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Sarahbelle
28-03-2010, 03:49 PM
I have just taken on a new client and mum is French. So my new little one will be bi-lingual. I am looking for sites that will provide me with words in french as well as english so that I can display them in my setting. Things for fruit, animals, etc. Does anyone know any good sites?

angeldelight
28-03-2010, 04:58 PM
Animals

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/languages/french/subjects/animals.shtml

Other words

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/label/french.shtml

More

http://www.frenchteacher.eu/french-vocabulary/learn_french_vocabulary_animals.php

Angel xx

angeldelight
28-03-2010, 04:59 PM
Numbers

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/languages/french/Numbers.shtml

Colouring and colours

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/languagebooks/french/numbers/

Angel xx

sarah707
28-03-2010, 05:01 PM
One of our French forum members tomthumb put a French workbook 'Le petit poucet' into free resources a while ago.

Free resources are at the top of the forum in the middle.

It's great for learning / reminding you of basic French words.

If you are making posters or eg weather charts in French, run them past the mum first.

You will find that different regions teach slightly different phrases just like in England.

Hth :D

Pauline
28-03-2010, 05:01 PM
I have just taken on a new client and mum is French. So my new little one will be bi-lingual. I am looking for sites that will provide me with words in french as well as english so that I can display them in my setting. Things for fruit, animals, etc. Does anyone know any good sites?

There is a booklet made by Elodie (Forum member tom thumb), she teaches French and shared the booklet for the Forum, it is in the free downloads:

http://childmindinghelp.co.uk/freeresources/Free%20downloads/frenchworkbook.html

:)

Pauline
28-03-2010, 05:02 PM
LOL Sarah - we posted at exactly the same time 6.01 pm! :laughing:

nell57
28-03-2010, 05:15 PM
I've used this site a couple of times recently:)

http://*******************/tags/browse/15/French

Sarahbelle
28-03-2010, 05:35 PM
You guys are all fab! There are some brilliant sites here. I have bookmarked them to look at later. My new little one is only 5 months at the mo. But I want mum to feel that I am promoting her culture as she has already asked me to celebrate Bastille Day with him and she speaks French to him too!

And it won't hurt me to brush up on my long forgotten French either!

Thanks ever so.

sarah707
28-03-2010, 06:40 PM
Oh Bastille Day is great fun!

Lots of fireworks pictures... :D

Pauline
28-03-2010, 06:57 PM
Oh Bastille Day is great fun!

Lots of fireworks pictures... :D

Wot? no playing with the guillotine? ;)

sarah707
28-03-2010, 07:05 PM
Wot? no playing with the guillotine? ;)

Last time I went to a Bastille Day celebration in deepest France I got very drunk :o

I'm not sure that's appropriate either! :laughing: :D

ss1983
28-03-2010, 09:31 PM
hi i have ababy starting who will be 5 and half months and her mum is french aswell when is that day?

Sarahbelle
28-03-2010, 09:51 PM
hi i have ababy starting who will be 5 and half months and her mum is french aswell when is that day?

Its the 14th July every year.

ss1983
28-03-2010, 09:54 PM
ok thanks ill look it up, what can the 5 month old do

sarah707
29-03-2010, 06:48 AM
ok thanks ill look it up, what can the 5 month old do

Children up to the age of 3 need playful experiences that follow their interests.

I have a number of planned activities going on for the older ones and if the little ones want to join in then great, I change things around to meet their needs.

However, I wouldn't plan something specific like that for younger children because they do not need plans like that... if that makes sense.

Hth :D

miffy
29-03-2010, 06:52 AM
There are some resources here

http://instantdisplay.co.uk/free.htm

Miffy xx

Pauline
29-03-2010, 06:54 AM
ok thanks ill look it up, what can the 5 month old do

Like Sarah says you don't want to plan anything specific for that age, but you could sing some nursery rhymes or songs in French, how about Frère Jacques?

ss1983
29-03-2010, 08:18 PM
hi i dont want tp lan anything good but would like to do something to help with the french language as she always speaks in french to her

Chell
29-03-2010, 08:26 PM
hi i dont want tp lan anything good but would like to do something to help with the french language as she always speaks in french to her

You might want to speak to Mum about using baby sign language too. Signs can provide a common link between the two languages. It is a great way of teaching babies to communicate before they are physically able to speak and helps to ease frustration. If the baby signs the word as well as saying it in French or English then it makes it easier for you understad them regardless of the language spoken.

ss1983
29-03-2010, 08:41 PM
good idea, my little boy nos mike and biscuit in sign language i get books from the library

Sarahbelle
31-03-2010, 10:00 AM
Like Sarah says you don't want to plan anything specific for that age, but you could sing some nursery rhymes or songs in French, how about Frère Jacques?

My ten year old DD know the farmer's in his den and head, shoulders, knees and toes in French. She is going to be teaching me over the Easter Hols! Yay! And I have signed up for Baby signing as well!