Summer French Camp – A Typical Day
Cinderella & Her Noble Knights Camp
July 10 – 21 | 10:00 – 2:00
10:00 - 10:30 Bienvenue (Welcome time & Camp assembly)
Begin day with singing, staff puppet show or skit,
vocabulary review and group games
10:30 - 11:00 Le Vocabulaire et les Jeux - learning new words and phrases around the theme reinforced with games
11:00 - 11:45 La Cuisine (French Cooking)* or Le Théâtre
Learn how to prepare a traditional French dish and enjoy eating it during goûter (snack). Alternating with role play, mini skits, plays with costumes and props
11:45 - 12:15 Le Déjeuner - lunch and playtime
12:15 - 1:00 Les Projets d'Art (Arts & Crafts) Participate in creative art projects related to the theme to reinforce learning
1:00 - 1:30 Les Contes d'Histoire (storytime for 3-5's)
Les Exercises Écrits (writing exercises for 6-10's)
1:30 - 2:00 Le Chant et les Comptines - Sing French songs related to the theme, recite rhymes, do fingerplay
*
these will alternate every other day
Chez Pierre Cooking Camp
June 26 – 30 | 9:30 – 12:30
9:30 - 10:00 Greetings/Foundational, Bonjour song, Gestures
10:00 - 11:00 Cooking ~ learning French vocabulary around recipes, actively participating in creating French desserts
11:00 - 11:30 games outside & review gestures, eat mini-lunch/healthy snack
11:30 - 12:00 worksheets, songs
12:00 - 12:30 “play” Chez Pierre restaurant, take turns serving or being client, eat what they made
Specials! Once during each session, some of the following will be offered:
~Artist-in-residence (either a French singer or artist) will work with the campers one day
~Campers will view a 30 minute children's French film
~French Camp staff will put on a special skit to reinforce vocabulary