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Starting bilingual training in kindergarten makes it much easier for students to learn a second language, Cordova says. "At that age, it's very comfortable for them," she says...
Amigos is a seven-year old program at the Maynard (Kindergarten through third grade) and Kennedy (grades four through six) schools. It is a "two-way bilingual program," differing from traditional bilingual programs in that it attempts to teach English-speaking students Spanish and Spanish-speaking students English at the same time...
...Amigos program begins in Kindergarten and now continues through sixth grade. Kindergarten and first-grade students are taught for half of each week in Spanish and half in English. In second grade, the schedule changes to week-long blocks in each language...
...haven't seen any student confusion [with the switch]," says Margarita Cordova, a Kindergarten teacher in a Spanish classroom of Amigos. "They know which days are English and which are Spanish better than their parents...
...kindergarteners are really understanding a lot. That's my goal for the kindergarten," Cordova says...