Coming soon to Hillsborough Sports Arena

We are looking to create a french class specifically for under 4's

It is a well known fact that children can learn as many languages as we speak and the younger we facilitate this the easier it is for them to learn.

Our aim is to help children learn french naturally during play.

We will provide a comfortable and friendly setting with fully qualified staff.

To find out more or to put your child's name down for a free taster session please call Kathryn on 0114 285 2601 or 07756463923

my sprog is currently 10 weeks old and, as i discovered when i spoke french to her for the first time a couple of days ago, absolutely mesmerised by french. which is nice, as i shall soon be introducing her to a tape named 'un kilo de chansons' - french nursery rhymes.

as for language lessons for the very young - it's true, when you're born, you can distinguish all the different noises available in all languages, but you lose the ability to distinguish the ones you don't hear over the first year or so (I think it's that early) and have to relearn stuff later that you've lost. it probably is worth giving children a taster of other languages at a very very early age, ridiculous as that sounds. so, if you ever want your child to speak really good welsh/chinese/danish etc, a few language sessions early on may make a huge difference to them later.

i'll get in touch about the lessons when my daughter is a bit older. What age range are the play sessions going to be for?

I'd also be interested in these sessions for my (currently 8-week old) daughter - what age would she start and are parents involved in the session too - would make sense for me to learn what she is so she can converse at home too.

I know this isn't quite on topic, but we just came back from holiday in France last week. My 4-year-old asked Mrs Tallyman why the French didn't understand them when they spoke English.

'It's because they speak a different language,' she said. 'They don't necessarily understand what we say if we speak English.'

'Well,' said young Tallyboy, 'They understood "croissant".'

Hiya!
I'm half-French and speak French as much as possible to my 8-month old baby. If you're looking for any assistants, I'd be willing to come along... if I could bring my little boy..
Sylvie

i speack a little (school french) to my children to droaden ther horizons a bit my eldest in 10 and we have done this for a few years now, my 6 year old has just started to be interested now, but my 2 year old , can say a few words and loves the language, i found it pretty hard to get books for young children under 5,