This modern cooking school has 16 locations around France, including 5 in Paris, which offer cooking courses for adults and children, and a professional training center in Rueil Malmaison. You can drop of your kids for a 1-1/2 hour Graines de Chefs workshop or share the fun with a parents and kids session on Wednesdays and Saturdays throughout the year.
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Metro: Alma Marceau (line 9), Franklin D. Roosevelt (lines 1 & 9)
American Childrens Theatre is a theater company for children ages 3-16 with classes during the school year, camps (stages) during school holidays, and occasional specialized workshops. With a little acting, a little singing, a little dancing, a little silliness, your child will have a LOT of fun! They only use material that has positive values and messages. A highlight of the Fall and Spring sessions is performing in a professional theater here in Paris! The children get to experience the thrill of a real stage performance with lights, sound, effects, and a full audience. ACT can also bring their program into schools, birthday parties, and other events!
Metro: Alma-Marceau (line 9)
The largest English-language lending library on the European continent, the ALP is more than just a library. It hosts popular evenings with authors and singers, organizes reading groups for toddlers, children and adults as well as offers writing workshops for teenagers. The super friendly staff serves more than 2,500 members from more than 60 different countries.
Founded in 1982 to bring together families in the Chantilly area who speak English as a mother tongue or as a cultural language. It’s primary function is to organize classes in English within the schools in Chantilly.
One of France’s largest, most well-known tutoring companies (called soutien scolaire), with 20,000 teachers, 400 assessment counselors, and over 100 teaching centers around the country. They offer one-on-one tutoring for all ages, as well as numerous group classes taught during school holidays.
At Acadomia, the student is considered an individual with his own needs and their own objectives. Your child can also sign-up to use their online tutoring service to get help in every subject on their own time. One big advantage of using a tutoring company is a 50% reduction in the cost through tax credits at the end of the year.
For over 50 years, Cours Legendre has provided tutoring services, including individual lessons in your home or group lessons at their centers in all major cities around France.
Your first contact is with a dedicated pedagogic counselor who will help determine your child’s needs (based on information you provide) and recommend the best tutor to fit those needs. If the first tutor doesn’t work out, you can ask to change tutors until you find the right one to work with your child. They also check in with you regularly to see if you’re satisfied with the services.
As with all of the professional tutoring companies, 50% of the fees are tax deductible!