BONJOUR!
I'm Emma and I have run Polytots in Horsham for the past seven years. I've had a passion for languages since I was a child, when I lived in Brussels and attended a French-speaking primary school. The ability to speak more than one language gave me confidence, leading me to live and work in Paris and obtain a degree in French with German, and a Masters Degree in French translation.
I adore working with children of all ages. Seeing and hearing them make a connection in the language, as well as having fun, is extremely rewarding.
MY APPROACH
Learning through fun
Fun is the key to learning. Polytots lessons use games, movement, songs, art and crafts and, occasionally, French food to entertain and stimulate. With this approach children quickly learn to understand French words
and phrases, and to begin expressing themselves in French.
Exploring topics
Each lesson is based around a particular topic, where key concepts and words are repeated in songs, reading through picture stories or in games. Polytots provides carefully-designed language lessons, which build incrementally, allowing children to soak up a grasp of French while having fun.
WHY LEARN A
SECOND LANGUAGE?
Learning a second language gives so much more than an academic skill. Learning to understand and to speak another language can help to make children more expressive, improve their understanding of the world, and can aid all forms of learning. Their growing appreciation that other languages exist, and that an object or an action can have different names, lays foundations in children’s comprehension for learning languages in later life.
Young children are highly receptive and can absorb knowledge without conscious effort. As we all know, learning doesn’t remain so effortless throughout life, so learning a language early is a significant advantage.
TESTIMONIALS
WILLOW, AGE 9
I really love learning French with Emma because it is fun. I have been building up my French vocabulary, by playing games, with sheets of paper, baking pancakes and doing crafts. I am still learning more and more each week.
MANAGER, LITTLE MONKEYS
Our parents can't believe how much language the children pick up across their time spent in these classes. It's precisely why we have used Emma for years, and cannot recommend her enough!
TONIA, OWNER AT JACK & GILL CHILDCARE & FOREST SCHOOL
Emma had been coming once a week to teach the 2 to 4 year olds. She has a very calm and professional approach. The children were always engaged and very excited to see her. We (practitioners and parents) were totally amazed at how quickly the children picked up the language. It truly was so lovely to hear them counting, naming animals, colours, actions and so on and singing in French.
BENEFITS OF LEARNING A SECOND LANGUAGE
Boost confidence
Improve career prospects
Easier to make friends worldwide
Improve memory, logic & maths
Improve first language skills
