French Class with Madame Tate

The approach to French class at Holy Trinity Preschool is fun with plenty of games and songs. Madame Tate begins each class with having the children move around as much as possible!

She helps the students learn how to answer meaningful questions such as “what is your name?”, “where do you live?” and “how old are you?”

The students learn how to count and are introduced to vocabulary based on topic areas such as food, animals, activities and places in town. They also learn to identify classroom objects.

Each topic is then developed into meaningful language and she helps the students with questions such as “what do you like to eat?” and “which animal do you like?”

All students are encouraged to join in and congratulated when they do!

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THE 411 ON MADAME TATE:

Madame Tate grew up in England and studied French at University. She received her post graduate teaching degree and taught French for 10 years in private schools in England. She moved to New South Wales, Australia and lived there for seven years. During her time in Australia, she taught French to adults at evening classes at a community college and started her family. Madame Tate's children Finn (age 10) and Meg (age 7) both attend school in Skaneateles. She started teaching at Holy Trinity Preschool when Fiinn participated in kindergarten enrichment at HTP.