Preschool

There are two levels of preschool in the pre-elementary grades; they correspond to what is called "cycle 1" in the French system of education.
Children typically enter pre-kindergarten at the age of three or four. They are placed in the section that best corresponds to their developmental age.

Students are made comfortable in a responsive and adaptive environment. In French and English classes, at both levels, hands-on manipulatives and a center-based approach are used to teach all academic skills.

During these years, children discover life outside of their family circle, the concept of space and time, their body and their senses.

Through songs, games, art, creative play, movement, and planned language lessons, we nurture each child's language acquisition, as well as academic and social development. In preschool, children spend most of their day in their French classroom with a native French-speaking teacher and an assistant. Depending on the level, children have two or three hours of English class with an American teacher and an English support teacher.

Preschoolers follow a balanced schedule, alternating indoor and outdoor, as well as group and individual activities. After lunch there is a rest period.