Welcome to Window on America Center

 Window on America Center presented its resources and services to teachers and pupils from school №7. We told them about the various new clubs, programs, meetings, events in which they can participate. Also we spoke about center’s book collection. We invited them to special events held at the library over the summer. These are usually fun, exciting and educational.  We hope that visiting Window on America Center motivated our quests in studying the English language.

Interesting facts about the USA

On June 18 junior school pupils visited the American Center for the first time. Children took an active part in our children's project “Game Hour”. The quiz “Interesting facts about the USA” was the final part of our program. Children got little presents from the American Center, learnt new words and phrases in English, learned more facts about the USA. All of them left the Center in the wonderful mood.

English Language Games

On June 17 Window on America center held  event "English Language Games" for pupils of 5-6 forms from Sumy region (Bilopillya).It’s not a secret that the shortest way to knowledge lies through the game, because it brings practical interest, gives visible results and encourages creativity. Games with letters and words opened doors to children in the interesting world of English language. Our guests played with pleasure such games as "Classroom games", "Word search games", "Spelling games", "Memory games", "Sentence monkey".

Gaming Day

Gaming Day continues to be quite popular at Window on America Center! On June 12 this event brought large crowds of young children, challenging everyone to learn new American games, practice their English and play Kinect games! Thank you again for coming and please continue to have fun!

Gaming Day @ Sumy Window on America Center

On June 11 Window on America center hold a varity of gaming activities including board games, Kinect games and interactive online games for learning English. By playing our fun educational games, our guests – teachers and pupils from school № 20  could practice and reviewed key English vocabulary, grammar and sentences without the boredom. Games are great for motivating students to learn English.

The USA Quiz

On June 10,  high school students from school №10 visited our Window on America center for the first time. They were told about activity and resources of the Window on America Center. Kids could not only get the information about book, DVD collections but also played different games and took part in the USA quiz with presents and gifts. We look forward to seeing them at the next time in our WOA center.

English - Speaking Club

There were three meetings of the English-Speaking Club in May. The following topics were discussed:

16.05 – Money

During the meeting was discussed topic “Money”. At first members of the Club talked about Ukrainian money and about foreign currencies on the whole. After that Colin told about Australian money and compared it with other currencies. Besides people exchanged views on how one can earn money and where to get the right job. There were different points of view and different explanations. As usual the discussion took place in good and friendly manner.

23.05 – Dominance of men in Ukraine

30.05 – Words with letters “O”, “U”, “G” and “H”                                  

What do you know about the USA?

On 5 of June we met school students from school №15. We told them about the center, about books and magazines, movies and board games from our collection, about interesting events. The quiz "What do you know about the USA" arose great interest among the students. They answered questions  about the history of the Statue of Liberty and the White House, the U.S. national holidays and creation of the state flag. The kids were pleased to participate in joyful and informative competitions and got our presents.

The tours for kids

On 4 of June Window on America center run two tours for school students  of the 5th and 9th forms of the school №10  and the tour for the children of the 6-8^th  forms from the school № 6.  We told about services and resources for studying English. Our guests got acquainted with a collection of the board games. Most of attention was attracted by iPads and Xbox. We invited our guests to come to us to learn, to play and have a good time.