EnCantada is an independent company dedicated to providing children with an immersion into English and Spanish language through music, singing, adventure and play.
Every session is designed to be interactive for all children throughout the Early Years Foundation Stage and into Key Stage 1. We move from song to song using resources where needed and our bodies too keep little hands busy, little minds engaged and to develop their gross and fine motor skills.
Our sessions are available online as a subscription based service as well as face to face private EYFS and public sessions in the North Yorkshire and Teesside area.
The sessions use a range of music from traditional nursery rhymes in both languages, to our very own compositions accompanied with simple actions and plenty of fun to allow every child to get the most out of the EnCantada experience.
And that’s what EnCantada always aims to be, a learning experience from the very youngest age. It’s an opportunity to absorb language, interact with it, feel confident and above all, enjoy it!
¡Hola! Hi! I’m Jane, EnCantada founder and session leader. I’m a fully qualified Primary School teacher with over 10 years of teaching experience working in schools and nurseries in both the UK and in Spain.
Music has always been a huge part of my life and singing is something I’ve loved to do from a very early age. I’ve gone from singing Christmas carols to my Grandma in the living room to singing in choirs, karaoke (of course!) and then moving onto professional singing as a solo performer and in bands with some fabulous musicians.
Languages have also been a passion of mine, my Mum, who spent time living France as a child, has always encouraged this and would read and sing in French to my brothers and I, with ‘Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini’ being my personal favourite!
My Dad, whose mother was from Cartagena, Spain, would teach us all bits and pieces of vocabulary and I was fascinated as a child listening to him chatter away when we visited our family and got the chance to hear him speak in Spanish.
Although my Dad was bilingual, it wasn’t until I was in my teens when I began to study the language myself, alongside French, at school and I have continued ever since, on regular holidays out to Spain, a couple of summers working out there and eventually moving there for two years to work in an international school.
Working in a school in Spain where all of the children were using English a second language on a daily basis really made me realise just how simple it should be to make another language accessible for children. Also, just how vital it is to give children the opportunity from the very youngest of ages, which is why I decided to set up EnCantada to give children the opportunity to experience another language, along with their own, in a natural and enjoyable way.
EnCantada Online offers an easy to use and enjoyable opportunity to introduce and integrate Spanish into your setting without any prior knowledge of the language, or the need to source anything else yourself.
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