Animal games

Here are some of the games we played with the cuddly toys, several cats, dogs, a snake, a monster un monstre, a tortoise une tortue, a badger un blaireau a bear un ours /l'ours or teddy un nounours :

• pass the parcel with the animals - when music stops you say le chat and anyone holding a cat should hold it up. You should have one to show as well
  
• show me /point to Montrez-moi le chat
• find in the pile 1 child comes out Trouve le chat
• repeat if it’s true eg hold the cat and say lapin - try to trick them
• teacher has to guess. Child hides animal, teacher guesses, clues of animal noises. kids say oui or non
• magic bag - le sac magique put cuddly toys in a bag and put your hand on one. Kids have to guess. ie say an animal they know. You can show a little bit of the animal tantalisingly. Kids could take turn with the sac magique

There are lots of songs with animals and they feature on the salut Serge DVD

Resources

DVD French is Fun (Salut Serge) Pack £12.48 from Amazon Great value!
video of France
songs CD
karaoke songs, games on DVD
bilingual cartoons

Early Start http://www.earlystart.co.uk/
Early Start DVD Pack with video clips £82
http://www.earlystart.co.uk/bb/index.htm
Bilingual Big Books for use on whiteboard eg Puppy Finds a Friend £23

Fun with French CD (Early Learning Centre) £5 songs in French and English

EAC Nursery Pack (blue folder in all schools) French, Spanish and more recently Gaelic language and culture.

Glasgow City Council International Education Pack given to all nurseries

Usborne material is always good
http://www.usborneonline.org/catalogue/browse.asp?org=MEE09055&css=1
First Fun with French DVD £9.99
First 100 words in French hardback or paperback
Everyday Words in French paperback £4.99
Everyday Words in French flashcards £4.99


b small books http://www.bsmall.co.uk/
I can read bilingual books eg I’m too big or I want my banana and
bilingual first books £2.99
eg colours, animals

information, IDEAS, RESOURCES
http://www.nacell.org.uk/
national advisory centre on early lnguage learning (England, but useful)

http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/mfle/index.asp
the MFLE Scottish national site for language teachers

http://www.childs-play.com/
Child’s Play used to do big books with holes in French but don’t see them on website

http://www.orchardtoys.com/ Orchard Toys have a French range
eg Trouvons l’image bingo

Indigo Worldwide
http://www.indigoworldwide.co.uk/
Magnetic First French words £3.99

CPD hours

I meant to say that teachers should manually add your hours to the online CPD. 90 minutes per session. Not sure how early years workers go about this but imagine a similar system.

I am burning CDs of the course and will get them to you somehow. If you don't need one, have one already inschool or have downloaded it successfully from te MFLE please let me know by email or by comment below. Just type your name and give an email address (it can be bogus)

I am also working on updating the resources list which I will post here soon.

I am willing and indeed would love to visit your nursery when you are doing French or to talk to your HT about implementation.

It was a pleasure working with you and look forward already to our recall session in the summer term. (Date not decided yet - watch this space)

no class on Wednesday 23 January

There will be no class on Wednesday 23rd as I have been called to a meeting! Class as usual next week 16th.

la galette des rois

A tradition in France is to celebrate the arrival of the kings (les rois) at Bethlehem on 6 January.
A special cake called une galette made with puff pastry and almond paste. We cheated and used a sponge. Inside the galette there is a figurine called une fève.
The youngest child sits under the table while mum cuts the cake. He says who each portion is for. The person who gets the fève is king or queen for the day and wears a crown and chooses a queen or king. They invite the others to eat the cake. Elaine was king and chose Ann to be queen.
We sang lots of songs some of which are on this page below.
Next week we will start on food.

promenons-nous dans le bois

Song on Fun with French CD from ELC or
Hear it on comptines.net under "P"
Children walk around singing as the wolf gets his clothes on! When he is dressed he chases them!
Tous: everyone
Prom'nons-nous dans le bois let's go for a walk in the wood
Pendant que le loup n'y est pas while the wolf isn't there
Si le loup y était if the wolf was there
Il nous mangerait, he would eat us
Mais puisqu' il n'y est pas but since he isn't there
Il nous mang'ra pas. he won't eat us

Loup y es-tu ? Are you there wolf?
Entends-tu ? can you hear?
Que fais-tu ? what are you doing?

Le loup: the wolf
Je mets ma culotte I'm putting on my trousers

Tous:
Prom'nons-nous dans les bois
Pendant que le loup n'y est pas
Si le loup y 'était
Il nous mangerait.....

Le loup:
Je mets ma chemise ! (shirt)

Je mets mes chaussettes ! (socks)

Je mets ma cravate! (tie)

J'arrive. (I'm coming)

Tous:
Sauvons-nous ! (run!)

1,2 3 nous irons au bois counting song

Un deux trois 1 2 3
Nous irons au bois wewill go to the woods
Quatre cinq six 4 5 6
Cueillir des cerises To pick cherries
Sept huit neuf 7 8 9
Dans mon panier neuf In my new basket
Dix onze douze 10 11 12
Elles seront toutes rouges They will all be red.

on Fun with French CD from ELC

il pleut il mouille

il pleut, il mouille it’s raining, it is wet
c’est la fête à la grenouille it’s fun for frogs
quand il ne pleuvra plus when the rain stops
c'est la fête à la tortue it's fun for tortoises

This is on the CD from the Early Learning Centre "Fun With French"

Sur le pont d’Avignon

(Hold hands and turn in a circle while singing)
Sur le pont d’Avignon On the bridge at Avignon
On y danse, on y danse We are dancing
Sur le pont d’Avignon
On y danse, tous en rond. In a circle
(stop)
1 Les belles dames font comme ça The beautiful ladies do this (curtsy)
Et puis encore comme ça. and this (curtsy)

2 Les beaux messieurs The handsome men etc (bow)

On Fun with French CD from ELC

clap dance

pupils face each other
clap their own hands together for tiens voilà
clap each other's right hand for main droite
clap each other's left hand for main gauche
Clap each other's 2 hands for les deux

Tiens voilà, main droite
Tiens voilà, main gauche
Tiens voilà, main droite, main gauche
Tiens voilà, les deux.

Mon merle a perdu une plume Blackbird

Mon merle a perdu une plume My blackbird has lost a feather
Mon merle a perdu une plume, plume plume
Il ne chantera plus, mon merle He will sing no more
Il ne chantera plus.

Mon merle a perdu deux plumes
Mon merle a perdu deux plumes, une plume, plume plume
Il ne chantera plus mon merle
Il ne chantera plus.

Mon merle a perdu trois plumes
Mon merle a perdu trois plumes, deux plumes, une plume, plume plume
Il ne chantera plus mon merle
Il ne chantera plus.
etc

baa baa mouton noir

Baa baa mouton noir baa baa black sheep
As-tu de la laine?
Oui monsieur, oui monsieur,
Trois poches pleines 3 pocketfuls
Une pour mon maître,
et une pour madame
Une pour les enfants one for the children
Qui jouent au ratatam. who play the drums

This is not a traditional French song but a French Canadian version of our song!

Alouette (lark)

Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette, je te plumerai.
Je te plumerai la tête I will pluck your head
Je te plumerai la tête
Et la tête, et la tête,
Alouette, Alouette
Ooooh . . .

2. Alouette, gentille Alouette,
Alouette, je te plumerai.
Je te plumerai le bec, I will pluck your beak
Et la tête, et la tête,
Et le bec, et le bec,
Alouette, Alouette
Ooooh . . .
3. le cou neck
4. le dos back
5. les ailes wings
6. la queue tail
7. les jambes legs
8. les pieds feet

6 au lit ( ten in the bed)

6 au lit (as 10 in the bed)

6 au lit et le petit dit
– Poussez-vous, poussez-vous!

5 au lit et le petit dit
– Poussez-vous, poussez-vous!

4 au lit et le petit dit
– Poussez-vous, poussez-vous!

3 au lit et le petit dit
– Poussez-vous, poussez-vous!

2 au lit et le petit dit
– Poussez-vous, poussez-vous!

1 au lit et le petit dit
– Bonne nuit, bonne nuit!