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Programs
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Italian for Kids

Weekly Classes
Bilingual Classes
Italian Art Lab
Spring & Summer Camp
Preschool@Centro
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Italian For Adults

Daytime & Evening
Full Immersion
Business

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Trip to Italy

Ten Days in Sicily
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Events

Italian Free-Style
Music & Art
Puppet Shows
Italian in The Park
Italian for Kids

Centro Raccontami offers an exciting variety of classes for kids, ages 1-13. Each class is artistically designed to meet the child’s learning process and understanding of the Italian language and culture. Children learn Italian through musical activities, games, crafts, cooking, children’s literature, readings and role-playing. Centro Raccontami’s teaching approach enhances the child’s learning development through the encouragement of curiosity and creativity.

Weekly Classes

The classes for children start with games and musical activities for the youngest, including: singing, dancing, playing simple percussive instruments, visual material, craft activities and stories for the toddlers. Children and teenagers practice their speaking skills while learning how to look at paintings, discovering the excitement of science & geography, and role-playing by making up characters and stories.

Bilingual Classes

Bilingual classes help to expand the students’ vocabulary and conversational skills. Workshops designed to teach geography, history, fashion, arts and music, are taught through reading and writing in Italian. Bilingual students also enjoy the special opportunity of field trips to the MoMA and art events.

Italian Art Lab

In the Italian Art Lab, students meet with a real life Italian artist. This unique experience provides the student with a personal connection outside of the academic world. New art techniques are stressed, expressing each students’ creativity as an individual in a group setting. This is an important stage in the students’ development of independence and sharing.

Spring & Summer Camp

During the spring break and the summer, students have the opportunity to enrich their Italian through activities, field trips to museums, parks and other places of particular Italian interest.
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Preschool@Centro

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The Classes for Kids

Mom and Me
Pulcini: 1-2 yrs
Anatroccoli: 2-3 yrs

Toddlers
Micini: 3-4 yrs

Children
Coccinelle: 4-5 yrs
Leprotti: 6-8 yrs
Canguri: 8-10 yrs

Pre-Teenagers
Puledri: 9-13 yrs

Schedules

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Italian For Adults

Daytime & Evening Classes

Classes meet for nine weeks for one two-hour session per week. Attendances are small to ensure individual attention and encourage student participation. Lessons are interactive and highlighted by grammar instruction, giving the students the opportunity to learn and improve their conversational skills. Each class is designed individually to meet all different levels.

Full Immersion Sunday

Full Immersion Sunday is a dynamic, fast-paced six-hour language workshop for beginners, intermediates and advanced. This is perfect for travelers or anyone too busy to take a class every week. Levels: Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced.

Business Classes

The business classes are specifically designed for professionals who wish to begin or improve their Italian language skills. Classes are customized to meet the professionals’ language needs and accommodate his or her busy schedule. Company individual or company group lessons are available.


Trip to Italy

Ten Days in Sicily

Discover and experience authentic Italian life and culture in Sicily! Join Centro Raccontami for an unforgettable full immersion ten-day course and amazing day trips. Combine a beautiful vacation atmosphere with a high-quality study program. Students will stay at Casa Tresauro www.casatresauro.com, a charming residence restored from part of an ancient Sicilian "masseria", typical of south-eastern Sicily.


Events

Italian Free-Style

Italian Free-Style is a fun and exciting way to speak Italian with students of all levels. Each Free-Style event focuses on a different native Italian speaker and subject. This offers a diverse and interesting event each and every time. You will meet other individuals and professionals from all walks of life. Some events include special live music presentations.
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Music & Art

Centro Raccontami welcomes you to explore modern Italian music and art. We host a series of concerts and art exhibits featuring the works of contemporary artists and musicians throughout the year.
Upcoming Events

Puppet Shows

Laugh as you learn! Experience new adventures with this entertaining event that encourages children to interact with fictional characters. Centro Raccontami offers puppet shows based on American and Italian traditions such as Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, la Befana, Carnevale and more.

Italian In The Park

During the summer, Centro Raccontami and the IACE Children’s Library offer a series of Italian readings in the park designed for children of all ages. Free for our members!

The Classes for Adults

Beginner I
The student has little or no previous experience in the Italian language.

Beginner II-III
The student is able to understand and respond to very basic conversational situations.

Intermediate I
The student has considerable high school or college background experience in Italian. The student can speak using the present, past and future tenses.

Intermediate II-III
The student is able to express and understand ideas in detail on a variety of topics. He or she may not understand rapid, colloquial speech.

Advanced
The student is able to understand and use all forms and styles of speech, but needs some practice and improvement in the language.

Schedules

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