Welcome. Bienvenue. Bienvenido.

Welcome to BikePath Learning, where foreign language fluency begins.

Whether you are a parent, a school administrator or a bilingual educator, join us and give children the opportunity to become bilingual thanks to our unique before or after school year-long curriculum-based programs.

Perfect for busy parents – Classes are offered via Zoom - From the safety and comfort of your home.

Ideal for schools, BASP administrators and parent coordinators – We help you take care of the administration of the program.

Great for educators – The program is developed and constantly improved based on research and experiments, and is provided to you.

Á bientôt. Talk to you soon. Hasta pronto.

Teaching Philosophy

What makes us different?

BikePath Learning incorporates a common-sense methodology to teach young learners languages in a more natural way. Most people don’t learn languages by conjugating verbs, and we don’t expect your child to either. The video below explains our method, TPRS (Total Physical Response & Storytelling), in the best way possible; showing it in action.

Total Physical Response & Storytelling teaching method (or TPRS), which is recognized as the current most effective method to teach a foreign language. Comprehensible Input (CI) and repetition are key to help children integrate new vocabulary: TPRS is a cumulative method that constantly builds on what children learn. NO MORE LISTS OF RANDOM WORDS! Our year-long curriculums are the results of meetings with experts, research and observation of children’s general learning styles. Their interests constitute the core of the lessons’ themes, and allow them to stay passionate week after week.

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Why learn a second language?

Learning a second or a third language is a priceless gift! However, BikePath’s goal is to offer a program of excellence at an affordable price.

BikePath gives children the opportunity to become bilingual by offering full programs in Spanish and French to children as early as Kindergarten when it is easiest for them to learn. Children get to understand, read, write and speak a foreign language, with a clear emphasis on oral interaction.

Thanks to our unique curriculum, children not only learn a foreign language in a fun, easy and effective way, they also:

• 1. Develop a great sense of self-confidence, and self-discipline
• 2. Build critical social skills
• 3. Develop their imagination and broaden their mind
• 4. Increase their problem-solving skills and memory

As educators, we help children shine in our classroom so that they succeed at school and beyond, now and for the years to come.

Our Team

Charnie Bledsoe

Founder and President of BikePath Learning

Charnie studied French in Middle School through early College and has worked in personal and business consulting for three decades. A few years ago she had the opportunity to work with a business that provided Spanish to young children. During this time it became obvious from surveys of parents that learning a second language was of great importance to many families. Unfortunately, there are few opportunities for American children or parents to learn any new language. Classes that do exist are taught in old fashioned ways with boring drills, learning foreign language words that didn’t lead to any real usage or understanding. Even immersion class instructors talking in a new language without any comprehensible explanation in English creates its own confusion and barriers to learning. Only the most dedicated and dogged student ever achieved any level of fluency with these methods. These examples demonstrated that something is very wrong with the teaching method used with foreign languages. Having observed that, this led to researching the best teaching methods of Foreign languages to young children, therefore creating Bike Path Learning.