The Land of Fairy Tales
News
June 2012
University of Valencia in Spain invites Agnieszka Horyza to the International Conference Teaching Literature in English for Young Learners.
March 2011
Agnieszka Horyza gives lectures at the conference of the Modern Languages Association of Poland in Kalisz and at the international conference on Communication - Culture - Creativity in Piła .
September 2011
Anna Raulinajtys, Ph.D. defends her Ph.D. thesis on "Educational Discourse in Teaching EFL to Kindergarten Children: An Ethnographic Study." She conducted her research while teaching children through The Land of Fairy Tales Method.
November 2011
More than 8,000 children learn languages through our method.
July 2010
TV broadcast in TV MAX, Koszalin (zobacz)
September 2010
More cities join the program; the number of children taught through the method hits the 7,000 mark.
2009
Article in ABC (zobacz).
2009
As part of her Ph.D. studies, Agnieszka Horyza conducts lectures for the students at the School of English, Adam Mickiewicz University on foreign language teaching to children.
2009
2 MA theses and 5 BA theses are based on the research of the Land of Fairy Tales method.
2009
Anna Raulinajtys gives a lecture during the meeting of the Methodologist Scientific Group at AMU on the role of puppets in foreign language teaching. The lecture is based on the results of her research in the Land of Fairy Tales.
2009
The number of children taught through the method is above 6000.
2008
An article in Twój Styl magazine for women (zobacz)
2008
The Land of Fairy Tales participates in and supports the organization of two national conferences for psychologists held by the Committee for the Protection of Child Rights (conferences on "Children in Crisis. The Crisis of Parent Break-Up" and "Could Super Nanny Help Polish Schools? Aggressive Behavior among Children and Adolescents").
2008
Scientific Group of Methodologists at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań invites Agnieszka Horyza to give two lectures on teaching English to young children.
2007
TV broadcast in TVP Poznań (zobacz)
2007
The Land of Fairy Tales English kindergarten, language school and pre-school are opened in Poznań.
2007
Renata Ranus, MA reviews the curriculum assumptions.
2007
Professor Irena Obuchowska is consulted on the aspect of child development psychology in the curriculum assumptions.
2006
Anna Raulinajtys, MA studies the progress of children in Poznań.
2005
Anna Raulinajtys, MA begins her research.
October 2005
Professor Teresa Siek-Piskozub conducts the second review of the teaching aids.
April 2005
Professor Teresa Siek-Piskozub conducts the first review of the teaching aids.
2004
Bill Cochran records a CD for the program.
2004
Renata Ranus, MA reviews the teaching aids.
2003
John Caputo (lecturer at Sienna College in Albany, NY), Dorothy Wondolowsky and Lucas Lyndes record the first tapes for the program.
2003
Agnieszka goes on the fifth internship in the US to get more inspiration for her method.
2003
The number of children learning languages through The Land of Fairy Tales Method in Poznań preschools hits the 500 mark.
2001
Teaching aids are created and the program is further improved.
1997
Agnieszka Horyza goes on another three internships in the US
Teaching aids are created and the program is further improved.
Teaching aids are created and the program is further improved.
1996
The Land of Fairy Tale Method is used for teaching children for the first time.
1995
Agnieszka Horyza goes on her first internship in the US ? Agnieszka works in a pre-school and organizes events to promote Polish culture in America for which she received letters of congratulations from the US President Bill Clinton and New Hampshire Governor Stephen Merill.