I love using poetry with my students, and I have a favorite French Mother’s Day poem to share with you today. I hope you find it as charming as I do:
Des milliers d’étoiles dans le ciel – Millions of stars in the sky
Des milliers d’oiseaux dans les arbres – Millions of birds in the trees
Des milliers de fleurs au jardin – Millions of flowers in the garden
Des milliers d’abeilles sur les fleurs – Millions of bees on the flowers
Des milliers de coquillages sur les plages – Millions of shells on the beaches
Des milliers de poissons dans les mers – Millions of fish in the seas
Et seulement, seulement, une mère – And only, only one mother
This poem just begs to be artistically interpreted! I created a template for a mini-book so that students can illustrate each line, then assemble the pages into a book for Maman. It’s available here. And here’s a PowerPoint to help you present the poem while conveying the meanings.
By the way, I found some versions of this poem at one of my favorite French sites, Momes.net With 1001 comptines it is THE place to go to find poems and rhymes to complement any unit. To my delight, I just discovered that they now have adorable, illustrated versions of their content. Click here to visit the page dedicated to poems about mothers.
If you’re a Francophile looking for more French-themed Mother’s Day activities, read more here: French Mother’s Day Activities: Crafts, Cards, Coloring and Cooking for La Fête des Mères
Use the French language to honor mothers. Joyeuse Fête des Mères.
Photo by Hilde Vanstraelen at http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1143356
thank you i left that french mothers day poem at school (we do french) and i didnt know what to do so thank you
Rhea
It doesn’t even rhyme!
Poetry doesn’t rhyme every time. You could do worse than free verse. (Sorry, just couldn’t resist! lol)
`thats 2 nice keep it up
life is base on poetry bcoz the real life think which happen its relate to poems .
mothrs are happy when you read a french poem to them
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thanks really helped me with my french homework
very good and very sweet and this poem enspired my mother + you finished my home work