Discover madagascar!
Did you know Madagascar is known for its lemurs? It is also a country with diverse landscapes, and plants found nowhere else in the world. Come discover this beautiful country with us!
We are offering two workshops:
- the workshop for children K to 9 years old will be from 10 to 11 am
- the workshop for children 10 to 12will be from 11:15 am to 12 pm
Kids will learn about Madagascar through fun activities and stories with Shannon Graber and Marie-Jeanne Delevaux Hargitt!
They will have a blast discovering a new culture and be inspired to explore the world around them!
Shannon Graber has taught French at many levels since graduating from Concordia College, Moorhead. Trained as an elementary teacher with a French major, she loves to pair language learning and children. Shannon lived six months in Antananarivo, Madagascar where she taught English classes to adults while studying the Malagasy culture. Madame Graber currently resides in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where she has taught afterschool and summer French camps.
Marie-Jeanne was born in Lausanne, Switzerland. After receiving a degree in Elementary Education, she moved to Bogata, Colombia, where she taught French in a Swiss school and backpacked through South America. After returning to Switzerland, she did education research with a team of Swiss educators and conducted seminars for teachers. She arrived in Minneapolis in 1982 and has taught at the Alliance Française since 1983. Throughout the years, teaching French to children continues to be one of her many passions!