Teaching
French in Nursery Schools
The young children that I teach are from two and a half years
of age to preschool. They come to me hardly speaking English,
let alone French and leave knowing how to say their name, age,
greetings, counting to 20, colours, animals and simple sentences
and much more in a language that is not their mother tongue.
They also learn songs such as Happy Birthday (Joyeux Anninversaire)
Freres Jacques and others.
Some
facts about my teaching methods:
- I teach French through play, songs, colouring, video watching
and anything else that may appeal to their sense of fun and
help them learn
- I teach term time only and my charges are very reasonable
- The lesson will last half an hour. Their concentration span
is too short to make the lesson longer
- I follow a theme which I change every half term
- You will receive a sheet at the beginning of each half term
giving you the detail of each lesson in French and English.
You will also know what word will be introduced in the lessons
- There is a lot of repetition so that the young learner may
become familiar with the word or sentence introduced.
The
Learning Process
The
words have therefore been reinforced for several weeks and the
lesson has been learnt. Over the next months we will do other
things where the same animals will be seen again and the video
will be watched again - firstly because the children like the
cartoon and secondly it is good to hear the words spoken again.
Recommendations
We
are recognised and throroughly recommended by Dimples Day Nursery
and Hickory House Nursery - both of which have been awarded
Outstanding - the highest acheivable grade from Ofsted, as well
as the wonderful nursery Dawn to Dusk.
Children
Love to Learn
Your
son or daughter will get huge personal pride and satisfaction
at being able to come home and tell you, for example, that green
is called vert in French. They will also come home singing and
if they don't, you may catch them in their bedroom/car etc speaking,
singing or counting to themselves in French (this is often reported
to me by parents). A child may not say anything for ages and
out of the blue they will surprise you and fill you with pride
by saying something in French. I could tell you many stories
related to me by satisfied parents whose child has said something
in French. Please see additional benefits on the French
Club page.
Interested.....
If
your child goes to any of the following nurseries and would
like to start learning French you will need to fill in page
2 of the following form:
Nursery Schools Information
and Form
(if
link does not load, please email me for a form here)
Dawn to Dusk Nursery, Hickory House Day Nursery, Dimples Nursery.
Parents may need to contact the school or myself for a start
date.
