French
A Foreign Language Vegetable Garden
Turn your garden into a language lesson! My kids are growing some vegetables on the deck this year. Every single morning the four year-old runs outside to check on his pots. Luckily, beans grow at a quick pace that is satisfying to a preschooler. Check out our tomatoes, beans, and peppers: We started to learn [...]
Summer French Camp or After School Enrichment Curriculum
Passport to French Fun Summer camp season is almost here! For umpteen years, I’ve offered one-week summer day camp sessions in French, and this year is no exception. I LOVE it! I love the freedom of spending an entire afternoon on a project if the kids are into it. I love playing outside. I love [...]
Computer Games and Software for Kids Learning French
Here are some French language-learning software programs: Amazon.com Widgets
Music and Songs for Teaching French
Here is a resource for recommended music for your French-learning kids. Some are perfect for teaching language, others to set the mood! null
French Board Games, Puzzles, Toys and Pétanque
Surround your children with French games, puzzles, and toys to encourage play in the target language! FRENCH BOARD GAMES & TOYS Mille Bornes Collectors Edition Flippit French Version eeBoo Kids French Set – Bingo/ French Flash Cards Scrabble Crossword Game (French Version) Scrabble Slam Card Game (French Version) Scrabble Apple (French Version) French Flash Cards [...]
French Coloring Pages and Coloring Books
Looking for some French-themed resources to color? Check these out! Some are free printables available online, others are coloring books for purchase. (Many are so reasonably priced, it would be possible to provide copies for a class of students!) Teacher Planet France Day Resource Page Coloring Pages Featuring Paris, France Mona Lisa Coloring Page from [...]
French Mother’s Day Song and Free Printable
I made up this simple French Mother’s Day song to the tune of “Bonjour mes amis.” It’s just right for pre-k and early elementary learners. Wouldn’t this be a charming song for the children to sing to Mom? And they can learn gardening vocabulary as they plant a flower for Maman, or prepare some delicious [...]
French and Spanish ABC’s: Learn Language with the Alphabet
We launched some brand new websites the other week that we’re really excited about. MyABCfrench.com and MyABCSpanish.com will teach language “one letter at a time.” We decided to develop a series of vocabulary-building activities organized around the alphabet theme. In this way, the learner gets constant pronunciation/letter practice while discovering various nouns, verbs, reading, or [...]
Guest French Post: Dear False Friends
Please welcome guest blogger, Andréa Thomas! Andréa is a native French speaker and a frequent blogger in both French and English at Lexiophiles.com. Today, she’s got a fantastic article to share with all of us French learners and teachers: Dear False Friends Learning French? Be careful of some words that may trick you! You may [...]
Recycling Gouin Series to Teach French, Spanish, and ESL
Sorting recycling in a foreign language is an excellent lesson for Earth Day on April 22. You can count, sort, identify colors, and talk about materials (plastic, paper, etc.) Try using the natural approach of a Gouin Series to present language in context. A simple, novice-level ESL gouin might go something like this: It’s recycling [...]
