THE affinity plus PROGRAM

Affinity Arts offers a variety of extracurricular activities in its Affinity Plus program after regular school hours, which may be acquired hourly according to your needs.

We have also carefully chosen preferred partnerships, that complement some of the program activities in the schedule.

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Affinity Plus is designed exceptionally for students that attend our regular Affinity Arts program, offering dynamic continuity to our learning process. Students are offered pedagogical support for homework and extended activities.

Affinity Plus allows an optional and personalized routine setup by hiring additional hours up to 6:00 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.

​Program activities and descriptions

Psychomotor Development
Psychomotricity is related to the maturation of mental processes and physical activities, where the origin of cognitive, emotional, and organic acquisitions occurs in the body. Based on a holistic view of the human being, psychomotricity addresses cognitive, socio-emotional, symbolic, psycholinguistic, and motor functions in an integrated manner, promoting the ability to be and act in a psychosocial context.

Recreational activities
​Students may freely play in pre-determined spaces (playground, toy room, outdoor covered area) to socialize, strengthen autonomy and develop grossmotor skills.

Art workshop
​Art workshops fosters creativity. Children will use diverse materials, develop fine-motor skills and spontaneously explore their inventions.

Cooking
​Children will discover different types of food, smell aromas, feel textures, perceive colors and seasonings. Each recipe will be prepared with lots of fun and our students will find joy in activating their taste buds to discover new types of food.

Children’s drama workshop
​Theater and Drama allow students to acquire greater interaction with the group, as well as develop corporal and emotional expression. These activities foster spontaneous and instinctive communication skills.

Storytelling by young people
​The art of storytelling encourages reading habits and fosters imagination. It develops language skills, reasoning, and social skills with other children. The activities in this program are fun and dynamic.

Cooperative Games
​Using games as a teaching strategy helps form concepts and introduce reallife and imaginary challenges. Children are encouraged to find creative solutions thorough reasoning, exchanging ideas and teamwork. Students develop decision making skills, autonomy and cooperation.

Capoeira
General objective: Teach the art of Capoeira through fun and dynamic activities.

Specific objectives:

• Execute Capoeira movements that develop physical skills that increase gross-motor development and the areas of: spatial and visual reasoning, autonomic movements and muscle control;
• Execute capoeira movements that develop cognitive skills, creativity, selfesteem, auto-expression and emotional control;
• Introduce Capoeira music, developing several skills, including vocabulary enhancement;
• Learn and present the history of Capoeira