Russian for young learners

20 lessons per week

EducaCentre offers an unique St.Petersburg experience and the deep dive into the culture of everyday life in Russia for the children aged 7-16 with 20 lessons of russian and full board homestay accommodation and exciting activities & excursions in St.Petersburg.

We provide homestay accommodation in private rooms with full board accommodation . Our host-families provide a friendly, warm and comfortable home with all facilities for kids during their language stay in St.Petersburg and offer a full exposure to the Russian language, culture and daily life routine.

Russian is made of 20 private lessons of russian per week (4 lessons of 45 minutes per day) and the lessons can be taken either at the hostfamily (the teacher would come there for the lesson) or at the school. In this case the student would be picked up by the teacher at the hostfamily and then taken to the school for the lessons and activities & excursions after that. At the end of the day the teacher would deliver the student back to the hostfamily.

Weekly activities and excursions may include: The Hermitage, City tour (walking) and St.Isaac’s Cathdral, Boat cruise, Peter and Paul Fortress, Petergof, Pushkin and Catherine Palace , Russian museum, Divo Ostrov Amusement Park, Piterland Waterpark, Ballet / Theatre etc.

This course runs all year round so the students can start any Monday throughout the year. The minimum course length is one week.

Sample timetable

Please kindly note that this is example program and the activities may change depending on the week.

The full day weeked excursions apply for the courses of 2 weeks minimum.

Sunday

Arrivals and dinner with the hostfamily

Monday

08:30 – 09:00 – Breakfast with the hostfamily
10:15 – 13:30 – Russian lessons (including break)
13:30 – 14:30 – Lunch
14:30 – 18:30 – City tour (walking), combined with St.Isaac’s Cathedral
19:30 – Return to the hostfamily for dinner and self-study

Tuesday

08:30 – 09:00 – Breakfast with the hostfamily
10:15 – 13:30 – Russian lessons (including break)
13:30 – 14:30 – Lunch
14:30 – 18:30 – Excursion to the Peter and Paul Fortress
19:30 – Return to the hostfamily for dinner and homework

Wednesday

08:30 – 09:00 – Breakfast with the hostfamily
10:15 – 13:30 – Russian lessons (including break)
13:30 – 14:30 – Lunch
14:30 – 18:30 – Excursion to The Hermitage museum
19:30 – Return to the hostfamily for dinner and self-study

Thursday

08:30 – 09:00 – Breakfast with the hostfamily
10:15 – 13:30 – Russian lessons (including break)
13:30 – 14:30 – Lunch
14:30 – 18:30 – Excursion to the Russian Museum
19:30 – Return to the hostfamily for dinner and self-study

Friday

08:30 – 09:00 – Breakfast with the hostfamily
10:15 – 13:30 – Russian lessons (including break)
13:30 – 14:30 – Lunch
14:30 – 18:30 – Excursion on the Boat cruise along rivers and canals of Saint-Petersburg + shopping on Nevsky Ave
19:30  –  Return to the hostfamily for dinner and self-study

Saturday

10:00 – Breakfast with the hostfamily
11:00 – Full-day excursion to Peterhof, Grand palace and park
14:30 – Lunch
18:00 – Return to the hostfamily for dinner

Sunday

10:00 – Breakfast with the hostfamily
11:00 – Full-day excursion to Pushkin, Catherine Palace (incl. Amber room) and park
14:30 – Lunch
18:00 – Return to the hostfamily for dinner