The GrapeSEED™ English Arts Curriculum for Children was born out of more than four decades of English teaching success at the MeySen Academy in Sendai, Japan. A premier educational institution, the MeySen Academy specializes in teaching English as a second language (ESL) to children between the ages of 2 and 12.
WHAT IS GRAPESEED?
Based on four decades of classroom experience and ground-breaking educational research, GrapeSEED is a proven, comprehensive English language arts curriculum that uses cutting-edge curricula, learning aides, and techniques to effectively build on the children's natural aptitude for learning new languages.
GRAPESEED'S MISSION
We seek to equip educators globally with a complete solution for teaching English using notional brain processes by which a child naturally acquires language. Our joy-filled learning process gives students all the tools needed for communicative proficiency – understanding, speaking, reading and writing.
WHY GRAPESEED WAS DEVELOPED
GrapeSEED was developed because conventional English teaching programs for children were not designed for early childhood education and do not teach English in the way children naturally learn a new language.
GrapeSEED leverages and builds on a child-centered, functional-notional language learning framework—one that requires no analytical thinking, yet allows students to meet academic objectives that are more advanced than what conventional programs can achieve.
THE GRAPESEED ADVANTAGE
- A solid track record of teaching English to children based on four decades of classroom experience, plus breakthrough educational research.
- A foundation based on the acclaimed functional-notional learning methodology, which has been proven to work.
- A conversational, progressive approach that focuses on learning the most essential language skills first.
- A communicative approach that works similarly to the way a child learns to speak her mother tongue.
- World-class, top-quality multi-media content that engages kids and makes learning fun!
- A comprehensive support framework, including hands-on training, teaching manuals, and student materials.