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 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 at our international preschool.

*Applicants do not need to be potty trained to attend this program.

The preschool program is a comprehensive 3 to 4 year program preparing children for Elementary school

LA PETITE ECOLE

PRESCHOOL CURRICULUM

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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 Lycée 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

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three La petite Ecole students are interacting and sharing a bike

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!

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Language and Communication

In La Petite Ecole, your child will learn to speak and participate in class. With regular prompting and questions, children learn to be verbally active within a group. The main objective of the year is to provide student with the vocabulary they need to express themselves fully while using increasingly complex sentences.

OBJECTIVES FOR THE YEAR

To be able to respond to the teachers' questions or requests in an understandable manner
To understand simple and common classroom instruction
To learn to listen and to understand an increasingly complex text read by adults (observe images and translate their observations into words)
To know how to use a new lexical and syntactic linguistic tools
To know how to produce short and proper sentences

PENMANSHIP AND WRITING

Your child will refine her/his graphic skills through drawing activities using different tools (fingers, pens, brushes, pencils...) and different supports.

OBJECTIVES FOR THE YEAR

To hold a pencil, brush or felt pen properly
To occupy the whole page
To be able to follow a pattern
To adapt one's gesture to the material constraints
To use drawing to express oneself.

Living together

Learning to live together is one of the main objectives of La Petite Ecole. When in class, children enjoy a collective life structured by educational rules and supervised by the adults in charge. Through the experiences of a collective life, through games, workshops and activities led together, children learn the rules that come with living together and that they learn to adapt to each situation. This way, they will gradually develop their personality and find their place among the group.

OBJECTIVES FOR THE YEAR

To behave according to the constraints of community life
To know and distinguish the role of the adults in the school
To respect the rules of the living together: respect for others, listening to others, mutual assistance...

Discovering the world

QUANTITIES AND NUMBERS

Your child will be introduced to mathematics through active comparison, distribution and sharing. Gradually he will be able to count through games like memory games, or dominoes ... During practical situations, La Petite Ecole students will become familiar with simple figures and gradually distinguish objects according to their shape (round, square, triangle) and their size (small, large). Children develop observation and deduction skills, and learn to rely on these during experiments to develop thoughts and logical thinking.

OBJECTIVES OF THE YEAR

Compare, classify and store objects according to their shape and size.
Count and compare very small quantities.
Place oneself in space using a spatial vocabulary (front, back, bottom, top).
Rebuild a fragmented image (puzzle, paving).

DISCOVERING THE WORLD

During their time in La Petite Ecole , students will open up a little more to the world. Through various educational situations, they will learn to use their body, get familiar with their senses and the world around them: animals, plants, natural elements (air, water ...). Through experiences such as planting a flower and watching it grow, taking care of a small animal, or visiting a farm, children's attention is mobilized and their curiosity is stimulated for a complete learning experience.

OBJECTIVES OF THE YEAR

Learning and following rules of hygiene towards one's body, food, or one's environment.
Having a first notion of time passing (day, week, month, year ...).
Discovering one's five senses.
being able to identify different environments and know some of their characteristics

Being active and expressing yourself

Daily physical activity is a means of action, exploration and expression that children particularly enjoy. Basic motor activities are encouraged (walking, running, jumping, jumping, climbing, pulling, pushing, throwing...). By responding to children's natural need to move, La Petite Ecole offers children a fun way to improve their motor skills.

OBJECTIVES OF THE YEAR

Running, jumping, throwing
Move using unstable elements (bicycles, scooters, tricycles...)
Participate in group games: throwing, running, catching, avoiding...
Dancing following a rhythm

Developing your imagination and creativity

In La Petite Ecole , your child will gradually discover new forms of artistic expression that will trigger new experiences. In that class, students are invited to develop their imagination, create, invent and explore different media through drawing, painting, collage, or object making. These activities develop their fine motor skills and their curiosity while developing their appreciation for music and the arts.

OBJECTIVES FOR THE YEAR

Working collectively on a project.
Learn and recite rhymes, poetry and songs.
Playing with the intonations of one's voice.

A day in La Petite Ecole

IN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL

After preschool, students can choose between the two tracks offered at the Lycée: the French Track and the International Track. Explore these options by clicking on the buttons below.

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NEWS & NOTEWORTHY in PRESCHOOL

What do you like best about LFSF ? Teachers, and the heart they are pouring into our children's development!

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La petite ecole students are collaborating with a male teacher and using their critical thinking skills to figure out how to use a large cardboard tube

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.

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