I design activities that enable children to unlock their natural curiosity and desire to learn, allowing them to discover their innate talents, engage in critical thinking and creative problem solving. The beauty of the curriculum is that it instills a lifelong love of learning. 


CURRICULA, CONTENT & CONCEPTS

A good curriculum is a living organism. It has a brain, a skeleton, a circulatory system, it is emotional, curious and inquisitive. My curricula has a strong thematic structure andis tailored to help educators and students think, explore, feel, understand and be playful. A good curriculum allows students see themselves as a part of a larger world and  opens their minds to fresh perspectives.

I’ve had experience working within diverse educational formats and directions: STEM, IB programs, curricula for the gifted and advanced, Spanish native and heritage speakers, project-based, science and arts, foreign language acquisition as well as private bespoke classes.


OUT OF THE CLASSROOM

I apply my arts background with years of teaching language acquisition to develop original concepts for learning tools for books, textbooks, digital learning tools or video, children’s educational or decorative products and special workshops and special events.

CONCEPT & VIDEO CREATION for the ‘Summer Camp’ series by Marco Polo Learning, using found objects in nature to create drawings of insects. Part of a STEM+ curriculum.

ONLINE CLASS UNIT for Basic Expressions in Spanish created for my students when we had to stop in-person learning the past year. More videos can be found here.

ACTIVITIES OVER THE YEARS
I bring together art and language acquisition in every learning environment and all my classroom activities and worksheets are bespoke and drawn by hand. From developing a shadow puppet theatre to using recycled materials, my creative toolbox is endless!

SHADOW PUPPET PLAYThird Grade students created a multi-media shadow puppet play in Spanish; they created all the videos, characters, scenarios, voices and effects. This was a collaborative project between Language, Arts and Technology classes.

SHADOW PUPPET PLAY

Third Grade students created a multi-media shadow puppet play in Spanish; they created all the videos, characters, scenarios, voices and effects. This was a collaborative project between Language, Arts and Technology classes.

CATERPILLAR / BUTTERFLYAs an homage to Eric Carle’s works and his fantastic book The Very Hungry Caterpillar, this activity was created in collaboration with Science and English Classes. We wanted to represent the process of Butterflies’ metamorphosis in an art activity.

CATERPILLAR / BUTTERFLY

As an homage to Eric Carle’s works and his fantastic book The Very Hungry Caterpillar, this activity was created in collaboration with Science and English Classes. We wanted to represent the process of Butterflies’ metamorphosis in an art activity.

ART HISTORY APPRECIATION In this activity, students in Second Grade learned about famous European paintings and then chose characters from these works to create portraits integrating their own faces.

ART HISTORY APPRECIATION
In this activity, students in Second Grade learned about famous European paintings and then chose characters from these works to create portraits integrating their own faces.

AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOODThis project was created to teach online classes during the beginning of the Covid Pandemic. We used recycled cardboard to remembered the places we have in our neighborhoods.

AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD

This project was created to teach online classes during the beginning of the Covid Pandemic. We used recycled cardboard to remembered the places we have in our neighborhoods.

FOUND OBJECT ART In these activities we explored different possibilities using found objects. We were learning about the Amazonian jungle, and with a spool and some pipe cleaners they developed different designs for animals and plants, and all of them needed to have some motion.

FOUND OBJECT ART

In these activities we explored different possibilities using found objects. We were learning about the Amazonian jungle, and with a spool and some pipe cleaners they developed different designs for animals and plants, and all of them needed to have some motion.

RECYCLED MATERIALS ARTThese armadillos are also musical instruments. They have rubber bands inside to simulate the sounds of Charangos, a kind of tiny guitar from South America. Armadillo skin used to be the main material to fabricate these Charangos, but happily not anymore! Students learned the importance of respecting animals and recycled objects in a creative way.

RECYCLED MATERIALS ART

These armadillos are also musical instruments. They have rubber bands inside to simulate the sounds of Charangos, a kind of tiny guitar from South America. Armadillo skin used to be the main material to fabricate these Charangos, but happily not anymore! Students learned the importance of respecting animals and recycled objects in a creative way.

HAIR STYLES & DESCRIPTORS This activity was about language acquisition, created for Fourth Graders. They created their own characters using these starting shapes and were able to describe them in Spanish (or any other language!).

HAIR STYLES & DESCRIPTORS

This activity was about language acquisition, created for Fourth Graders. They created their own characters using these starting shapes and were able to describe them in Spanish (or any other language!).

COMPLETE THE…MEXICAN ALEBRIJE All my “Complete the Drawing” activities are designed to check my students’ vocabulary acquisition and improve their concentration skills.

COMPLETE THE…MEXICAN ALEBRIJE

All my “Complete the Drawing” activities are designed to check my students’ vocabulary acquisition and improve their concentration skills.

HOW MANY BUTTONS DO I HAVE? This is a Spanish language acquisition activity designed for Pre-K and Kindergarten students to practice numbers, dimensions, shapes and names of clothing articles in Spanish. Students attach real buttons in different sizes and shapes to this illustration.

HOW MANY BUTTONS DO I HAVE?

This is a Spanish language acquisition activity designed for Pre-K and Kindergarten students to practice numbers, dimensions, shapes and names of clothing articles in Spanish. Students attach real buttons in different sizes and shapes to this illustration.

ARTS & CULTURE: FLAMENCO DANCERThis Bailaora was part of an unit in collaboration with Music and Dance classes. I created different characters representing dancers and rhythms from all around the world.

ARTS & CULTURE: FLAMENCO DANCER

This Bailaora was part of an unit in collaboration with Music and Dance classes. I created different characters representing dancers and rhythms from all around the world.

ANIMALS & ADJECTIVES Designed for Pre-K and Kindergarten students, this activity develops vocabulary acquisition of animals and basic adjectives through comparing sizes.

ANIMALS & ADJECTIVES
Designed for Pre-K and Kindergarten students, this activity develops vocabulary acquisition of animals and basic adjectives through comparing sizes.