French Camp Crafts: How To Make a Mardi Gras Mask
Do you have your children at home on a rainy or snowy weekend? Are you looking for something interesting and unique to do with them? Or maybe you’re hosting a playdate with a few of your child’s friends and looking for activities? How about trying one of our French Camp Crafts. These are tried and […]
French Camp Crafts: How to Make My Own Octopus French Camp Crafts: My Own Octopus
Do you have your children at home on a rainy or snowy weekend? Are you looking for something interesting and unique to do with them? Or maybe you’re hosting a playdate with a few of your child’s friends and looking for activities? How about trying one of our French Camp Crafts. These are tried and […]
CBC Radio Interview On Camp Tournesol’s French Day Camp
Why our French camps are booming! I was recently interviewed by CBC Radio Canada to discuss Camp Tournesol and the importance of French Day Camps, and socializing in French during the summer. The interview was conducted in French, so if you’re a French speaker who wants to tune in, you can do so here. Don’t […]
Don’t Pick An Educational Summer Camp Until You Ask These 10 Questions
Having trouble picking a program for your child this summer? Feeling overwhelmed with the endless options? If you’re like most parents, you want your child to have fun but you also want the program to be educational too! So how do you find a summer program with the right balance of fun and education? Well, […]
Announcing a new exciting partnership
Camp Tournesol and Canadian Parents for French (Ontario) announce a new and exciting partnership!
My trip to France: read it from the pen of a past camper
France is truly an amazing place. My experience in France is one of my most cherished. I cherish my memories from France not only because of the amazing range of fascinating sites and dazzling sceneries I saw, but also because of who I experienced those things with and the way we did it. The Camp […]
Our Reinforcement system – the Tournesol Badges
Devising methods to reinforce and reward desired behaviours is one of the biggest challenges of schools and camps. Motivating campers to speak French is no exception. When a camper goes out of their way to utilize their French language skills in casual conversation, it is magical, and we want to reinforce it as much as […]
