Hi to all of you !

I'm in the same situation. We're moving from France to San Francisco next year. My kids 5 and 6 are currently in Grande section (KG) and CP (1st grade). They can speak basic english, but I was wondering how will they be able to take maths and the rest of the subjects in English, even if they would take supplementary english classes ?

Thanks to all

I will stay intouch with you of course . I've found an english teacher for the moment . I wouldn't like them feel completely stranger in the first weeks so I will start with english lesson three times a week . I hope to be able to find someone even during the christmas holidays in the USA . My children are a little bit older than yours , 10 and 6 . when are you moving to Princeton?
marina

thanks a lot for yr helpful answer . you confirmed what I thought to do before leaving to USA . We will move to Boca Raton Florida , I didn't know that most of public schools have a tutor at disposal. that's great !
I will get in touch with the school to know if someone can give english lessons to my children during the Christmas holidays ....thank you again for yr help

Greetings to both of you. Greatschools is a nationwide U.S. forum, and unfortunately we don't know which cities/states you are each referring to.
I realize that your questions about how to expose your children to English before they begin to attend school isn't dependent on where you live, but I want to point out a couple of things that you might not be aware of.

In the U.S., PUBLIC schools don't charge individual tuition fees, because the expenses for them generally come from taxes that everyone pays. HOWEVER, usually which public school your children would attend is determined by where you live. It will be important, if you want them to attend a specific PUBLIC school (is Sunrise Park public?) that you live in a house or apartment that is within its attendance boundaries. You can contact the school to find out what that is.

In general, since you both write English very well, I would start to expose your children to it now. Perhaps you could begin by putting labels on common household item that are in both Italian/English or German/English, so that they become familar with things like "table, chair, lamp, desk, bed" and similar words. Are there any "picture dictionaries" that they have for children? My son was learning French in school, and I purchased an English/French dictionary that accomplished the same thing as labeling items.

If they don't have ANY exposure to spoken English at all, you might want to consider having them listen to children's television shows (I don't know what is available in the way of U.S. shows, but "Sesame Street," while geared towards younger children, is still useful in teaching basic words.) Are there any U.K. shows that you can listen to while still in Europe, to help the children at least get some exposure to English?

Of course, you can always start to speak English in your home, to help the children learn basic sentences...You might say "Dinner is ready" or "It is time for bed" in your native language, then follow it up with the same phrase in English, so they begin to associate the words with what they already know. They say that children have an amazing ability to learn new languages quickly when "immersed" in it, and I'm sure yours will do very well. I wish you both safe journeys.

Hi. We are from Germany with 2 children ages 2 and 5. We are looking to move to the Princeton area next year. Both of our children speat little English at the moment i.e. we are in the same position as you.
I would like to stay in touch with you to discuss on how one can best prepare their kids for such a move.

Regards,

Jay