Roaming Schoolhouse operates as a mobile school with classes in different locations throughout the week, depending on demand in the area. The classes are aimed at children growing up in the French education system with English as a regularly used language. They have classes through out the year as well as camps during the school holidays.
When Parisian Cecile Birgand Ayasse couldn’t find original workshops for her own four kids, she set up Apprends et Rêve (“To learn and dream” in English) to create her own solution. From singing lessons with a coach from “The Voice” to Flamenco, computer coding or graffiti art, they offer imaginative weekend workshops and holiday camps where children aged 3 to 15. Activities are taught in French at various locations around Paris.
PERK FOR INSPIRELLE READERS! Mention INSPIRELLE when you sign up for a holiday camp or year-long workshop at Apprends et Rêve (“Learn and Dream“) and get a free yearly membership PLUS 15% off any one-day reservation.
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: La Tour-Maubourg (line 8)
Offering numerous art classes during the school year, plus additional school vacation-time creative art workshops to children and adults. Bonus, English-speaking artists offer a selection of art classes from Tuesday-Saturdays during the school year.
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Metro: Anatole France (line 3)
As a nonprofit association, the American Hospital receives no funding from either the French or American governments. They have been providing the best in French and American medical practices for the health of patients of all nationalities since 1906.
Metro: Anatole France (line 3)
At her office in the American Hospital of Paris, American-born and educated, Dr. McGinnis, is an OB/GYN well-known in the Anglophone community for many years. She periodically offers her expertise in women’s health through special talks sponsored by AAWE and Message anglophone women’s groups.
Metro: Les Sablons (line 1), Louise Michel (line 3)
One of the nicer fully-equipped aquatic centers around Paris, with multiple pools for leisure and for training, as well as an outdoor pool, two solariums and a “beach” in the summer. Clean and well-organized, they also have a spa, hammams, saunas, and UV cabins.