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Dragonfly Designs Introduces New Language Immersion Jewelry Making Summer Camps for Children and Teens

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO , CALIFORNIA, USA, April 4, 2014 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Dragonfly Designs, a jewelry design and art education company in South San Francisco, is announcing the return of their Bilingual Jewelry Making Camps. Previously, these jewelry design classes were offered only in Mandarin Chinese to help multilingual students retain and grow their vocabulary during the summer through movement and art. NEW this year, Dragonfly is excited to announce they are offering these classes in Spanish as well. The company, which also sells handmade jewelry and jewelry making supplies, is opening up registration for these Summer Camp sessions where children will learn jewelry making techniques, practice their second language, and enjoy other features such as morning yoga or dance sessions.

Summer Camps for Teens and children as young as five (5) years old focus on teaching real jewelry making techniques including copper etching, enameling, stamping and dapping, bead stringing, wire work, resin pendants, finger knitting and hair jewelry. Dragonfly has been offering their Jewelry Design Camps in the SF Bay Area since 2007 teaching these same techniques that are taught to adults to kids ages five (5) and up in an age appropriate way. Dragonfly Designs, is calling all boys and girls from ages five (5) to seventeen (17) years old, to be a part of a memorable jewelry making experience with Dragonfly Design’s Bilingual Immersion Camps. The company’s bilingual camps are inclusive of jewelry making sessions using different mediums (materials included), yoga sessions with a licensed instructor, healthy snacks, outdoor time, and friendship building exercises. The bilingual aspect aims help the children explore another culture in its native tongue as well as help improve cognitive abilities like developing better memory, attention to detail and visual-spatial skills, while also boosting creativity. With Dragonfly Design’s Bilingual Jewelry Making camps, students will expand and reinforce their second language abilities as these jewelry making techniques are introduced and incorporated with eye-popping color schemes from a large selection of high-quality glass beads for better knowledge retention.

“I have always been an advocate of Learning Through Experience, because this empowers children and teens to effect positive change within themselves”, says Stacee Gillelen, owner and founder of Dragonfly Designs. She adds, “Learning another language has many positive effects on anyone’s cognitive abilities, whether you’re young or old. It prepares young minds to easily adapt to complex learning situations as they grow older and face the complexities of life. An added benefit, is that it also protects an adult mind from cognitive decline. As an educator, I know that developing a ‘bilingual brain’ coupled with expanding creativity is a huge step towards creating divergent thinking for the 21st century .”

Dragonfly Design’s Bilingual Camps offer four (4) different packages for parents or guardians to choose from. They have a full week camp (9 am to 3 pm) worth $425 per person; a four-day camp (9 am to 3 pm) for $340; a three day camp (9 am to 3 pm) for $255; a single day camp for $85; and half day full week camp for $270.00 per person (9 am to 12 pm or 12:00 pm to 3 pm). Each participant will need to pay $100 to reserve their spot and then pay the remaining balance on the first day of the bilingual camp.

If you want to enroll your child or if you’re interested to learn more about Dragonfly Design’s Bilingual Camps, call 650-303-1900 or send an email to Stacee at stacee@jewelrybydfly.com. You can also visit their website at http://www.jewelrybydfly.com/jewelry-making-camps.html; their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/DragonflyDesignsJewelry; and their blog http://jewelrybydfly.com/blog/index.php/spring-and-summer-camps-are-here/.

Stacee Gillelen
Dragonfly Designs
(650)-303-1900
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