About Us
Le Petit Jardin is a unique toddler program that combines loving childcare with daily experiences in an around the French and Francophone cultures. Children are introduced to sounds and words of the French language through songs, nursery rhymes, stories and general everyday interactions. As children are exceptional language learners by nature, this total-immersion environment will help them to quickly become familiar with French and to begin to know how to use it for themselves.
Curriculum
Daily activities will include any combination of art, story time, puppet play, song and dance, outdoor play and free play time. These experiences will be guided completely in French to familiarize children with numbers, letters, colors, shapes and other early vocabulary. Popular childhood songs and nursery rhymes from France will soon become some of your child's favorites and hopefully they will teach them to you at home!
Children will explore the language through the songs, games and holiday celebrations of France as well as other Francophone communities. Simple introduction to the French Islands, Ivory Coast, and Quebec will help to give a broader cultural connection to the French language as well as to the wide world we live in.
A nutritious snack and lunch will be served daily. Children will eat together in a family-style setting where they will learn and practice early table manners as well as table and food vocabulary in French. Meals are included in each child's tuition costs.
Director
Amber Smith-Lopata is Director and Lead Teacher at Le Petit Jardin. Outside of being a mother of two, her experiences include many years as an au-pair, chaperone and board member for F.A.C.E. (French American Cultural Exchange Program), and primary grades teacher's assistant. She holds a bachelor's degree in French and Francophone Studies and spends time each year in France with her native French husband and two young sons.
"Not only is French one of the most beautiful romantic languages in the world, but the culture surrounding the language, people and traditions of France is something to truly fall in love with. I am honored to help inspire this love for another culture and language in the little hearts and minds of our students and their families!"
-Amber Smith-Lopata
Amber is CPR and First Aid certified by the American Red Cross.
Le Petit Jardin is a licensed child care facility.
Lic # 214005102
Tot Hours:
Mon - Fri: 9AM - 1PM
Tel. 415.459.3978
Location:
San Anselmo, Ca
to receive more information.
