Families
Click below for….
Your child(ren) can learn French from home!
My Blog Posts for Parents
P’tit Loup est le roi de la galette
This book I only acquired from Little Linguist at the Northern Primary Language show in York on 25th November 2017 but I love it already! Language of text: French Type of text: picture book Author or source: Orianne Lallemand, Éléonore Thuillier; Auzou Intended age of...
T’choupi fait un bonhomme de neige
This was my daughter's book when she was small... she is now 14!! Language of text: French Type of text: picture book Author or source: Thierry & Sophie Courtin Intended age of students: Key Stage 1/2 Source reference: 978209202037 Approaches: This book is about...
My visit to the South Ken Kids’ Festival, 13-19 November 2017 – 20 years
Last December, at the Salon du Livre et de la Presse Jeunesse in Montreuil (near Paris), I met Matthieu Maudet (check out his great picture books and illustrations here!) who told me about how he likes to go to London for the South Ken Kids' Festival. I was aware of...
P’tit Loup prépare Noël
This book is one of my top 5 French stories about Christmas. Read about the others here! Click here to have a look inside it in a short video on my YouTube channel! https://youtu.be/X-fnN42Kn68 Language of text: French Type of text: picture book Author or...
My top 5 stories to use around Christmas
Out of my Christmas stories, these were my favourite in 2017. I hope you like them too! I would recommend you buy them early for Christmas. NEW IN 2019: click here for "Berthe fête Noël"! 1) Le sapin de Noël de Trotro It is a pretty book and tells the story of Trotro...
Árbol
This is the first of several books I bought on my recent visit to Santander with ClaroGB thanks to Erasmus + funding. I am feeling much more confident about my Spanish now and am looking forward to sharing the books with you over the next few months! This one is from...
Homme de couleur!
I have no idea how it has taken me so long to acquire the book, never mind write a blog on it, because it is such a powerful story! I am sure many of you know it and have used it before; if not, check it out! Language of text: French Type of text: picture book Author...
My tops 5 stories to use around Halloween time
Halloween is not a very French festival to celebrate, to say the least; I actually don't know many children in France who do mark it, even though you do see more about it in shops than we used to. The 1st of November, known as "la Toussaint", is a more important...
Tout en haut
When I bought this book, my then 16-year old son read it and burst out laughing! It appealed to his sense of humour and the pupils' I have read it too so am confident you will love it too! Language of text: French Type of text: picture book Author or source: Mario...
Les amis d’Elmer
If you read my blogs regularly you will know that most of the books I write about are in their original language; however there are some books that are worth having and using in French even though they were 1st written in English, and this is one of them! What is not...
I can help you!
Click on the words to listen to my podcast, watch my videos, read my book blog or read my general blog FOR FREE! I hope you will find it helps you and your children on your language learning journey. Click here for organised posts which I think might be of interest to you.
How else?
- Are you someone whose child I teach at Shotley Bridge Nursery School Ltd? Click here for resources which will help and your child practise at home what we have learnt at nursery!
- Are you someone who wants their child to learn a language before they start school or outside school? Click here to get in touch, I will point you in the right direction.
- Are you someone who is home educating their child and wants to include another language? Click here to get in touch, I can support your work too. Click here for my resources in the schools section, which I think you will find very useful.
- Did you know that in Newcastle upon Tyne we have a Saturday morning French school? I am one of the teachers there and absolutely love it! Click here for more information.
- Are you someone whose native language is not English and you want to bring up your child bilingually? Click here to get in touch: my own children are bilingual (English and French) and I know people and organisations which can help.
- Did you know about the Alliance Française de Newcastle upon Tyne? I am their secretary! Keep in touch with us by clicking here to sign up for our newsletter, or click here to like our Facebook page!
Even if I cannot help you directly, I will most probably know someone who will be able to, so it does not cost anything to get in touch and ask!
