Why German?

One unique thing about our school is the opportunity for students to learn the German language.  

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Many of the choices we have made for our curriculum have been specifically chosen to help children learn.  Learning a foreign language has been demonstrated to increase the size of the brain’s language center, improve memory and even make your grey matter more dense.

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The German language in particular has several benefits:

• German has sounds that English does not.  This requires the students to listen carefully to pay attention to the way they move their mouths and tongues when they speak.

• German has a different word order and structure than English.  This helps students learn grammar in both languages.

• German is a living language.  We can use songs, nursery rhymes, stories and dialogues to make learning easy and enjoyable.

• German can be taught to children of various ages and experience at the same time.

• Experience learning German will help prepare students for learning other languages in the future.

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German class is not just about one subject, but is part of an overall program designed to help our children succeed in learning.