Chers Parents,
As we approach the end of November, I wanted to share a little recap of what the children have been doing in our French class since September.
We started the year with learning to say hello and goodbye in French and how to say your name. Everyday I start by saying bonjour to each child in French as a way to connect and to reinforce the ability to greet someone in French.
To learn/review the colors we have played color matching games and puzzles, movement activities and the children worked hard on completing a full color booklet!
It’s been wonderful exploring the Fall season with the children. Through our songs, hands on and art activities, they have learned new vocabulary while at the same time enjoying this beautiful time of year. The children had fun dissecting apples, building apple trees with popsicle sticks, pompoms and toilet paper rolls and collecting leaves outside to make leaf rubbings.
Here’s the vocabulary that we have focused on for the Fall:
L’automne, les pommes, le pommier, l’arbre, les feuilles, les feuilles tombent, orange, rouge et jaune
…and the songs we sang:
Luc va a l’ecole: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rhulHCMlIo
Michaud est monte dans un grand pommier: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZmObD5sbac
C’est l’automne: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TMrzNKAKVU
In addition to these units of exploration, we are now also incorporating letter work activities to our French time and this week we have been doing activities related to music and musical instruments.
Everyday the children are getting more and more comfortable speaking French and are making connections between French and the other languages they know. It’s wonderful to witness their understanding growing. Bravo, les amis!
