"For anyone who is serious about giving their young child the gift of a second language, the LWFC is really great! We live downtown and tried nearly every program available for children under 2 in French, and this is by far the most engaging, the most systematic, and the most effective...especially if you are willing to commit to attending the classes and using the simple materials they provide for home use (CD and book for each "semester").The teachers are native speakers and trained in early childhood teaching methods (as opposed to some of the make-shift classes we attended which basically were little more than Americans singing French nursery rhymes). The Director went out of his way this past year to provide classes downtown as there was such a need for good French and Spanish instruction for babies/toddlers. This year, we will even be traveling uptown for some of the more advanced classes. Well worth the trip and the money.”
Mrs. Oppenheimer
"It is the only program of its type that approaches language so naturally at such a young age. Mr. Thibaut really cares about the children. It shows, and they can feel it. Mr. Thibaut makes sure there are no competitive feelings in the class. Everyone gets a chance to excel."
Mrs. Nerlino
"There is simply no other program like this ... I very much like the fact that the kids are not aware of how much they are learning. It all happens naturally, without their knowledge. Mr. Thibaut assumes that kids are capable of learning, and they immediately rise to his expectations. His methods take them directly to proper speech."
Mrs. Gale
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MYTH • Going to a library and reading books to your child in French or your target language will h elp your child learn a new language.
FACT • When I started teaching French in 1973, I had hundreds of books for children (which I still have in storage!) I realized that whereas they are great for French children whose parents spoke the language without any accent, it was actually detrimental to the American child who was being read a story with an improper accent. Reading to a child in another language is limiting. The reader needs to be able to capture a child’s emotions, too, and engage and interact on an individual basis. This is why I spent years with musicians and artists developing very specific materials, including the Professor Toto Language Education Series, which I am proud to say has, so far, won five awards!he/she will start to learn grammatical concepts in an engaging way.