Pre-School French Immersion With Madame Meeks Part 1: Class for Young Beginners

A fun and creative weekly beginner French class, designed to reflect the world of children aged 4-7 years. 

Each lesson focuses on using spoken French and includes fun activities, songs, rhymes & stories. The teacher will use French in immersion style as much as possible, encouraging the children to speak out loud, saying key words and guided sentences. 

Camilla is a licensed and certified teacher with six years of experience teaching French in person and five years experience teaching online. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in French Teaching from the University of Utah. She also lived in three French-speaking countries for a year and a half (France, Switzerland, Luxembourg). As a teacher, Camilla is patient, encouraging, and upbeat. She makes class enjoyable and stress-free while still creating a challenging learning environment. She enjoys using music, movement, and visuals to help learners focus and engage. Camilla loves the French language and loves sharing her passion with others. 

Weekly topics: (Classes can be taken in any order so jump in at any time) 18 week cycle 



Week beginning 31 December - Mon corps (MY BODY) / body parts (describe your face) learn to say what face parts you have
Week beginning 7 Jan - Les jouets (TOYS) / describing our toys (petit ou grand)
Week beginning 14 Jan - Les animaux (ANIMALS) / describing our pets and how they move
Week beginning 21 Jan - Les aliments (FOOD)/ our favorite foods (la salade de fruits) 
Week beginning 28 Jan - Les vêtements (CLOTHES) / clothing (say what we are wearing) 
Week beginning 4 Feb - Ça va (How are you?) / introducing yourself (les émotions)

Since this is a class for young learners, adult supervision may be required. The students will be encouraged to say words and short sentences in French outloud. The activities are designed to captivate the learners attention and focus on active participation from them to maximize learning. The lessons include movement and actions, simple rhymes and songs. 

Each student should participate from a quiet learning environment. If there is background noise or other disruption it will be necessary to mute the individual learner. The learner should be shown how to use the unmute button in zoom when invited to speak French by the teacher, or have an adult present to assist.