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Your child(ren) can learn French from home!
My Blog Posts for Parents
Bloub bloub bloub
I bought this lovely story from a car boot sale in France a few years back. I seem to be attracted by French translations of Japanese stories! Extra resources on French websites: click here for the "dossier pédagogique" provided by l'école des loisirs, or click here...
Special dates in the French-speaking world
I have been sharing a lot of information about French Bank Holidays recently and making videos to explain them (click here to check some of them out), but I have been increasingly aware that they are very much focused on France. However French is not just spoken in...
Un canard dit à sa cane
This video is the 30th 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 the very short...
Le huit mai / le 8 mai
If you find the article below helpful, please consider clicking here to sign up and receive similar releases straight in your mail box! After putting a short blog together about "le premier mai" (click here to view it!), I felt I needed to do the same for "le 8 mai",...
Dans la forêt lointaine
This video is the 29th 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 the well-known...
Le premier mai / la fête du travail
I was talking about "le Premier Mai / la Fête du Travail" with pupils last Saturday... so I thought I would quickly put these links that I found useful together, in case it helps some of you too! 1er mai - French Traditions - Babylangues - Le 1er mai (1st May)...
Un grand cerf dans sa maison
This video is the 28th 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 the well-known...
Poisson d’avril / April Fool in France
Click here for the video explaining about what we do on 1st April in France: https://youtu.be/HIa_xDIY_iI Click here for the video showing you how to make a "poisson d'avril": https://youtu.be/qvL65Uqwe1w Click here for the fish templates from petitsscouts.com if you...
Collaborations
Below are charities and/or businesses that I collaborate with and can recommend: The Association for Language Learning https://www.all-languages.org.uk/ I am a member and volunteer for this association - that's how great I think their work is. I am on the ALL North...
Webcam Circus Show
I attended the Webcam Circus Show https://www.webcamcircusshow.com/, in French, one Sunday afternoon... what a great way to spend an hour! Please note that the show is also available in English - I have written this article in both French and English! J’ai assisté au...
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!
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