Songs
French Rain Songs
Today I have a simple song for you in French about the rain. It will really help beginners learn vocabulary, and teaching it with visuals and props is a must! It’s to the tune of Frère Jacques:
La pluie, la pluie (rain)
Les nuages, les nuages, (clouds)
Le tonnerre et les éclairs, le tonnerre et les éclairs (thunder [...]
Spanish Weather Expressions and Song
Let’s learn some common Spanish weather expressions:
¿Qué tiempo hace? = What’s the weather like?
Hace sol = It’s sunny
Hace calor = It’s hot
Está nublado = It’s cloudy
Hace buen tiempo = The weather is nice
Hace frío = It’s cold
Hace viento = It’s windy
Está lloviendo = It’s rainly
Hace mal tiempo = The weather is bad
My amiga Catherine has recorded [...]
French Snow Song: La Neige
Snow, snow, snow! We’ve certainly had our share this winter. Your little French learners will love the TPR in this song about la neige. A colleague taught me a version of this song decades ago. Over the years, I changed a few of the words and made up a new melody with notes I could actually hit! [...]
French Olympic Rings Song
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With all of the Olympic excitement, I made up a little French song about the Olympic rings. It’s to the tune of “Mary Had a Little Lamb.” I found myself singing it throughout the day, completely stuck in my head. Songs that get “stuck” in the brain are exactly the kind [...]
Skidamarink in French: Pre-K Valentine Song
I decided to translate the ever-popular “Skidamarink” into French for Valentine’s Day. I just taught it to my four year-old today. We do a little dance to “Skidamarink” and big TPR hand gestures to go with the verses. Click here for a FREE printable song sheet. Listen & enjoy . . . c’est amusant!
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New French and Spanish Music CDs for Kids from Little Pim
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I recently discovered Little Pim language learning products for preschoolers. I became an instant fan of the dvd series, and I am now even more excited to learn that they are introducing audio CD’s in both French and Spanish. Though I turn to dvd’s on occasion at home, as a teacher I am far [...]
Foreign Language Fun Video: Wash Your Hands in French
The kids and I have been playing around with my new Flip video camera. I am proud (?) to present our first official Foreign Language Fun language video! Woo-hoo! Okay, okay . . . I’m no professional film maker. Or singer. But I love to create silly little songs to help teach language, so [...]
Hand Washing Song in Spanish
My amiga, Catherine, at speakspanisheveryday.com wrote this Spanish song to encourage kids to wash their hands. It’s a fantastic content-related song related to elementary health curriculum.
Lávase las Manos
**To the tune of Feliz Navidad
Lávase las manos cha. . cha. . cha . . cha . . cha. . . cha.
Lávase las manos cha. . . cha. . [...]
French Tree Parts Song
My content-based kindergarten language learning continues with a little French lesson about trees. The song is to the tune of “Ten Little Indians” and it’s meant to be acted out with gestures/TPR:
Chorus:
Racines, tronc, branches, feuilles
Racines, tronc, branches, feuilles
Racines, tronc, branches, feuilles
Voici un bel arbre!
Roots, trunk, branches, leaves,
Roots, trunk, branches, leaves,
Roots, trunk, branches, leaves,
Here’s a nice [...]
Planting and Gardening Lesson in French, Spanish, and Other Foreign Languages
I am getting so many great content ideas for my French lessons by following my son’s kindergarten curriculum. Today, I taught a simple lesson about planting flowers. A grade level expectation is that children understand what plants need to grow: soil, water, and sunlight. I came in with all of my “stuff” . . . [...]
