Observation d'une leçon française à ECDC

I spent the Tuesday before Thanksgiving working in ECDC in the 4's/5's room and got to experience something over there I have never seen: a lesson in french. ECDC has a french teacher come in and learn basic french vocabulary and french songs. When I met the franch teacher, who is fantastic, and brought the students in from playing outside, I was absolutely blown away! The students sang numerous french songs without looking at printed words or images, and as someone who took seven years of french, I am pretty sure their pronunciation of the words was on the dot. And on top of that all the students participated and was able to contribute in french. The french teacher spoke only french to them during the half hour she came to visit. I am amazed with the potential or 4 and 5-year-old's and love the idea of teaching french to young kids, not only to learn the language, but to improve their: phonics skills, pronunciation, and awareness of the English language; and their acceptance and appreciation of other cultures. I really hope I get the more of the opportunity to be part of that.