T.G. asks from Los Angeles, CA on January 29, 2008
Mom Seeking an Affordable Bi-linguel Preschool
A friend of mine is seeking an affordable pre-school where they can speak and teach her English as well as French. Most of the places she has found run close to $2000.00 a month. Does anyone have any ideas?
So What Happened?™
Oh my! I am overwhelmed by the quick responses, and how helpful they all are!! Thanks so much all of you! I am going to share your ideas with my friend/neighbor and get her to sign up for mamasource too! I think the best idea would be to organize a small group who would be interested in hiring a french tutor/teacher for a few hours a week, How resourcefull! I would love to ask my friend and get back to those of you who might be interesed in doing that. We live in mid-city Los Angeles, Beverly Hills adjacent. I will keep you posted!
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H.F. answers from Los Angeles on January 30, 2008
HI T.,
It's hard to find an affordable pre-school in Los Angeles to begin with, let alone one that teaches French! I would love to hear if she ever finds one. Perhaps she can create a sort of French speaking play date group with her French friends. If she wants something inexpensive that would probalby be the way to go.
M.F. answers from Los Angeles on January 30, 2008
OMG. I have been looking for something bi-lingual (French) for my 2 girls also. Its impossible. Especially if you want an affordable one. Alliance Francaise (in Century City) offers a mommy'me class that we took, but I was not impressed and did not re-sign up. If any of you know a native French speaker who would like to teach a short 1-2 hour class for a few children at a reasonable rate, I'd sign up. I live in the valley and know of another 2 kids that would be interested. I see that according to these posts, there is definatley a need for this. Hopefully we can find something that works.
C.M. answers from Los Angeles on January 30, 2008
LILA SCHOOL:: LYCEE INTERNATIONAL DE LOS ANGELES
She should check this school out. It has several locations around Los Angeles and I don't thinbk it costs $2000 a month!
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L.C. answers from Los Angeles on January 31, 2008
I have a daughter that just turned one. I would love for her to learn French too. If your friend is interested, maybe we can have a French language play date.
C.W. answers from Los Angeles on January 30, 2008
My kids go to the LILA Los Feliz campus (Lycee International de Los Angeles). There is a LILA Pasadena campus as well as OC & West Valley. What part of town are you in? We are very happy with the school. There is a more expensive option on the westside on Overland (Lycee Francais) but I do not know of any other French schools in L.A. LILA is very moderately priced at around $10,000 for the school year. I skipped their preschool & started each of my kids in Kindergarten. We chose a half day American preschool that was more play oriented. At age 5 they began the immersion into French at LILA in the Kindergarten. They both had very good experiences & loved their Kinder year at LILA. Now they are in 4th & 2nd grades & still doing very well, very happy. Lovely school with plenty of open green space, strong bi-lingual program. We've been very satisfied with the English & French programs.
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