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Today’s children’s visit to the Kherson Library for Children was wonderful and exciting because we met kids from Private School who “traveled” around the library and got acquainted with different departments. They practiced their English, played games and watched short animated films at Window on America Center for Future Leaders. They tried themselves as actors at the Art Department while performing a fairytale “The Mittens”. They made a “Snowman” by themselves at the Periodical Room and of course they danced with “Just Dance” which was lots of fun. It’s a big pleasure for us to see happy faces of kids so we’d love to see them again.

Christmas Movies

 

Who said that holidays are over 🥳? Last Sunday was the first meeting of Smart English Club for kids and teens which we dedicated to watching movies in English 🇬🇧. Kids came to the Library for Children and improved their listening and speaking skills while they were watching movies. For children aged 6-8 we chose a funny cartoon “Frosty the Snowman” where we learned some phrases and tried to use them in sentences. With teens we watched a famous Christmas movie “Home Alone” which was a way funny and interesting. We tried to make our participants feel comfortable so we set up some beanbag chairs and treated them with popcorn 🍿.

Discover America

Young readers of the Kherson Oblast Library for Children visited Window on America Center for Future Leaders yesterday to increase their knowledge about the USA. We played a board game “50-star game land: Discover America” which was designed by librarians. To find out more interesting facts about the United States children answered different questions on 5 categories such as nature, history, inventions, culture and disneyland. Besides questions visitors also looked at the US map and found different states on it. At the end of the game we also had 3 winners who got small presents - notepads and pens with WOA logo on them. Hope this game helped our readers to find out something new about the USA.  

Happy Valentine's Day

Today, February 14th when lots of people are celebrating the Valentine's Day, Window on America for Future Leaders Kherson had two meetings of English Club for kids and teens. We were so happy to meet children at the library after a long break. And of course we talked  about “St. Valentine’s Day” holiday, learned some words and phrases related to it and played games such as "Bingo" and "Pictionary". 

Teenagers discussed some questions and worked with the presentation to know more facts about this holiday. We all had an opportunity to practice our English with each other and looking forward to our next offline meeting.

Disney Magic Kingdom

Сьогодні, на черговій п'ятничній зустрічі літніх читань сектору документів іноземними мовами, які проходять щотижня у Херсонській обласній бібліотеці для дітей імені Дніпрової Чайки, нові читачі відкривали для себе  "Чарівний світ Діснею". Діти вгадували назви мультфільмів, їх персонажів та, як зазвичай, вивчали англійську мову. Мали змогу пограти у такі ігри як "Who am I?", "Категорії" та онлайн гру на платформі Кahoot!

Усі учасники зустрічі отримали заряд позитиву та енергії на весь день й з нетерпінням чекають наступної зустрічі. 

The USA and |Ukraine: Comparing two countries

Cool Speaking club becomes popular among young people who come to Window on America center for future leaders to practice their English with native speakers. And yesterday we met 20 visitors (some of them came for the first time) and had a really interesting topic where we were comparing two countries: the United States of America and Ukraine. This meeting was held in a new way for us - Speed English . Visitors were divided into 4 groups with one american guest in each. And then after having watched short videos we discussed 3 topics, such as Leisure, Food and Schools. All members of this club could share their opinions and thoughts about given topics and get some new information! We are very thankful our American Friends for helping visitors of the Library for Children named after Dniprova Chayka to improve their English!

Window to Success

Busy January with all its holidays and days off is over and finaly the participants of Women's Career Club gathered at the second meeting at Window on America center for future leaders this frosty Sunday. The discussion was about the 1st chapter of Rania Anderson's book "Undeterred" - the 1st habbit of successful woman - to be unrestrained. Which barriers prevent women from being successful? Do we have gender stereotypes in our society? Is it useful to be unrestrained in life? Our participants expressed their thoughts about these issues and made conclusions - it's not the same as to be uncontrolled or too self-confident but not to stop in the face of obstacles, try to find another ways to solve the the problem and achieve your goals on the way to success. So let's not slow down, let's move ahead! See you next time on March 1.

Winter Fun at Cool Speaking Club

Cool Speaking Club began its work yesterday at Window on America for future Leaders Center where active members came to improve their English with American volunteers. We started with WordGames and revised all words and phrases about Christmas and New Year (christmas tree, "Home Alone", carols, Santa Claus, hot chocolate, reindeers, family, fireworks, stockings.....) 

Then we talked about "Gifts & Presents" and everybody discussed some questions, such as "What is the best present you’ve ever had?", "Have you ever got weird gifts?" etc. and we watched a funny video “Giving weird Christmas presents” with further discussion. And of course our favorite kind of activity is playing board games so we chose "Alias" to play. Thanks to our guests we always have fun during the meetings. So if you're interested in learning English in fun way - join us every Wednesday at 4pm

Whatever the weather

There were 3 meetings of  English club at WOAFL Kherson today where more than 20 visitors came to learn English and have fun. With students we talked about the Healthy Lifestyle and the ways to be fit. We began with discussion and health proverbs. Then we learnt how to say about your health in English and how to give advices to people who aren't feeling good. With the kids we continued to learn the topic about the Weather🌞⛅☔❄⛄ and seasons. We listened to kid songs and played games. At the end the little ones drew the picture of their favorite season. With elder group we also discussed season questions and shared our likes and dislikes during that time. In order to remeber the names of all seasons and their months in English we played kahoot games.

English Club meetings with children

On Sunday Window on America for Future Leaders Kherson met children aged 5-11 years old who attend English Club on Sundays. There were two groups of kids where we played, learnt new words and spoke English. With little ones we revised colors and began to learn Fruit and Vegetable vocabulary. 

Children were taught how to describe fruit and vegetables by saying its size and color. Then we listened to a Fruit song. With elder kids we introduced ourselves and talked about Leisure. They found out about the difference between Free time - Spare time - Leisure time. At the end we played an online game "Kahoot" and just had fun.

Interesting stories in English

 

Are you good at making up stories? The visitors of Kherson English Speaking Club did a great job on Thursday, September 12, where they all gathered at Window on America for Future Leaders Kherson. PC volunteer, Nina Jackson prepared good activities that help to improve English: "Ice-breakers", "Make up stories using flashcards: jobs, appearance, hobbies and leisure", "Talking cards".

We are happy to see different people and it is always great to meet the new ones. So please come next Thursday at 4 pm and learn English with pleasure ))) See you at the Kherson Oblast Library for children

English Speaking School Camps at the "Window on America for future leaders"

Протягом двох тижнів інформаційний центр «Вікно в Америку для майбутніх лідерів» запрошував учнів зі шкільних таборів, які спеціалізуються поглибленим вивченням англійської мови. Центр провів 5 зустрічей зі старшокласниками Школи гуманітарної праці та гімназії №1, гостями яких були волонтери зі Сполучених Штатів, Роланд Семуель та Патрік Хенсен. 

 

Під час зустрічей учням випала нагода поспілкуватися англійською та дізнатися більше про США. Окрім інформаційної частини, були також проведені ігри, “Rotating Circle”, “20 Questions” and “Kahoot”. 

Діти у свою чергу дуже зацікавилися спілкуванням з гостями, тож постійно ставили питання на різноманітні теми: What are their favorite hobbies? What do they think about Ukraine?  What Ukrainian food have they already tried? What are their favorite movies and books? та інші.

Тож, сподіваємося, що це наші не останні зустрічі зі школярами, адже протягом літа всі бажаючі зможуть відвідати English Speaking Clubs та вдосконалити свою англійську. 

Бажаємо всі чудового літнього відпочинку.

Personal Development and Growth

Сьогодні, 05 травня 2019 року, в Херсонській обласній бібліотеці для дітей імені Дніпрової Чайки відбулась визначна подія! До інформаційного центру «Вікно в Америку для майбутніх лідерів» завітали відразу 6 волонтерів Корпусу Миру з різних обласних центрів України. Запросили гостей  на позачергову зустріч “Kherson English Speaking Club” Ніна Джексон та Уітні Кравенс, які щотижня проводять розмовні клуби у бібліотеці. 

Запрошені гості провели 3-годинний тренінг для постійних та нових користувачів центру за темою  «Personal Development and Growth». До заняття долучилися 27 учасників різних вікових категорій. Присутні з цікавістю переглянули спеціально підготовані презентації та обговорили різні аспекти кожної з тем: “Becoming Confident” (Rachel Glasser), “Diversity and Difference”(Jamal Marcelin), “Self Care and Growth” (Whitney Cravens), “Body Positivity” (Nina Jackson), “Social Medias and Self Esteem” (Thomas Choi) and “Self Esteem” (Ashley Garcia).

Один за одним, волонтери розкривали проблему самовдосконалення особистості з різних сторін, адже вона є актуальною серед молоді, та знаходили її вирішення шляхом колективного спілкування. Практичні завдання, такі як «Complimenting Activity», «Closing Thoughts», «Personal SWOT Analysis» та інші допомогли присутнім дізнатися більше про себе та мати змогу розуміти оточуючих.

Під час перерв на чай, в дружній атмосфері учасники тренінгу спілкувалися з нашими гостями та ділилися своїми враженнями від заходу. 

Точно знаємо, що це буде початком нових зустрічей у бібліотеці.