We are thrilled to see that our students are improving in
their confidence and/or in their French skills. We will keep working hard on
creating innovative programs to keep them engaged and interested. We truly care
for our students, and it is when we all work together as parents, teachers, and
student, that we will make a difference in their learning.
On that
note, if you haven’t done so already, I highly encourage all the parents to set
up a parent-teacher interview with their school. You and your
child's teacher must work together as a team that is committed to your child's
progress. The secret to building and maintaining that relationship is through
communication. Make sure you establish a good rapport with the teacher in a
spirit of collaboration and support.
Activities
done in class
We want our
students to live the French language and not just learn it as a course.
At My
French Club, when we select and run activities such as yoga,
or decorate a pumpkin, we use these activities as a platform
for conversation activities. For instance, this week we asked each child to
present their pumpkin and to describe us what, why and how they did it. Also,
when they followed the yoga video and had to strike a lotus or penguin pose,
the goal is to make them remember the words and expressions used in the video
as they are acting on them. Moreover, yoga helps calm down children, stimulates
neurons, oxygenate the brain, liberate tensions and so on.
Here is an
excerpt for the yoga session that we did.
You may
find sometimes that your child hasn’t finished an activity, or hasn’t worked on
a new activity sheet at the end of the class. The reason is that we want to
make sure they understand what they are learning by taking the time to explain
and talking about it. We don’t want them to just rush through it by finishing
the activity.
A really
good website for your kids to have fun
If you
don’t know this website yet, I would recommend you visit it with your child. It
is a fully bilingual website, full of videos and games for different ages from
0 to 10 years old.
Browse on
it in English (if it is easier for you) and just switch to French when you are
on the activity or song you like for your kid.The switch button is
located on top of each web page.
Visit our website at http://www.myfrenchclub.ca
