How can we help our children in their learning? What are the benefits of comprehensive education? How can I help my child in his or her life project? What opportunities does a child need to develop their talents? What do children need to thrive or reach their full potential? What are the indispensable skills for a successful future? How do I prepare my child for life? The answer is simple, it all starts at home and in the classroom: from early education.

As educators at a world-class school, such as American School International [ASI], we understand how challenging it is for many parents to choose an education that adapts to the changing world we live in. As parents, who doesn’t want their child to grow up in a safe space where they can grow personally and professionally, and when they leave school they are prepared to succeed in life.

Provide a Comprehensive Education for Your Child

But how can I prepare my child for life? At ASI we are convinced that preschool education is the most important form of education. It is essential to start the learning process under a continuous methodology adapted to the real world, since the basis of learning is consolidated in the first years of life.

During this period, children’s brains are constantly and rapidly learning. This stage is crucial for language proficiency, psychomotor development, and communicative ability.

That said, what would be the most important skills that students should acquire in the classroom?

• Critical thinking and problem solving.

• Collaboration and leadership by influence.

• Agility and adaptability.

• Initiative and entrepreneurship.

• Good oral and written communication.

• Access to and analysis of information.

• Curiosity and imagination.

Let’s remember that success goes far beyond academics, soft and hard skills are and will continue to be the key to training well-rounded professionals.

Allow Your Child to Learn From Their Own Experiences

As parents, we sometimes tend to teach our children what to think or how to think about certain things. It is quite possible that this happens because we have already been given certain ideas as «valid» and we inherited them without further consideration.

However, we believe that it is much more important that we teach our children to think, since many times we tend to «spare them suffering» by preventing them from making their own decisions. The reality is that letting them live their own experiences, learn to think for themselves, let them look for their own solutions and make a decision is the best practice for them to be critical, engaged, safer and less fearful adults.

At ASI, our STEAM methodology goes hand in hand with «letting them experiment and learn by doing».

Educate Your Child in English

Giving your children the gift of «bilingualism» can enrich their lives. Let us remember that in an increasingly globalized and diverse world, the ability to speak more than one language can offer you social, economic and intellectual advantages. Why? Here is a breakdown of the benefits of educating your children with a complete education in English:

• It allows them to develop vocabulary and grammar.

• It creates greater mental flexibility for them.

• It allows them to further develop cognitive skills.

• It helps them boost memory.

• It creates a more flexible and efficient brain for them.

• It creates international opportunities for them (social and professional).

• It gives them greater creativity.

• It allows them to learn other languages more quickly.

• It contributes to personal growth, as well as self-esteem.

At ASI we prepare our students by educating in English as their primary language. By becoming fluent in this language, our students will be prepared to be admitted to the best universities in the world and be competitive in the global marketplace.

Prepare Your Child for a Globalized World

At ASI our commitment is to your children, our students, who deserve a comprehensive education that not only works for them in their professional lives, but also in their personal and social lives. We are convinced that primary education is the basis of everything, and that is why our academic offer has been developed to help young people meet the challenges of the 1st century.

Within the ASI classrooms we promote a dynamic, associative and cooperative environment of group learning, so that students learn to live in community, respecting different thoughts and individual cultures.

We live in a time where empathy is one of the most important values, which is acquired through integral education. We invite you to learn about our academic offer for 2023 that includes Pre-Kindergarten 3-4 years old, Kindergarten and Full Elementary.