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What is your favorite school subject? (French lesson)

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Hi there! Can your kids tell other kids (their French penpals for example) what their favorite school subject is in French? Or maybe they have several favorite school subjects and they would love to tell their friends about them! This is going to be the theme of our French Zoom Class next Monday. If you would like to enrol your kids to French Zoom Classes, please visit my website Penpals4Kids.net First of all, let's get started by discovering the School Subjects vocabulary in French > Les matières scolaires. Les matières scolaires en français Download the school subjects bilingual flashcards here (French / English). > You can print these flashcards, have your kids cut & color them and then play memory games. Secondly, now that your kids know the vocabulary, let's build short sentences in French. What is your favrite school subject?  > Quelle est ta matière préférée (à l'école) ? /  Quelle est ta matière scolaire préférée ? ( the word 'scolaire' - re...

Animals video challenge for your kids

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Do you have pets? Kids all love pets! You can learn to talk about pets in French in this previous blog article: Pets in French Make a video with your animals (pets, farm animals...) I regularly invite my English-speaking students to participate in video challenges so that they practice French and help French-speaking kids learn English. You can say: "Hello, my name is... This is my cat / dog / bird... (+ name) These are my hens." In French: "Bonjour, je m'appelle... Voici mon chat / chien / oiseau... (+ its name). Ce sont mes poules."   Example : Hello, my name is Margot This is my cat Youyou. And these are my hens. Bye! Bonjour, c'est Margot. Voici mon chat Youyou. Et voici mes poules. Salut ! Farm animals Some of my students have got farm animals. Here is my latest French vocab video about farm animals: Farm animals video  on Instagram. Farm Animals Vocab on YouTube: Download the video flashcards here You all know the traditional song Old Mac Donald Had a ...

Family Video Challenge in French With Margot!

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Wanna participate in my Family video challenge with your kids? Here is a short video to help you. Video Script Bonjour Hello Je m’appelle Margot. My name is Margot. Je suis française / américaine / anglaise / sud-africaine… I am French / American / English / South-African… J’ai 10 ans. I am 10 J’habite en Angleterre / en Afrique du Sud / aux Etats-Unis… I live in England / in South-Africa / in the USA… Voici ma famille : This is my family: Ma mère / maman My mother / mummy Mon père / papa My father / daddy Mon frère / Mes frères My brother / My brothers Ma sœur / Mes sœurs My sister / My sisters Mon animal / Mes animaux My pet / My pets Tu veux être mon ami ? Wanna be my friend / Let’s be friends ➳ Write these words and sentences in a phrase book and illustrate each word if possible  ➳  Make a video presentation of your family in English and French too if possible  Contact me if you want to participate in this FREE French challenge with your children.  Don't...

The Hobbies in French

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What do you like to do? What are your hobbies? Qu'est-ce que tu aimes faire ? Quelles sont tes hobbies ? J'aime + Verb in the infinitive form (danser, cuisiner, coudre, tricoter, faire du crochet, dessiner, nager) OR J'aime + Noun (la danse, la cuisine, la couture, le tricot, le crochet, le dessin, la natation) Download the Bilingual Hobbies flashcards   (French-English). And now, let's sing! To go further If you are interested in our pen pal program (letter exchanges and Zoom classes) between English-speaking and French-speaking kids, please visit my website  www.penpals4kids.net I also give French classes for kids via Zoom.

Help to write the second letter to your French-speaking pen pal

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Bonjour ! Here is a little help for your kids to write their second letter in both French and English to their French-speaking pen pals. Writing the second letter If you are interested in having a French-speaking pen pal for your children, please contact me and I'll add you on the wait list. You can also visit my website www.penpals4kids.net If you want to learn French with your kids, I invite you to subscribe to my YouTube Channel  Lessons & Books4kids  and check out my  Bilingual  and  French videos  for kids, and occasionnaly for the parents too 😉. You can my download flashcards in 3 versions (French, English ,and blank)  in my shop here . 

Let's learn to talk about the clothes in French!

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Hi kids! In this article, I am going to teach you some  clothes vocabulary in French . Let's get started with this musical video about Autumn & Winter clothes: Les vêtements Automne & Hiver en français : And now repeat the words in French after me: You can now download the Clothes flashcards in my shop, color the clothes and play memory games or other games to learn the vocabulary before our next French Zoom Class : Download the Clothes flashcards here How about participating in our Instagram Clothes video challenge? You can do it in both French and English. Video script in English: Hi! My name is ... I come from ... Here are my favorite clothes. This is my favorite sweater / dress / skirt ... These are my favorite pants / tights... Video script in French: Bonjour / salut ! Je m'appelle ... Je viens de ... Voici mes vêtements préférés. Ma robe / jupe / veste ... préférée. Mon pantalon / T-shirt / pull / sweat / chapeau / manteau ... préféré Mes chaussettes / collants ...

Pets in French - Les animaux domestiques en français

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Bonjour les enfants ! Let's learn the pets (les animaux domestiques) in French. Pets in French and English  Download my Pets bilingual flashcards here Pets in French BINGO song in French C’est un fermier qui avait un chien Et son nom était Bingo B I N G O, B I N G O, B I N G O Et son nom était Bingo C’est un fermier qui avait un chien Et son nom était Bingo * I N G O, * I N G O, * I N G O Et son nom était Bingo C’est un fermier qui avait un chien Et son nom était Bingo * * N G O, * * N G O, * * N G O Et son nom était Bingo C’est un fermier qui avait un chien Et son nom était Bingo * * * G O, * * * G O, * * *G O Et son nom était Bingo C’est un fermier qui avait un chien Et son nom était Bingo * * * * O, * * * * O, * * * * O Et son nom était Bingo C’est un fermier qui avait un chien Et son nom était Bingo * * * * *, * * * * *, * * * * * Et son nom était Bingo B I N G O, B I N G O, B I N G O Et son nom était Bingo! And now, let's play! Les animaux domestiques Match Find the match...