Ecole Claire Fontaine’s Fontaine Campus is a garden‑inspired early education campus in Venice that emphasizes multilingual learning, arts, and nature‑based experiences for young children.
The Fontaine Campus is a garden‑inspired campus in Venice that supports early childhood learning through a curriculum centered on languages, art, and nature. The campus environment includes atelier and outdoor garden spaces intended to promote hands‑on learning and exploration.
The school uses multilingual instruction (including French, English and Spanish, with references to Russian and Arabic) and a One Person, One Language (OPOL) approach. The curriculum emphasizes nature‑based experiences and a holistic set of domains—artistic, scientific, sensory and social‑emotional—delivered through topical ateliers, workshops and experiential activities.
School‑made organic meals (breakfast, lunch and snacks) are prepared daily and served to students. Facilities described across the school network include shaded garden spaces, ateliers (studio/workshop spaces) and opportunities for field trips to local parks, markets and cultural sites. The school also highlights ecology and nutrition within its program and states practices aimed at reduced plastic use and waste.
First Grade is offered at the Fontaine Campus through ECF’s ACME courses, described as combining structured academic work in language, math and sciences with continued engagement in art and nature.
Provided at the Fontaine Campus as part of ECF’s ACME curriculum, with an emphasis on language, mathematics, science, music and art alongside opportunities for outdoor exploration.
Offered at the Fontaine Campus through ECF’s ACME courses, this class is described as providing more structure to support the internalization of language, math, sciences, music and art while balancing exploration of the natural world.
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