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.

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!

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

French Funnies!!! :)

Week 2 Updates

Awesome class last week!  Special thanks to our teachers and volunteer French family visiting with us!  Blandine wanted me to share with the class parents that she was VERY, very impressed with the amount of retention the younger kids had from previous sessions!  I wanted to quickly provide some updates for next week....

*  Everyone should have taken home a French folder full of handouts to aid with at home practice.  Please bring the folder with you to class if you attend the older class / parent session to follow along each class.  Otherwise, if you have a child in only the younger session, you can keep it at home.  The main things to practice this 6 week session include the:  Weather song, Danson song, 1-20, the French conversation piece, and the new weekly vocab.  On Week 6, we'll rehearse for prizes (mostly in a group, no worries!)

*  On Week 4, we will be learning about vegetables.  If you would like to volunteer to bring a veggie to share with the class, please let me know.

*  On Week 5, the younger children are having up a dress up day where they can come as a prince or princess to class.  The vocab and activity will match up well with this theme.

* On Week 6, the younger and older kids will join forces to review all that was taught, and to learn all about the Louvre!

*  Lastly, I'm sorry it was tricky to find our room last week!  Good news is that moving forward we will now remain in those classrooms.  The school doors right next to those rooms will now be programmed to remain open from 3:00 to 4:30, and checking in is no longer required.   It should be a fast and easy process to get to and from class now!

OK, I'll stop with updates..... for this week!! haha   Like I always say, there is soooo much to talk about with this French class!  That's a good sign, it means there is so much going on with it, I could talk for hours on end!  haha  Would love to do a French field trip with the kids sometime!  Maybe this summer we could do a meet up at Bastille Days for those interested?  I went last year and checked it out.  It lasts several days, and there is one day that is more child /family friendly morning that would be fun to attend!  Parking was nuts, but the kids still remember the big Eiffel tower, the can can dancers, and the fromage!  Here is a link:  http://www.easttown.com/events/bastille-days/

Have a great week!  Happy practicing!

Marianne

Class Starts Tuesday! Update!

"La vie est pleine de petits bonheurs."

"Life is made of little moments."

Class starts up again on Tuesday, and I'm looking forward to sharing fun memories and moments with Les Amis during our next session!

Madame Blandine has prepared the 6 weeks of lessons that I have now posted on the Les Amis website.  This is particularly useful if you miss a week or for review and practice at home.  Here is the link to check those out!

http://cmfleisner.wix.com/french-class#!2016-session-1/vd4e8

And, the links to a few youtube videos of songs that will be taught in class.

http://cmfleisner.wix.com/french-class#!home-tool-kit/c10cr

Also, our new teacher for the older kids and parents from West Bend high school has created excellent parent guides for at home practice that will be given out in class.

The children are to work on learning the following 4 goals this session.  On the 6th week of class, they will recite these goals together as a class or individually with a teacher and can draw from the prize bin. There is a lot of grace regarding reciting, it is more important that they are showing an interest and enthusiasm for learning French.  :)

1.  Practicing the conversation taught in class
2.  The weather song
3.  11-20
4.  Dansons La Capucine

See everyone on Tuesday at  3:30 at St. John's School in West Bend!

God bless,

Marianne