What do you get when you put together a boy, a French teacher, and a basket full of last week’s Easter candy? A really fun and effective mini-language lesson! Immersion is a breeze with hands-on, high-interest objects like suckers and gum. I set my kitchen timer for fifteen minutes and spoke only French with my 7 year old. (Well, we actually went over the time just a bit because we were having so much fun!)
There is SO much language waiting to be used in that little basket! We sorted the candy by type, counted each pile, created an impromptu graph, identified colors, did TPR, and used gestures and smily/frowny faces to talk about what we liked/didn’t like. Not too many items qualified for “dislike” so I pulled a package of broccoli out of my freezer to bring in a little variety.
Here are a few sweet French and Spanish words to use if you, too, would like to put that Easter candy to good use:
(English – French – Spanish)
candy – bonbons – dulces
chocolate – chocolat – chocolate
(Ah, the international language of chocolate!)
sucker – sucette – chupeta
gum – chewing-gum – chicle
marshmallow – guimauve – malvavisco
It goes without saying that an Easter basket candy lesson simply MUST end with the ingestion of candy. Enjoy!
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