The French Academy of Minnesota - French School, Preschool and Elementary

Provide a loving, nurturing, and caring atmosphere in which children feel secure;

Meet each child’s physical needs while encouraging independence and self-care;

Encourage curiosity within each child;

Offer a wide variety of activities within the curriculum, including practical life, sensorial, language, math, art, music and movement, science, and dramatic play;

Provide ample opportunity for the use of large motor skills for indoor and outdoor activities;

Encourage parent involvement and foster open and honest communication.

The material layout and choice of objects, tools, games, pictures, and books that make up the children’s environment is in keeping with a child’s size and vision of the world. The classroom becomes a space that children can call their own. All of the elements of this environment are carefully selected by the teacher and have well-defined purposes.

• Total French immersion curriculum from pre-school to 5th grade for children 33 months to 10 years of age

• School accredited by the French Ministry of Education in Minnesota.

The French national curriculum is designed and administered at the ministry level by experts in education, university professors, psychologists, commissioners, and teachers. Its high quality and rigor are recognized worldwide. French curriculum and Minnesota standards are combined to allow students to transition to any school after their education at FAM.