Students in Melyssa Gomez’s Spanish class on the Bolles Lower School Ponte Vedra Beach Campus combined two important strengths for a successful lesson last week: the power of play and the power of language study. Add outdoors and number skills to the equation and the result was muy Bueno!

Gomez created number counting games on the playground outside, including hopscotch and other related activities. Then students split into groups to play the games in Spanish – adding, counting and strategizing in Spanish with Gomez’s guidance.

On a beautiful Florida day, there was no better place to be than an outdoor classroom!