Let's Speak French
by Barry Jones & Zuza Vrbova

Synopsis

The contents of the Let's Speak French pack are aimed at aiding young grade school children learn to speak French by utilizing what they enjoy---games, stickers, music, and a story.

Description

The sticker activity book includes:

Alphabet (L'alphabet) stickers

Parts-of-the-body stickers and a space to draw one's own face

Stickers for objects of clothes

A page to color in the picture using the labeled colors (jaune, vert, bleu, etc.)

The Let's Speak French story book, "Foxy and his Friends," includes:

An introduction to Foxy and his friends---tortoise, rabbit, and frog.

32-pages in length, every word in basic French

Full-color easy-to understand-illustrations with Foxy, tortoise, or frog speaking in French. i.e. "Voici mes amis:  'Je m'appelle Lapin. J'aime les plantes.'"

A Sing-a-long-in-French CD

Songs are in French with narration in English.

Music is by Jake and Jenna Williams.

"Hare and Tortoise" board game with special spinners and model-making kit

5 modeling clay "hunks"---grey, red, purple, green, and black

4 spinners and a large foldable double-sided playing board with English directions

Players make their game pieces by following easy 6-step instructions given on the game board

Players move their self-made pieces using the French instructions on the spinner. Each animal has special abilities that leads to an exciting board race.

Why I chose this book

I am very impressed with the number of ways that learning the French language is reinforced in this kit. Children learn differently. One child can use the fun of a game; another can use artistic ability to draw in the sticker book or create a frog from the modeling clay. Another will enjoy reading the story. Barry Jones, the author of this concept, is:

Lecturer in Education, Modern Foreign Languages, Cambridge University, UK.

President of the Association of Language Learning.

Recipient of the Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Academiques for his contribution to teaching Modern Foreign Languages.