Daily Schedule

Dear parent,

Every activity offered by the Italian School of Tampa is intended to work in synergy to contribute as effectively as possible to the harmonic growth of the child, language instruction is one of them and not the sole focus of our school, however, the fluency in Italian language will come naturally as the child attends daily and is exposed to mother tongue speakers.

Nuccia Di Calogero Hinckley

After School Program

Open Monday through Friday 2:30 PM to 6 PM

Daily Activities

I Compiti

(Tutoring)

Students will do their homework everyday upon arrival. Their profit will be kept under check and they will receive the necessary support to be on grade level.

Lo Spuntino

(Snack Time)

Natural snacks and Juices will be available and on sight to create a homey feeling around the children and make them feel comfortable in reaching out or asking for a snack whenever they feel hungry.

Lingua Italiana

(Italian Language)

Italian is taught in an interactive and playful way, we use Media and different activities such as Games, Songs, Role Play and Arts and everything children will do in School will offer a chance to reinforce the language skills.

L’Arte

(Arts)

Children will be guided through a series of Art Projects that may include Painting, Drawing, Sawing, Origami, Ikebana, Mosaics, and many other techniques. The goal will be to create an object that will have a lasting value and for every project they will learn about materials and tools used. Every object they will work on will be treated with value and respect and at the end of their stay at the School they will be able to bring home some valuable memories.

La Musica

(Music)

Students will have the opportunity to study Piano and/or Violin, meetings with the instructor will be scheduled according to the number of children and the attendance.

“Les Closlieu”

“Un espace où l’on fortifie ce qu’on possède de plus précieux: Im Malort bei Arno Stern in Paris (© Closlieu Arno Stern, Paris)

sa personnalité, où l'on recouvre le plaisir naturel de peindre,

selon la pratique” Arno Stern.

This is a special activity that I would like to explain through the words of Arno Stern, who I had the pleasure to meet in Italy a few years ago during one of his workshops. Please refer to his *Website for detailed info.

“Formulation, a universal phenomenon discovered and studied by Arno Stern between 1950 and 1980”

“Humanity has always communicated using drawn signs, or Traces. While these images allowed people to enter into contact with others, a primary function remained unknown.

Once this manifestation is no longer destined for others and is freed of the need to be understood by a receiver it can become the Expression of organic memory.

Drawing appears among small children's earliest gestures. The first Traces are dependent on motor skills. Their development then follows a programmed process, and is not, as some have thought, based on children’s observation of their environment.”*

-Arno Stern

*http://www.arnostern.com/en/index.html