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Le sapin de Noël de Trotro
If you love Trotro... well you will love this book! If you do not know him yet, it is a lovely book to learn about him and his playful nature which never fails to make you smile! Click here to see what the book looks like inside in a very short video on my YouTube...
The Language Show 2019
Here is my presentation which I delivered on Sunday 17th November 2019 as part of the Show! Oh I know a story about that My takeaways from the Show will be added soon - watch this space! Whilst you are waiting: here is the simple nativity in French that Catherine...
My favourite books about colours
From the simplest to the most complicated, finishing off with a book which includes colours, but they are not central to the whole story (Les orteils n'ont pas de nom). https://nattalingo.co.uk/petit-poisson-blanc/ https://nattalingo.co.uk/3-souris-peintres/...
3 souris peintres
This book was bought by one of my brothers for one of my children when they were little... and many children have had a lot of pleasure out of the story since! With "Petit-Bleu et Petit-Jaune", it was one of the 1st ever French stories I used to aid my teaching in the...
https://youtu.be/btycJx00TVA In this episode, find out about: Improving children’s literacy with languages The teaching of phonics (2’33”) Tip for your children to sound more French: around “enterrer la hache de guerre”! (21’32”) Useful link: French Teachers' Day 2019...
Petit Poisson blanc
Click here to see inside the book in a very short video on my YouTube channel! Please subscribe when you are there too hint hint! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpJBpMlMX08 I first came across this book thanks to this Changing Phase blog by Clare Seccombe on reading...
Books by Geoffroy de Pennart
https://nattalingo.co.uk/vezmo-la-sorciere/ https://nattalingo.co.uk/louyetu/ https://nattalingo.co.uk/chapeau-rond-rouge/
Roméo & Juliette
I am not sure how I acquired a copy of this story: it does not matter though because I love books by Mario Ramos, and this one is no exception. For ideas to celebrate his work on his day, 7th November, click here! Click here to see inside the book and watch a very...
French Teachers’ Day 2019 – Useful Information
Click here for the presentation I have shown: version to show French Teachers' Day 5 October 2019 phonics Click here for my presentation plus extra links and notes: French Teachers' Day 5 October 2019 phonics For all presentations from the day, on IF Profs (register...
