Kimberly ~ Director: Kimberly has been passionate about the French language for the past twenty-seven years. She created Franc-O-Fun French for Children in 1995 and has encouraged hundreds of young children to love learning and speaking and singing French and to embrace the French culture. She graduated from Bucknell University in 1980 with a BA degree in French and a minor in International Relations. She spent the year 1979 studying in Paris through l'Institut d'Etudes Européenes and lived with a French family. That same year she worked with children during the summer in Liège, Belgium. After a ten-year career in New York City planning Special Events for Morgan Stanley and the New York Special Olympics, she returned to her first love, the French language, and working with children. Madame "le Renard" (Fox) began teaching French to children with Language Enterprises, Inc. where she taught in public and private schools throughout Fairfield County for three years. In addition she taught French for several years to beginner and intermediate adults through Wilton Continuing Education. Since 1997, Kimberly has written and directed a large assortment of charming French plays, created unique and effective curriculum and orchestrated large groups of children and staff for French Camps that are one of a kind. She and her staff continue to seek out innovative ways to foster the learning of the French language such as introducing cultural adventure trips for families to France, challenging moms of our students to learn French alongside their children and offering culinary extravaganzas.

Marie: Madame Marie Marie est née et a grandi en France, entre Nancy (Lorraine) et Orléans (Vallée de la Loire). Elle a ensuite fait ses études de Commerce international et Marketing à Lyon, et a ouvert un magasin de produits biologiques et équitables au sein des prestigieuses Halles de Lyon Paul Bocuse. Depuis quelques années, elle suit son mari, d’abord au Brésil, où elle a enseigné le français dans des écoles primaires, puis dans le Connecticut. Au sein de Franc o Fun, elle partage sa culture et sa langue maternelle avec grand plaisir, grâce à un enseignement amusant et pédagogique.

Marie was born and raised in France, between Nancy (Lorraine) and Orléans (The Loire Valley). She later studied International Commerce and Marketing in Lyon. She then opened a store, situated in the prestigious Halles de Lyon at Paul Bocuse, where she sold biological and fair-trade products. For several years now, she has followed her husband, first to Brazil, where she taught French in the primary school system, and now finally in Connecticut. In her work with Franc-o-Fun, she shares her culture and her mother tongue with great pleasure and is happy to teach such fun and informative classes.

Julie: Madame "B" (Julie) joined Franc-O-Fun in September, 2009 after having moved from Vermont. Her love of the French culture and language began at the age of twelve years when she began babysitting for a French family. Eager to master the language, she later went on to form a French Club at her high school and traveled throughout France and Europe speaking French before beginning college. She majored in French at the University of Washington and began an exchange program with the University of Strasbourg that allowed participants to enroll as matriculated students. During her year and a half in France as a student, she also worked as a nanny in Strasbourg. Madame "B" worked as a daycare teacher for five years and enjoyed many of the early childhood education classes that she took during this period. Most recently Julie worked for a Swiss company interacting daily with clients in Québec, Canada. Julie loves knitting, spinning, quilting and traveling. She travels to France and Québec as often as possible and enjoys visiting and hosting friends from all over the world. She has a daughter and son who share her love of international culture and languages and hopes that your children will enjoy her enthusiasm and love of learning.

Emma: Madame Emma first knew she wanted to be a French teacher while travelling to Paris and Toulouse for a ten-day integration program the spring of her senior year of high school at the Canterbury School. Four years later, she majored in French Studies with a minor in Education at Smith College in Northampton, Massachussets, where she spent a great deal of time researching French literature, language and culture. While studying abroad in Paris her junior year, she had the opportunity to experience the French lifestyle- both socially and intellectually- and increase her appreciation and understanding of the French language. She spent nine months living and working in Paris, following literature, art history and language-study classes at L’Université de Paris-7 Diderot. Madame Emma joined the Franc-o-Fun community this Fall, and currently enjoys sharing her love of everythingfrancais with the children and parents she works with. She has worked closely with children ages 8 months- twelve years for the past six years through various teaching and internship opportunities in the US and abroad. She greatly values the process of education and hopes to make a difference in the lives of her students, above all in those who aspire to speak French with Franc-o-Fun!

Veronique: Madame Veronique was born and raised in France, in a beautiful small town near Dijon. After she finished her baccalaureate (Languages and Literature), she had the opportunity to realize her dream to go and visit the United States. She lived in Louisiana, attended Louisiana State University, and began to teach French to elementary age children and to adults. She currently lives in Fairfield and has been teaching French for 20 years. She is very pleased to take part now in teaching French with the exciting and creative Franc-O-Fun program.