French American School Of Puget Sound Camp des Lucioles The Leader in Harmonized Bilingual Education in the Pacific Northwest

Camp des Lucioles

Bilingual day Camp for Children 2–5 Years of Age

FASPS’s newest Summer Program is now 8 weeks! Camp des Lucioles (Fireflies Camp) is a French bilingual day camp that focuses on learning through play, discovery, and school readiness activities (practicing school routines and vocabulary for the school year), while introducing students to the French language through regular language workshops. In addition, we will also focus on social and emotional learning (SEL) by helping our campers develop social skills through everyday interactions. Each week we will present a new theme that invites campers to explore their world through activities, projects, and language adapted to each group’s age level.

Not Sure Which Group Is Right for Your Camper?

Camp des Lucioles groups align with FASPS school-year preschool levels, which are based partly on age, and partly on certain milestones like school or daycare experience. All campers must be potty-trained prior to the start of camp. Please note that one or all of the criteria below may apply to your camper. If you have questions about your specific camper’s needs, please contact us at Summer@FASPS.org.

	Rose (Rising YPK) Campers	Rouge (Rising PK) Campers	Orange (Rising K) Campers
Age	At least 2.5 years old by start of camp (6/24/24) but turning 3 during the 2024 calendar year. *we have some room to accept current FASPS students who are between the ages of 2 and 2.5.	Turning 4 within the 2024 calendar year.	Turning 5 within the 2024 calendar year.
School / Daycare Experience	Little to no experience in school or daycare setting.	Some experience in school or daycare setting.	Experience in school or daycare setting and familiar with basic school routines.
Nap Time (Note: All Lucioles groups have daily nap/rest time, even if campers do not sleep.)	Tend to need the most nap time.	Tend to nap consistently every day.	May not be as consistent with napping, or naps for shorter periods of time.
Potty Training	May be recently potty-trained; still needs reminders to go potty and has accidents sometimes. As of summer 2024 we will have some space for campers still in diapers - please inquire by email.	More consistent with potty-training, with occasional accidents.	Consistent with potty-training, with rare accidents.
School / Daycare Fall 2023	Plan to enroll in young pre-kindergarten (YPK) / 3-year-old preschool.	Plan to enroll in pre-kindergarten (PK) / 4-year-old preschool.	Plan to enroll in kindergarten.

Additional Information:

The Lucioles camp day is from 9:00am to 4:00pm. Before Care is available starting at 8:00am, and After Care is available until 6:00pm.

No previous French experience necessary!
Activities will be led in both English and French.
All groups have nap / rest time daily for about one hour every afternoon. Children who need more time to sleep are allowed to continue resting.
The preschool program at FASPS is DCYF-licensed; we follow strict state guidelines for health and safety, from food handling to transportation to class size and more.
We staff our groups above the DCYF-required ratio.