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Does this sound like you?
Your child had a great time in French Kindergarten. They've learned the alphabet, can sing songs, and will even spontaneously use French at home sometimes! They worked hard in Kinder, and you're happy with their progress, but don't know what their next step is.
You would love for your child to continue developing their French, but you feel you don't know enough French to help them. Most home support is sight words, number practice, or watching French cartoons. You're looking for something more meaningful, more targeted.
Or maybe your child is in grade 1 right now, but you expected to see more changes by this point. Sure, they have a dictée now, and you practice sight words at home like it's nobody's business, but are they really reading? They get their sight words right most of the time...but on the first try, "brun" and "bien" might get mixed up.
You're wondering if all these memorized words are actually going to help them learn to read, but what else can you do to support French at home? Teachers always say you don't need to speak French to have them be successful in French Immersion, but as a parent, it's hard to stay on the sidelines - especially when you see your child struggling.
Here's the tough part - learning sight words does not transfer to becoming a fluent reader. Think of these as coping mechanisms - the student might be able to recognize up to 200 words, but what they need to know is how letters combine together to make sounds. What's more valuable - memorizing how to spell sat, or understanding each letter sound so that they can read sat, bat, and tab? Which one will give you access to more words and a build your reading foundation?
Your child had a great time in French Kindergarten. They've learned the alphabet, can sing songs, and will even spontaneously use French at home sometimes! They worked hard in Kinder, and you're happy with their progress, but don't know what their next step is.
You would love for your child to continue developing their French, but you feel you don't know enough French to help them. Most home support is sight words, number practice, or watching French cartoons. You're looking for something more meaningful, more targeted.
Or maybe your child is in grade 1 right now, but you expected to see more changes by this point. Sure, they have a dictée now, and you practice sight words at home like it's nobody's business, but are they really reading? They get their sight words right most of the time...but on the first try, "brun" and "bien" might get mixed up.
You're wondering if all these memorized words are actually going to help them learn to read, but what else can you do to support French at home? Teachers always say you don't need to speak French to have them be successful in French Immersion, but as a parent, it's hard to stay on the sidelines - especially when you see your child struggling.
Here's the tough part - learning sight words does not transfer to becoming a fluent reader. Think of these as coping mechanisms - the student might be able to recognize up to 200 words, but what they need to know is how letters combine together to make sounds. What's more valuable - memorizing how to spell sat, or understanding each letter sound so that they can read sat, bat, and tab? Which one will give you access to more words and a build your reading foundation?
Here's a checklist to see where your child is at with their reading.
♢ Are they actively tracking the words on the page, or do they look to the pictures to help?
♢ Do they sometimes say the complete wrong word, guessing based on the first letter?
♢ Do they know all vowel and consonant sounds? Can they combine these sounds into 2-3 letter words?
♢ Can they pronounce silly, made-up-words, such as bi, na, fo?
♢ What happens when you cover up the pictures of a book? Does this impact your child's reading?
♢ Are they actively tracking the words on the page, or do they look to the pictures to help?
♢ Do they sometimes say the complete wrong word, guessing based on the first letter?
♢ Do they know all vowel and consonant sounds? Can they combine these sounds into 2-3 letter words?
♢ Can they pronounce silly, made-up-words, such as bi, na, fo?
♢ What happens when you cover up the pictures of a book? Does this impact your child's reading?
At French Immersion Success, I use a unique methodology to pre-teach key concepts and develop the foundation of phonological skills your child will need to start reading in French.
The best part? You have the option to be involved in your child's learning.
You don't need to sit on the sidelines. You can add on a parent course, accessible at any level of French!
You do not need to learn an entire language just to support your child in French Immersion. You need to know the essentials. If you elect to join the parent course, you learn the content too! We also go over how to best support your child and give you learning games and activities to do during the week.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
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The Details
Combine the social advantages of groups with impactful, targeted sessions
- Available for: students who attended French Immersion Kindergarten who will be entering grade 1 in September
- 50 minute sessions, 2 times per week
- Optional add-on: biweekly parent sessions (includes extra resources, games, and activities you can use at home!)
- Program Length: 8 weeks
- Starts: Week of July 11
- Ends: Week of August 29
This class starts the week of July 11, 2021.
Book a free 30 minute student success session to see if this group class
would be a good fit for your child.
would be a good fit for your child.
