ENGLISH MOTION PLAY 

FOR PARENTS WITH KIDS OR JUST ADULTS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR A MODERN ENGLISH AND MOTION COURSE IN PILSEN

The course connects learning the English language with engaging in motion and playful activities.

Two courses in one – ideal for parents with children 2 years and older, as there is no need for them to attend variouscourses (one for learning English and another one for physical activities).

English motion play is suitable:

- for adults who do not believe to be a "foreign

-language material"- for the so-called perpetual beginners

- for everyone who does not enjoy traditional language lessons typical for schools, often outdated, boring, greatlyfocused on grammar and memorizing large amounts of vocabulary

- for foreigners who wish to learn English or get better at it

- for foreigners who are looking for a course in Pilsen conducted in English for themselves or for their children, even though they already speak English

What do our lessons look like?

- engaging in practical situations and everyday activities

- using music, songs and rhymes

- adopting the language naturally, as it happens with the mother tongue

- no need to memorize long lists of vocabulary without any context or to drill grammar

- applying time-proven methods of modern language learning, such aso repeating vocabulary in shorter intervals and incontexto involving several human senses in the processo learning English in motion which promotes oxygenation of braino early encounter with a foreign language (under 6 years of age) when the brain adopts all languages much easier than later in life

WHEN?

every Thursday, starting in March 2025

10 a.m. – 11 a.m.

WHERE?

U Pechtů, 414 (evidentiary number) Květná Street, Slovany, Pilsen

PRICE?

CZK 200 per lesson if the whole semester is paid for – the total amount with specified dates of the lessons and opportunities for substitute lessons shall be delivered to you by email after you sign up for the lessons via email sent to vandabubenova@gmail.com

HOW TO SIGN UP FOR THE COURSE?

Send the age and name of the child (for the case of a child and a parent attending together) or just the name of the adult (attending without a child) to vandabubenova@gmail.com. We will reply in an email which shall include information regarding the entire course with an application form in accordance with the GDPR.

WITH WHOM?

Jane (language instructor) and  Vanda (motion therapist)

Jane 

I am the English element on the side of our course instructors, and a mom of two small children who are my own big teachers. A rather winding path led me to become a translator, through the twists and turns of graduating from law school in Brno, briefly studying in Germany and later living in England, returning to my native lowlands around Pilsen in the end.

Pursuing the English language and becoming a mother defined me. Since they were born, I have guided my children through the world and life in English. It is not any harder or easier than in Czech – although it is still exhausting pretty much every minute of the day. Yet, I would not trade it for the world.

I am grateful for being shaped by childhood packed withfamily trips and scouting which empowered me with strong values and nearly endless amount of knowledge, skills and teamwork within an age-diverse group of kids and adults. Ever since, I always refill my energy in nature – jogging or just walking.

Now, I am looking forward to sharing all of this with more kids and adults who wish to discover the world in the English language – naturally, through motion play, similarly as in their mother tongue.

Vanda

I am a mom of two great teenagers and a three-year-old girl.More than twenty-five years ago, I came across the concept of kalokagathia at the Faculty of Physical Education of Charles University. That is when my journey of long-term linking began, while I spent significant time helping adults, as a physical therapist, instructor and coach. I only guided children on a very limited basis and as a reward, since I was advised by one of my best coaches that only the most experienced should train and instruct kids.

Now, the time has come for me to recognize how crucial it isto teach little children to move naturally through playing. Only that way they will learn to perceive their bodies, and I will not have to "repair" them and teach them something that they should have added to their healthy daily routine long ago.

Thanks to my youngest daughter, I completely removed various "programming" from my head, such as that cannot be done, that is not appropriate, what will people say? As a result, I was able to carry my daughter in a baby carrier on my bellyand climb up several mountain tops on the ski alps. I could also feel how happy we both were while skiing downhill, and how significant the climbing and descending were for her sense of balance. Later, it was the balance and confidence derived therefrom, that enabled her, even before reaching three years of age, to ski, ice skate, ride a bike, swim with a belt and dive, climb up trees and rocks, and not to miss any puddle. That how little it takes!!! Let´s learn and deepen this "little" together.

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