Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Monday, May 30, 2016

Last Day of Class, Summer Session Update, and Pics!






Tomorrow is the last day of class for this 6 week session - C'est la vie!  It was a great spring session with a variety of topics, vocabulary, songs, projects, and building on past learning!  There are a couple of things I wanted to quickly mention about tomorrow, next session, and some pictures to share too!

1.  Tomorrow all ages will start class together, then split off for an art project, and then come back together for reviewing.  All students who participate in review actively (or actively try) will get to choose a prize from the prize bin.  There will be an opportunity to have a second prize for students who come in front of the class and rehearse the brief conversation that was taught in class (from memory),  Looking forward to a fun last class!

2.  We are hoping to offer another session starting in mid to late July.  I will email out the dates soon and see who would be interested in attending.  Next session, I'm hoping to continue to build on what was taught this session (adding higher digit numbers 30s and 40s, adding more to the conversation...), more opportunities for combining the younger and older groups, fun games and activities for learning vocab, perhaps an outdoor day meeting at a park to learn park vocab....  Also, perhaps the older kids could learn a very short play or children's story to perform for or with the younger kids in French!  Lastly, any ideas you have or would like to see incorporated, please let me know.  We are a small group and can most likely add in what you are thinking of.

3.  Below are some class pics!

Chateau Lego!!



Art with pom poms - coccinelle and fleur




Work hard, play hard!




I would say that Arc de Triomphe design is triumphant!




Thursday, May 19, 2016

Week 5 Update



The imposing castle of Pierrefonds, located 80 km to the north-east of Paris, sits enchantingly around a bend in the road beside the Compiègne Forest.

Dear Parents,

I wanted to send a quick reminder that next week is Week 5, and we will be learning about Chateaus in French!  (Castles)

We invite the younger students to come in prince or princess dress up!

And, the older kids to bring their lego A-Game to build some awesome chateaus!

See you Tuesday!

A bientot!
Ah bee-n-toe. It means see you later!

Marianne

French Resources

Bonjour Mes Amis!

Recently, I've come across 2 French resources I've really liked that I thought I'd share with the group!  If you have resources you recommend too, please email me and I'll update the blog with those.  :)

First, Blandine has shared with me this fun workbook she owns, and I liked it so much I bought my own copy. Only $5 - super affordable!  (on Amazon)  It is a nice little workbook for little kids aged K-5, and has the phonetic spelling provided too, which is a huge help for me!



Secondly, a friend teaching her child Spanish introduced me to this foreign language series, and it is offered in French too.  So far, the kids and I like this the best of previous children french movies I've bought.  The series is called Whistlefritz, and they are sold on Amazon too.






Monday, May 16, 2016

Week 4 Update

Bonjour Les Amis Families!

Just a few quick updates.....

Tomorrow we will be studying animals!  You are welcome to come early for some extra play time for the little ones or lego building for the older group.  If you plan to come to legos, please bring a small bin of legos to share with the class if you have extra.

Keep up the great work studying French conversation, the weather song, 1-20, vocab, and Danson la Capucine!

Here are some fun pics from last week!







Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Lego Creations!

The older group spent a little time prior to class to learn some neat facts about Le Louvre, and to build with legos!  Here are some pics!


EYE see something in the Eiffel Tower!





Le Louvre Pyramid!






The doorway to a new lego creation!








Week 3!




Week 3 Les Amis French Class Updates!

Next week, the new vocab introduced will be veggies!  The younger kids will be having a veggie treat too, so if you have any food allergies, please let the teacher know or bring an alternative snack for your child.

Class for the younger kids begins at 3:30, but you are welcome to come up to 15 minutes early for extra play time!  And, for the older kids, legos begins at 3:15 and goes until 3:40.  This week we will be building the Arc De Triomphe!

Lastly, no need to bring your practice folder to class.  I will be keeping extra copies there each week to follow along with.

See you soon!

Marianne