French summer camp for 8 year old?
Are there fun French language/culture camps for enthusiastic beginners?
Our child got interested in French and has been working with a tutor for 4 months. Still a beginner but very enthusiastic about learning and speaking French. I don’t speak French and I was hoping to find a fun program where they might be able to interact with other kids in a safe environment.
May 5, 2021
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Ecole Bilingue in Berkeley offers summer camps although I believe because of Covid they are limiting it to current/incoming students only. You can also look into Alliance Francaise in San Francisco. I think they have summer camps for children.
The Alliance Francaise de Berkeley has youth summer camps for children learning French in June. I'd start there!
https://www.afberkeley.org/en/learn-french/youth/#/
Usually Ecole Bilingue de Berkeley (EB) has a French summer camp but this summer, because of Covid, it is limited to current/incoming students only. You could see if the Renaissance School has a summer camp? There is also a Francophone charter school in Oakland that may have recommendations. On a related note, since middle school is only a few years off for your child, you should consider EB's international track middle school program. It is a small program and great immersion opportunity. Good luck!
Bonjour,
I've been very passionate about French for over a decade. Recently, found a place called Éducation Française Bay Area which offers virtual summer, spring and winter camps in French (called Le Club d'ÉFBA). After-school programs are available as well; check back post-COVID since there might be quite a few very interesting in-person activities. Though I never took part in any camps (I'm way too old for that), I use their Virgule Collection resources. Based on the descriptions, think the topics discussed in the camps are fun and would recommend them to any Francophile toddler who wants to socialize. It's $180/wk of camp. Here all the links:
Le Club d'ÉFBA summer
https://efba.us/french-summer-camps-bay-area/virtual-summer-camps/
After-school programs:
https://efba.us/french-lessons-bay-area/
2) The L'Alliance Française SF is offering in-person summer camps for 4-12 yr olds:
https:/www.afsf.com/kids-and-teens/camps/#anchor-datesAndPrograms
And for dessert, I will give you some links I enjoyed using when I was a beginner.
https://archive.ccsf.edu/Departments/Language_Center/fr1a_links.html
https://www.thefrenchexperiment.com/
French pronunciation exercises developed by one of my beloved teachers:
https://archive.ccsf.edu/Departments/Language_Center/oll/french/navarro…;
Amusez-vous bien (Have fun)!