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Penpals4Kids: Learn French Differently — Real Connections Between Families Around the World

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🧠 Why start French early? Learning a second language from a young age is ideal — and neuroscience proves it. Children who are exposed to another language early on pick it up more naturally and effortlessly — much like their mother tongue. For example, did you know that babies under the age of 12 months can actually distinguish every sound used in all the world’s languages? This is called phonetic plasticity . After that first year, the brain starts to “tune in” to the sounds it hears most — meaning the earlier a child hears a foreign language, the easier it is for them to reproduce the sounds naturally, and even without an accent. 🔎 Source: PMC / NIH Think about it: you didn’t give your baby grammar lessons in English. Yet, after a few months of babbling, they started speaking. Why? Because they were surrounded by language — real language, in real human interactions. That’s the natural approach we believe in at Lessons4Kids . 💬 A living language is meant to be spoken… with real peop...
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Bake & Learn French - French baking workshop / FREE training session for parents

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French Baking Workshop  I invite 5 families to join us for our French Baking Workshop this Thursday, June 26th, 2025 at 5:00pm France time. We'll bake together a delicious lemon cake that I have called "Le Super Moelleux au Citron" .  The workshop is FREE. For 5-12 year old kids On Zoom (request the codes or the link) Location: In your kitchen You just need a good Internet connection. Ingredients: eggs sugar lemon butter flour vanilla extract Free training session for parents The baking workshop will be followed by a free training session for YOU- parents. You wonder what to do to help your kids start or continue to learn French throughout the summer?  I will help you by  Sharing with you tons of ideas of what to do , where to start and keep off the screen as much as possible. navigating my French e-learning platform with you. I will guide you step-by-step so that you take the best advantage of it and don't miss any feature. There's a lot of FREE content at y...
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Les tâches Ménagères - House Chores in French

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 What if we learned how to talk about household chores in French  with Rapunzel? ' Raiponce  in French. In this well- known video your children or students are familiar with, it will be easy and fun to compare the song lyrics in both languages.
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Our first pet sitting adventure in Brittany, France

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We did our first pet sitting  in Brittany, France! With Drin, the horse I took care of Lire cet article en français We have embarked on a brand new family adventure. We are going to start traveling again without breaking the bank! Some friends of ours recently told us about pet sitting as an eco-friendly and economical alternative to traditional travel. So, we signed up on the TrustedHouseSitters platform . The annual membership is 139€ for the basic plan. We are organizing our trip to New York for spring 2025, and to increase our chances of being selected by hosts, we applied for our first pet sitting not far from home, in the heart of the Breton countryside. The platform is ultra-secure and requires solid recommendations. We are happy to have received 5 stars and a great recommendation for the next adventure. Yay! We did house sitting for an English family in a beautiful farmhouse, with a fireplace, Persian rugs everywhere, beautiful book shelves, and rusti...
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Creative Themes for Pen Pal Letters: Connecting French and English-Speaking Kids

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In today's digital age, fostering meaningful connections between children from different cultures is more important than ever. One delightful way to achieve this is through pen pal letters. By exchanging letters, French and English-speaking kids can learn about each other's languages, traditions, and daily lives. In this article, we explore a variety of creative themes that can spark engaging and educational conversations between young pen pals. From sharing favorite books to discussing dreams and aspirations, these themes will help children build lasting friendships and broaden their horizons. 1. Hobbies and Interests English: "I love playing soccer. What sports do you like?" French: "J'adore jouer au football. Quels sports aimes-tu?" 2. Favorite Foods English: "My favorite food is pizza. What is yours?" French: "Mon plat préféré est la pizza. Quel est le tien?" 3. School Life English: "I have math and science classes today...
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New York City, I'm ready to meet you!

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Let me tell you about my trip preparations for NYC  In April next year, we are going to travel from Paris, France to New York City, in the USA. First of all, plane tickets (Paris - NYC) After months, weeks, days, and hours of research online, we finally found the best deal with SAS Airlines , a Scandinavian airline. Unlike low-cost carriers such as Norse Atlantic Airlines, SAS includes meals and drinks with the flight. We'll be traveling with one handbag per person, one small item per person, plus one 23 kg luggage for the three of us for only 513€/person. Minimalism will be key. Second, accommodations.  We've started booking a few Bed & Breakfasts near places we want to visit outside NYC, and a hotel near Paris airport for the departure day. We check the TrustedHouseSitters platform daily in search of a free pet sitting opportunity for our week in NYC (With the promo code MARGOT20, get -20% off the yearly fee). We can't wait to live like New Yorkers, taking care of ca...
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A Marathon Through Versailles Castle: Discovering the Grandeur and Hidden Gems of the King’s Estate, Home to Some of My Students

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 In this week’s Bilingual Zoom Class - our bilingual class with our French-speaking pen pals - we are going to take a little world tour of the places where my French and English-speaking students live. Google Earth is an excellent tool for discovering the world, easy to use during Zoom classes, and it always fascinates my students. We live all over the planet, we are in different time zones, and yet, we meet every Tuesday at 6 PM for some (France), 9 AM for others (Las Vegas), or 12 PM (in North Carolina) or 9 PM (Réunion Island). It’s a perfect opportunity to learn to tell time in English and French, compare our climates, etc. Interview with the family of some of our French students Some of our French students recently moved to Versailles, France. We had the pleasure of speaking with the happy mother of 6 bilingual children. Here, she shares their experiences and insights about living in this historic city. What brought you to Versailles?  My husband’s job. Where were y...
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