Flash of March Sun

Here some students from La Petite Etoile's school-aged program take advantage of a flash of March sunlight. These students meet twice monthly 9 to 3:30 for French immersion- singing, storytelling, acting, and reading and writing. We have just wrapped-up our unit on Paris that has had students yearning for a trip of their own to the City of Lights. Next up on our cultural exploration is Post Impressionist painter Paul Gauguin and his works.

Fisher Pond Field Trip

Les trésors de l'Etang

Un apres-midi a Fisher Pond!

Nous sommes partis pour une après midi à l'Etang,on s'est bien amusé!

Après une petite marche dans les bois,nous sommes arrivés au bord de l'Etang

Nous avons commencer a jouer,nous lancions des petites pierres pour faire des ronds dans l'eau! C'était amusant

Ensuite nous avons manger notre bon goûter(Carrotes et muffins)

Et pour finir Nous avons appris que" right and left" en français donne Droite et Gauche ce qui nous a permi d'entreprendre une petite chasse au trésor que nous avons reussi avec succès!

Fisher Pond Treasures
An afternoon at Fisher Pond!
We headed out for an afternoon at Fisher Pond and we had a great time!
After a little walk in the woods, we came to the edge of the pond. We played and threw small stones in the pond making circles in the water. It was fun- then we ate our tasty snack (carrots and muffins), finished-up with a treasure hunt using right and left (droite et gauche)!

Flashback to September 2010

Atticus sings the clean-up song- en francais!

March Madness at LPE

Assia with yummy chocolate cupcake - "Merci Mariette!"

Patrick finishes off his birthday pinata!

Delilah thinks Riley's candle looks like fun!

Caroline and her special request strawberry cake that Assia made her!

Cooper starts off our March mania of birthdays!

March Madness at LPE is all about BIRTHDAYS!!! We celebrated 5 birthdays this month. Cooper kicked-off our celebrations with his 6th birthday, then we had Caroline turning 5, Riley hitting the 3 year mark, Patrick with another big number 6, and lastly our dear teacher Assia! It has been fun, and boy did we eat a lot of cake!

Aristy's morning class- working and celebrating!

Last week we celebrated another big year 5! For Dylan's birthday we had some tasty crepes- YUM. Kids also worked hard washing dishes and cleaning-up. Here, Louis, Caroline, Havana and Ainsley have some wet fun while getting things done.

First Week Back Birthday Bash

We are back to school at La Petite Etoile and we kicked-off the first week with two birthdays! Sadie and Jamie Choo celebrated turning five by gobbling up crepes with bananas and brown sugar. As you can see, we didn't forget the candle. Joyeaux Anniversaire Sadie and Jamie!!!

Summer Camps at LPE

Yesterday we wrapped-up our third week of great summer camps. Each week a new teacher joined me and we offered three very different programs and served kids from ages 3 to 12. Diverse groups that blended together wonderfully. It is always a pleasure to see how children in a multi-age setting reach out to one another and have fun while doing it.

Our first week of camp was La Semaine des Animaux. Kate Russell joined me and a dozen plus kids for a week of animal fun. Each day a new animal came to school, including Pong the rabbit, Lydia the lizard, several chickens and Jacques and Pierre the miniature goats. Also, Jean-Luc, the goldfish stayed on for the whole week. A great big "MERCI" to the Krikawas and the Sweets for sharing their much loved critters with us. Find lots of photos of Animal Camp on our new facebook page- La Petite Etoile French School.

Our second week of camp was a Une Semaine de Theatre. Assia joined me and 12 kids ages 5 to 12 for a fun week of songs, dancing, set/prop building and acting. On the final day the kids performed La Petite Chenille Qui Avait Tres Faim (The Very Hungry Caterpillar). As usual, they did a marvelous job, had tons of fun, and they did it all in French! Throughout the performance, we served the audience a meal consisting of everything that the caterpillar ate on her journey to becoming a butterfly. Hopefully without the dreaded "mal au ventre" experienced by the our insect friend. Here is a clip of the little caterpillar waking-up on Wednesday to gobble-up three plums.


Above, Isabelle is dressed in French provencial top and skirt.

For LPE's third week of camp we had guest teacher Veronique Proietto join us for French Week. Each day a new theme- la Tour Eiffel et Paris, castles, Impressionist painting, and pirates and mermaids. Veronique's enthusiastic presentation captured the energy of everyone as we build castles out of cardboard, searched for treasure, and created out own impressionistic masterpieces.