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Free Nativity Mini-Book in French and Spanish for Homeschoolers
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Homeschoolers, we’ve got a FREE GIFT just for you! Last year at Foreign Language House, we created adorable Christmas mini-books in both French and Spanish. The Nativity story is told in simple, present tense language, understandable to novice level learners of all ages. Each brief sentence tells a part of the Nativity story and has an [...]
Talking About Thanksgiving Foods and Preferences in French and Spanish
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November is the ideal time to teach French and Spanish learners about food. Tukey, stuffing, and pumpking pie . . . mmmmm! Get your K-6 language learners using the target language for authentic communication this Thanksgiving holiday. Find out what foods they like and what foods they don’t like through highly structured pair work/interviews.
Younger children need [...]
Handprint Turkey Printables and Finger Play in French
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I wrote a simple little turkey finger play in French for Thanksgiving last year. Check it out here on video:
Voici la dinde, dinde, dinde = Here is the turkey (hold up hand)
Elle a une tête, tête, tête = She has a head (wiggle thumb)
Et quatre plumes, plumes, plumes = And 4 feathers (wiggle 4 [...]
Halloween Counting Books: French and Spanish Writing Project
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Developing writing skills in novice-level language learners is always a challenge. Writing tasks must be clear, simple, and highly structured. I’d like to share a simple Halloween writing project I’ve done with 5th and 6th grade students. Working in pairs or small groups, students wrote and illustrated a 10-page book. The writing is a [...]
French Halloween Rhyme and Finger Play
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Driving in my car this morning, I got a great idea for a French Halloween finger play. (All of my best ideas happen in the car!) This one is a variation on the “Five Little Pumpkins Sitting on a Wall” rhyme. The different versions include Halloween vocabulary, backwards counting, and ways [...]
French and Spanish Halloween PowerPoint: Sabrina the Black Cat Story
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Need a fun and simple Halloween story for a beginning French or Spanish learner? Look no further than Sabrina the Black Cat, a short storytelling/reading unit by Foreign Language House. Sabrina is a happy, little black cat who just happens to live in a haunted house with some sweet but spooky friends. The story is [...]
Le Jour de la Marmotte: A French Content-Related Unit for Groundhog Day
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It’s never too early to start planning for Groundhog Day! At least that’s what I always say. I just published a new elementary French unit for le Jour de la Marmotte. You’ll receive four lesson plans to pick and choose from: seasonal groundhog activities, famous groundhogs, flashlight shadows, and weather.
I created or modified some [...]
Learn French School Vocabulary with FrenchPod101
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Today I’ve got a mini-French lesson for you from FrenchPod101.com. I’m still exploring this site but I’m excited by what I’ve found so far: videos, podcasts, pdf downloads, online quizzes. Here’s a FrenchPod101 beginner’s video lesson on French school vocabulary:
un étudiant – a student (boy)
une étudiante –a student (girl)
un enseignant – a teacher (male)
une [...]
French Choosing Rhymes: Am Stram Gram & Pomme, Pêche, Poire, Abricot
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When you’re a kid, picking the person to be “It” for a game is serious business. I grew up with this elimination rhyme:
Eeney meeney miney moe,
Catch a tiger by its toe,
If he hollers let him go,
Eeney meeney miney moe.
My mother says to pick
The very best one
And you are not it!
Meanwhile in [...]
Free French and Spanish Numbers Downloads for Newsletter Subscribers
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I’d like to welcome all of the new subscribers to the Foreign Language House newsletter. Our newbies and loyal readers have all received the free gift, Teaching Foreign Language Numbers. And if you’d like your copy of this 10-page download of handouts, printables, and game ideas, sign up soon! We’ll only be offering [...]
