni&amp;ntilde;os a la escuela. Hay que tranquilizar a los ni&amp;ntilde;os record&amp;aacute;ndoles que lo mucho que se les quiere, asegur&amp;aacute;ndoles que se acordar&amp;aacute;n de ellos durantes el d&amp;iacute;a y que volver&amp;aacute;n.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mantener una actitud tranquila y positiva. Si el ni&amp;ntilde;o est&amp;aacute; ansioso debido a una experiencia ocurrida el a&amp;ntilde;o anterior, hay que respetar esa ansiedad. Si han tenido problemas en la adaptaci&amp;oacute;n acad&amp;eacute;mica o social, o si han sido objeto de burlas o intimidaciones, es posible que los ni&amp;ntilde;os tengan miedo o se muestren reticentes a volver a la escuela. Si no se ha hecho ya, conviene compartir las inquietudes del ni&amp;ntilde;o con el colegio y confirmar que el problema ha sido abordado. Hay que tranquilizar al ni&amp;ntilde;o asegur&amp;aacute;ndole que el problema no se volver&amp;aacute; a repetir durante el nuevo curso escolar, y que tanto los padres como el colegio est&amp;aacute;n trabajando juntos para evitar futuros problemas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reforzar la capacidad del ni&amp;ntilde;o para enfrentarse a las situaciones. Es conveniente ofrecer al ni&amp;ntilde;o unas cuantas estrategias para que pueda enfrentarse a una situaci&amp;oacute;n dif&amp;iacute;cil por su cuenta. Pero hay que animarle a que se lo cuente a usted o al profesor si el problema persiste. Es importante mantener abiertas las l&amp;iacute;neas de comunicaci&amp;oacute;n con el colegio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Organizar citas para jugar. Es recomendable organizar encuentros con algunos de los compa&amp;ntilde;eros de clase del ni&amp;ntilde;o antes de que empiece el colegio y durante las primeras semanas del colegio con el fin de ayudar al ni&amp;ntilde;o a reestablecer un relaci&amp;oacute;n social positiva con sus semejantes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Comprometerse a trabajar como voluntario en el aula. Al ser posible, los padres deber&amp;aacute;n trabajar de voluntarios en el aula por lo menos de vez en cuando durante el a&amp;ntilde;o. Esto ayuda al ni&amp;ntilde;o a comprender que existe un v&amp;iacute;nculo entre la vida escolar y familiar y que a los padres les importa su experiencia educativa. Adem&amp;aacute;s, pasar un tiempo en el aula es una buena forma de desarrollar una buena relaci&amp;oacute;n con los profesores y compa&amp;ntilde;eros de clase del ni&amp;ntilde;o, y les permitir&amp;aacute; experimentar de primera mano el ambiente y la rutina de clase. La mayor&amp;iacute;a de los profesores agradecen que los padres ayuden de vez en cuanto, aunque no puedan trabajar de voluntarios de forma habitual.&lt;br /&gt;Actividades extraescolares&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hay que buscar calidad, no cantidad. El ni&amp;ntilde;o sacar&amp;aacute; mayor beneficio de una o dos actividades divertidas que refuercen su desarrollo social y le ense&amp;ntilde;en nuevas habilidades. Tener una agenda demasiado apretada puede ser estresante, sobre todo para los m&amp;aacute;s peque&amp;ntilde;os, y puede provocarles dificultades a la hora de centrarse en los deberes. Al valorar las actividades extraescolares, conviene tener en cuenta el horario familiar y nivel de energ&amp;iacute;a de los padres. Puede que sea demasiado coordinar varias actividades para cada ni&amp;ntilde;o, sobre todo si las actividades se solapan en el tiempo, se realizan en distintas localizaciones, requiere la asistencia de los padres, o interrumpen la hora de la cena.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Conviene elegir actividades a las que los ni&amp;ntilde;os puedan acudir acompa&amp;ntilde;ados de otras personas. Aunque los padres puedan ocuparse la mayor&amp;iacute;a de los d&amp;iacute;as de acompa&amp;ntilde;ar al ni&amp;ntilde;o a la actividad, a veces es necesario contar con un plan B. Elegir actividades que se celebren en el propio colegio al finalizar la jornada escolar tambi&amp;eacute;n reducir&amp;aacute; la necesidad de tener que buscar un medio de transporte.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Conviene hablar antes con el colegio o con el profesor para averiguar qu&amp;eacute; d&amp;iacute;as habr&amp;aacute; m&amp;aacute;s deberes o qu&amp;eacute; d&amp;iacute;as est&amp;aacute;n reservado para estudiar para los ex&amp;aacute;menes y tener estas fechas en cuenta a la hora de organizar las actividades extraescolares.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Si el ni&amp;ntilde;o no quiere participar en actividades extraescolares organizadas de forma regular, podr&amp;iacute;a ser interesante investigar otras opciones para ayudarle a desarrollar sus inquietudes y habilidades sociales. Por ejemplo, se puede averiguar si en la biblioteca local hay programas de lectura mensual, si el centro cultural o de ocio local ofrecen actividades por horas, o se puede hablar con otros padres y organizar citas de juego regulares con otros ni&amp;ntilde;os.&lt;br /&gt;Cuando surgen problemas&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Estas recomendaciones pueden contribuir a crear una experiencia escolar positiva y productiva para la mayor parte de los ni&amp;ntilde;os. Algunos ni&amp;ntilde;os podr&amp;iacute;an demostrar mayor resistencia o miedo al colegio o puede que est&amp;eacute;n lidiando con problemas de aprendizaje o psicol&amp;oacute;gicos m&amp;aacute;s concretos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Si el ni&amp;ntilde;o evidencia problemas graves o que se prolongan en el tiempo, es aconsejable ponerse en contacto con el colegio para organizar una cita para conocer a los profesores del ni&amp;ntilde;o y al psic&amp;oacute;logo escolar. Ellos pueden ayudar de forma directa o indirecta a identificar y minimizar el problema que se presenta. Tambi&amp;eacute;n pueden sugerir otros recursos dentro de la escuela o de la comunidad que puedan ser de utilidad para abordar la situaci&amp;oacute;n.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aunque los ni&amp;ntilde;o pueden manifestar una gran variedad de comportamientos, en general no conviene interpretar demasiado esos comportamientos. Por lo general, el tiempo y unas cuantas estrategias de intervenci&amp;oacute;n bastar&amp;aacute;n para remediar el problema. La mayor&amp;iacute;a de los ni&amp;ntilde;os son incre&amp;iacute;blemente resistentes y, con el apoyo y est&amp;iacute;mulo de los padres, se desarrollar&amp;aacute;n muy bien a lo largo de su experiencia escolar.   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Asociaci&amp;oacute;n Nacional de Psic&amp;oacute;logos Escolares- &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nasponline.org" rel="external"&gt;www.nasponline.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;Back-to-School Transitions: Tips for Parents&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;By Ted Feinberg, EdD, NCSP, &amp; Katherine C. Cowan&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px &amp;#39;Lucida Grande&amp;#39;, LucidaGrande, Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;National Association of School Psychologists&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;Getting a new school year off to a good start can influence children&amp;rsquo;s attitude, confidence, and performance both socially and academically. The transition from August to September can be difficult for both children and parents. Even children who are eager to return to class must adjust to the greater levels of activity, structure, and, for some, pressures associated with school life.&lt;br /&gt;The degree of adjustment depends on the child, but parents can help their children (and the rest of the family) manage the increased pace of life by planning ahead, being realistic, and maintaining a positive attitude. Here are a few suggestions to help ease the transition and promote a successful school experience.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;Before School Starts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Good physical and mental health&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;. Be sure your child is in good physical and mental health. Schedule doctor and dental checkups early. Discuss any concerns you have over your child&amp;rsquo;s emotional or psychological development with your pediatrician. Your doctor can help determine if your concerns are normal, age-appropriate issues or require further assessment. Your child will benefit if you can identify and begin addressing a potential issue before school starts. Schools appreciate the efforts of parents to remedy problems as soon as they are recognized.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Review all of the information&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;. Review the material sent by the school as soon as it arrives. These packets include important information about your child&amp;rsquo;s teacher, room number, school supply requirements, sign ups for after-school sports and activities, school calendar dates, bus transportation, health and emergency forms, and volunteer opportunities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mark your calendar&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;. Make a note of important dates, especially back-to-school nights. This is especially important if you have children in more than one school and need to juggle obligations. Arrange for a babysitter now, if necessary.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Make copies&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;. Make copies of all your child&amp;rsquo;s health and emergency information for reference. Health forms are typically good for more than a year and can be used again for camps, extracurricular activities, and the following school year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Buy school supplies early&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;. Try to get the supplies as early as possible and fill the backpacks a week or two before school starts. Older children can help do this, but make sure they use a checklist that you can review. Some teachers require specific supplies, so save receipts for items that you may need to return later.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Re-establish the bedtime and mealtime routines&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;. Plan to re-establish the bedtime and mealtime routines (especially breakfast) at least 1 week before school starts. Prepare your child for this change by talking with your child about the benefits of school routines in terms of not becoming over tired or overwhelmed by school work and activities. Include pre-bedtime reading and household chores if these were suspended during the summer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Turn off the TV&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;. Encourage your child to play quiet games, do puzzles, flash cards, color, or read as early morning activities instead of watching television. This will help ease your child into the learning process and school routine. If possible, maintain this practice throughout the school year. Television is distracting for many children, and your child will arrive at school better prepared to learn each morning if he or she has engaged in less passive activities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Visit school with your child&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;. If your child is young or in a new school, visit the school with your child. Meeting the teacher, locating their classroom, locker, lunchroom, etc., will help ease pre-school anxieties and also allow your child to ask questions about the new environment. Call ahead to make sure the teachers will be available to introduce themselves to your child.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Minimize clothes shopping woes&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;. Buy only the essentials. Summer clothes are usually fine during the early fall, but be sure to have at least one pair of sturdy shoes. Check with your school to confirm dress code guidelines. Common concerns include extremely short skirts and shorts, low rise pants, bare midriffs, spaghetti strap or halter tops, exposed undergarments, and clothing that have antisocial messages.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Designate and clear a place to do homework&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;. Older children should have the option of studying in their room or a quiet area of the house. Younger children usually need an area set aside in the family room or kitchen to facilitate adult monitoring, supervision, and encouragement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Select a spot to keep backpacks and lunch boxes&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;. Designate a spot for your children to place their school belongings as well as a place to put important notices and information sent home for you to see. Explain that emptying their backpack each evening is part of their responsibility, even for young children.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Freeze a few easy dinners&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;. It will be much easier on you if you have dinner prepared so that meal preparation will not add to household tensions during the first week of school.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;The First Week&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Clear your own schedule&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;. To the extent possible, postpone business trips, volunteer meetings, and extra projects. You want to be free to help your child acclimate to the school routine and overcome the confusion or anxiety that many children experience at the start of a new school year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Make lunches the night before school&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;. Older children should help or make their own. Give them the option to buy lunch in school if they prefer and finances permit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Set alarm clocks&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;. Have school-age children set their own alarm clocks to get up in the morning. Praise them for prompt response to morning schedules and bus pickups.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Leave plenty of extra time&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;. Make sure your child has plenty of time to get up, eat breakfast, and get to school. For very young children taking the bus, pin to their shirt or backpack an index card with pertinent information, including their teacher&amp;rsquo;s name and bus number, as well as your daytime contact information.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;After school&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;. Review with your child what to do if he or she gets home after school and you are not there. Be very specific, particularly with young children. Put a note card in their backpack with the name(s) and number(s) of a neighbor who is home during the day as well as a number where you can be reached. If you have not already done so, have your child meet neighbor contacts to reaffirm the backup support personally.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Review your child&amp;rsquo;s schoolbooks&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;. Talk about what your child will be learning during the year. Share your enthusiasm for the subjects and your confidence in your child&amp;rsquo;s ability to master the content. Reinforce the natural progression of the learning process that occurs over the school year. Learning skills take time and repetition. Encourage your child to be patient, attentive, and positive.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Send a brief note to your child&amp;rsquo;s teacher&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;. Let the teachers know that you are interested in getting regular feedback on how and what your child is doing in school. Be sure to attend back-to-school night and introduce yourself to the teachers. Find out how they like to communicate with parents (e.g., through notes, e-mail, or phone calls). Convey a sincere desire to be a partner with your children&amp;rsquo;s teachers to enhance their learning experience.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Familiarize yourself with the other school professionals&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;. Make an effort to find out who it is in the school or district who can be a resource for you and your child. Learn their roles and how best to access their help if you need them. This can include the principal and front office personnel; school psychologist, counselor, and social worker; the reading specialist, speech therapist, and school nurse; and the after-school activities coordinator.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;Overcoming Anxiety&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Let your children know you care&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;. If your child is anxious about school, send personal notes in the lunch box or book bag. Reinforce the ability to cope. Children absorb their parent&amp;rsquo;s anxiety, so model optimism and confidence for your child. Let your child know that it is natural to be a little nervous anytime you start something new but that your child will be just fine once he or she becomes familiar with classmates, the teacher, and school routine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Do not overreact&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;. If the first few days are a little rough, try not to over react. Young children in particular may experience separation anxiety or shyness initially but teachers are trained to help them adjust. If you drop them off, try not to linger. Reassure them that you love them, will think of them during the day, and will be back.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Remain calm and positive&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;. Acknowledge anxiety over a bad experience the previous year. Children who had a difficult time academically or socially or were teased or bullied may be more fearful or reluctant to return to school. If you have not yet done so, share your child&amp;rsquo;s concern with the school and confirm that the problem has been addressed. Reassure your child that the problem will not occur again in the new school year, and that you and the school are working together to prevent further issues.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Reinforce your child&amp;rsquo;s ability to cope&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;. Give your child a few strategies to manage a difficult situation on his or her own. But encourage your child to tell you or the teacher if the problem persists. Maintain open lines of communication with the school.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Arrange play dates&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;. Try to arrange get-togethers with some of your child&amp;rsquo;s classmates before school starts and during the first weeks of schools to help your child re-establish positive social relationships with peers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Plan to volunteer in the classroom&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;. If possible, plan to volunteer in the classroom at least periodically throughout the year. Doing so helps your child understand that school and family life are linked and that you care about the learning experience. Being in the classroom is also a good way to develop a relationship with your child&amp;rsquo;s teachers and classmates, and to get firsthand exposure to the classroom environment and routine. Most teachers welcome occasional parent help, even if you cannot volunteer regularly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;Extracurricular Activities&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;Go for quality, not quantity. Your child will benefit most from one or two activities that are fun, reinforce social development, and teach new skills. Too much scheduled time can be stressful, especially for young children, and may make it harder to concentrate on schoolwork. When evaluating extracurricular activities, consider your family schedule and personal energy level. Multiple activities per child may be too much to manage, particularly if the activities have overlapping times, disparate locations, require your attendance, or disrupt the dinner hour.&lt;br /&gt;Select activities where you have someone with whom you can carpool. Even if you are available to drive most days, you will need backup sometimes. Choosing activities that occur on-site after school will also minimize driving.&lt;br /&gt;Find out from the school or teacher which days will be heavy homework or test study days and schedule extracurricular activities accordingly.&lt;br /&gt;If your child does not want to participate in regular, organized extracurricular activities, you may want to consider other options to help build interests and social skills. For example, check out the local library for monthly reading programs, find out if your local recreation or community center offers drop-in activities, or talk to other parents and schedule regular play dates with their children.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;When Problems Arise&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;These recommendations can contribute to a positive and productive school experience for most children. Some children may exhibit more extreme opposition to or fear of school or may be coping with more specific learning or psychological difficulties.&lt;br /&gt;If your child demonstrates problems that seem extreme in nature or go on for an extended period, you may want to contact the school to set up an appointment to meet with your child&amp;rsquo;s teachers and school psychologist. They may be able to offer direct or indirect support that will help identify and reduce the presenting problem. They may also suggest other resources within the school and the community to help you address the situation.&lt;br /&gt;While children can display a variety of behaviors, it is generally wise not to over-interpret those behaviors. More often than not, time and a few intervention strategies will remedy the problem. Most children are wonderfully resilient and, with your support and encouragement, will thrive throughout their school experience.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;National Association of School Psychologists&amp;mdash;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nasponline.org/"&gt;www.nasponline.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;script src='http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/FancyZoom.js' type='text/javascript'&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script src='http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/FancyZoomHTML.js' type='text/javascript'&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script type='text/javascript'&gt;var zoomImagesURI   = 'http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/';setupZoom();&lt;/script&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3288551802517833982-739728082705645327?l=kidsinmadrid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=739728082705645327' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=739728082705645327' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=739728082705645327'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=739728082705645327'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=739728082705645327' title='Back-to-School Transitions: Tips for Parents'/><author><name>palomablanca21</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08666928102105456391</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.loghound.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11646521942133974054'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288551802517833982.post-7029579578298802963</id><published>2009-08-29T11:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-16T03:50:02.392-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Big, Little Brother</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/BIGeye.png' rel='zoom' title='eye'&gt;&lt;img  alt='eye' class='imageStyle' src="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/eye.png" width="320" height="198"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;Big, little Brother?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For anyone who hasnt heard the rumours, via 20 minutos, Telecinco is planning on a Big Brother for 8 - 12 year olds with no adult intervention whatsoever.&lt;br /&gt;So far Telecinco have neither admitted or denied the rumour. I imagine we wont have to wait long to find out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think its time we took a step back and took a long hard look at where we're going in the name of entertainment. If it wasnt enough to be force fed the lives of the "stars" all day on the tele with "la prensa rosa" now were going to subject children to the same. A total lack of intimacy and worse, turn them into the one thing every parent fears, a spectacle, a laughing matter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had always understood that children were at all costs to be protected from the adult world, that the moment would arrive when they would decide for themselves what was right and wrong, good and bad. Not which camera to look at as they laid into yet another poor kid whose only mistake was having parents irresponsible enough to let him appear in such a farce.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;script src='http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/FancyZoom.js' type='text/javascript'&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script src='http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/FancyZoomHTML.js' type='text/javascript'&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script type='text/javascript'&gt;var zoomImagesURI   = 'http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/';setupZoom();&lt;/script&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3288551802517833982-7029579578298802963?l=kidsinmadrid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=7029579578298802963' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=7029579578298802963' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=7029579578298802963'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=7029579578298802963'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=7029579578298802963' title='Big, Little Brother'/><author><name>palomablanca21</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08666928102105456391</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.loghound.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11646521942133974054'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288551802517833982.post-7209122374188931163</id><published>2009-07-31T05:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-16T03:49:59.072-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tips'/><title type='text'>Keep Your Cool this Summer! Consejos para manterse fresquito este verano!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/BIGsummer-fun.png.png' rel='zoom' title='summer-fun'&gt;&lt;img  alt='summer-fun' class='imageStyle' src="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/summer-fun.png" width="211" height="135"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;Keep your cool!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;Welcome to Madrid in August. Madrid in the summertime is notoriously hot and uncomfortable. Here you can find some handy hints on how to keep your cool and enjoy the Summer sun:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;First and foremost - Keep hydrated&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;ul class="disc"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;Often drinking water is about the habit of drinking it. If your kids are used to drinking water then they are more likely to drink it regularly. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;Get cool water bottles for each kid. Let your child pick out their own water bottle. If you think it would help to make it even more special then help them decorate them as well. This way they can have water with them all the time and in a bottle they like. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;Try to get them to drink before they are thirsty. Thirst is a sign of mild dehydration, it is best if you get your kids to drink water before they are thirsty. Offer drinks at each meal and snack. Also have them drink every 15 to 20 minutes when they are playing hard or outside. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;Put water bottles in the freezer before you go to bed and take them with you the next day. As the bottles gradually thaw out, you&amp;rsquo;ll have cold water the whole day long. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Avoid the midday sun&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;Plan trips and garden play that avoids 11am to 3pm peak intensity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Keep in the Shade&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;ul class="disc"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;Always encourage children to play in the shade. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;Dress appropriately.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;Always put a broad-brimmed hat on children &amp;ndash; a flap down the back gives added protection.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;Invest in some sun-protection clothing or dress them in cool, light-coloured clothes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Escape Madrid for the day .... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Escape the city altogether and go for a swim in one of the lakes in the Sierra NorteHead to the water slides or one of Madrid's open air pools.&lt;br /&gt;Click here for a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://wbx.me/l/?p=1&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fkidsinmadrid.com%2Ftop-weekly-family-events.php%3Fid%3D8086196893022342900" rel="external"&gt;list of pools and waterparks.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;... and of course NEVER leave Children in Cars&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even in cool temperatures, cars can heat up to dangerous temperatures very quickly. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;VERSI&amp;Oacute;N ESPA&amp;Ntilde;OLA&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/BIGsummer-fun-3.png.png' rel='zoom' title='summer-fun'&gt;&lt;img  alt='summer-fun' class='imageStyle' src="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/summer-fun-3.png" width="211" height="135"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;Unos consejos para mantenerse c&amp;oacute;modo durante el mes de agosto! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;Bienvenidos a Madrid en agosto. Madrid en el verano disfruta de much&amp;iacute;simo sol pero tambi&amp;eacute;n de unas temperaturas altas  e inc&amp;oacute;modas. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;Aqu&amp;iacute; puedes encontrar algunos consejos pr&amp;aacute;cticos sobre c&amp;oacute;mo disfrutar del sol al m&amp;aacute;ximo de una forma segura y sana&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;En primer lugar - Beber agua -  hidratarse&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;Ense&amp;ntilde;ar a sus hijos la buena costumbre de beber agua. De este modo sus hijos estar&amp;aacute;n acostumbrados a beber agua  durante el verano sin tener que estar encima de ellos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;Enfriar las botellas de agua para cada ni&amp;ntilde;o. Deje que su ni&amp;ntilde;o escoja su propia botella de agua. Por que no les ayudes a decorar sus propias botellas para que sea m&amp;aacute;s divertido?  De esta manera  tendr&amp;aacute;n la botella de agua con ellos todo el tiempo en una botella que les gusta. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Intentar conseguir que beban antes de que les entre la sed. Tener sed es un s&amp;iacute;ntoma de deshidrataci&amp;oacute;n leve. Ofrecer agua con cada comida y merienda.Es importante que beban 15 a 20 minutos cuando est&amp;aacute;n jugando afuera. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Coloque las botellas de agua en el congelador antes de ir a la cama y as&amp;iacute; tendr&amp;aacute; agua muy fria  para el d&amp;iacute;a siguiente. Como las botellas de agua se descongelan gradualmente, sus hijos tendr&amp;aacute;n agua fr&amp;iacute;a durante todo el d&amp;iacute;a. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;Evitar el sol del Medio Dia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;Planifica sus excursiones fuera de casa  fuera del horario de 11 a 3 p.m.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;Animar a sus hijos jugar en la sombra&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;Poner un sombrero. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;Invertir en ropa de protectiva, o si eso no es posible, ponles ropa de color claro&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;Escapar de Madrid para el d&amp;iacute;a ....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Salir de la ciudad y disfrutar de uno de los muchos lagos en la Sierra Norte&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;Jugar y nadar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En Madrid hay muchas  piscinas de verano adem&amp;aacute;s de algunos de los mejores  parques acu&amp;aacute;ticos en Espa&amp;ntilde;a. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;Haga clic aqu&amp;iacute; para una &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://wbx.me/l/?p=1&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fkidsinmadrid.com%2Ftop-weekly-family-events.php%3Fid%3D8086196893022342900" rel="external"&gt;lista de las piscinas y parques acu&amp;aacute;tico&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;s.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;... y, por supuesto, NUNCA dejar a los ni&amp;ntilde;os solos en coches &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Incluso en bajas temperaturas, los coches pueden alcanzar temperaturas peligrosas en muy poco tiempo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;script src='http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/FancyZoom.js' type='text/javascript'&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script src='http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/FancyZoomHTML.js' type='text/javascript'&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script type='text/javascript'&gt;var zoomImagesURI   = 'http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/';setupZoom();&lt;/script&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3288551802517833982-7209122374188931163?l=kidsinmadrid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=7209122374188931163' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=7209122374188931163' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=7209122374188931163'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=7209122374188931163'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=7209122374188931163' title='Keep Your Cool this Summer! Consejos para manterse fresquito este verano!'/><author><name>palomablanca21</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08666928102105456391</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.loghound.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11646521942133974054'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288551802517833982.post-369174780011837675</id><published>2009-07-10T08:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-16T03:49:53.523-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tips'/><title type='text'>Summer Fun -Tips from Mumsnet.com</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;The summer hols are approaching fast and we can already hear the faint stirrings of a million, pint-sized 'What can we do now?'s. Mumsnet have together some of your best tips for family holiday fun and games.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; font-weight:bold; "&gt;IF YOU'RE OFF ON HOLIDAY...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; font-weight:bold; "&gt;Fun on the move&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px &amp;#39;Lucida Grande&amp;#39;, LucidaGrande, Verdana, sans-serif; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Lovely as it is to get away, it's the getting of the away you've got to get through first. To make it less of a chore and more of a chortle...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;ul class="disc"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Take Playdough. It's great on a plane - and quite easy to contain on an airline table. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;lapsedrunner&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Do bingo. Prepare a sheet of words (or pictures for the younger ones) that describe things your child will see as you travel. So, church, red bus, cyclist (or runway, air steward, trolley) and get the kids to tick off each one when they see them. First one to find all wins! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;Gillsa&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Count roadkill. Gruesome fun for the car. The rarer the animal, the higher the score: a muntjac deer gets 10 points; badger 6 points; fox 4 points; pheasant 3 points (as it's seasonal, it scores higher than rabbits); rabbits 2 points; any bird 1 point. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;helpivegottogivebirth&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Play 'Sausages'. One person is the 'Sausager' and can only say, 'Sausages' in answer to anything. Everyone else has to try to catch them out. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;JuliaB&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Let them dress up. Makes any waiting around at the airport/port more fun. Plus, if you lose sight of them, you can always ask someone if they have seen Spiderman/a cowboy/a pirate! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;Grumpalumpa&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Give them a pile of 10p bits. Every time they say, 'Are we there yet?', they have to give one back. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;Clary&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Play car snooker. First child to spot red car gets a point, then it's yellow, green, brown, blue, pink or black. You'll get stuck on pink for ages, which is always a bonus. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;Lizzer&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Get out the reusable stickers. The sort you get on a folding picture/scene. Great for arranging on the window of the car/aeroplane/cabin. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;MotherofOne&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; font-weight:bold; "&gt;Although...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;ul class="disc"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Whatever you do, don't teach them I Spy in the car. I guarantee within 15 minutes you will be wishing they were whining! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;bratnav&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px &amp;#39;Lucida Grande&amp;#39;, LucidaGrande, Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight:bold; font-weight:bold; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; font-weight:bold; "&gt;Fun on the beach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px &amp;#39;Lucida Grande&amp;#39;, LucidaGrande, Verdana, sans-serif; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Sprout a sprog (or three) and your lazing-on-a-sunlounger days are well and truly over. But it can actually be rather jolly getting silly in the sand with small people (honest)...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;ul class="disc"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Build sandcastles. Take some toilet roll tubes along with the bucket and spade to make turrets &amp;ndash; also great for diverting water into the moat! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;Deeceeha&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Play beachball football. Slightly under-inflate your beach ball if you have toddlers. It slows it down on the sand and makes it easier for them to kick it. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ruhu&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Put on the Beach Olympics. Our events typically include Best Sandcastle, Dig The Largest Hole, Find The Prettiest Shell, and so on. Points are awarded based on who looks most likely to cry if they don't win, and the prize is a flake in the top of the last ice cream of the day. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;Snickersnack&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Get buried. Let the children cover you with sand. This will take them some time - and you get to lie down! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;VinoEsmeralda&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Have a sea race. Get everyone lined up so they're standing knee-high in the sea (lower for smaller ones, higher for bigger ones). Pick a finishing point and then run for it - hands above your heads. Trickier - and funnier - than it sounds. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;Porpoise&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Go artistic. Draw a person in the sand (stick man is fine; we're not all Tony Hart) and get the kids collecting shells/seaweed for the hair and clothes. Don't forget to take a photo of your efforts before he/she is washed away! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;Housemum&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Make like Makka Pakka. Find a pebble beach and spend ages collecting stones and putting them in piles. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;giveloveachance&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Beachcomb. Give everyone a 'search and find' list: for example, 'find a long thin shell' or 'find some pink seaweed'. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;JuliaB&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mumsnet.com/s/A?adname=MPU1_solus_20090706&amp;r=1&amp;o=1246965645868"&gt;&lt;a href="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/summerfuntipsfrommumsnetc_1."&gt;DownloadedFile&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; color:#3E6795;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mumsnet.com/s/A?adname=MPU1_solus_20090706&amp;r=1&amp;o=1246965645868"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px &amp;#39;Lucida Grande&amp;#39;, LucidaGrande, Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight:bold; font-weight:bold; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; font-weight:bold; "&gt;Fun in the great outdoors&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px &amp;#39;Lucida Grande&amp;#39;, LucidaGrande, Verdana, sans-serif; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Of course, not every family holiday comes with a beach attached. Maybe you've opted for a countryside cottage, a farm break, a hillside villa - or even packed up your Primus and pitched the whole brood under canvas. In which case, you can brew up all sorts of al-fresco family fun...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;ul class="disc"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Cloud-guess. Lie on your backs, looking up at the clouds and describe to each other the pictures you find. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;EccentricaGallumbits&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Bring on the traditional games. Kids' croquet, Frisbee, football and hula-hooping. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;KnickKnack&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Count the daisies. Then make a daisy chain.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;FabBakerGirlIsBack&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Roll down a hill. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;MrsWeasley&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Fly kites. Jump on each other's shadows. And play games of Chase where you can never &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;quite&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt; catch them. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;SuperBunny&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Golf. Put a small ball on a pile of grass clippings and whack it with a child's baseball bat/golf club. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;SuperBunny&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Forage in hedgerows. And when you're tired, send them to find a four-leaf clover:&amp;nbsp;they'll be ages while you sit back and relax! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;Wanderingsheep&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Set up Swingball. We have family tournaments! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;GooseyLoosey&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Give it some stick. As in stick-collecting, stick-piling, stick-building, stick-poking, stick-eating, stick-breaking and, of course, the obligatory stick-wielding round heads. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;LupusinaLlamasuit&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Race like animals. Draw start and finish lines (or use something to mark the line like a jumper). Children all have to be the same animal (crab, horse, dog, slug etc) and have to move like that animal to the finish line. We have staggered starts for the younger ones. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;AttilaTheHan&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Teach them the water-bottle game. You need two empty plastic bottles, two kids and a football. Fill the bottles with water (no lid) and position them a few metres apart. Each kid stands by one bottle. Kid 1 rolls football towards Kid 2's bottle. If it hits the bottle, then Kid 2 has to get the ball &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt; he can right his bottle and stop the water flowing out. The winner is the person who keeps the fullest bottle. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;Squidward&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Build fairy villages. Under the trees - and then go behind the trees to 'watch' the fairies move in. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;spudmasher&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Acquire several supersoakers and water pistols. And stand well back.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt; cremolafoam&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px &amp;#39;Lucida Grande&amp;#39;, LucidaGrande, Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight:bold; font-weight:bold; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; font-weight:bold; "&gt;Fun in the rain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px &amp;#39;Lucida Grande&amp;#39;, LucidaGrande, Verdana, sans-serif; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Yes, it is possible! Even when it's tipping down, you can turn the merriment up - indoors or out...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;ul class="disc"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Puddle-jump. In raincoats and wellies. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;tortoise&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Start a scrapbook. Stick in it photos and drawings of all the places you have been to so far this summer. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;The ITgirl&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Thrill them with a 'muddy walk'. Put on old clothes and waterproofs, jump in all the mud and get as dirty as possible. Hose down afterwards if necessary. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;JackieNo&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Go to the nearest leisure centre. With rackets and a soft ball, and play some form of tennis on a squash court. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;Scarletibis&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Play cards. Snap for the littlies, UNO for the middlies - and everything from Rummy to Beat Your Neighbour for older ones. Our favourite is a family game of Cheat: the kids love the idea of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;having&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt; to cheat - and catching Mum and Dad red-handed. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;Gnashertastic&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Just go for a ride on a local train. Or take a bus trip. Smaller kids love it. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;tortoiseshell&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Have a carpet picnic (cover the carpet well first). Or a non-birthday birthday party. Or a very early Hallowe'en party - with lots of scary dressing up.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;Psychomum5&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Find the local (indoor) pool. It knackers them like nowt else, thus, on return, you can leave them to gawp at the TV, while you lounge about/sip wine/peruse papers with a clear conscience. Also doubles as a good wash. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;moondog&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Raid the dressing-up box. And help them put on a play. If they are older, they can write the play themselves; little ones can act to you reading out a favourite book.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;cremolafoam&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Let them scribble. Stick some blank paper on a wall somewhere and turn it into a 'graffiti wall'. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;McDreamy&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mumsnet.com/s/A?adname=MPU2_solus_20090706&amp;r=1&amp;o=1246965645868"&gt;&lt;a href="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/summerfuntipsfrommumsnetc_2."&gt;DownloadedFile&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; color:#3E6795;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mumsnet.com/s/A?adname=MPU2_solus_20090706&amp;r=1&amp;o=1246965645868"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px &amp;#39;Lucida Grande&amp;#39;, LucidaGrande, Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight:bold; font-weight:bold; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; font-weight:bold; "&gt;OR IF YOU'RE STAYING PUT...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; font-weight:bold; "&gt;Fun in the house&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px &amp;#39;Lucida Grande&amp;#39;, LucidaGrande, Verdana, sans-serif; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;The beauty of a 'staycation' is that you get to do all the comical/creative/crazy stuff with your children that you'd never have time to do on normal 'home' days - and you're not paying a travel agent through the nose for the pleasure. For tip-top diversion on the domestic front...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;ul class="disc"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Play caves. Close the curtains, find a torch and muck about under a duvet or some cushions. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;mathshoneybunny27&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Create life-size portraits. Use either a large piece of card or lining paper (joined together, if necessary). Draw around your children and let them cut up old clothes and cloths to dress their portraits. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;Barnical&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Make slime. Get a pack of cornflour, mix it with water so it's gloopy but not runny and then add green food colouring. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ihavelayers&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Build a robot. Raid the recycling for boxes and cartons to use as robot parts. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;ChippyMinton&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Get crafty. Spend a day making all those craft things that they get for birthdays but that are currently languishing under the bed! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;tortoiseshell&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Have a tie-dye day. Use stained T-shirts (or buy cheap new ones), some Dylon cold-water dyes and string. Make one for yourself too. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dragonstitcher&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Make and ice fairy cakes. Or just decorate plain biscuits with writing icing. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;Giraffeski&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Invent 'fun' games that involve using Mummy's big vacuum cleaner or dusters. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;Micci25&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Use your camcorder to make a 'film' of a favourite book. We did The Tiger Who Came to Tea, using a toy stuffed tiger, shots of our table set up for tea, empty food packets, and a homemade cardboard claw peeking round the front door. You can do lots of voiceovers to explain what is happening, or do it documentary-style and interview the Mummy, the child, the cafe owner, Daddy, the Tiger etc. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;Blu&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Have a theme day. We did an Eygyptian one, for example, where we read some Horrible Histories stuff, did some hieroglyphic messages (code), made paper, cooked some vaguely themed recipe, and danced like idiots to Walk Like An Egyptian. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;filthymindedvixen&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Turn your house into a cinema.&amp;nbsp;Decide which DVD you want to watch (bought or borrowed from the local library) and get older children to make tickets, posters etc. Invite friends if you've got the space and then make popcorn, close the curtains and enjoy. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;biza&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Try blind-tasting. Take it in turns to blindfold each other, then feed the blindfolded person random things, like a square of jelly, a piece of banana, and see if he or she can guess what it is. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dalrymps&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Put on music. And have a dance competition. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;Micci25&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px &amp;#39;Lucida Grande&amp;#39;, LucidaGrande, Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight:bold; font-weight:bold; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; font-weight:bold; "&gt;Fun in the garden&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px &amp;#39;Lucida Grande&amp;#39;, LucidaGrande, Verdana, sans-serif; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Drooping on the inside? Reboot the laughs outside. With a bit of fresh air and a dose of the green stuff, you can all...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;ul class="disc"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;'Cut' the grass. With craft scissors - obviously. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;Porpoise&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Invent 'perfume'. With petals you gathered in the garden or park. Somehow this always seems to involve litres and litres of water and eight million different sized receptacles! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;RosieMac&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Blow bubbles. Fill a bowl with soapy water, hand out straws and see who can blow the most bubbles. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;Micci25&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Run through the sprinkler. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;RosieMac&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Chalk the patio. My 2.5yr old DS loves this. We now have a rainbow, a bus, some trees and five cars on our patio. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;pooter&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;'Redecorate'. Arm yourselves with paintbrushes and a bucket of water and get 'painting' the outside of your house. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;McDreamy&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Make slidey-paint pictures. We tape big bits of paper together on the patio, mix up some paint and let the children run through it and use hands or whatever else to paint with. Then hose them down (you can only do this on a hot day).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt; whomovedmychocolate&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Get 'hosepiping'. Which basically involves anything using the hosepipe: filling up watering cans and watering the plants/pouring it all out; me standing up a ladder and squirting them, and so on. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;midnightexpress&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Dig it. Give everyone a trowel and get digging for worms, planting twigs and rocks and generally making a mess. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;PinkTulips&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Buy a paddling pool. The biggest one you can reasonably fit in your garden. You won't regret it for an instant. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;ChippyMinton&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Make a den. With sticks or garden canes or a blanket slung over the washing line. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;filthymindedvixen&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Do the washing. Clean the car or the bikes. Or put wee toys in the paddling pool or a washing-up bowl. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;tassisssss&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Lather up. Buy some sensitive shaving foam and go mad squirting it at each other. When you've finished, hose it all away. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;McDreamy&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px &amp;#39;Lucida Grande&amp;#39;, LucidaGrande, Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight:bold; font-weight:bold; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; font-weight:bold; "&gt;And finally...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px &amp;#39;Lucida Grande&amp;#39;, LucidaGrande, Verdana, sans-serif; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; "&gt;Just relax and don't over-organise. Follow your children's lead - they're masters of the art of fun and games. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana-Italic; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;Porpoise&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3288551802517833982-369174780011837675?l=kidsinmadrid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=369174780011837675' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=369174780011837675' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=369174780011837675'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=369174780011837675'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=369174780011837675' title='Summer Fun -Tips from Mumsnet.com'/><author><name>palomablanca21</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08666928102105456391</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.loghound.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11646521942133974054'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288551802517833982.post-4401659196642515274</id><published>2009-07-02T05:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-16T03:49:46.368-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zoo'/><title type='text'>Inseminación de los Pandas Gigantes en el Zoo Aquarium Madrid - Insemination of the Giant Pandas at the Madrid Aquarium Zoo</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/BIGinseminacio0301n-panda_33.jpg.jpg' rel='zoom' title='inseminacion-panda'&gt;&lt;img  alt='inseminacion-panda' class='imageStyle' src="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/inseminacio0301n-panda_33.png" width="264" height="176"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;Durante esta pasada primavera, la panda gigante Hua Zui Ba entr&amp;oacute; en celo por&amp;nbsp; primera vez en su vida.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style="text-align:justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Desde que la pareja de Pandas Gigantes, Bing Xingy Hua Zui Ba,  llegar&amp;oacute;n al Zoo Aquarium de Madrid el 8 Septiembre de 2009 procedentes de la Base de Cr&amp;iacute;a de Panda Gigante de Chengdu (Sichuan, China), la reproducci&amp;oacute;n de esta pareja ha sido prioritaria para el personal del Zoo de Madrid y para los especialistas chinos del prestigioso Centro de Cr&amp;iacute;a de Chengd&amp;uacute;. La adaptaci&amp;oacute;n de ambos animales al Zool&amp;oacute;gico ha sido perfecta y hasta la actualidad no han sufrido ning&amp;uacute;n problema digno de menci&amp;oacute;n dados los cuidados recibidos. Sin embargo y debido a su edad, no ha sido hasta Marzo de este a&amp;ntilde;o cuando Hua Zui Ba comenz&amp;oacute; a mostrar s&amp;iacute;ntomas de celo.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;A principios del mes de Mayo se observan cambios en el comportamiento de Hua Zui Ba m&amp;aacute;s marcados (asociados al celo), como son aumento del numero de marcajes y vocalizaciones asociadas a celo, posturas con la cola levantado y, por primera vez desde que llego a Madrid , se le observa ba&amp;ntilde;arse. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;img class="imageStyle" alt="INSEMINACIÓN PANDA_11" src="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/inseminacio0301n-panda_11.png" width="377" height="491"/&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Se realizaron &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;dos inseminaciones&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt; una el &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;13 de Mayo del 2009 &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;y la segunda el &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;14 de Mayo&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;. Ambas Inseminaciones fueron llevadas a cabo por personal t&amp;eacute;cnico del Zoo de Madrid,&amp;nbsp; de la Base de Cr&amp;iacute;a de Panda Gigante de Chengdu&amp;nbsp;junto con el Grupo de Ecolog&amp;iacute;a y Biolog&amp;iacute;a Reproductiva de Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC). Previa a la inseminaci&amp;oacute;n de la hembra, se anestesi&amp;oacute; al macho para proceder a la extracci&amp;oacute;n de semen mediante electroestimulaci&amp;oacute;n. &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Desde entonces, se est&amp;aacute; estudiando de manera exhaustiva el comportamiento de la hembra y las hormonas de gestaci&amp;oacute;n (progesterona), as&amp;iacute; extremando los cuidados proporcionados a la hembra en previsi&amp;oacute;n su posible gestaci&amp;oacute;n.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Debido a la fisiolog&amp;iacute;a reproductiva de los Pandas Gigantes, se&amp;nbsp; hace muy dif&amp;iacute;cil el diagn&amp;oacute;stico de la gestaci&amp;oacute;n. Son mam&amp;iacute;feros con gestaci&amp;oacute;n con implantaci&amp;oacute;n retardada del feto, lo que nos da un periodo de gestaci&amp;oacute;n muy variable de 79 d&amp;iacute;as a 325 d&amp;iacute;as, y hace que los perfiles hormonales y comportamentales de la hembra durante la gestaci&amp;oacute;n sean muy variables y no fiables en la mayor&amp;iacute;a de los casos.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img class="imageStyle" alt="INSEMINACIÓN PANDA_22" src="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/inseminacio0301n-panda_22.png" width="377" height="282"/&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Por todo esto, los esfuerzos del personal del Zoo de Madrid est&amp;aacute;n enfocados en mantener una vigilancia constante sobre Hua Zui Ba ante su &amp;nbsp;&amp;ldquo;posible&amp;rdquo; gestaci&amp;oacute;n y estar preparados para un pr&amp;oacute;ximo parto en el caso de que este se produjera.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;El Zoo Aquarium de Madrid ya conoce el &amp;eacute;xito de este tipo de intervenciones. En el&amp;nbsp; 1984, fruto de una inseminaci&amp;oacute;n similar naci&amp;oacute; Chu Lin (la primera inseminaci&amp;oacute;n exitosa fuera de China) y precisamente este a&amp;ntilde;o, ha nacido en el zool&amp;oacute;gico madrile&amp;ntilde;o el tercer rinoceronte del mundo gestado tras una inseminaci&amp;oacute;n.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;ENGLISH&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;This past spring, the Giant Panda Hua Zui Ba came on heat for the first time in its life. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since the arrival of the pair of giant pandas at Madrid Zoo in September 2009, Bing Xingy Hua Zui Ba, from the Base of the Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu (Sichuan, China), the reproduction of this couple has been a priority for staff at the Madrid Zoo as well as the team of specialists from the prestigious Chinese breeding center in Chengdu. The adaptation of both animals to the zoo and has been seamless with no problems in the care they are receiving.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Early in the month of May changes were observed  in the behaviour of Hua Zui Ba (associated with the heat), posture with the tail lifted and, for the first time since his arrival in Madrid, he was seen swimming. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Two inseminations were performed, one on May 13 2009 and the second on May 14. After the insemination of the female, the male was anesthetized for the extraction of sperm by electrostimulation. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since then, there has been an exhaustive study of the behaviour of the female hormones and pregnancy (progesterone), and extreme care is being given for the female forecast possible pregnancy. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Due to the reproductive physiology of the giant pandas, it is very difficult to diagnose pregnancy. These are mammals with a very variable gestation period of 79 days to 325 days, and the hormonal and behavioral profiles of females during pregnancy are highly variable and unreliable in most of cases. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Therefore, the efforts of staff in the Madrid Zoo are focused on maintaining a constant vigilance of Hua Zui Ba 's possible pregnancy and childbirth &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zoo Aquarium de Madrid is already familiar with successful interventions. In 1984, as a result of a similar insemination Chu Lin was born (the first successful insemination outside China). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;script src='http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/FancyZoom.js' type='text/javascript'&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script src='http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/FancyZoomHTML.js' type='text/javascript'&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script type='text/javascript'&gt;var zoomImagesURI   = 'http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/';setupZoom();&lt;/script&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3288551802517833982-4401659196642515274?l=kidsinmadrid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=4401659196642515274' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=4401659196642515274' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=4401659196642515274'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=4401659196642515274'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=4401659196642515274' title='Inseminación de los Pandas Gigantes en el Zoo Aquarium Madrid - Insemination of the Giant Pandas at the Madrid Aquarium Zoo'/><author><name>palomablanca21</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08666928102105456391</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.loghound.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11646521942133974054'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288551802517833982.post-4449413323609865543</id><published>2009-05-25T07:08:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-16T03:49:43.438-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Kids Fun Ideas Fair - Feria Kids Fun Ideas - Talleres y Actividades en inglés</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="image-left"&gt;&lt;img class="imageStyle" alt="marilin" src="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/marilin.png" width="320" height="240"/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;La feria de ni&amp;ntilde;os que se celebr&amp;oacute; el 24 de Mayo&amp;nbsp; dando mucha ideas de c&amp;oacute;mo hacer disfrutar a los peque&amp;ntilde;os el ingl&amp;eacute;s al m&amp;aacute;ximo fu&amp;eacute; un verdadero &amp;eacute;xito. 41 exhibidores tomaron parte en la primera feria dirigida a todos los ni&amp;ntilde;os que quieren aprender Ingl&amp;eacute;s como su segunda lengua.&lt;br /&gt;Las puertas se abieron a las 10 de la ma&amp;ntilde;ana y para las 11 de la ma&amp;ntilde;ana todo el local se llen&amp;oacute; con familias andando con sus hijos felizmente recorriendo la feria y tomando parte en multitud de actividades empezando por divertidos talleres ingleses a representar juegos de gimnasia.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="image-left"&gt;&lt;img class="imageStyle" alt="bayard pub" src="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/bayard-pub.png" width="320" height="240"/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Los ni&amp;ntilde;os participaron con entusiasmo en una variedad de creativos y divertidos talleres tambi&amp;eacute;n fueron entretenidos por Magos, Piratas, Brujas y Princesas.&lt;br /&gt;Una rifa gratis se llev&amp;oacute; a cabo de vez en cuando&amp;nbsp; durante todo el d&amp;iacute;a de regalos estupendos los cuales los fueron donados por los exhibitores bondadosamente. Los premios incluian libros, CDs, talleres gratis, ropa de ni&amp;ntilde;os, un Kangaroo gigante, entradas para ver "El Carnaval de los animales"&lt;br /&gt;concierto, paquetes bilingues, una fiesta de cumplea&amp;ntilde;os, vouchers para libros,vouchers con descuento , mu&amp;ntilde;ecas hechas a mano, cesta llenas de cosas buenas donados por los exihibitores de comidas y mucho m&amp;aacute;s.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Marilin La&amp;ntilde;ez, la ya muy conocida presentadora de Vaugham "Magic Hour" fu&amp;eacute; la anfitriona de la feria&amp;nbsp; todo el d&amp;iacute;a introduciendo los&amp;nbsp; espect&amp;aacute;culos y anunciando los ganadores&amp;nbsp; de de la rifa y los premios. Los ganadores que no estubieron presentes en el momento se les notificar&amp;aacute; de su premio via email.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Me gustar&amp;iacute;a tener la oportunidad de&amp;nbsp; agradecer a todo los exhibidores que tomaron parte en la feria y puso su confianza en kidsinmadrid.com.Desp&amp;uacute;es de todo sin ellos no hubiera sido posible la feria - GRACIAS y naturalmente al p&amp;uacute;blico por el tiempo y el inter&amp;eacute;s de venir y enterarse de la manera tan maravillosa de descubrir las diferentas divertidas maneras de aprender Ingl&amp;eacute;s aqu&amp;iacute; mismo en MADRID&amp;iexcl; Tambi&amp;eacute;n quiero dar las gracias al &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;Hotel Tryp Centro Norte&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt; quienes fueron estupendos y nos dieron much&amp;iacute;simo apoyo en la organizaci&amp;oacute;n del evento y durante toda la feria. Les recomiendo plenamente a cualquier negocio que busca un lugar para eventos. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="image-right"&gt;&lt;img class="imageStyle" alt="my-gym" src="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/my-gym.png" width="320" height="240"/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;Finalmente le doy las gracias a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vaughanjunior.com" rel="external"&gt;Vaughan Junior &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;qui&amp;eacute;n apoy&amp;oacute; a kidsinmadrid.com con anuncios en la radio y tambi&amp;eacute;n a la revista &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.in-madrid.com" rel="external"&gt;IN-MADRID&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt; publicando acerca de la Feria en&amp;nbsp; su revista del&amp;nbsp; mes de Mayo,&amp;nbsp; tambi&amp;eacute;n a las asociaciones y&amp;nbsp; playgroups quienes se les comunicaron a sus socios que&amp;nbsp; se habia organizado una feria para sus hijos. Sin todos vosotros la Feria no hubiera sido tan fenomenal y EXITOSA&amp;iexcl;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Los exhibidores participantes son en ord&amp;eacute;n alfab&amp;eacute;tico:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://australiankids.es/" rel="external"&gt;Australian kids &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.awcmadrid.com/" rel="external"&gt;The American Women's Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://babyeco.es/" rel="external"&gt;Baby Eco&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.conmishijos.com/" rel="external"&gt;Bayard Editoriales&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bilingualreaders.com/" rel="external"&gt;Bilingual Readers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bookworldespana.com/" rel="external"&gt;Bookworld&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://britishprinceschool.com/" rel="external"&gt;British Prince School&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cariad  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:christinehawkinsuk@yahoo.com" rel="external"&gt;christinehawkinsuk@yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://craftandclass.com/" rel="external"&gt;Craft and Class&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://tasteofamerica.es/" rel="external"&gt;Taste of America&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do it in English &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:info@doitinenglish.es" rel="external"&gt;info@doitinenglish.es&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dominique White&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.englishforfun.es" rel="external"&gt;English for Fun&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.gymboree.es" rel="external"&gt;Gymboree&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.helloenglishmadrid.com/" rel="external"&gt;Hello! Creative Movement in English&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://houseandkids.es/" rel="external"&gt;House and kids&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://iie.es/" rel="external"&gt;International institute &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jrsphotography.info" rel="external"&gt;JRS Photography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Julie Marsden - Guia educativa de museos en ingl&amp;eacute;s  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:museumuse@yahoo.com" rel="external"&gt;museumuse@yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flamencofun.com" rel="self"&gt;Kids in madrid shop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://kulakuku.com/" rel="external"&gt;Kulakuku&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.learnandplay.es" rel="external"&gt;Learn and Play &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mathnasium.es" rel="external"&gt;Mathnasium&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mygym.es" rel="external"&gt;My gym&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Naturlalcal&amp;aacute;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:luisa.delhorno@madrid.org" rel="external"&gt;luisa.delhorno@madrid.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.payasosadomicilio.com/" rel="external"&gt;Payasos a domicilio&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pekids.es" rel="external"&gt;PE KIDS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pepaluna.com/" rel="external"&gt;Pepa Luna&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.serenataproductions.com" rel="external"&gt;Serenata Productions&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sinews.es" rel="external"&gt;Sinews&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://playgroupmadrid.tripod.com/" rel="external"&gt;Sticky Fingers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.teatrinteatran.com/" rel="external"&gt;Teatrin Teatran&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.teleocuentos.com" rel="external"&gt;Teleocuentos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mochila-portabebe.com/" rel="external"&gt;Teoyleo.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.teutonetes.es/juguetes/index.php?page=shop.browse&amp;option=com_virtuemart&amp;task=view&amp;category_id=32&amp;Itemid=195&amp;vmcchk=1&amp;Itemid=195" rel="external"&gt;Teutonetes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://thefoodhall.es/" rel="external"&gt;The food Hall&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vaughanjunior.com" rel="external"&gt;Vaughan Junior&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.villapeluka.com/content/" rel="external"&gt;Villa Peluka&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.yogayarte.com/yoga-ninos" rel="external"&gt;Yoga for kids&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Para volver a la p&amp;aacute;gina de inicio &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.es.kidsinmadrid.com" rel="self"&gt;pinchar aqu&amp;iacute;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ENGLISH:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;The Kids Fun Ideas fair took place on Sunday 24th of May and by and large it was an enormous success. 41 exhibitors took part in the first fair aimed at children who want to learn English as a second language.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="image-left"&gt;&lt;img class="imageStyle" alt="naturalcala" src="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/naturalcala.png" width="320" height="240"/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;The doors opened at 10.00 and by 11.00am the rooms were buzzing with families walking around with their children, taking part in a multitude of activities - ranging from fun English workshops to performing gymnastics. Not only did the children get to participate in a variety of creative and amusing workshops they were also entertained by Magicians, Pirates, Witches and Princesses. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="image-right"&gt;&lt;img class="imageStyle" alt="doitinenglish" src="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/doitinenglish.png" width="320" height="240"/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;A free raffle took place several times throughout the day with great prizes kindly donated by the exhibitors. Prizes included books, CDs, free workshops, children's clothes, a giant Kangaroo, tickets to see "El Carnaval de los animales" concert, bilingualism packs, a birthday party, book vouchers, discount vouchers, hand made dolls, hampers full of goods from the food stalls, and much more. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="image-right"&gt;&lt;img class="imageStyle" alt="naturalcala" src="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/naturalcala-2.png" width="320" height="240"/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Marilin La&amp;ntilde;es, the well-known Vaughan "Magic Hour" radio presenter hosted the fair throughout the day introducing the different shows and announcing the lucky raffle prize winners. Winners who were not present at the time will be notified of their prize by email.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="image-left"&gt;&lt;img class="imageStyle" alt="lucky dip" src="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/lucky-dip.png" width="320" height="240"/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the exhibitors who took part in the fair and who put their faith in kidsinmadrid.com.  After all, without the exhibitors there would have been no fair - so THANK YOU! and naturally thank you to the public for taking the time and interest to come along and find out about all the wonderful and above all fun ways to learn English right here in Madrid! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="image-right"&gt;&lt;img class="imageStyle" alt="english-for-fun" src="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/english-for-fun.png" width="240" height="320"/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;Finally I would like to offer my thanks to&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vaughanjunior.com" rel="external"&gt; Vaughan Junior&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt; who supported kidsinmadrid.com  with radio ads in the follow-up to the Fair as well as &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.in-madrid.com" rel="external"&gt;In-Madrid&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt; for publishing a piece on the Fair in their May issue as well as all the associations and playgroups who made sure to inform their members of the event and last but not least the hotel for all the help and support in putting the fair together.  I would recommend the Hotel Tryp to anyone who is looking for a good and friendly venue to organise an event.  Without all of you the fair would not have been such a phenomenal success. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="image-left"&gt;&lt;img class="imageStyle" alt="mathnasium" src="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/mathnasium.png" width="320" height="240"/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The participating exhibitors in alphabetical order: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://australiankids.es/" rel="external"&gt;Australian kids &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.awcmadrid.com/" rel="external"&gt;The American Women's Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://babyeco.es/" rel="external"&gt;Baby Eco&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.conmishijos.com/" rel="external"&gt;Bayard Editoriales&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bilingualreaders.com/" rel="external"&gt;Bilingual Readers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bookworldespana.com/" rel="external"&gt;Bookworld&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://britishprinceschool.com/" rel="external"&gt;British Prince School&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cariad  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:christinehawkinsuk@yahoo.com" rel="external"&gt;christinehawkinsuk@yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://craftandclass.com/" rel="external"&gt;Craft and Class&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://tasteofamerica.es/" rel="external"&gt;Taste of America&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do it in English &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:info@doitinenglish.es" rel="external"&gt;info@doitinenglish.es&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dominique White&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.englishforfun.es" rel="external"&gt;English for Fun&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.gymboree.es" rel="external"&gt;Gymboree&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.helloenglishmadrid.com/" rel="external"&gt;Hello! Creative Movement in English&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://houseandkids.es/" rel="external"&gt;House and kids&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://iie.es/" rel="external"&gt;International institute &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jrsphotography.info" rel="external"&gt;JRS Photography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Julie Marsden - Guia educativa de museos en ingl&amp;eacute;s  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:museumuse@yahoo.com" rel="external"&gt;museumuse@yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flamencofun.com" rel="self"&gt;Kids in madrid shop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://kulakuku.com/" rel="external"&gt;Kulakuku&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.learnandplay.es" rel="external"&gt;Learn and Play &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mathnasium.es" rel="external"&gt;Mathnasium&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mygym.es" rel="external"&gt;My gym&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Naturlalcal&amp;aacute;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:luisa.delhorno@madrid.org" rel="external"&gt;luisa.delhorno@madrid.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.payasosadomicilio.com/" rel="external"&gt;Payasos a domicilio&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pekids.es" rel="external"&gt;PE KIDS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pepaluna.com/" rel="external"&gt;Pepa Luna&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.serenataproductions.com" rel="external"&gt;Serenata Productions&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sinews.es" rel="external"&gt;Sinews&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://playgroupmadrid.tripod.com/" rel="external"&gt;Sticky Fingers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.teatrinteatran.com/" rel="external"&gt;Teatrin Teatran&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.teleocuentos.com" rel="external"&gt;Teleocuentos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mochila-portabebe.com/" rel="external"&gt;Teoyleo.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.teutonetes.es/juguetes/index.php?page=shop.browse&amp;option=com_virtuemart&amp;task=view&amp;category_id=32&amp;Itemid=195&amp;vmcchk=1&amp;Itemid=195" rel="external"&gt;Teutonetes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://thefoodhall.es/" rel="external"&gt;The food Hall&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vaughanjunior.com" rel="external"&gt;Vaughan Junior&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.villapeluka.com/content/" rel="external"&gt;Villa Peluka&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.yogayarte.com/yoga-ninos" rel="external"&gt;Yoga for kids&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3288551802517833982-4449413323609865543?l=kidsinmadrid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=4449413323609865543' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=4449413323609865543' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=4449413323609865543'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=4449413323609865543'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=4449413323609865543' title='Kids Fun Ideas Fair - Feria Kids Fun Ideas - Talleres y Actividades en inglés'/><author><name>palomablanca21</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08666928102105456391</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.loghound.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11646521942133974054'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288551802517833982.post-389006438105650550</id><published>2009-04-21T01:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-16T03:49:40.401-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Community News'/><title type='text'>Quieres practicar inglés en casa? Do you want to have a native English speaker in your home?</title><content type='html'>&lt;img class="imageStyle" alt="Picture 2" src="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/picture-2.png" width="283" height="225"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font:19px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;&amp;iquest;Quieres practicar ingl&amp;eacute;s en casa?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;Este verano, 25&amp;nbsp;monitores &amp;ldquo;Camp&amp;nbsp;Counsellors&amp;rdquo; de Canad&amp;aacute; &amp;nbsp;vendr&amp;aacute;n a Madrid para participar en los programas de Vaughan Systems. Ofrecemos la oportunidad de darles&amp;nbsp; la bienvenida a la cultura espa&amp;ntilde;ola recibi&amp;eacute;ndolos en sus casas al mismo tiempo que disfrutan de la&amp;nbsp; posibilidad de mejorar el ingl&amp;eacute;s.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;iquest;Qui&amp;eacute;nes son?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;Todos nuestros "Camp Counsellors" son canadienses&amp;nbsp;con edades comprendidas entre 18-24 a&amp;ntilde;os, formaci&amp;oacute;n de &amp;ldquo;Camp&amp;nbsp;Monitor&amp;rdquo; y experiencia con ni&amp;ntilde;os y j&amp;oacute;venes. &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;iquest;En qu&amp;eacute; fechas tiene lugar?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;Llegar&amp;aacute;n en Madrid el 28 de junio y saldr&amp;aacute;n el 1 de agosto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;iquest;Cu&amp;aacute;nto tiempo pasar&amp;aacute;n en casa?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Los monitores asistir&amp;aacute;n a las actividades de Vaughan Systems todos los d&amp;iacute;as de 9:00 a 18:00 de lunes a viernes. El resto del tiempo lo tendr&amp;aacute;n disponible para realizar actividades con la familia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;iquest;A qui&amp;eacute;n va dirigido?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;Ideal para familias con hijos&amp;nbsp; peque&amp;ntilde;os o de la misma edad que nuestros monitores y que busquen una experiencia cultural y humana con extranjeros de habla inglesa. Recomendado para familias que viven en la zona A de Madrid, o con acceso f&amp;aacute;cil al centro de Madrid en transporte p&amp;uacute;blico.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;Una oportunidad &amp;uacute;nica de practicar&amp;nbsp; ingl&amp;eacute;s&amp;nbsp; con un nativo en casa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n: 91 700 11 99&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do you want to practice English with a native speaker in your own home?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;This summer, 25 Canadian Camp counsellors will be coming to Madrid exclusively to participate in Vaughan Systems Linea Junior programs. We offer families the opportunity to welcome them into the Spanish culture by offering their homes. It is an opportunity to exchange cultures and possibly improve your English!&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Who are they?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;of our camp counsellors are Canadian, between the ages 18 and 24, who are certified counsellors and have experience with children and teenagers.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;What dates will they be in Madrid?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They arrive, in Madrid, on June 28th and leave August 1st.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;How much time will they spend at your home?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The counsellors will take part in Linea Junior programs from Monday &amp;ndash; Friday, 9:00am to 6:00pm. They will be available and are encouraged the rest of the time to participate in family activities.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Who is this offer directed towards?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is ideal for families with small children, teenagers or young adults, who are looking for a cultural and humanistic experience with English speaking foreigners. Its recommended for families living in Zone A of Madrid, or with easy access to public transportation.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;It&amp;rsquo;s a unique opportunity to practice English with a native speaker in the comfort of your own home!&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;For more information, please call 91 700 11 99&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3288551802517833982-389006438105650550?l=kidsinmadrid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=389006438105650550' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=389006438105650550' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=389006438105650550'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=389006438105650550'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=389006438105650550' title='Quieres practicar inglés en casa? Do you want to have a native English speaker in your home?'/><author><name>palomablanca21</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08666928102105456391</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.loghound.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11646521942133974054'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288551802517833982.post-8672656999554156742</id><published>2009-04-12T12:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-16T03:49:39.158-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bilingualism'/><title type='text'>Workshop for parents on raising bilingual children  - Taller  sobre criar a niños en el bilinguismo</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="image-left"&gt;&lt;a href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/BIGbilingualism.png.png' rel='zoom' title='bilnigualism'&gt;&lt;img  alt='bilnigualism' class='imageStyle' src="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/bilingualism.png" width="228" height="340"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#000080;font-weight:bold; "&gt; WORKSHOPS  ON RAISING BILINGUAL  CHILDREN&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#000080;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute organizes workshops for parents of bilingual families.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px &amp;#39;Lucida Grande&amp;#39;, LucidaGrande, Verdana, sans-serif; color:#000080;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#000080;"&gt;At SINEWS we are aware of the benefits that a bilingual education can offer, but also the complexity of it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px &amp;#39;Lucida Grande&amp;#39;, LucidaGrande, Verdana, sans-serif; color:#000080;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#000080;"&gt;Many of the members of our team have been brought up in two languages and we know, first hand, of its advantages.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px &amp;#39;Lucida Grande&amp;#39;, LucidaGrande, Verdana, sans-serif; color:#000080;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#000080;"&gt;Being brought up in two languages is an adventure in which doubts may arise and small conflicts and frustrations may appear if we don&amp;rsquo;t adjust our expectations. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px &amp;#39;Lucida Grande&amp;#39;, LucidaGrande, Verdana, sans-serif; color:#000080;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#000080;"&gt;This workshop offers answers to some of the most frequently asked questions by parents who find themselves faced with&amp;nbsp;such a project:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px &amp;#39;Lucida Grande&amp;#39;, LucidaGrande, Verdana, sans-serif; color:#000080;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#000080;"&gt;Can it have a negative effect my child&amp;rsquo;s intellectual development? Will speaking to a child in two languages from the start delay language acquisition? Is the best model &amp;ldquo;one parent, one language&amp;rdquo; or &amp;ldquo;one home, one language&amp;rdquo;? Is it bad for a child to mix the two languages or insert words from one language when speaking another? What to do if the child refuses to speak to the mother or father in his or her language (which the child previously used without any problem)? How to reinforce the use of one language when the other is consistently becoming more dominant?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px &amp;#39;Lucida Grande&amp;#39;, LucidaGrande, Verdana, sans-serif; color:#000080;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#000080;"&gt;In order to offer answers to these questions and to consider new ones, SINEWS presents its workshops&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#000080;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://sinews.es/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=64&amp;Itemid=83" rel="external"&gt;For full details click here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#000080;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;TALLER SOBRE CRIAR A NI&amp;Ntilde;OS EN EL BILINGUISMO &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SINEWS Instituto de Terapia Multiling&amp;uuml;e organiza talleres para padres de familias biling&amp;uuml;es.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px &amp;#39;Lucida Grande&amp;#39;, LucidaGrande, Verdana, sans-serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;En SINEWS somos conscientes de los beneficios que puede ofrecer educar a los ni&amp;ntilde;os en varios idiomas, pero tambi&amp;eacute;n de sus complicaciones.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px &amp;#39;Lucida Grande&amp;#39;, LucidaGrande, Verdana, sans-serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;Muchos de los miembros de nuestro equipo hemos crecido en dos lenguas y conocemos las ventajas que esto aporta.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px &amp;#39;Lucida Grande&amp;#39;, LucidaGrande, Verdana, sans-serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;Se trata de una aventura durante la que surgen dudas y pueden aparecer peque&amp;ntilde;os conflictos o frustraciones si no ajustamos bien las expectativas. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px &amp;#39;Lucida Grande&amp;#39;, LucidaGrande, Verdana, sans-serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;El taller ofrece respuesta a algunas de las preguntas que con frecuencia nos han planteado los padres que emprenden este proyecto:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px &amp;#39;Lucida Grande&amp;#39;, LucidaGrande, Verdana, sans-serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&amp;iquest;Puede ser malo para el desarrollo intelectual del ni&amp;ntilde;o? &amp;iquest;Retrasa la adquisici&amp;oacute;n del lenguaje hablarle desde el principio en dos lenguas? &amp;iquest;Es mejor el modelo "un padre un idioma" o el modelo "un hogar un idioma"? &amp;iquest;Es malo que el ni&amp;ntilde;o mezcle las dos lenguas o inserte palabras de una cuando habla en la otra? &amp;iquest;Qu&amp;eacute; hacer cuando el ni&amp;ntilde;o se niega a hablar con pap&amp;aacute; o mam&amp;aacute; en su idioma (que antes utilizaba sin problemas)? &amp;iquest;C&amp;oacute;mo reforzar el uso de una lengua cuando la otra domina cada vez m&amp;aacute;s?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px &amp;#39;Lucida Grande&amp;#39;, LucidaGrande, Verdana, sans-serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#000080;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://sinews.es/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=64&amp;Itemid=83&amp;lang=es" rel="external"&gt;Para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n sobre el taller de biling&amp;uuml;ismo pinchar aqu&amp;iacute;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#000080;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#000080;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;script src='http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/FancyZoom.js' type='text/javascript'&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script src='http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/FancyZoomHTML.js' type='text/javascript'&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script type='text/javascript'&gt;var zoomImagesURI   = 'http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/';setupZoom();&lt;/script&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3288551802517833982-8672656999554156742?l=kidsinmadrid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=8672656999554156742' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=8672656999554156742' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=8672656999554156742'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=8672656999554156742'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=8672656999554156742' title='Workshop for parents on raising bilingual children  - Taller  sobre criar a niños en el bilinguismo'/><author><name>palomablanca21</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08666928102105456391</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.loghound.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11646521942133974054'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288551802517833982.post-5771788816943761517</id><published>2009-04-08T05:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-16T03:49:37.324-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Community News'/><title type='text'>Easter Egg Competition - The winning Entries - Concurso Huevos de Pascua, los ganadores</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font:18px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#FF0080;"&gt;Kidsinmadrid.com in collaboration with &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:18px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#FF0080;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pekids.es" rel="external"&gt;PEKIDS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:18px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#FF0080;"&gt;, the bookshop and workshop centre for children in Sanchinarro, have had a difficult time deciding on the winning entries.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;First of all I would like to thank all the children who have participated in this competition and congratulate them on their wonderful drawings. The variety and creativity received has been surprising and delightful. From Spiderman Eggs to traditional beautifully coloured in eggs, the decision has not been easy. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nevertheless a decision had to be made but I would like to stress that all the entries in my opinion are winners and their pictures will remain up on the website during April for all to see.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The three winning entries are:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Overall winner - Alicia aged 4: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;img class="imageStyle" alt="Alicia kilmartin 1.4 " src="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/alicia-kilmartin-1.4-.png" width="688" height="952"/&gt;&lt;span style="font:18px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#FF0080;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jaime aged 7:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/BIGjaime-araguena-group-4.jpg.jpg' rel='zoom' title='Jaime Araguena group 4'&gt;&lt;img  alt='Jaime Araguena group 4' class='imageStyle' src="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/jaime-araguena-group-4.png" width="658" height="966"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font:18px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#FF0080;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Martin aged 5:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img class="imageStyle" alt="martin5" src="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/martin5.png" width="534" height="768"/&gt;&lt;span style="font:18px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#FF0080;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:18px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#FF0080;font-weight:bold; "&gt;Happy Easter from Kidsinmadrid.com and PEKIDS! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;iexcl;Feliz Semana Santa de kiidsinmadrid.com y PEKIDS!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:18px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#FF0080;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:18px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#FF0080;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kidsinmadrid.com/competition-entries.html" rel="external"&gt;To see all of the entries click here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:18px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#FF0080;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:18px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; 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"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(English further down)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#800080;"&gt;ESPA&amp;Ntilde;OL:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#800080;"&gt;HIJOS BILING&amp;Uuml;ES: &amp;iquest;CU&amp;Aacute;NDO, C&amp;Oacute;MO Y D&amp;Oacute;NDE?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;Por la Dra Orlanda Varela Gonz&amp;aacute;lez&lt;br /&gt;Psiquiatra de SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En este mundo globalizado y donde la comunicaci&amp;oacute;n abre cada d&amp;iacute;a nuevas rutas en las que se la informaci&amp;oacute;n fluye a velocidad de v&amp;eacute;rtigo, no hace falta explicar las ventajas que ser biling&amp;uuml;e implica para la vida&amp;hellip;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;Eacute;ste del biling&amp;uuml;ismo es un tema en el que han proliferado mucho los mitos: que si aumenta o disminuye la inteligencia, que si produce tartamudez, que si retrasa el desarrollo del lenguaje&amp;hellip; Tambi&amp;eacute;n han crecido como setas las recetas para el biling&amp;uuml;ismo: OHOL (one home, one language) s&amp;oacute;lo en parejas de habla nativa de la lengua minoritaria en una comunidad que no la usa, OPOL (One person, one language) en los casos en que ambos padres tienen lenguas maternas distintas&amp;hellip;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lo cierto es que ni muchas de las supuestas ventajas lo son (no se han demostrado efectos en la inteligencia global), ni muchos de los fantasmas que planean sobre el tema arrastran cadenas (no parece que haya evidencia cient&amp;iacute;fica de que el biling&amp;uuml;ismo d&amp;eacute; lugar a un aumento de los casos de tartamudez, ni retrase de manera patol&amp;oacute;gica el desarrollo del lenguaje). Tampoco hay soluciones que valgan para todos en este campo. Las familias que han conseguido criar a sus hijos en dos idiomas lo han hecho de formas tan diversas que s&amp;oacute;lo cabe pensar que no existe un &amp;uacute;nico modelo &amp;uacute;til.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;iquest;Qu&amp;eacute; deber&amp;iacute;an saber los padres que se plantean crear una familia biling&amp;uuml;e?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lo primero y m&amp;aacute;s importante es que el biling&amp;uuml;ismo NO es una cuesti&amp;oacute;n de TODO O NADA. Muchos ling&amp;uuml;istas considerar&amp;iacute;an biling&amp;uuml;e a un ni&amp;ntilde;o que comprende a la perfecci&amp;oacute;n el idioma que le habla su padre o su madre y sin embargo lo habla s&amp;oacute;lo a un nivel muy b&amp;aacute;sico. La oportunidad que ha supuesto para &amp;eacute;l estar expuesto a los sonidos de la lengua le permitir&amp;aacute; hablarla sin acento, el conocimiento pasivo le ofrecer&amp;aacute; capacidades potenciales que una vez expuesto a la necesidad de usarla permitir&amp;aacute;n que llegue a dominar el idioma de un modo que alguien que no ha gozado de este privilegio no podr&amp;iacute;a ni so&amp;ntilde;ar.&lt;br /&gt;Nuestra obligaci&amp;oacute;n como padres no consiste en que nuestro hijo termine siendo biling&amp;uuml;e y con qu&amp;eacute; grado de equilibrio y dominio de cada lengua; nuestra obligaci&amp;oacute;n es &amp;ldquo;solamente&amp;rdquo; ofrecerle oportunidades de aprenderlas. El &amp;eacute;xito depender&amp;aacute; de variables que no podemos controlar; relacionadas con las aptitudes ling&amp;uuml;&amp;iacute;sticas de nuestro hijo, con su motivaci&amp;oacute;n, con las dificultades reales de exposici&amp;oacute;n al idioma&amp;hellip;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;iquest;C&amp;oacute;mo &amp;ldquo;dise&amp;ntilde;ar&amp;rdquo; un buen sistema de comunicaci&amp;oacute;n dentro de la familia?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Las decisiones de qui&amp;eacute;n habla qu&amp;eacute; lengua son muy importantes para el buen desarrollo del proyecto.&lt;br /&gt;Es fundamental ser realistas y tomarlas en funci&amp;oacute;n de dos tipos de criterios:&lt;br /&gt;-pr&amp;aacute;cticos (cu&amp;aacute;nto tiempo pasa cada padre con el ni&amp;ntilde;o, si entienden ambos padres las dos lenguas, en qu&amp;eacute; pa&amp;iacute;s se va a vivir, por cu&amp;aacute;nto tiempo, qu&amp;eacute; posibilidades hay de escolarizar al ni&amp;ntilde;o en alguno de los idiomas que queremos que desarrolle&amp;hellip;)&lt;br /&gt;-emocionales (en qu&amp;eacute; idioma se comunica la pareja entre s&amp;iacute; y si ser&amp;iacute;an capaces de cambiarlo, en qu&amp;eacute; idioma nos encontramos m&amp;aacute;s c&amp;oacute;modos para cantar, re&amp;ntilde;ir, consolar&amp;hellip; a nuestro hijo)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Algunos de los aspectos que habr&amp;aacute; que decidir son:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Idioma que habla cada padre al ni&amp;ntilde;o dentro de casa&lt;br /&gt;-Idioma que hablan ambos padres entre s&amp;iacute;&lt;br /&gt;-Idioma que hablan los padres al ni&amp;ntilde;o en presencia de terceros (cuando hay visitas)&lt;br /&gt;El sistema debe ser coherente y consistente porque de ello depende la facilidad con la que el ni&amp;ntilde;o &amp;ldquo;separar&amp;aacute;&amp;rdquo; (diferenciar&amp;aacute;) ambas lenguas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;iquest;C&amp;oacute;mo es un hogar biling&amp;uuml;e standard en Espa&amp;ntilde;a y qu&amp;eacute; dificultades plantea?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Muchas de las familias en Espa&amp;ntilde;a que intentan este objetivo, lo hacen por una poderosa raz&amp;oacute;n: son matrimonios mixtos, en los que existen dos or&amp;iacute;genes culturales distintos y dos idiomas distintos (un/-a espa&amp;ntilde;ol/-a emparejado con alguien de otro pa&amp;iacute;s).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En este caso, a la hora de dise&amp;ntilde;ar el sistema de comunicaci&amp;oacute;n habr&amp;aacute; que tener en cuenta dos aspectos fundamentales:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Cu&amp;aacute;l es el idioma minoritario y qu&amp;eacute; facilidad/dificultad para exponer al ni&amp;ntilde;o a esta lengua vamos a encontrar en Espa&amp;ntilde;a. No es lo mismo que se trate del ingl&amp;eacute;s o del flamenco.&lt;br /&gt;-Qu&amp;eacute; grado de dominio del 2&amp;ordm; idioma tiene el miembro espa&amp;ntilde;ol de la pareja. Las cosas, en general, ser&amp;aacute;n m&amp;aacute;s f&amp;aacute;ciles cuanto mayor sea (aunque ha habido personas que lo han conseguido de todas formas). &lt;br /&gt;Lo que s&amp;iacute; que est&amp;aacute; claro en estos casos es que es recomendable la exposici&amp;oacute;n precoz y simult&amp;aacute;nea a ambos idiomas: hablarle al beb&amp;eacute; desde su nacimiento en las dos lenguas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tenemos infinitas posibilidades, pero las podemos resumir en dos modelos:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OPOL (one parent, one language):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El padre espa&amp;ntilde;ol le habla en espa&amp;ntilde;ol y el padre extranjero le habla en su idioma.&lt;br /&gt;Especialmente &amp;uacute;til si el padre que habla el idioma no comunitario va a pasar mucho tiempo con el beb&amp;eacute; o con el ni&amp;ntilde;o, porque trabaja en casa o porque tiene el mejor horario&amp;hellip;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;Eacute;sta tambi&amp;eacute;n puede ser la mejor opci&amp;oacute;n, si el padre espa&amp;ntilde;ol no tiene un buen nivel de la lengua nativa de su pareja.&lt;br /&gt;En este modelo, el ni&amp;ntilde;o puede estar expuesto o no al di&amp;aacute;logo entre sus padres en el idioma minoritario (lo m&amp;aacute;s frecuente es que las parejas que han escogido este sistema hablen entre ellos espa&amp;ntilde;ol, pero no en todos los casos es as&amp;iacute;), pero lo cierto es que siempre tendr&amp;aacute; una menor exposici&amp;oacute;n al idioma no comunitario que si en casa todos lo hablasen. Por este motivo, ser&amp;aacute; muy importante (sobre todo a partir de la escolarizaci&amp;oacute;n) buscarle otros entornos en los que practicarlo. De otro modo, es muy habitual que el ni&amp;ntilde;o desarrolle un lenguaje activo m&amp;aacute;s d&amp;eacute;bil que su repertorio pasivo o que incluso en alg&amp;uacute;n momento se niegue temporalmente a hablarlo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OHOL (one home, one language):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Para reforzar el idioma minoritario, ambos padres lo usan dentro de casa para dirigirse al ni&amp;ntilde;o y para hablar entre s&amp;iacute;.&lt;br /&gt;La preocupaci&amp;oacute;n aqu&amp;iacute; suele ser &amp;ldquo;&amp;iquest;qu&amp;eacute; ocurrir&amp;aacute; cuando el ni&amp;ntilde;o se escolarice en un idioma que no usamos en casa?&amp;rdquo;. Se trata de una preocupaci&amp;oacute;n comprensible pero que se disuelve enseguida por s&amp;iacute; misma. La escolarizaci&amp;oacute;n es un est&amp;iacute;mulo ling&amp;uuml;&amp;iacute;stico tan potente que a la edad en que se suele iniciar (3 a&amp;ntilde;os) la inmersi&amp;oacute;n da lugar a un desarrollo vertiginoso de la lengua. &lt;br /&gt;Esta opci&amp;oacute;n puede ser especialmente &amp;uacute;til si la lengua no comunitaria es infrecuente en el pa&amp;iacute;s y las posibilidades de reforzar su desarrollo a trav&amp;eacute;s de la escolarizaci&amp;oacute;n, actividades extraescolares, material did&amp;aacute;ctico y de juego&amp;hellip; es muy reducida.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;iquest;Algunos consejos &amp;uacute;tiles para padres que educan a sus hijos en dos idiomas?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Es dif&amp;iacute;cil dar consejos generales, que no est&amp;eacute;n dise&amp;ntilde;ados para las particularidades de cada familia, pero hay algunas tem&amp;aacute;ticas comunes que pueden resultar &amp;uacute;tiles:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull;	Asociaci&amp;oacute;n entre idioma y emoci&amp;oacute;n: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En este sentido hay algunos consejos pr&amp;aacute;cticos que refuerzan la idea de que si asociamos un aprendizaje a emociones negativas, &amp;eacute;ste quedar&amp;aacute; irremediablemente da&amp;ntilde;ado. As&amp;iacute; que, en general:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-No cambiar de idioma para re&amp;ntilde;ir&lt;br /&gt;-Cuidado con las correcciones en las que el ni&amp;ntilde;o se vea interrumpido, avergonzado, re&amp;ntilde;ido de modo desproporcionado&amp;hellip; Es preferible utilizar la reformulaci&amp;oacute;n (repetir en una frase en la que le aclaramos al ni&amp;ntilde;o que le hemos comprendido, la palabra o construcci&amp;oacute;n que acaba de utilizar de forma incorrecta) o la ejemplificaci&amp;oacute;n (introducimos en ese momento o m&amp;aacute;s adelante en la conversaci&amp;oacute;n un ejemplo distinto en el que se use correctamente la expresi&amp;oacute;n).&lt;br /&gt;-Cuantas m&amp;aacute;s actividades que el ni&amp;ntilde;o disfruta se hagan en un idioma, m&amp;aacute;s asociaciones emocionales positivas establecer&amp;aacute;.&lt;br /&gt;-Proteger al ni&amp;ntilde;o de las demandas de que muestre sus habilidades hablando en un idioma. Estas situaciones no implican necesidad comunicativa y exponen al ni&amp;ntilde;o a valoraciones exhibicionistas que pueden causarle timidez o miedo.&lt;br /&gt;-No forzar a los hermanos a hablar entre s&amp;iacute; uno u otro idioma. La comunicaci&amp;oacute;n entre ellos no debe estar constre&amp;ntilde;ida por factores ajenos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull;	Modos de reforzar el idioma m&amp;aacute;s d&amp;eacute;bil: adaptados a la edad&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-En general los libros biling&amp;uuml;es tanto en la edad prelectora como despu&amp;eacute;s son una herramienta muy &amp;uacute;til. Es recomendable que el pap&amp;aacute; lea el cuento en un idioma y la mam&amp;aacute; (u otra persona de la familia) en el otro de modo que el ni&amp;ntilde;o asocie las im&amp;aacute;genes y la historia con el vocabulario y la gram&amp;aacute;tica de ambos.&lt;br /&gt;-Los juegos pueden ser muy estimulantes a partir de cierta edad (&amp;iexcl;adem&amp;aacute;s de una oportunidad de pasar un rato divertido en familia!). Algunos juegos requieren m&amp;aacute;s comunicaci&amp;oacute;n y son m&amp;aacute;s &amp;uacute;tiles para nuestro prop&amp;oacute;sito: el veo-veo, en busca del tesoro (escribir pistas en papelitos que se encadenan entre s&amp;iacute; para encontrar el tesoro), el ahorcado, el Scrabble, el qui&amp;eacute;n es qui&amp;eacute;n&amp;hellip;&lt;br /&gt;-Desarrollar la relaci&amp;oacute;n de los padres con la comunidad de origen es importante porque otros matrimonios con hijos pueden ofrecer una oportunidad &amp;uacute;nica de compartir experiencias y de hacer cosas juntos en el idioma minoritario.&lt;br /&gt;-Cuantos m&amp;aacute;s entornos del ni&amp;ntilde;o se desarrollen en el idioma que queremos reforzar, m&amp;aacute;s oportunidad de desarrollo: actividades extraescolares, grupos de juego, escolarizaci&amp;oacute;n&amp;hellip;&lt;br /&gt;-La relaci&amp;oacute;n con la familia de origen que vive fuera (abuelos, primos&amp;hellip;) es la ocasi&amp;oacute;n m&amp;aacute;s natural de mejorar la lengua. Las vacaciones y visitas de familiares pueden ser muy &amp;uacute;tiles cuando se ha observado un retroceso en el dominio del idioma.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull;	Las dificultades del lenguaje no tienen por qu&amp;eacute; deberse al biling&amp;uuml;ismo. Si aparece alguna anomal&amp;iacute;a, consultar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hay muy pocos profesionales del &amp;aacute;mbito de la logopedia y de la psicolog&amp;iacute;a que tengan conocimientos sobre biling&amp;uuml;ismo. Corremos por esto dos riesgos fundamentales:&lt;br /&gt;-Que atribuyan el problema al biling&amp;uuml;ismo y no tenga nada que ver&lt;br /&gt;-Que no pasen por alto la influencia del biling&amp;uuml;ismo en el desarrollo del lenguaje a distintas edades y den por patol&amp;oacute;gicas caracter&amp;iacute;sticas normales del desarrollo biling&amp;uuml;e&lt;br /&gt;Ante las dudas que puedan surgir con respecto a las dificultades de nuestros hijos en el &amp;aacute;rea del lenguaje, siempre ser&amp;aacute; mejor consultar. Si no es nada, nuestro logopeda nos lo explicar&amp;aacute; y nos quedaremos tranquilos, tal vez se trate de una &amp;ldquo;fase&amp;rdquo; y s&amp;oacute;lo haga falta esperar o necesitemos un peque&amp;ntilde;o empujoncito a tiempo para facilitar las cosas a nuestro hijo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sinews organiza talleres para padres los 1&amp;ordm;s y 3&amp;ordm;s viernes de cada mes en Biblioketa, para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n, visita la p&amp;aacute;gina web: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="www.sinews.es &lt;br /&gt;www.sinews.es &lt;br /&gt;http://www.sinews.es" rel="self"&gt;www.sinews.es &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; font-weight:bold; "&gt;English version:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; font-weight:bold; "&gt;BILINGUAL CHILDREN: &amp;iquest;WHEN, HOW AND WHERE?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By Psychiatrist Dr. Orlanda Varela Gonz&amp;aacute;lez&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; font-weight:bold; "&gt;SINEWS Multilingual Therapy Institute&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this globalised world that we live in, communication opens new paths every day and information travels at a deafening speed - the advantages of being bilingual are fairly evident&amp;hellip;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bilingualism is a subject that is surrounded by myth: it increases or decreases intelligence, it causes stutters, it delays language development &amp;hellip; Also recipes for bilingualism have sprouted up like mushrooms: OHOL (one home, one language) where the minority language is spoken at home in a community that doesn&amp;rsquo;t use it, OPOL (One person, one language) is where both parents have different native languages.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is certain is that bilingualism doesn&amp;rsquo;t have an impact on global intelligence, nor is there any evidence that it causes stutters, nor a delay in the language development process. There also isn&amp;rsquo;t any one method that is suitable for everyone. Families who have managed to raise their children with two languages have carried out the task in such diverse and different ways that there isn&amp;rsquo;t any one guidance model. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; font-weight:bold; "&gt;What should parents think about when raising a bilingual child?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first and main point is to realise that bilingualism isn&amp;rsquo;t a question of all or nothing. Many linguists classify a child as bilingual if they understand to perfection the language that their mother or father speaks but only speaks it at a very basic level. The opportunity for a child to be exposed to the sounds of a language will enable him to speak the language without an accent; the passive knowledge will give him the ability to dominate the language in ways that others can only dream of. &lt;br /&gt;Our responsibility as a parent doesn&amp;rsquo;t consist in making our child bilingual nor what level of mastering he has of each language; our responsibility is only to offer our child the opportunity to learn the languages. Success will depend on variables that we can&amp;rsquo;t control related to the linguistic aptitudes of our child, their motivation, challenges encountered in exposing our child to the language&amp;hellip;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; font-weight:bold; "&gt;How to design a good system of communication within the family?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The decision as to who speaks what language is very important towards achieving success. &lt;br /&gt;It&amp;rsquo;s necessary to be realistic and take your decisions based on two types of criteria:&lt;br /&gt;-practical (how much time does each parent spend with their child, do both parents understand both languages, in what country are you going to live, for how long, what chances are there of educating your child in a school of one of the two language? &lt;br /&gt;-emotional (in what language does the couple communicate and would they be able to change it, in what language are you comfortable singing in, consoling, disciplining&amp;hellip;). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; font-weight:bold; "&gt;Some aspects which need to be decided upon are:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Language that each parent speaks in the home&lt;br /&gt;- Language that the parents speak to each other&lt;br /&gt;- Language that the parents speak to their child in front of third parties such as friends&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The system needs to be coherent and consistent which is key for the child&amp;rsquo;s ability to &amp;ldquo;separate&amp;rdquo; and differentiate both.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; font-weight:bold; "&gt;What is a typical Bilingual Spanish family and what difficulties do they face?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many Spanish families that take on this project do it for one very powerful reason: they are mixed marriages, from different cultures and languages.&lt;br /&gt;In this case, when designing the system of communication, two fundamental aspects need to be taken into account:&lt;br /&gt;-Which is the minority language and what difficulties are we going to encounter when exposing our child to this minority language in Spain. &lt;br /&gt;-How well does the Spanish parent dominate the other language? &lt;br /&gt;What is clear in both cases is that it&amp;rsquo;s recommendable to expose your child as early on as possible to both languages: talk to your baby from birth in both languages.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; font-weight:bold; "&gt;There are a multitude of possibilities which can be summed up in two models:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OPOL (one parent, one language):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Spanish parent talks in Spanish and the other parent talks in their native language. &lt;br /&gt;Especially useful if the foreign parent is going to spend a lot of time with the child, be it because they work from home or have a flexible working schedule &amp;hellip;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This can also be the better option if the Spanish parent doesn&amp;rsquo;t have a good handle of their partner&amp;rsquo;s native language&lt;br /&gt;In this model, the child can be exposed or not to the dialogue between his parents in the minority language (usually parents who choose this system speak Spanish to each other) but what is certain is that they will always be less exposed to the non-community language than if everyone spoke this language at home.  For this reason, it&amp;rsquo;s very important (especially when they start school) to find them activities and places where they can practice the language. If not, it&amp;rsquo;s likely that the child will develop an active language which is weaker than his passive repertoire and he may even refuse to speak the language temporarily.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OHOL (one home, one language):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To increase the minority language both parents should use it at home to talk to each other and to their child. &lt;br /&gt;The concern here usually seems to be what will happen when the child goes to school in a language that we don&amp;rsquo;t use at home? It&amp;rsquo;s an understandable concern which disappears and resolves itself soon after. Schooling provides such a strong linguistic stimulus that at the age in which children normally start (3 years old) immersion leads to a rapid development of the language. &lt;br /&gt;This option can be especially useful if the minority language isn&amp;rsquo;t common in the resident country and the possibility of encouraging its development through school, after-school activities, educational material, games . . .  is very limited. &lt;br /&gt;Some useful advice for parents who are raising their children with two languages?&lt;br /&gt;It&amp;rsquo;s difficult to give advice which isn&amp;rsquo;t designed for each and every particularity of each family, but advice can be offered in some common areas:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull;	&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; font-weight:bold; "&gt;Association between language and emotion:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;There is evidence to suggest that an association between learning and negative emotions can do irreversible damage.  &lt;br /&gt;Therefore, as a general guide:&lt;br /&gt;-Don&amp;rsquo;t change languages when disciplining your child.&lt;br /&gt;-Avoid interrupting your child to correct them (this leads to embarrassment), and try not to overreact by reprimanding them&amp;hellip; It&amp;rsquo;s more effective to rephrase what they&amp;rsquo;ve said (use the word, saying, or grammatical construction that they&amp;rsquo;ve just used incorrectly by repeating the sentence correctly showing that we&amp;rsquo;ve understood what they have said,) or use examples (use the expression or word correctly later in the course of a conversation).&lt;br /&gt;-The more activities that the child enjoys in the said language, the more positive emotions will be established and associated with that language.&lt;br /&gt;-Protect children from demands to show off their language skills. These situations have no communication value and unnecessarily put the child on the spot and under pressure which can lead to shyness and fear.&lt;br /&gt;-Don&amp;rsquo;t force siblings to speak to each other in one or the other language.  Communication between them shouldn&amp;rsquo;t be limited by outside factors&lt;br /&gt;Ways to encourage and strengthen the weaker language (adapt to age of child): &lt;br /&gt;-In general, reading books in the two languages, both in the pre and post reading age, are a very useful tool. It&amp;rsquo;s preferable that the Dad reads books in one language and the Mother, or other member of the family, reads in the other language so that the child associates the images and story with vocabulary and grammar in both languages.&lt;br /&gt;- Games can be very stimulating from a certain age (as well as being a nice way to have some fun as a family). Some games require more communication and are more useful for language learning: I spy, Treasure Hunt (write clues on pieces of paper &amp;ndash; each clue leads to the next, finally leading to the hidden treasure), Hangman, Scrabble, Charades&amp;hellip;&lt;br /&gt;-Parents developing a relationship with the community where the minority language is spoken is important because other couples with children can offer a great and unique opportunity for sharing experiences and for doing things together in that language. &lt;br /&gt;-The more you expose the child to the language that you want them to develop the better: after-school activities, playgroups, schooling&amp;hellip;&lt;br /&gt;- Nurturing your child&amp;rsquo;s relationship with the extended family (grandparents, cousins&amp;hellip;) is the perfect opportunity to improve the language. Holidays and visits can be useful when the language learning process has slowed down or gone into retreat.&lt;br /&gt;Difficulties experienced in language acquisition or usage may not be due to bilingualism. If there is any abnormality, consult with a specialist.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are very few speech therapists or psychologists that specialise in bilingualism. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; font-weight:bold; "&gt;This creates two important risks:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-The belief that a real speech impairment is attributable to bilingualism &lt;br /&gt;-Forgetting to take into consideration that bilingualism can influence language development at certain stages, and assuming that there is some type of impairment when it&amp;rsquo;s really just a normal part of the process of becoming bilingual. &lt;br /&gt;It&amp;rsquo;s always best to consult with a specialist if you have any doubts with respect to difficulties that your child may have with language acquisition. If there&amp;rsquo;s nothing to worry about, the speech therapist will be able to determine this and give you peace of mind. Perhaps it&amp;rsquo;s just a phase and you only need to wait it out or give a little push to help your child along.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sinews organises workshops for parents on the 1st and 3rd Friday of every month, for more information visit &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; "&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sinews.es " rel="external"&gt;www.sinews.es &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3288551802517833982-579950832557797651?l=kidsinmadrid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=579950832557797651' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=579950832557797651' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=579950832557797651'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=579950832557797651'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=579950832557797651' title='HIJOS BILINGÜES: ¿CUÁNDO, CÓMO Y DÓNDE?- BILINGUAL CHILDREN: WHEN, HOW, WHERE?'/><author><name>palomablanca21</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08666928102105456391</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.loghound.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11646521942133974054'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288551802517833982.post-1364770044832847792</id><published>2009-03-28T16:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-16T03:49:33.400-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Workshops'/><title type='text'>PEKIDS - Nueva Librería, Cuentacuentos y Talleres!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font:17px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;PEKIDS, Cuentos y mucho mas. PEKIDS esta ubicado en Sanchinarro, una zona facil de aparcar. En PEKIDS sus hijos pueden participar en una multitud de actividades entre las cuales resaltan los talleres en  ingl&amp;eacute;s con m&amp;uacute;sica y las sesiones sensoriales para madres y beb&amp;eacute;s "Gotitas de Agua". &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img class="imageStyle" alt="Pasted Graphic" src="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/pasted-graphic.png" width="595" height="842"/&gt;&lt;img class="imageStyle" alt="Pasted Graphic 3" src="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/pasted-graphic-3.png" width="595" height="842"/&gt;&lt;img class="imageStyle" alt="Pasted Graphic 4" src="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/pasted-graphic-4.png" width="595" height="842"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3288551802517833982-1364770044832847792?l=kidsinmadrid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=1364770044832847792' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=1364770044832847792' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=1364770044832847792'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=1364770044832847792'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=1364770044832847792' title='PEKIDS - Nueva Librería, Cuentacuentos y Talleres!'/><author><name>palomablanca21</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08666928102105456391</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.loghound.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11646521942133974054'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288551802517833982.post-2527974909787250455</id><published>2009-03-28T16:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-16T03:49:31.634-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Workshops'/><title type='text'>PEKIDS - Bookshop and Workshops!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font:17px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;PEKIDS, Stories and more. PEKIDS is located in Sanchinarro, an area easy to park in. At PEKIDS your children can participate in loads of activities amongst which you can find English, Sodoku, and "Gotitas de Aguas" mother and baby senses sessions. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img class="imageStyle" alt="Pasted Graphic" src="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/pasted-graphic.png" width="595" height="842"/&gt;&lt;img class="imageStyle" alt="Pasted Graphic 1" src="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/pasted-graphic-1.png" width="595" height="842"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img class="imageStyle" alt="Pasted Graphic 2" src="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/pasted-graphic-2.png" width="595" height="842"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3288551802517833982-2527974909787250455?l=kidsinmadrid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=2527974909787250455' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=2527974909787250455' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=2527974909787250455'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=2527974909787250455'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=2527974909787250455' title='PEKIDS - Bookshop and Workshops!'/><author><name>palomablanca21</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08666928102105456391</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.loghound.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11646521942133974054'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288551802517833982.post-5086092383097209109</id><published>2009-03-25T02:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-16T03:49:30.371-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Recipes'/><title type='text'>Chocolate Cheesecake Brownies!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="image-left"&gt;&lt;img class="imageStyle" alt="Picture 4" src="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/picture-4.png" width="352" height="239"/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I love chocolate, I LOVE CHOCOLATE! and today I want to share with you a to die for secret recipe for the best darn chocolate cheesecake that I have ever tried and it is really very easy to make and you can get the ingredients here in Madrid without any difficulty. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I got this recipe from a Diner Desserts cookbook which I bought some years ago from Harvey Nichols in London. At the time I bought the book just because I thought it would look good on my kitchen shelf. It stayed on my shelf gathering dust for a few years until one day out I took it down off the shelf, blew away the dust and decided to give one of the recipes a shot. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I never looked backed and if you try this at home, neither will you. Please do leave me your comments if you try it out. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a dense, chewy brownie layer topped with a creamy cheese mixture and lots of pecan halves (walnuts will do). The subtle tang of the cheese cuts the richness of the chocolate and the pecans add a nutty crunch. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You will need:&lt;br /&gt;CHOCOLATE LAYER:&lt;br /&gt;6 ounces (175 gr) of semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped&lt;br /&gt;3 ounces (85 gr) unsweetened chocolate, coarsely chopped&lt;br /&gt;1 cup (240ml) of all purpose flour&lt;br /&gt;1/4 teaspoon of salt&lt;br /&gt;1 cup (240gr) of unsalted butter, softened&lt;br /&gt;1 1/2 cup (360gr) of granulated sugar&lt;br /&gt;3 large eggs&lt;br /&gt;1 teaspoon of vanilla extract&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CHEESECAKE LAYER:&lt;br /&gt;1 pound (450gr) of cream cheese (Philadelphia) softened&lt;br /&gt;1/3 cup (80gr) granulated sugar&lt;br /&gt;1 large egg&lt;br /&gt;1 tablespoon of heavy cream&lt;br /&gt;1 teaspoon of vanilla extract&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;GARNISH&lt;br /&gt;Pecans or walnuts (around 1/2 a cup)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Preheat the oven to 150&amp;ordm;C or 300&amp;ordm;F. Line a 9 inch by 13 inch baking pan with foil, so that the foil extends 2 inches beyond the two short ends of the pan. Lightly butter the bottom and sides of the foil-lined pan.&lt;br /&gt;2. &lt;strong&gt;To make the chocolate layer,&lt;/strong&gt; place the semi sweet and unsweetened chocolate in the tope of a double boiler over barely simmering water. Heat, stirring occasionally until the chocolate melts. Let cool for around 10 mins, or until tepid. &lt;br /&gt;3. In a small bowl, stir together the flour and salt with a whisk&lt;br /&gt;4. In an electric mixer, using the paddle attachment or beaters, beat together the butter and sugar on medium speed for about 1 minute, or until combined. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition and scraping down the sides of teh bowl as necessary. Beat in the melted chocolate and vanilla. On low speed, beat in the flour mixutre until blended. Scrape into the prepared pan and smooth the top with a rubber spatula. Place the pan on a flat surface in the freezer for 15 minutes. &lt;br /&gt;5.&lt;strong&gt; To make the cheesecake layer, &lt;/strong&gt;in an electric mixer, using the paddle attachment or beaters, beat together the cream cheese and sugar on medium speed until smooth, about 1 minute. Beat in the egg, cream, and vanilla until smooth. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and beat for another 30 seconds. Scrape the cheese mixture over the chilled chocolate layer and spread into an even layer. Sprinkle the pecans over the cheese layer.&lt;br /&gt;6. Bake the bars for 70 to 75 mins or until a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out with a few moist crumbs clinging to it. Do NOT over-bake. Place the pan on a wire rack and cool completely. Using the two ends of the foil as handles, lift the brownies out of the pan. Invert onto a cutting surface and peel off the foil. Reinvert and cut into 3 inch squares. Serve at room temperature. Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days. Bring to room temperature before serving. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy! :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3288551802517833982-5086092383097209109?l=kidsinmadrid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=5086092383097209109' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=5086092383097209109' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=5086092383097209109'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=5086092383097209109'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=5086092383097209109' title='Chocolate Cheesecake Brownies!'/><author><name>palomablanca21</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08666928102105456391</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.loghound.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11646521942133974054'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288551802517833982.post-7289941773938351400</id><published>2009-03-18T02:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-16T03:49:28.958-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='article'/><title type='text'>En Esta Clase, Todos Escuchan; In This Class, All the Students Listen</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/BIGgroup shot.jpg' rel='zoom' title='group shot'&gt;&lt;img  alt='group shot' class='imageStyle' src="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/group shot.png" width="350" height="233"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En Esta Clase, Todos Escuchan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Por Tal Abbady&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Arrodillados y con los ojos vendados, los ni&amp;ntilde;os abren sus bocas y esperan ansiosamente.&amp;nbsp; Las patatas con sabor a vinagre provocan gru&amp;ntilde;idos de desaprobaci&amp;oacute;n. La miel y el chocolate se reciben con susurros favorables.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;&amp;iexcl;Salado!&amp;rdquo; grita Mauro, un ni&amp;ntilde;o de cinco a&amp;ntilde;os, al morder una galleta.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;Yes! Salty!&amp;rdquo; dice en ingles la profesora Jill Stribling. Momentos antes, dirigi&amp;oacute; a los ni&amp;ntilde;os en una canci&amp;oacute;n de baile y movimiento.&lt;br /&gt;El taller parece ser una lecci&amp;oacute;n imaginativa sobre los cinco sentidos, parte de un panorama de carteles que prometen &amp;ldquo;ingl&amp;eacute;s ahora&amp;rdquo; y academias de lenguas en cada esquina de un pa&amp;iacute;s donde cada vez m&amp;aacute;s se valora el biling&amp;uuml;ismo.&lt;br /&gt;Pero si madres como Myriam Tena asienten con la cabeza, es por mucho mas que los cinco sentidos en ingl&amp;eacute;s. La hija de Tena, Nerea, naci&amp;oacute; con perdida auditiva.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="image-right"&gt;&lt;a href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/BIGtaste-shot.jpg' rel='zoom' title='taste-shot'&gt;&lt;img  alt='taste-shot' class='imageStyle' src="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/taste-shot.png" width="350" height="233"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hace una d&amp;eacute;cada en Espa&amp;ntilde;a, una ni&amp;ntilde;a como Nerea, de cuatro a&amp;ntilde;os y con perdida auditiva en ambos o&amp;iacute;dos, podr&amp;iacute;a haber sido relegada a un colegio para ni&amp;ntilde;os sordos, o &lt;/span&gt;hipoac&amp;uacute;sico&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;, &amp;nbsp;y limitada a un idioma &amp;ndash; la lengua de signos.&amp;nbsp; Pero la mas amplia disponibilidad de implantes cocleares y aud&amp;iacute;fonos digitales con sistemas FM para reducir el ruido ponen a Nerea directamente en el siglo XXI.&lt;br /&gt;Para acentuar el punto, Dale Sindell, quien apoya a las personas que tienen perdida auditiva a trav&amp;eacute;s de su sitio de Web, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.t-oigo.com/"&gt;www.t-oigo.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;, Jill Stribling, fundadora del programa de ense&amp;ntilde;anza para ni&amp;ntilde;os English for Fun, y Paloma Irving, de &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kidsinmadrid.com/"&gt;www.kidsinmadrid.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;, han colaborado para lanzar un programa que re&amp;uacute;ne ni&amp;ntilde;os con perdida auditiva con ni&amp;ntilde;os normoyentes, o sin problemas de audici&amp;oacute;n.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;Es para mostrarle al mundo que los ni&amp;ntilde;os sordos aprenden tal como cualquier ni&amp;ntilde;o o ni&amp;ntilde;a,&amp;rdquo; dice Irving.&lt;br /&gt;La clase del viernes pasado en Mathnasium, un centro de aprendizaje en Avenida Bruselas, fue la segunda de varios talleres de integraci&amp;oacute;n que han planeado las tres.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;La gente ve a un ni&amp;ntilde;o con gafas y saben que el tiene las mismas oportunidades que cualquier ni&amp;ntilde;o,&amp;rdquo; dijo Sindell. &amp;ldquo;Pero ven a un ni&amp;ntilde;o con aud&amp;iacute;fonos y no saben lo que es.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;Sindell, que lleva aud&amp;iacute;fonos, es profundamente sorda. Pero nunca dejo que la sordera frenara sus proyectos de vida. Es autora de dos libros, ha trabajado como cazatalentos para una empresa espa&amp;ntilde;ola, y ascendi&amp;oacute; al puesto de Directora de Marketing en Citigroup. Cuando result&amp;oacute; que el mas peque&amp;ntilde;o de sus tres hijos tambi&amp;eacute;n ten&amp;iacute;a perdida auditiva, empez&amp;oacute; a abogar para las personas sordas en Espa&amp;ntilde;a y se dedic&amp;oacute; a llenar un vaci&amp;oacute; informativo que existe en el pa&amp;iacute;s.&lt;br /&gt;En Espa&amp;ntilde;a hay un mill&amp;oacute;n de personas con distintos grados de sordera, seg&amp;uacute;n la Confederaci&amp;oacute;n Estatal de Personas Sordas. De estas, 7,000 son ni&amp;ntilde;os menores de seis anos. Unas 6,000 personas llevan implantes cocleares, seg&amp;uacute;n la Asociaci&amp;oacute;n de Implantados Cocleares de Espa&amp;ntilde;a.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="image-right"&gt;&lt;a href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/BIGdanny.jpg' rel='zoom' title='danny'&gt;&lt;img  alt='danny' class='imageStyle' src="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/danny.png" width="350" height="233"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Los gastos pueden ser prohibitivos. Un implante coclear cuesta alrededor de 30,000 euros, seg&amp;uacute;n Dale Sindell. La Seguridad Social cubre los gastos de la operaci&amp;oacute;n, pero no de la logopedia que se requiere despu&amp;eacute;s para que un ni&amp;ntilde;o implantado desarrolle el idioma oral.&lt;br /&gt;A pesar de los avances m&amp;eacute;dicos y sociales para los &lt;/span&gt;hipoac&amp;uacute;sicos&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;, sigue la ignorancia.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;Todav&amp;iacute;a hay mucho desconocimiento,&amp;rdquo; dice Fernanda Hinojosa, una logopeda que asisti&amp;oacute; a la clase del viernes. &amp;ldquo;En Espa&amp;ntilde;a, la gente ve a un ni&amp;ntilde;o con perdida auditiva y lo primero que hacen es asociarlo con la lengua de signos.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;Myriam Tena decidi&amp;oacute; enfrentarse directamente a las nociones falsas. Registro a Nerea en un colegio p&amp;uacute;blico. Les han recibido bien, y la administraci&amp;oacute;n esta colaborando con la madre sobre las&amp;nbsp; necesidades escolares de la peque&amp;ntilde;a.&lt;br /&gt;Aun con estos logros, Tena recuerda que el choque inicial de la diagnosis de Nerea fue dif&amp;iacute;cil de soportar. Nerea tenia cuatro meces.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;Cuando ladraba nuestro Pastor Belga, mi esposo y yo salt&amp;aacute;bamos, pero Nerea no reaccionaba. Sab&amp;iacute;amos que algo no estaba bien.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;Llegaron los resultados de los an&amp;aacute;lisis de audici&amp;oacute;n.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;Fue devastador,&amp;rdquo; dice Tena. &amp;ldquo;Cuando estas embarazada, te planteas toda una traves&amp;iacute;a con tu hijo. De repente aterrizas en otro lugar. Lo vimos todo negro.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;Despu&amp;eacute;s de trabajar con logopedas, conocer a otros padres de &lt;/span&gt;hipoac&amp;uacute;sicos&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt; y aprender lo que es la sordera en el siglo XXI, Tena venci&amp;oacute; sus temores. Hoy en d&amp;iacute;a, Nerea lleva un aud&amp;iacute;fono en el o&amp;iacute;do derecho y un implante coclear en el izquierdo. Tena, que tambi&amp;eacute;n ha participado en talleres para padres como ella en la cl&amp;iacute;nica norteamericana John Tracy de Los Angeles, sabe que su hija tendr&amp;aacute; una vida normal. Eso incluye hablar por lo menos dos idiomas y competir de adulta en el mercado global.&lt;br /&gt;Cuando termin&amp;oacute; la clase del viernes, Nerea jugo y pinto junto a Daniela, una ni&amp;ntilde;a normoyente. En un momento agarr&amp;oacute; un micr&amp;oacute;fono pl&amp;aacute;stico para hablar, pero dej&amp;oacute; su discurso para otro d&amp;iacute;a.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;Las cosas han cambiado dram&amp;aacute;ticamente. Ella puede comunicarse como cualquier otro ni&amp;ntilde;o,&amp;rdquo; dice Tena mientras sonr&amp;iacute;e a su hija. &amp;ldquo;Nuestra visi&amp;oacute;n es positiva.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Tal Abbady es una periodista y escritora independiente que vive en Madrid. Ha trabajado para el Associated Press y el South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Sus art&amp;iacute;culos han sido publicados en el Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times y otras publicaciones.&lt;br /&gt;Se puede comunicar con ella al 67-825-4706 o &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:taliabbady@aol.com"&gt;taliabbady@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;Fotograf&amp;iacute;a: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;Jennie Rozborski &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#2152A8;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jrsphotography.info/"&gt;www.jrsphotography.info&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; "&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;Profesora de Ingl&amp;eacute;s: Jill Stribling de English for fun &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.englishforfun.es" rel="external"&gt;www.englishforfun.es&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;Tel 617 466 238&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;--------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; font-weight:bold; color:#0E0D3D;font-weight:bold; "&gt;In This Class, All the Students Listen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;by Tal Abbady&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="image-left"&gt;&lt;a href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/BIGgroup-shot.jpg' rel='zoom' title='group-shot'&gt;&lt;img  alt='group-shot' class='imageStyle' src="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/group-shot.png" width="350" height="233"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;Wearing blindfolds, the children kneel expectantly and open their mouths. Salt-and-vinegar chips provoke surprised grunts. Honey and chocolate get favorable cooing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&amp;ldquo;Salado!&amp;rdquo; yells 5-yr-old Mauro as he bites into a cracker.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;Yes! Salty!,&amp;rdquo; says English teacher Jill Stribling, who moments before led the children t through a song routine as they followed the lyrics&amp;rsquo; commands to move in a circle.&lt;br /&gt;To the outsider, it is an imaginative lesson on the senses as approving parents look on, part of the backdrop of learn-English-now ads and language centers in a country that has recently placed a premium on bilingualism.&amp;nbsp; .&lt;br /&gt;But far more than the five senses in English has mothers like Myriam Tena nodding in approval: her daughter, Nerea, is one of several children in the class who were born deaf.&lt;br /&gt;A decade ago in Spain, four-year-old Nerea, who has severe hearing loss in both ears, might have been relegated to a school for the deaf and confined to sign language. But the wider availability of cochlear implants, digital hearing aids and noise-reducing FM systems puts Nerea squarely in the 21&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;st&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt; century. Her parents expect her to have the same opportunities as any of the hearing children in the class.&lt;br /&gt;To drive the point home, Dale Sindell, who provides information and support for the hard-of-hearing through her website, t-oigo.com; Jill Stribling, founder of English for Fun and Paloma Irving, of kidsinmadrid.com are collaborating on a pilot program for children that brings together the hearing and the deaf to learn English.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;It&amp;rsquo;s to show the world that deaf children can learn just like the boy or girl next door,&amp;rdquo; said Irving.&lt;br /&gt;Friday&amp;rsquo;s class at Mathnasium, an after-school learning center on Avenida Bruselas, was the second of several integrated workshops planned.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;People see a child with glasses and know he has the same possibilities as other children,&amp;rdquo; said Sindell.&amp;nbsp; &amp;ldquo;But when they see a child with a hearing aid they don&amp;rsquo;t know what it is.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;Sindell, who is profoundly deaf, never let the condition derail her own plans. She has worked as a corporate headhunter and director of marketing for Citigroup. After the youngest of her three children was diagnosed with severe hearing loss, she began advocating for the deaf and working to fill an informational void.&lt;br /&gt;In Spain, one million people have varying degrees of deafness, according to the State Confederation of Deaf People. Of those, 7,000 are children under six. Roughly 6,000 people in Spain have cochlear implants, according to the Association of People with Cochlear Implants in Spain.&lt;br /&gt;Costs are prohibitive. Implants can run up to 30,000 euros, said Sindell. The public health system will pay for it, but not for the speech therapy a child will need afterwards. A first-generation, digital hearing aid can cost around 2,500 euros, though the government provides qualifying recipients with just 700 euros every four years for the devices.&lt;br /&gt;Some say little is understood about deafness in Spain.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;There is a lot of ignorance out there,&amp;rdquo; said speech therapist Fernanda Hinojosa, who attended Friday&amp;rsquo;s class. &amp;ldquo;People in Spain still associate the deaf with sign language.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;Myriam Tena decided to confront the misconceptions head on. She enrolled her child in a mainstream public school and is working with the school administration on Nerea&amp;rsquo;s needs in the classroom.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="image-right"&gt;&lt;a href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/BIGjill.jpg' rel='zoom' title='jill'&gt;&lt;img  alt='jill' class='imageStyle' src="http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/jill.png" width="350" height="233"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But Tena says the initial shock of her child&amp;rsquo;s diagnosis was hard to bear. It came when Nerea was just four months old.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;Whenever our Belgian Sheepdog barked, my husband and I jumped, but Nerea wouldn&amp;rsquo;t react. There were also slammed doors, other loud noises. We knew something was wrong,&amp;rdquo; she said.&lt;br /&gt;Then came the test results.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;It&amp;rsquo;s devastating,&amp;rdquo; Tena said. &amp;ldquo;When you&amp;rsquo;re pregnant, you imagine the journey you&amp;rsquo;ll have with your child. Then you land someplace else. Everything looked bleak.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;Working with speech therapists, meeting parents like herself and learning about deafness in the in the 21&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;st&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt; century vanquished Tena&amp;rsquo;s fears. Today, Nerea has a hearing aid in her right ear and a cochlear implant in her left ear. Tena, who has also attended workshops for parents of deaf children at John Tracy Clinic in Los Angeles, expects her child will have a normal life. That includes speaking at least two languages and competing in a global economy.&lt;br /&gt;After Friday&amp;rsquo;s class, Nerea drew and played with Daniela, one of the hearing children who attended. At one point she clutched a plastic microphone, but decided to save her speech for another day.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;Things have changed dramatically for the deaf. She can communicate the way any other child can,&amp;rdquo; said Tena as she smiled at her daughter. &amp;ldquo;Our outlook is positive.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Freelance writer Tal Abbady has worked for The Associated Press and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Her articles have also appeared in The Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, and other publications. She lives in Madrid and can be reached at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:taliabbady@aol.com"&gt;taliabbady@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt; or 67-825-4706&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Photography taken by Jennie Rozborski&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; "&gt; by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#2152A8;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jrsphotography.info/"&gt;www.jrsphotography.info&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; "&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;English Teacher: Jill Stribling of English for fun &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.englishforfun.es" rel="external"&gt;www.englishforfun.es&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:14px Trebuchet, Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font:13px Verdana, serif; color:#0E0D3D;"&gt;Tel 617 466 238&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;script src='http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/FancyZoom.js' type='text/javascript'&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script src='http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/FancyZoomHTML.js' type='text/javascript'&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script type='text/javascript'&gt;var zoomImagesURI   = 'http://kidsinmadrid.com/news-blog_files/';setupZoom();&lt;/script&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3288551802517833982-7289941773938351400?l=kidsinmadrid.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=7289941773938351400' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=7289941773938351400' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=7289941773938351400'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=7289941773938351400'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kidsinmadrid.com/page22/page22.php?id=7289941773938351400' title='En Esta Clase, Todos Escuchan; In This Class, All the Students Listen'/><author><name>palomablanca21</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08666928102105456391</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.loghound.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11646521942133974054'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry></feed>