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
I’m guessing that grammar is not your child’s favourite subject. It’s not a big draw in our house either. However, it’s one of those things that really does need to be learned if the goal is true bilingualism. On the … 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
I hadn’t planned on posting today because it’s Thanksgiving where I live, but we just finished watching a really fun movie on the weekend. It’s called Homeward Bound – The Incredible Journey. I found it on DVD at the library … Continue reading
Bottom-line: This is a decent quiz app (with a few games built in) for older students (middle/high school+) and adults who are learning core-French (not immersion) style. To make the best use of this app, student should be able to read … 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