OPINIONS DE PARTICIPANTS


I first went to fun and learn the summer of my freshmen year in high school.I had struggled through Spanish class my eight and ninth grade years so my grandmother took it upon her self to seek out the Fun and Learn program. At the time I was not too thrilled to go over to Spain to “learn” during the summer. To me it sounded like school, and I wasn't at all looking foreword to the next few weeks of camp. I can even remember trying to talk my way out of it in the airport terminal, luckily for me my parents weren't having it. After my initial anxiety about the whole situation had passed, I started to have a great time. I was seeing new places, discovering new cultures, meeting new people and doing things I thought I'd never do and the entire time I was learning. The days consisted of two: hour and a half classroom session broken up by free time, along with an afternoon activity period. After the morning learning it was always fun for me to use all the words and phrases that I had been taught in class with the Spanish campers.
It was a very satisfying feeling to see myself becoming better at the language.
After my summer in Spain I came back to school with so many life experiences that other students never had, and on top of that Spanish class was now easy! Since my initial trip as a camper I've returned twice to Fun and Learn as a counselor and never once have I left disappointed. Now I look back on my time in Spain very fondly, the experiences I've been through will forever be part of my make up. My time in Catalonia has not only made me appreciate foreign cultures but my own as well, and it gives me a unique and special aspect of my life. I would recommend Fun and Learn to anyone, because it's an experience that you'll cherish and never forget.

Michael A. Burbank
Peterborough - NH
My name is Mary Casey and my daughter Kristen had a wonderful opportunity to attend the Fun and Learn Camp in Spain three years ago. The program is well run by highly motivated, structured individuals, and the two weeks she spent at the camp continues to be an experience she will never forget. Kristen is a college sophomore pursuing a Business degree with a minor in Spanish. The time spent at the camp has given her insight as to the spanish culture and helped her decide to obtain a degree in Spanish. I very highly recommend this trip for children and young teens fortunate enough to attend.

Mary Casey
Manchester - NH
Both of my daughters have attended the Fun & Learn Summer Camp for multiple summers. My older daughter attended as a counselor for 3 summers and my younger daughter attended as a camper one summer and a junior counselor a second summer.
The summer both girls attended together, my husband and I also travelled to Spain and visited camp the first day. The camp is located in a beautiful mountain setting and is very well run and supervised. In addition to learning Spanish, there are tons of activities such as swimming, bike riding, theater, games etc.
As a parent, I was excited to know that the children have daily access to email and the camp also posts pictures of each day's activities on their web site. I looked forward to visiting the Fun & Learn web site every evening to see what activities occurred during the day and how happy the children seemed to be.
I highly recommend this camp to American students interested in learning Spanish, making new friends and having an incrediblly positive experience!

Sandy King
Peterborough, NH (USA)
FUN AND LEARN: TOTA UNA EXPERIÈNCIA

Com a casa....
Enguany ja serà el quart any que en Jordi gaudeix una part de les seves vacances amb la Família del FUN.
El primer any amb curiositat i respecte “por” pel tema de l’idioma i no conèixer ningú però tant els monitors com l’entorn i la Direcció van ser tant “com a casa” que es va oblidar que es trobava tot sol amb l’”anglès” com a llengua per poder expressar-se.
S’ho va passar d’allò més bé, tant és així que al recollir-lo l’últim dia de les Colònies el primer que va dir, va ser: l’any vinent hi vull tornar!!! M’ho he passat molt i molt bé!!! És súper-xulo!!
Una gran alegria i satisfacció com a pares ja que era el primer cop que marxava tants dies de colònies i en “anglès”..... i sol.... sense cap amic ni conegut per poder compartir el seu neguit davant qualsevol cosa que li pogués sorgir o inquietar.
Això ens va donar a entendre que es va sentir “com a casa”.
Són molt propers, estrictes, i saben, com professionals que són, com arribar als nens perquè no se sentin incòmodes si tenen res que els amoïni i sobretot que no s’avorreixin.
Estem tant tranquils i tenim tanta confiança amb ells que enguany, els hi confiem no només les Colònies de Setmana Santa ni les del Juliol sinó que també se’n va a les Colònies dels EEUU, cosa que amb l’experiència viscuda durant aquests tres anys teníem ben clar que només el deixaríem anar tant lluny amb la Família del Fun. Tenen tota la nostra confiança.
Fan tantes activitats i són tant familiars, que l’idioma no se’ls hi fa un obstacle ni un patiment. Saben molt bé compaginar-ho tot. A més, no són un grup molt ampli de nens i això està molt bé, la relació es fa més fàcil.
No són unes colònies d’aprendre anglès i que tornin sabent-lo perfectament, ni molt menys, són unes colònies per passar-ho bé i sense adonar-se’n aprendre l’anglès sense massa esforç i sobretot “sense patir”. L’anglès no es fa pesat, entra per si sol....
El repte d’aquest any és veure com torna de les Colònies dels EEUU..... esperem que sigui igual que el primer cop que va estar amb la Família del Fun.
Tant la Maira, com en Cesc i el grup de monitors que hi ha són grans professionals i el tracte humà és..... “com a casa”....
N’estem molt contents d’haver-los “trobat”.
Com aquell qui diu, ja són de la Família.

Família Ormad - 2015


Una família molt agraïda

Família Farré-González, Setembre 2015

uns moments màgics!

Wow cesc! Soc en David Gabanyach, he estat miran la pgina web de fun and learn amb alguns videos penjats i en algun encara surto jo. Mha portat molts bons records, van ser moments magics que macompanyaran tota la vida i que han pasat a formar part de mi. Destijo poder tornari ara ja com a monitor en un futur no gaire llunyà.

Un petó per tota la family
David Gabanyach (febrer 2016)
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