Manhattan French Immersion Preschool

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Our Program

L’Alliance New York’s Preschool curriculum is taught entirely in French to create a fully immersive learning environment, establish the foundation for true bilingualism, and open your child’s mind to a broader understanding of the world.

Our curriculum focus includes:

  • Strengthening socialization skills and fostering social and emotional development
  • Learning the language in all its dimensions
  • Developing creativity through artistic activities
  • Broadening children’s knowledge of the world through exploration and experimentation
  • Acquiring the first mathematical tools
  • Developing motor skills through movement, games, crafts, and more

Daily classes are built around various weekly or bi-weekly themes that students explore in every aspect of our curriculum: language, arts, math and sciences, and motor skills through engaging activities and projects conducted in groups to foster socialization or individually to promote independence. This structure provides appropriate levels of interactivity and flexibility to match each child’s ideal pace and learning modality.

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Class Structure/Timing

Classes By Age

  • Junior Class

    For toddlers 2½ years old
    12 students max

  • Pre-K

    For children 3 years and older
    15 students max
    Some knowledge of French desired

Schedule Options (all ages)

  • Half-Day Schedule

    Monday-Friday,
    8:30–11:30 am

  • Full-Day Schedule

    Monday-Friday,
    8:30 am–4:30 pm

    Extended day option available until 6 pm

Afterschool Enrichment Program

An afterschool enrichment program (Mon–Fri, 4:30–6 pm), with activities including art, cooking, games, science, and theater, is available for an additional fee.

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Our Team

Our native French-speaking teachers specialize in early childhood education and have extensive experience teaching young children in the context of French immersion. They all share a passion for nurturing the development of young learners. Each preschool class has an assistant teacher and is supported by our bilingual administration.

Testimonials

    We have been blown away by the caring nature of the staff and educators, the quality and diversity of the educational opportunities they afford the children, the incredible art program, and the loving francophone community we have been welcomed into.

    The teachers are spectacular; we are impressed with the vocabulary learned, culture, songs, and books. The art projects are beautiful, creative, and original. The school is very diverse, including children from all backgrounds.

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How French Immersion Works

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Raising a bilingual child has been proven to nurture life-long skills in planning, problem-solving, and staying focused. Learn more about the benefits of bilingualism at the bottom of the page.

Our teaching methods integrate non-French-speaking children and those with a connection to French at home. Various individual and group activities meet children at their own learning pace and, more importantly, forge a lasting cognitive connection between learning and having fun in a community setting.

French Immersion
for Non-Native French-Speaking Children

Early immersion in a foreign language lays the groundwork for bilingualism and primes young minds for a broader understanding of the world. L’Alliance New York’s Preschool provides the foundation for your child to be conversational in French after two to three years of enrollment.

In the first year, children will begin to absorb and understand the language through embodied and visual cues, such as daily routines and gestures. When a child speaks in English or another language, teachers respond by rephrasing the question in French. Children might not say much in class at this early stage, but at home, they’ll sing the songs and use the words they’ve learned.

French Immersion
for Native French-Speaking Children

Studies have shown that children are more likely to speak a language spoken by their peers. For children with French-speaking parents or family members, the Preschool at L’Alliance New York provides a supportive social setting that is vital to encouraging your child to understand the French spoken at home and to verbalize it themselves.

Whether part of a French-speaking home or not, children in the Preschool will quickly master a broader vocabulary that allows them to speak in French and begin forming simple sentences and become conversational after two years. Whether they go on to an American, French, or French immersion elementary school, these preschool years offer a pivotal foundation for your child’s mastery of the language and a lifelong love of French.

L’Alliance Preschool:
Manhattan Campus

22 East 60th Street,
Between Park and Madison Avenues,
New York, NY 10022

preschool@lallianceny.org
646-388-6605