The children at Kenmore Park are exploring culture and language through the Kindy’s Japanese program.
Kenmore Park was fortunate to be one of the 41 kindergartens nationally chosen to participate in the 2015 trial of app-based language learning.
The Australian Government provided $9.8 million for the Early Learning Languages Australia (ELLA) trial, to test the effectiveness of providing preschool children with early exposure to a language and culture other than English through online learning programmes. Given the overwhelmingly positive response from both parents and educators involved in the trial, this amazing program has become a permanent resource at Kenmore Park Kindy.
Kenmore Park is pleased to have the ELLA material available for our Kindy children, and we love adventuring with the Polyglots, our special friends on the app.
External link: ELLA trial extended into 2016 (ABC)
Studies show that learning a second language at an early age has a positive effect on intellectual growth and leaves children with more flexibility in thinking, greater sensitivity to language and improved listening skills: all such valuable assets for growing young learners. Young children have a natural curiosity about learning which is evident when they engage in learning a new language. They are also open and accepting of people who speak other languages and come from other cultures.
