Language for Little Learners

un manteau – coat
un blouson – jacket
un pull sweater
un tee-shirt – T-shirt
un pantalon – pants
un jean – jeans
un short – shorts
des chaussettes (f) – socks
des chaussures (f) – shoes
un pyjama – pajamas

Candy Land has your basic colors and the numbers don’t go too high, you either have un or deux blocks of colors on the card. You can begin to put the numbers and colors together. For example deux bleu (two blue) or un jaune (one yellow). The more French your child knows, the more complex you can make it. It’s a great fun way to teach your child a little French.

Here are a few french animal names:

The lion – le lion
The tiger – le tigre
The bear – l’ours
The elephant – l’éléphant
The monkey – le singe

If you have a rocket ship you can pretend it is going into space by counting down! If you don’t have one, you can make one out of an empty toliet paper roll and adding a little decoration to it!

10 – dix
9 – neuf
8 – huit
7 – sept
6 – six
5 – cinq
4 – quatre
3 – trois
2 – deux
1 – un
Blast off! Décollage!

Here are a few that I found:

http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,186,140176-234204,00.html

http://recipeland.com/recipe/v/A-Buche-De-Noel—-French-Yule-Log-Cake-24325

You can even make it a family tradition!

Here is one song I found on the website below. It is sung to the tune of Jingle Bells, all of the lyrics can be found at: http://bogglesworldesl.com/french/french_christmas_songs.htm

Vive le vent
Sur le long chemin
Tout blanc de neige blanche
Un vieux monsieur s’avance
Avec sa canne dans la main
Et tout là-haut le vent
Qui siffle dans les branches
Lui souffle la romance
Qu’ill chantait petit enfant.

(Refrain)
Vive le vent, vive le vent
Vive le vent d’hiver
Qui s’en va sifflant, soufflant
Dans les grands sapins verts…
Oh! Vive le vent, vive le vent
Vive le vent d’hiver
Boule de neige et jour de l’an
Et bonne année grand-mère…

Useful French Vocabulary:
Blue – bleu
Yellow – jaune
Orange – orange
Green – vert
Red – rouge
Pink – rose
Light blue – bleu clair
Brown – marron
Grey – gris
White – blanc
Black – noir