Please feel free to use these with your children at any time. Do let me know in the comments what you are finding useful and not so useful. Please also share with me how your child is doing with their French at home!
2020 SESSIONS
(most recent lesson 1st)
Français session 4, part 2, 17th March 2020: French nursery rhymes and children’s songs
We can sing and/or do the actions to go along these French “comptines”; click on the links to listen to some of them and join in! There are all traditional French songs; please do ask your children what we did with them!
Frère Jacques – a classic
Une souris verte – yes, I know, it is a crazy story and is actually no clearer if you understand the French! Just a bit of fun!
Un éléphant qui se balançait – it is great to count up to 6 in French
Au feu les pompiers
Tourne, tourne, petit moulin – click here for a video of me doing, or here for a cartoon version of it. It this one normally is a favourite for joining in with the actions whilst singing!
Français session 3 part 2, 10th March 2020: a football coaching session in French. On fait du foot!
Les numéros: 1 un, 2 deux, 3 trois, 4 quatre, 5 cinq
Les couleurs des cones (the colours of the cones): bleu blanc (white) rouge jaune vert
Shoot! = Tire!
Goal!!! = But!!!
Français session 2 part 2, 3rd March 2020: basic introductions in French… with the help of a puppet theatre and many puppet friends!
- greetings: bonjour, au revoir
- saying how we feel: ça va bien 🙂 , ça va mal 🙁
- kissing: a French custom!
Please encourage your little ones to practise the above at home! Merci! (kissing included of course!)
Click here for a video I like which puts all those things together (not the kissing though ha ha!) (first 1’16” only)
Français session 1 part 2, 25th February 2020: an introduction to France and French through a trip to France
Have the children told you we went on a journey and drove our car onto a train, then went in the Channel Tunnel? Did they like their onion soup or did they prefer their gâteau au chocolat? We also had savoury crêpes, also known as galettes! Miam miam!
NB this was all pretend play using photos and videos but we all really got into it!
FIRST HALF TERM – January-February 2020
Français session 1, 7th January 2020: an introduction to France and French
Today we have discussed how we can travel to France; we have used toys and practised saying and acting out different means of transport: avion (plane), train, ferry… and more!
We have learnt about the French flag and its colours in French: bleu, blanc (white), rouge. We have played games with them. Click here for extra colours and practice
Français session 2, 14th January 2020: basic introductions in French… with the help of a puppet theatre and many puppet friends!
- greetings: bonjour, au revoir
- saying how we feel: ça va bien 🙂 , ça va mal 🙁
- kissing: a French custom!
Please encourage your little ones to practise the above at home! Merci! (kissing included of course!)
Click here for a video I like which puts all those things together (not the kissing though ha ha!) (first 1’16” only)
Français session 3, 21st January 2020: let’s learn about sports and do some exercise in French!
We can recognise popular sports in France and recognise them when they are said in French: le handball; le foot; le rugby; le tennis.
We can follow instructions in French (with the help of gestures). The children were particularly good and had fun with these!
Sautez! (jump!) Courrez! (run!) Arrêtez! (stop!)
Levez-vous! (standup!) Asseyez-vous! (sit down)
Français session 4, 28th January 2020: French nursery rhymes and children’s songs
We can sing and/or do the actions to go along these French “comptines”; click on the links to listen to some of them and join in!
Quand on fait des crêpes chez nous ; Toc toc, monsieur pouce ; Il court, il court le furet (this is a game we played!) ; Ainsi font font font, les petites marionnettes (we used finger puppets for this and the children loved it!).
Français session 5, 4th February 2020: stories in French!
I have so many stories to choose from, but this time we shared these 2:
Click here to find our more about “La Recette – Les crêpes” and here for “Petite taupe, ouvre-moi ta porte”.
Did you like the “Petite taupe” your child took home?
Français session 6, 11th February 202o: learning about and tasting French food!
Have your children liked pains au chocolat? Brioche? Pâté? Brie? Camembert? Baguette? Sirop de menthe? (a very sweet sort of mint cordial that looks like mouth wash and you cannot get in this country!) Sirop de grenadine (a mixed berries drink)? Nearly all of them liked the crêpes I made for them the best haha!
The Ardennes pâté surprisingly went down a treat too!
2019 SESSIONS
Français session 1: an introduction to France and French
- Francophone music (to listen to just for French sounds!): Edith Piaf, Stromae, French Cancan, la ronde
- Colours in French: bleu blanc (white) rouge noir (black) jaune vert ; click here for extra colours and practice
Français session 2: basic introductions in French… with the help of a puppet theatre and many puppet friends!
- greetings: bonjour, au revoir
- saying what your name is: je m’appelle
- saying how we feel: ça va bien 🙂 , ça va mal 🙁
- kissing: a French custom!
Click here for a video I like which puts all those things together (not the kissing though ha ha!) (first 1’16” only)
Français session 3: let’s learn about sports and do some exercise in French!
We can recognise popular sports in France: le handball; le foot; le rugby; le volley; le basket; le tennis.
We can follow instructions in French.
Sautez! Courrez! Arrêtez!
Levez-vous! Asseyez-vous!
Français session 4: French nursery rhymes and children’s songs
We can sing and/or do the actions to go along these French “comptines”; click on the links to listen to some of them and join in!
Toc toc, monsieur pouce ; Il court, il court le furet ; Ainsi font font font, les petites marionnettes ; Pomme de reinette et pomme d’api ; Un deux trois main droite, un deux trois main gauche
Français session 5: stories on the French bus!
There are so many stories on the library bus! We now know “Le monstre” by Soledad Bravi and Nathalie Paurent and “Bonjour!” by Nathalie Dieterlet with the younger children. Did you like our monsters that we drew and took home?
Français session 6: learning about and tasting French food!
Have your children liked the croissants? Pains au chocolat? Brioche? Pâté? Brie? Camembert? Port Salut? Baguette? Sirop de menthe? (a very sweet sort of mint cordial that looks like mouth wash and you cannot get in this country!) I am sure their favourite was the gâteau marbré which I made for them of course!
Here is the Port Salut cheese that seemed so popular… the Ardennes pâté surprisingly went down a treat too!
This is the end of this round of French sessions. “Merci” to all the children for taking part… and to those of you who signed the children up for the sessions! See you back on Tuesday 26th February for another series!
Français session 1 part 2: an introduction to France and French through a trip to France
Have the children told you we went on a journey and drove our car onto a train, then went in the Channel Tunnel? Did they like their onion soup or did they prefer their gâteau au chocolat? We also had savoury crêpes, alos known as galettes! Miam miam!
NB this was all pretend play using photos and videos but we all really got into it!
Français session 2 part 2: basic introductions in French… with the help of a puppet theatre and many puppet friends!
- greetings: bonjour, au revoir
- saying what your name is: je m’appelle
- saying how we feel: ça va bien 🙂 , ça va mal 🙁
- kissing: a French custom!
Français session 3: a football coaching session in French. On fait du foot!
Les numéros: 1 un, 2 deux, 3 trois, 4 quatre, 5 cinq, 6 six, 7 sept, 8 huit.
Les couleurs des cones (the colours of the cones): bleu blanc (white) rouge noir (black) jaune vert
Shoot! = Tire!
Goal!!! = But!!!
Français session 4: French nursery rhymes and children’s songs
We can sing and/or do the actions to go along these French “comptines”; click on the links to listen to some of them and join in! There are all traditional French songs; please do ask your children what we did with them!
Je te tiens, tu me tiens, par la barbichette – you have to try not to laugh, but please note we did not slap each other (even though we used to do that when I was a child!) when someone laughed!
Frère Jacques – a classic that 2 of your children actually knew already and another one was singing at home tonight with his big sister!
Une souris verte – yes, I know, it is a crazy story and is actually no clearer if you understand the French! Just a bit of fun!
Un éléphant qui se balançait – it was great to count up to 6 in French
Au feu les pompiers
Tourne, tourne, petit moulin – this one seemed to be a favourite for joining in with the actions whilst singing!
Français session 5: stories on the French bus!
As the children loved the video for “Une souris verte” last time, I promised them the story on the bus… as I have a book for it (by Bénédicte Guettier) through which we can put our heads; I also have all the accessories to tell the story… apart from the last thing in it ha ha!
“Nénègle sur la montagne” by Benoît Charlat (click here for a full blog on it) is a favourite of mine which we did not get round to sharing last time.
Which story was your child’s favourite? Please tell me in the comments below! Thank you!
Français session 6: learning about and tasting French food!
Homemade brioche and escargots… what more could the children want to eat?!?
More coming soon!
Including: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tBVNu63Nak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo_9YcGx0-Q main-en-lair
Thank you for this. It’s so handy to have. We had a big conversation about travelling to France last night as we are planning a French camping trip. H thought the idea of a voiture (is that right?) in a magic train very exciting!!
Thank you very much for your feedback Moira. This is just perfect! Thanks for your ongoing support with French at the nursery and I look forward to sharing more “magic” with H and the other children!