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Needtotravel
  3/22/2018 14:37 EST

Hello everyone,
I am considering moving to France (or possibly Spain) in September with my 4 kids and I would love to get advice from anyone who has done this. My kids are school age but I am finding the cost of international schools out of my price range. I would love to chat with someone who has put their English speaking kids in a local school. Or if you have other options to suggest that would be great. We have no restrictions on where we can live because we are not moving for a job just a great year or two of culture and learning a new language.
I would love to connect and get advice. Thanks,
Yvonne

Bigspinks
  7/6/2019 03:29 EST

Hello! My family and I are considering this same adventure, but for summer of 2021. We are in the same situation financially where we could not afford the extreme costs of international schools. I'd love to follow along on this post to see if you get any replies. I've also posted today and hope to get some feedback. Best of luck.

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xantippe
  7/6/2019 13:22 EST

We live in a small village in France, our Grandson came to live with us and we put him into the local school, he spoke a little French which he had picked up from a teaching child’s video. The Teacher sat him next to another English speaking boy who helped him at first. We let him stay for lunch at school and play with the local kids after school. He soon picked up the language. I know a number of Anglophones who live here and have put their children into the local schools. It isn’t usually long before they are chatting in French.. some didn’t arrive until they were 12 or 13 and they are doing fine. If you don’t care where you live you may want to consider a place where there are other English speakers to help the children make the transition.

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