7/14/15 Early Steps Bilingual Academy by Sarah Miller
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Marsha Trifilio, left, and Mireya Hicks, center, teach students Canela Newberry, 2, Ashley Jones, 4, Emma Vickers, 3, Braxton Jones, 3, and Nolan Newberry Spanish at Early Steps Bilingual Academy in Tyler Tuesday July 7, 2015. Early Steps Bilingual Academy is a Spanish immersion day care for children ages 18 months to five years old. Owners Mireya Hicks and Marsha Trifilio use a variety of activities to teach English-speaking to learn to speak Spanish. (photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Students Braxton Jones, 3, left, and Emma Vickers, 3, right, match words and letter in Spanish at Early Steps Bilingual Academy in Tyler Tuesday July 7, 2015. Early Steps Bilingual Academy is a Spanish immersion day care for children ages 18 months to five years old. Owners Mireya Hicks and Marsha Trifilio use a variety of activities to teach English-speaking to learn to speak Spanish. (photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Students Nolan Newberry, 3, reads a book in Spanish at Early Steps Bilingual Academy in Tyler Tuesday July 7, 2015. Early Steps Bilingual Academy is a Spanish immersion day care for children ages 18 months to five years old. Owners Mireya Hicks and Marsha Trifilio use a variety of activities to teach English-speaking to learn to speak Spanish. (photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Mireya Hicks teaches her students a nursery rhyme in Spanish at Early Steps Bilingual Academy in Tyler Tuesday July 7, 2015. Early Steps Bilingual Academy is a Spanish immersion day care for children ages 18 months to five years old. Owners Mireya Hicks and Marsha Trifilio use a variety of activities to teach English-speaking to learn to speak Spanish. (photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Student Emma Vickers, 3, matches words and letters in Spanish at Early Steps Bilingual Academy in Tyler Tuesday July 7, 2015. Early Steps Bilingual Academy is a Spanish immersion day care for children ages 18 months to five years old. Owners Mireya Hicks and Marsha Trifilio use a variety of activities to teach English-speaking to learn to speak Spanish. (photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Students Ashley Jones, 4, and Nolan Newberry, 3, paint at Early Steps Bilingual Academy in Tyler Tuesday July 7, 2015. Early Steps Bilingual Academy is a Spanish immersion day care for children ages 18 months to five years old. Owners Mireya Hicks and Marsha Trifilio use a variety of activities to teach English-speaking to learn to speak Spanish. (photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Mireya Hicks reads the Spanish version of the book "Goodnight Moon" to her students at Early Steps Bilingual Academy in Tyler Tuesday July 7, 2015. Early Steps Bilingual Academy is a Spanish immersion day care for children ages 18 months to five years old. Owners Mireya Hicks and Marsha Trifilio use a variety of activities to teach English-speaking to learn to speak Spanish. (photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Items in the room are labeled in Spanish such as the lights, pictured here, at Early Steps Bilingual Academy in Tyler Tuesday July 7, 2015. Early Steps Bilingual Academy is a Spanish immersion day care for children ages 18 months to five years old. Owners Mireya Hicks and Marsha Trifilio use a variety of activities to teach English-speaking to learn to speak Spanish. (photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)