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The instructor is wonderful. She is sensitive to all of the children's needs and has a unique talent of connecting with th echildren. In my son's words, "French at Wonders is my favorite class!" Customer service is excellent. Also, the instructor was wonderful in working with my son and me, when he was a little uncertain about a story being used in class. My son's experience to date has been great. -Parent of a French Preschooler

has an experienced and dedicated team!

	Hilary Comerchero, Founder & Director Before starting WONDERS, Hilary managed and developed foreign language programs and language learning centers on both coasts. She supervised various international educational programs, including the Department of State’s Fulbright Foreign Student Program and Ford Foundation travel and learning grants. She has over 10 years as an experienced teacher and tutor of various ages and has created and led courses for language tutors. Hilary began learning French at the age of eight from a favorite aunt and studied it formally from third grade through her graduate studies. She has lived and traveled abroad for extended periods of time. She has a Bachelor’s in Comparative Literature from Haverford College and a Master’s in French Language and Culture from the Middlebury French School. She loves to study other languages as well. Lastly, her tutoring brought her to a student who is now her husband!
	Jazmin Chiarella, Spanish Instructor Jazmin was born in El Paso, Texas and raised in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Upon completion of high school in Mexico, Jazmin returned to El Paso and graduated from the University of Texas with a Bachelor's in Marketing. As well as teaching at Wonders, Jazmin teaches in a local preschool and is enrolled in an early childhood education program, to become fully certified by the end of 2008. Jazmin loves teaching children and embraces their intense capacity to learn and gain knowledge through foreign language skills. She and her husband moved to the North County San Diego area from San Francisco in 2002. They both love languages, travel and the quality of life our area has to offer. They have one child who has been enrolled in Mandarin Chinese class since age 2 1/2, and with whom she speaks Spanish at home.
	Melissa Amador-Aleman, Spanish Instructor Melissa was born in Ensenada, Mexico and was raised in Tijuana, where she lived for 30 years. She has the equivalent of a Bachelor's degree from Normal Colegio Ensenada and is licensed as a preschool teacher by the Mexican Government. For the last ten years, Melissa has been working with children in different schools in Tijuana as a preschool, kindergarten and English teacher. In 2007, she got married and moved to Del Mar, where she lives with her husband who is also bilingual. She loves working with children, as she considers it the most fun activity one can do. She especially likes to teach while children think they are playing and having fun.
	Anne-France Moore, French Instructor Anne-France is a native of the French-speaking region of Belgium.  She was born and raised in Lasne, a town not far from Brussels.  Traveling with her parents around the world, Anne-France found herself in the US many times.  At the age of 18, she decided to come to the US as an exchange student at Huntington Beach.  It was after this that she decided that California was going to be her home.  Upon finishing her Business Degree in Belgium, Anne-France traveled to San Diego to continue her studies, where she also met her husband and started a family.  Her 5 year-old is starting to speak French and takes Spanish class at Wonders.  Anne-France loves to travel and immerse herself in other cultures, from Africa to Bali.  She is also fluent in Dutch (Flemish). She loves to interact with children and instructing her native languages. She feels the best way for children to learn a language is to make the experience fun and to provide lots of interactive activities that the children will want to remember.
	Claire Livingston, French Instructor Claire is a French native who grew up in Brittany and later moved to Provence to attend university. She has an Associate’s degree in Chinese and French as a Foreign Language and a Bachelor’s degree in Teaching French as a Foreign Language, combined with a Post-Graduate Certification in Education. After teaching French in England, she came to the United States and loved it so much she decided to stay and teach some more. This is where she met her husband and now resides, in sunny California. She loves working with children because they are so bright and fun, and such good learners! She loves meeting her young students and sharing her beautiful native language with them through playful and creative activities.
	Grace Zhang, Mandarin Instructor Grace grew up in mainland China. She completed her undergraduate studies in Northern China with a double major in Education and Information Systems, and she earned her Master's degree with honors from Depaul University in Chicago. Grace has many years' experience teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language to toddlers through adults. She absolutely loves teaching and especially enjoys working with children! She's inspired seeing them absorb knowledge so quickly while they laugh and play, and she's proud of seeing many smiling faces. She puts all her effort into helping her students learn language in a fun environment. The most rewarding part of her job is when former students come back and tell her how much they learned while they were in her class. In her free time, she reads, sings, dances, and directs children's plays and dances for Chinese festivals and holidays. Grace and her husband have a precious little girl who is just three years old. Her daughter speaks Mandarin and English fluently and is having fun in a Spanish class at Wonders!
	Ana Lomba and her Easy Immersion® Curriculum   Wonders is a proud licensee of Ana Lomba Early Languages LLC® curriculum. Ana Lomba, a native of Madrid, is a leader in the field of world languages education who has taught all ages, from toddlers to university students. After completing graduate studies at Princeton University, she founded her language learning company in 1999. Ana has published award-winning books and CDs specifically designed for young children learning languages. These materials are at the heart of Ana Lomba’s Easy Immersion® Methodology, where children learn language through immersion in storytelling, games, crafts, songs, and many other activities. Ana has held leadership positions with some of the most influential language organizations (ACTFL, NNELL, and FLENJ). She is a tireless advocate of early language learning in the US. Ana is currently a post-master student at NYU researching early literacy in dual language environments.

Our instructors are hired through a rigorous interview process that includes background checks. They are specially-trained in our method and undergo regular observation and review. We only hire instructors who are native speakers and who are enthusiastic, dedicated, creative, and nurturing.

We are educators dedicated to offering quality language classes for young children. We support a child's learning by creating a safe and fun-filled environment. We are not a licensed preschool that provides long-term care and supervision of children. We teach only foreign language only to children. We do not teach adults, and we do not teach other subjects. We remain committed to our expertise and mission!.

Memberships:

National Network for Early Language Learning (NNELL)

Barahona Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)

Since research shows that an early language learning experience generally results in the development of native or near-native pronunciation and intonation, it is recommended that students be provided the opportunity to learn a second language as early as possible in school. This early language learning experience not only helps to develop native-like pronunciation but also promotes higher levels of proficiency if the student continues in a well-articulated sequence of language learning. Research corroborates additional benefits including strengthening of literacy in students’ first language, raising standardized test scores in other subject areas, and developing comfort with cultural differences. These benefits accrue with instruction that is continuous throughout the school year, connected grade to grade, and more frequent than twice per week, adding up to at least 90 minutes per week, at both the elementary and middle school levels.

-ACTFL Position Statement on Early Language Learning

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