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Your child(ren) can learn French from home!
My Blog Posts for Parents
Book lists
book menu - main stories you can choose from when I visit you! list of French picture books essentials indispensables Click here for a list of books with blogs! N.B. Would you like to read about books, ideas, resources and opportunities for the primary languages...
Petit escargot
Yes, I am pretending to be eating the snail haha! This video is the 7th in a series of videos of nursery rhymes in French. It can be found on my YouTube channel. Please do subscribe to it: I think you will find my...
Lou et Mouf – Vole ! Vole !
I love Jeanne Ashbé's book, and this one is perfect if you are doing anything about mini-beasts, insects, what is in the garden. It also has flaps, which always adds to the fun of sharing stories! Click here to look at the inside of the book and give you a good idea...
Mardi Gras, ne t’en va pas
https://youtu.be/L50akaTMDJY This video is the 6th in a series of videos of nursery rhymes in French. It can be found on my YouTube channel. Please do subscribe to it: I think you will find my videos useful! This one (click here for the video) is about Mardi Gras...
C’est quoi ?
I love Dorothée de Monfreid's characters "les toutous" (the doggies), but this one might just be my favourite story of theirs! Click here to look at the inside of the book and give you a good idea what it is about in a very short video on my YouTube channel!...
C’est pour qui ?
This book is one of my go-to stories for having fun with a class, especially if I do not have too much time. If you have more time though, you can work on it for a couple of lessons! Click here to look at the inside of the book and give you a good idea what it is...
Une poule sur un mur
https://youtu.be/ZMEHieePmzo This video is the 5th in a series of videos of nursery rhymes in French. It can be found on my YouTube channel. Please do subscribe to it: I think you will find my videos useful! This one (click here for the video) is about a hen on a...
L’araignée Gypsie
https://youtu.be/AztcWgnnQBU This video is the 4th in a series of videos of nursery rhymes in French. It can be found on my YouTube channel. Thanks for helping me reach over 100 subscribers with this video! This one (click here for the video) is the French equivalent...
Toc, toc, toc, Monsieur Pouce
https://youtu.be/oyamxlwqu50 This video is the 3rd in a series of videos of nursery rhymes in French. It can be found on my YouTube channel. Please do subscribe to it: I think you will find my videos useful! This one (click here for the video) is about trying to wake...
On a une tête pour penser
https://youtu.be/xmIDn9dA5nE This video is the 2nd in a series of videos of nursery rhymes in French. It can be found on my YouTube channel. Please do subscribe to it: I think you will find my videos useful! This one is about body parts and what you can do with them...
I can help you!
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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!
