Bonjour, Reader!!

Shall we talk about French? First, let’s give a huge shoutout to Henry—one of our incredible 11-year-old students. This kid is not only a Lego master but also hilarious! His parents made him the ultimate deal: if he learns French, they’ll take him to Paris when he turns 13. Talk about top-tier parenting! Forget bribing kids with candy—these folks are handing out trips to France!

Henry started with us 10 months ago knowing zero French. Zip. Zilch. Nada. Fast forward to now—he’s about to finish a whole chapter book in French! And not just pretending to read it while turning pages dramatically—he actually understands it. He’s even chatting in French with Kim, one of our newest team members.

Say bonjour to Kim!​
​ 👋 Meet Kim! Our new French instructor is an Ontario-certified teacher specializing in French as a Second Language. Since 2014, she’s been teaching core French, French immersion, tutoring, and even adult classes. She’s all about making language learning fun with stories, songs, games, and drawing. When she’s not teaching, Kim enjoys reading, traveling, building Lego (Henry, you have competition!), and sipping fancy coffee by the water. Oh, and she’s also learning Spanish and ASL—because apparently, she doesn’t believe in free time.

Now, let’s address the elephant in the room… French pronunciation.​
WHY SO MANY SILENT LETTERS?! Who decided that half the letters in a word should just sit there doing nothing?

Well, don’t quote me on this, but my old French professor once told me that centuries ago, the French aristocracy intentionally made spelling ridiculously complicated to keep the lower class from becoming literate. Do I believe it? Absolutely. Because knowledge is power, and nothing says “elite” like extra letters.

Did you know?​
🧐 French is the official language of 29 countries!
🗼 In France, you can’t legally name your pig “Napoleon.” (Yes, really.)
🎭 The longest French word is anticonstitutionnellement—which ironically means “unconstitutionally.” Because apparently, the French language has a sense of humor.

If you'd like our curated French YouTube playlist, reply, and I'll send ya the link!

Au revoir!

Juliana

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