Foreign Languages at Hopscotch Our foreign - language program includes...
Understanding hopscotch just got easier. Start here with our breakdown of Foreign Languages at Hopscotch Our foreign - language program includes.... Foreign Languages at Hopscotch Our foreign-language program includes Spanish and Mandarin, giving students regular exposure to different language systems and cultural perspectives. In both languages, students develop a clear understanding of how language is built — from the movable alphabet and early grammar to meaningful sentence structure. These skills help children see the logic of a new language and give them the confidence to express simple ideas. But language learning also includes the texts and traditions that give a language its character. Right now, in Mandarin, students are studying the Chinese creation story. Through shared reading and conversation, they begin to notice how a narrative is formed, how cultural themes appear in early stories, and how meaning is carried through images and sequence. Songs naturally s...