French With Margot

Engaging Ideas for Kids and Adults Flashcards are one of the most powerful—and underrated—tools in language learning. Whether you’re learning French as a Second Language (FSL) or English as a Second Language (ESL) , flashcards turn vocabulary practice into something interactive, visual, and genuinely enjoyable. This guide is full of activities perfect for: parents who want to support French or English learning at home teachers working with FSL/ESL learners adults who enjoy hands-on, dynamic activities kids , including early learners who can’t read yet Let’s explore fun, practical ways to learn with flashcards at any age. Flashcard Games & Activities for Kids (FSL & ESL) 1. Flashcard Slam Spread picture or word flashcards around the room. Call out the word, and let students race to “slam” the correct card with their hand or a soft pointer. Why it works: Builds fast recall while letting kids burn energy. 2. Memory Hunt Hide flashcards around the classr...

 This year marks a special milestone for me — 30 years of teaching languages ! 🥳 In 1995, I walked into my very first classroom, armed with chalk, cassette tapes, and a lot of enthusiasm. I had no idea that this adventure would turn into three decades of helping people discover the joy of communicating in another language. It’s also the year I got married — so 1995 truly changed my life in more ways than one. Thirty years later, I’m celebrating both a personal and professional love story! ❤️ To celebrate, I thought I’d take you on a little trip back to 1995 — the year it all began — to remember what the world (and especially the world of music and culture) looked like back then. 🌍 The World in 1995 There were no smartphones, no YouTube, and no Google Translate. If you wanted to listen to a new song in English or French, you bought the CD or waited by the radio with your finger on the record button of your cassette player! Language classes were full of printed worksheets, ...

🧠 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...

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...

 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.

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...