La Petite Ecole [age 2]
A GENTLE PREPARATION FOR PRESCHOOL
From the age of 2*, kids in La Petite Ecole enjoy a curriculum that naturally and gently prepares them for our an exciting bilingual journey in the LFSF Preschool. Together, they play and learn, socialize and interact while developing their knowledge and verbal skills in two languages. They develop gross and fine motor skills. They learn to think and organize their thoughts, while exploring the world around them. Fun educative projects pave the way for the implementation of a solid foundation of learning, generously integrating artistic activities, in a friendly bilingual environment.
*Applicants do not need to be potty trained to attend this program.
La Petite Ecole is a flexible program
This program comes with two options.
- The part time program is held every week day until 12:30pm.
- The full time program is every week day and ends at 3:30pm in the afternoon, It includes a nap and can be followed by after school activities.
La Petite Ecole is part of the LFSF Preschool
La Petite Ecole follows the LFSF school calendar and is offered on the LFSF Preschool premises. It strictly follows licensing regulations.
IN SAN FRANCISCO AND IN MARIN
To respond to parents' demand, the Petite Ecole program is available on both of our primary campuses:
- In Cole Valley in the city,
- In Sausalito
The curriculum in La Petite Ecole
La Petite Ecole (LPE) follows a curriculum that naturally and gently prepares children to enter our full time, bilingual Preschool. At La Petite Ecole, children play and learn together, socialize and interact while immersing themselves in the French language. They explore language as well as all forms of communication: body language, comedy and artistic expression... They develop gross and fine motor skills. They learn to think and organize their thoughts, while exploring the world around them. Fun educative projects pave the way for the implementation of a solid foundation of learning, generously integrating artistic activities, in a friendly French environment. The class is led by a French teacher and an assistant teacher.
The main objective of La Petite Ecole is socialization
In La Petite Ecole, classes are small and intimate with a maximum of 14 kids. The size of the group allows students to find their place and develop their personality. They learn to express their feelings while recognizing and respecting their peers' emotions. Social and emotional learning is a big part of growing up in La Petite Ecole!
- Language and Communication
- Living together
- Discovering the world
- Being active and expressing yourself
- Developing your imagination and creativity
- A day in La Petite Ecole
Language and Communication
Living together
Discovering the world
Being active and expressing yourself
Developing your imagination and creativity
A day in La Petite Ecole
NEWS & NOTEWORTHY in PRESCHOOL
Our kindergartner students met with their Gr5 peers. This heartwarming connection is not just a one-time event but rather an ongoing, once-a-month occasion for our older students to become mentors and friends to the younger ones that builds a sense of community and belonging.
La Petite Ecole students have been partaking in a weekly ritual: each week they pick a color. They then dress using clothes of that color, and engage in an array of activities in that palette to learn the different colors of the rainbow.
Last week, La Petite Ecole embraced the color red. Read more about the educational advantages of this fun color-focused approach for our youngest students.
What do you like best about LFSF ? Teachers, and the heart they are pouring into our children's development!
LFSF parent
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Andrew started in La Petite Ecole knowing no French other than bonjour and merci. After 4 months he was singing French songs. This year in preschool, he is learning to count, tell the days of the week and speak sentences in French all while enhancing his English speaking and comprehension skills.
LFSF parent