All experts agree: to optimize bilingualism, it is advised to start your child’s linguistic immersion early.

At the LFSF, it starts with La Petite Ecole that, from the age of 2, welcomes very young children.  The program, offered exclusively on the Sausalito campus, is the ideal way to gently prepare for preschool. Its mission is to inspire children to learn while developing social skills and allowing them to affirm and develop their personality within the group.

Throughout the Early Program years, children play and learn together, socialize and interact while immersing themselves in the French language. They explore the oral language along multiple other forms of communication: body language, comedy and artistic expression. They develop their gross and fine motor skills. They learn to reason and organize their thoughts, while exploring the world around them.

Year after year, skills and knowledge deepen and students follow their path, forging lasting friendships over the years and developing a strong sense of belonging. Of the 2021 class of young baccalaureate graduates, 44% had known each other since preschool! This number is not unusual: in 2019, close to 60% of the senior promotion were LFSF Lifers.