I am knee-deep in planning ahead for next year right now! For the 2017-2018 school year, my children will be in grades 7 and 5. Yikes. High school is also looming over my head a bit, so I’ve been keeping … Continue reading
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
I read about the online French classes offered by Antoine Khoury (a university professor) in a homeschooling newsletter. Since I always want to pass along relevant resource information to you, I set up a Skype conversation with him a few … 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
Finding good sources for French learning materials is not easy. When I first started teaching my children at home, I had trouble finding resources for French. Today I thought I’d share with you the top 5 places that I go … Continue reading
We recently completed our New France unit study. I chose to do this study in English with my kids because a lot of the ideas are abstract and I wasn’t confident in their ability to understand what I was saying … Continue reading
We recently jumped back on the Netflix bandwagon. I had cancelled our account last summer because we just found we weren’t using it. We get regular TV by antenna and my husband set up a Digital Video Recorder using an … Continue reading