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Mission and Core Values
Les Petits Francophones is a dual-immersion infant center and preschool offering affordable French education to Bay Area families. Our year-round program serves children ages 12 weeks to 5 years.
Our Mission
To provide a safe, joyful dual-immersion environment that honors each child’s uniqueness and supports their growth, exploration, movement, and connection to others and the world.
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How We Achieve Our Mission
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Create a rich francophone, play-based learning environment.
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Encourage curiosity, creativity, and inquiry.
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Promote joy, movement, and a sense of wonder.
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Build strong relationships grounded in teamwork, honesty, and kindness.
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Support collaboration, problem-solving, self-regulation, and social-emotional development.
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Maintain a diverse community that reflects francophone cultures and our local area.
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Hold ourselves accountable to our commitments and values.
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Goals for Our Petits Francophones
Play • Move • Discover • Connect • Feel safe • Feel nurtured • Feel loved • Learn practical and problem-solving skills • Sing and dance • Experience joy • Build resilience
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Our Core Values
Honesty & Integrity: Build trust with children, families, and staff.
Respect: Honor ourselves, others, diversity, and the Earth.
Community: Support one another—“it takes a village.”
Kindness: Lead with warmth, empathy, and care.
Perseverance: Foster resilience and face challenges together.
Fun: Celebrate learning through play, movement, creativity, and joy.
We are full for the 2025-2026 school year.
What the Parents Say
"It has been my dream for my child to learn a second language during her critical preschool years. I consider this an opportunity of a lifetime that I wish I had. I didn't start languages until high school. My daughter took to the teachers, class, and environment immediately. The teachers create a perfect balance between a loving environment and a structured classroom".
-Ingrid S.
"As non-native French speakers, we were skeptical that our daughter would become fluent just by attending bi-lingual preschool. But after one year at LPF, there was a clear moment when she switched from speaking mostly English to mostly French. It was amazing to see just how much she was absorbing everyday at LPF".
- Erika L