Paris - Childcare and Baby-sitting
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Nursery schools/kindergartens
Babysitting
- The Lennen Bilingual School
65 Quai d'Orsay
Paris
75007
France
Tel: + 33 (0)1 4705 6655
From to 2 to 8 year olds. Founded in 1960. Children who attend this school can enter either the French or the American school. The schools also offer holiday and summer programmes. - Les Petits Dragons
17, rue Bayard
Paris
75008
France
Tel: + 33 (0)1 4228 5617
Tel: + 33 (0)1 4700 5339
International kindergarten - Le Petit Cours
104 rue Ordener
Paris
75018
France
Tel: + 33 (0)1 4606 8033
Bilingual school - La Petite Ecole Bilingue
9, rue Verniquet
Paris
75017
France
Tel: + 33 (0)1 4380 2534
Tel: + 33 (0)1 4380 3740
British bilingual nursery school. From 2 to 6 year olds. British bilingual - La Petite Ecole Bilingue
17, rue Cardinet
Paris
75017
France
Tel: + 33 (0)1 4380 2534
Tel: + 33 (0)1 4380 3740
British, from 2 to 6 year olds. The school welcomes children of all nationalities. - Les Petits Dragons
2, rue Jacquemont
Paris
75017
France
Tel: + 33 (0)1 4228 5617
Tel: + 33 (0)1 4700 5339
International kindergarten - Les Petits Dragons
7 rue Auguste Vacquerie
Paris
75016
France
Tel: + 33 (0)1 4228 5617
Tel: + 33 (0)1 4700 5339
International kindergarten at Saint George's Church - United Nations Nursery School, Jardin d'Enfants des Nations Unies
40, Rue Pierre Guérin
Paris
75016
France
Tel: + 33 (0)1 4527 2024
From 2 1/2 to 6 year olds. Founded in 1951, has been catering for the international community ever since. It is very difficult to gain entrance to this school, but it is worth a try. The class size is less than 15 with bilingual programmes. The school has its own garden. - The American Kindergarten
3 bis, rue Emile Duclaux
Paris
75015
France
Tel: + 33 (0)1 4219 0214
Association loi 190.1 The English Playgroup. Non-profit organization. Active since 1993. Max class size 20 children, each class with two pre-school teachers with English as the mother tongue and fluent in French. - Rencontres et Echanges
84, rue de la Folie Mericourt
Paris
75011
France
Tel: + 33 (0)1 4338 7937
Tel: + 33 (0)1 4338 9851
Kindergarten and bilingual nursery school. From 18 to 30 month olds. - The Bilingual Montessori School of Paris
Held at: the American Church
65, quai d’Orsay (7th Arr.)
Paris
France
Tel: + 33 (0)1 45 55 1327
Fax: + 33 (0)1 4551 2512
Children between three and six years are taught by the Montessori method, 9h to 12h (€4000 annually) or 9h to 15h in French and English. About 40 percent are anglophone. There are varied activities such as art, singing and a pony club, but there is no parent teacher association. - Jardin d’Enfants Montessori d’Auteuil
53, rue Erlanger (16th Arr.)
Paris
France
Tel: + 33 (0)1 4651 6587
Fax: + 33 (0)1 4551 2512 - The Toddler Programme
The American Cathedral
23, av. George V(8th Arr.)
Paris
France
Tel: + 33 (0)1 4555 1327
Up to 14 children, age two and three, work on Montessori Practical Life exercises and Sensorial Development 9am to midday. - L’Ecole Aujourd’hui
24, bd. Edgar Quinet
Paris
75014
France
Tel: + 33 (0)1 4320 6124
Co-educational school over 100 students between three and ten years old, approx. 20 pupils per class. English is taught for 45 minutes each day. The school prides itself on its extracurricular activities and an informal atmosphere. There is a parent teacher association. - European Infant Academy
125, rue Garibaldi
St-Maur
94100
France
Tel: + 33 (0) 1 4397 9346
Bilingual nursery, maximum 15 children per class. English language teaching, but follows the French approach, students speak French during break times. Effort is taken to ensure that children leaving the kindergarten class (maternelle) are fluent in English and French. Chess is compulsory from four years old, and theatre from five. - Jardin d’Enfants des Nations Unies
40, rue Pierre Guérin (16th Arr.)
Paris
France
Tel: + 33 (0)1 .4527 2024
Fax: + 33 (0)1 4524 2854
Age Range: 2.5-6
Total Enrolment: 70; 35 boys, 35 girls
International from 2½ to 6 mixed language classes, subjects include dance, English and crafts. - Jardin d’Enfants Rudolf Steiner
44, rue de Clignancourt (18th Arr.)
Paris
France
Tel: + 33 (0) 4251 2920
This trilingual maternelle follows the Rudolf Steiner method for children age two-and-a-half to six years. Games are taught in German, singing lessons in English, storytelling in French. - Les Oursons
28, rue Vignon (9th Arr.)
Paris
France
Tel: + 33 (0)1 4924 0569
A Montessori nursery with bilingual teachers for three to six year olds. The 39 students prepare for the next stage of their education in English or French. - Busy Bees
Laclef 46, rue de Mareil
St-Germain-en-Laye
78100
France
Tel: + 33 (0)1 3921 5490
Fax: + 33 (0)1 3973 2921
English jardin d’enfants for 2 - 5 years with a maximum of 16 children between two teachers.
Open Mon-Fri 9:l5 - 12:15 - Ecole Montessori Bilingue de St-Cloud
5, rue de Garches
St. Cloud
92210
France
Tel: + 33 (0) 1 4771 6103
Fax: + 33 (0) 1 4771 9105
Private school for 140 children age three to 11. Prepares pupils for bilingual schools or straightforward French colleges. The Montessori method is used in maternelle, and the école primaire is influenced by the method. Six to nine hours of English taught per week, approximately 50% of class time. A quarter of pupils in maternelle are anglophone, lower ratio at higher levels.
Hours are 9am to 3:30pm, (a halte-garderie is available until 5pm). - Ecole Montessori du Val-de-Marne
2, p1. des Canadiens
Joinville-le-Pont
94340
France
Tel: + 33 (0)1 4889 5212
Fax: + 33 (0)1 4889 1234
Ages 22 months to nine years. Montessori method used by English-speaking teachers. - Stuart International Pre-School (la Petite Ecole Bilingue)
8, p1. de la Porte de Champerret (7th Arr.)
Paris
France
Tel: + 33 (0)1 43.80.25.34.
Fax: + 33 (0)1 43.80.3 7.40
Bilingual teachers follow the Lady Anne Henderson-Stewart method in this school, teaching children age two and six, who can attend half-time or full-time. Half-timers have two options, attending from 8h30 to 11h30 or from l3h30 to 16h30. An afternoon sleep period complete with mattresses is organized for toddlers. Activities include theater, dance, storytelling, singing in English, and swimming.
Baby-sitting
It is quite easy to find a babysitter in Paris. Ask the teenagers around your neighbourhood, put up an ad. at school, at the nurseries, kindergarten and at the day nursery of your town.
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