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My top 5 stories about school
You can read here about my favourite stories to deal with going back to school in September... or for any time of the year for that matter! 1) P'tit Loup rentre à l'école - for KS1-KS2 This is a lovely simple story which shows the activities young children might join...
July 2018 newsletter
Welcome to July's round up! For some of you, the school year is over... most of us have a bit longer to go! Good luck with everything if you do! If you haven't done so already, could you please all complete Clare Seccombe's (from Lightbulb Languages) survey? It only...
Est-ce que la maîtresse dort à l’école ?
I bought this book form the wonderful Librairie La Page in London when I went there last November for the South Ken Kids' Festival. It had been recommended to me in the Facebook group Languages in Primary Schools (AKA LiPS) and what a little gem it is! You can watch...
Buy your languages books in the UK from Little Linguist!
When am at home in the UK, this is where I get most of my picture books (and more!) from! Little Linguist are a small business (and who does not like to support small homegrown businesses?) whose prices are most competitive and whose selection of books is amazing! You...
Books written and illustrated by Stephanie Blake
Which is YOUR favourite story by Stephanie Blake? Please make your recommendation(s) in the comments below! https://nattalingo.co.uk/caca-boudin/ https://nattalingo.co.uk/poux/ https://nattalingo.co.uk/aaaah-pas-le-dentiste/ https://nattalingo.co.uk/au-loup/...
Je veux pas aller à l’école
This is the perfect story to use in your first lesson back in September! You can watch the vlog I recorded about it here, as an introduction to the story. https://youtu.be/quw_4kgQoDg Language of text: French Type of text: picture book Author or source: Stephanie...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6mLt0DDxLo&t=6s In this episode I talk about: how we constantly learn from teaching children I give you ideas of where you can turn to for support when teaching languages (4'55) Useful links: Languages in Primary Schools Secondary...
My top 5 stories for the summer term
Now that the summer is here, I thought I would get together some books which I think are great to use when the weather is nice... but can be used all year too! In no particular order... 1) "La bonne douche", by Pascal Teulade & Michel Backès, Éditions Lito Is...
Gribouillis gribouillons
I asked my 17-year old last night if he remembered this book from when he was little... and he did! This surely is a sign of a great book! You can watch a short vlog about it here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-78IeMW8Srs Language of text: French Type of...
