Feb. 14th is almost here and as usual I like to weave French vocabulary building into celebrations as much as I can (while still keeping them fun, of course!). Each year on Valentine’s Day, I prepare a treasure hunt for … Continue reading
If you’re looking to shake up your regular routine a bit, early in the year can be a great time to start a French Club. What exactly is that and how do you pull it together without losing your mind? … Continue reading
Back in December, I had this bright idea that if we tracked our fruit & vegetable servings to make sure we were getting enough, we’d eat more of these good things. Then, hopefully we’d have less room for all the … Continue reading
Just a quick post today to give you a few ideas for incorporating French vocabulary learning into a few different Christmas-themed activities. Last year, I wrote about what our French club did for our last meeting before Christmas. We had … Continue reading
Making language practice fun is a great way to help kids remember what they’ve learned. We play games a lot as a family and cards have been a very popular choice lately, so I decided to incorporate French practice into a … Continue reading
Fall is a great time to learn about apples and apple vocabulary in French. Here are a few resources to help you with that. Paper apple relay Last year at this time, we did a paper apple relay race with … Continue reading
Hurray for French art resources! One of the ways that we incorporate more French into our week is by combining it with other subjects. Art is a fun one for this because it’s very hands-on, which is great for vocabulary … Continue reading
These five French shows for kids on Youtube have been favourites in our house over the last few years. As with any show, please preview it before your kids watch, especially if they’ve never seen it before. I just recently … Continue reading
A few years ago, one of my friend’s sons called her from his university dorm because he didn’t know how to boil an egg. When she got off the phone with him, she repeated the conversation for those of us … Continue reading
I cannot believe I have a 6th grader and a 4th grader in the house. Yikes. I’m not sure where the time has gone! Here are our curriculum picks for 2016-2017 for all subjects (unless, of course, I’ve forgotten something, … Continue reading