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

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.

Commands to more than one child

levez-vous stand up
asseyez-vous sit down
circulez move about
stop!
trouvez un partenaire find a partner
trouvez une place find a seat/place
changez de partenaire change partners
changez de place change places/seats
venez ici come here
montrez-moi show me