Day 5 animals

Activities (underlined text is a link to another page)
cane cane oie = duck duck goose Elaine's suggestion

animal noises for whiteboard on http://www.uptoten.com

see earlier post for other activities

Songs
une chanson is a song
une comptine is a nursery rhyme
un chant (de Noël) is a carol

une poule sur un mur
une poule sur un mur a hen on a wall
qui picote du pain dur pecking hard bread
picoti, picota
lève la queue lifts her tail
et saute en bas and jumps down

Le cerf
Dans sa maison,
un grand cerf
Regardait par la fenêtre
Un lapin venir à lui
Et frapper chez lui
"Cerf, cerf, ouvre-moi
Ou le chasseur me tuera !"
"Lapin, lapin, entre et viens
Me serrer la main !"

J'aime papa, j'aime maman I love daddy I love mummy
Mon p'tit chat, mon p'tit chien, mon p'tit frère my little cat my little dog my little brother
J'aime papa, j'aime maman I love daddy I love mummy
Et mon gros éléphant And my big elephant

played like “I sent a letter to my love”
Il court, il court le furet The ferret runs
Le furet du bois, mesdames The ferret of the wood, ladies
Il court, il court le furet The ferret runs
Le furet du bois joli The ferret of the lovely wood
Il est passé par ici He came this way
Il repassera par là He will go that way

Tried to find something like old Macdonald and found this
bird rock and roll
then found le vieux Donald in uptoten

Day 4

New today was classroom language, birthdays and fêtes, and some traditional singing games. We also discussed Easter in France. Main difference is that it is not the Easter bunny that brings children the Easter eggs. Church bells fall silent from Maundy Thursday. Children are told that the bells have flown to Rome to see the Pope. On their way back on Easter Sunday morning they drop eggs and other sweets in the gardens. So in shops you see chocolate bells as well as bunnies, hens, and ducks.

Here are some bunny poems

Le lièvre a de la fièvre

Le lièvre a de la fièvre - the hare has a fever
L'escargot a mal au dos - the snail has a sore back
Le pivert a mal aux nerfs - the woodpecker has nerves
Oh là là ! que de maux ! - oh dear me what a lot of troubles

Mon petit lapin

J'ai un petit lapin - I have a little rabbit
Qui mange du pain - who eats bread
J'ai un petit lapin - I have a little rabbit
Qui mange du thym - who eats thyme

Mais un lapin ça fait des crottes, - but a rabbit does poo
Un jour, il a fait dans mes bottes. - one day he did it in my boots

Maman dit que c'est un vilain, - mum says he is naughty
Moi je dis que c'est mon copain. - but I say he’s my pal

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