Liceo de la lengua española

One of the main goals for our extended stay in Mexico is for Chloe to learn some Spanish (oh how I wish her school offered Spanish!!). It took a solid week of visiting multiple schools to make a decision (apparently the best way to get details on summer Spanish camps is to visit the schools in person). We ended up going with Liceo de la lengua española, partly because it has a coffee shop inside the school, LOL. Okay it was actually because we really liked the school and it's a good location.

So Chloe began Spanish camp this week - and she is the only student! We're here pretty early in the season, so more kids are arriving next week. I thought Chloe would be grumpy about her solo status, but she loves the teacher - Ms. Aranza - and is really loving it. The classes are two hours long in the morning, followed by two hours of an activity - sometimes an outing in town, sometimes a craft at school. Eric and I are taking turns, participating in the activity.

We manage to walk about half way to the school, then catch a cab for the rest of the journey (which costs about $2). We laughed at how funny it would be if she pulled up in a cab at her school back in Austin.


Solo etudiante! Miss Aranza is wonderful and makes it super fun.

The camp includes lunch, which is awesome. But I'm having to make peace with her having lemonade and cookies at lunch every day!

The first day's activity - we made these flowers! It's harder that you might think! But now we're in love with crepe paper. I'm so glad that parents can join the activities, it's fun for us too.

The second day's outing - to the Tuesday Market, or The Tianguis de los Martes. Eric went on this outing and I was so jealous when I heard where they went, since this has been on our to-do list. Apparently it's an insanely huge outdoor market - the size of three football fields! You can find everything from fresh strawberries to broken televisions. Ms. Aranza wanted Chloe to practice using her new Spanish words (fruits!).

Day 3 outing - Museum of the Katrina. This place just opened, so there's not a lot of info online yet. It's small, so it's an easy outing with a kiddo. It basically conveys a brief history of the Day of the Dead culture in Mexico. Chloe loved it. The figures are so beautiful. It's fascinating and such a different twist on how we view death in our culture - this really celebrates and finds the beauty in it.