Would you like a French-speaking pen pal for your kids?

Penpals4Kids is a fun pen pal program for English-speaking and French-speaking children around the world. The children can meet, chat and play together by Zoom during fun Bilingual Zoom Classes with Margot (their teacher) and they can also exchange letters (by email or snail mail letters) during the academic year.

How does the letter exchange program work? Read the article

  1. Help to write your first letter
  2. Help to write your second letter
  3. Help to write your third letter

If you are interested in joining this exciting program, contact us by email and we will add you on the wait list.


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