Beginning French Immersion:
| Caramax la tortue: | Beginning French Immersion students can associate cardinal numbers with their correct spelling, and can orally and visually master number order. [102] | | L'Abécédaire: | Alphabet practice site created by Grade 1 French students. Jeux and comptines (with sound) prepared by students. Printable pages. [139] | | L'Escale: | A fun, educational site that will interest students as well as their teachers and parents. French sounds and writing forms. Click on Écoles and then Français 4 à 5 ans. [127] | | Motmelimelo: | Simple word searches for the beginning student. Includes Back to School, Halloween, Christmas, Easter, colours, days of the week, family, fruits, zoo animals. All vocabulary is illustrated. Have fun!! [107] |
French Christmas:
| Advent Calendar in song: | 20 Christmas songs sung by children's choirs. Words are included, so that you can sing along with your friends, family or class. [195] | | Aux Petites Mains: | Suggests various activities for the Feast of the Three Kings, Christmas and New Year's. Under l'année en fête on left side bar, click on category of your choice. [132] | | Christmas traditions in France and Canada: | An imaginary exposition. Illustrations of the legends and customs. [209] | | Joyeux Noël à tous!: | Activities, stories and games. Discover Christmas around the world. [199] | | J'écris, je dessine pour Noël: | Stories, poems, drawings, illustrations or colouring, all with a Christmas theme. [198] | | Karaoké de Noël: | Words to several Christmas songs with digital sound tracks. [204] | | L'Escale: | Colourful and fun activities. Click on the following links: Le seigneur du Désordre (Noël 2001), Au coeur de Noël (Noël 1999), Le chercheur de sapins (Noël 1998), Joyeux Noël 1997!, Joyeuses Fêtes 1996! (Noël 1996), Noël 1995! [131] | | Le site du Père-Noël: | Visit the home of Santa Claus and the elves, from the toy factory to the reindeer stable. Games and Christmas crafts. [202] | | Les enfants fêtent Noël: | Print colouring pages, read stories, and discover Christmas traditions in other countries. The advent calendar suggests a different activity for each day in December. [196] | | Livre des jeux de Noël: | Print a Christmas activity, game and colouring book. [200] | | L'Atelier du Père Noël: | Rhymes, stories, recipes. An advent calendar starting from December 1st. [210] | | Missions secrètes chez les lutins: | Write a letter to Santa Claus, or take part in one of various missions to help Santa Claus because his elves have gone on vacation! Online games and coloring. Students must sign up, but there is no cost. [197] | | Noël - Petitweb.lu: | Symbols and origin of Christmas, decorations to make, recipes, gifts and greeting cards [205] | | Noël de Lulue: | Activities and crafts to get you in the mood for Christmas. Also includes colouring pages and recipes. [206] | | Norad Tracks Santa 2006: | This is the radar that follows Santa around the world every December 24. Also answers some frequently asked questions about Santa - like, How does he get down the chimney? Some Christmas songs as well. [207] | | Royaume du Père Noël: | Santa Claus' house, the elves' workshop, stories and recipes. [201] | | Site du Père Noël: | The elves will guide you as you make an interactive visit to Santa Claus' village. Includes his toy workshop, writing a letter to Santa, drawing and coloring, reading stories, visiting Santa's home. [203] | | Traditions de Noël: | Everything you always wanted to know about Christmas traditions. Say "Merry Christmas" in many languages. Easy crafts and a few games. [208] |
French Dictionaries:
| Breviaire d'Orthographe Française: | An excellent summary of French spelling rules. Includes verbs. Particularly useful at higher levels. [123] | | English-French and French-English Dictionary: | This dictionary is easy to use, and therefore a great tool for younger students. Students type in the word that they are looking for and then click on Search. If this word is a verb, they have access to a partial as well as a full conjugation. Students may enter a French word without its accents. If the word is there, it will come up. [182] | | Grand dictionnaire terminologique: | Thirty years in the making, this is a gold mine of almost 3 million French and English words and expressions. Though intended for business, industry and science, it is a very complete resource. Students may search in either language, and possible answers are categorized for greater accuracy. Younger students may require adult assistance. [99] | | L'Assemblée des Homonymes: | Homonym study is facilitated by the reading of a very creative comic strip. The script is set up for easy printing. In the grammar section, each homonym is explained. Finally, reinforcement exercises make this link a hit. [122] | | Laboratoire CRISCO: | A virtual Thesaurus. This does the job when your child is looking for the perfect alternate to common, and not so common, vocabulary words. [121] | | Le Devoir conjugal: | A great reference site for verbs. Contains more than 7400 conjugated verbs. Most verbs, simple and compound, will be displayed, and students will not have to use a similar verb as an example. Students may also generate exercise sheets to practise for tests. [124] | | The Internet Picture Dictionary: | Very attractive, suitable for beginners. Includes flashcards, fill-in-the-blanks, word scramble, stinky spelling and straight recall. Educational and lots of fun, too. [120] |
French Easter:
| L'Escale: | Colourful and fun activities. Click on the following link: Au village de Pâques. [137] |
French Halloween:
| Aux Petites Mains: | Suggests various activities for Halloween. Under l'année en fête on left side bar, click on category of your choice. [133] | | Halloween - Radio Canada: | Find out everything about Halloween: vampires, werewolves, pumpkins. A selection of games, activity ideas and some rather disgusting recipes. [185] | | Halloween 99: | The story of this celebration, colouring and games, horrible tales and recipes. [186] | | Halloween au Tibooparc: | Lots of ideas for a successful celebration: stories, crafts, handmade costumes, a selection of books and online games. [187] | | Halloween chez Mr. Citrouille: | The origins of Halloween, the legend of Jack-O-Lantern, a gallery of characters, games and activities to celebrate Halloween. [188] | | Halloween de Lulue: | Activities, colouring, games and recipes for October 31. [189] | | Halloween Kid 2000: | Advice, tricks, recipes, costumes and decorations. How to have a safe and successful Halloween. [190] | | Halloween pour les enfants: | Get ready for and celebrate Halloween. Carve a pumpkin, craft ideas, games, colouring and cards to print, screen savers and mini files on scary monsters. [183] | | J'écris.com - a site for kids: | The story of the celebration of Halloween, short stories, colouring and jokes. You will also find comics and drawings. [184] | | L'Escale: | Colourful and fun activities. Click on the following links: Le vaisseau fantôme (Halloween 2002), Petit journal des horreurs, édition 2001, Cauchemars (Halloween 1999), Petit journal des horreurs 1997! Halloween 1996!, Halloween 1995! [135] | | La bibliothèque hantée: | An online adventure. It seems that the library is haunted. The cleaning lady has seen the ghosts. Can you solve the mystery? [191] | | La joyeuse maison hantée: | Funny stories, activities and games. [194] | | le 31 octobre, c'est Halloween: | Suggestions for Halloween monster makeup, Halloween stories to listen to online, colouring sheets to print or to make on line. [192] | | Le monde d'Halloween: | The history of Halloween, and the presentation of its principal characters, recipe tricks, costumes, pumpkin carving. Terrifying stories to read on line. [193] |
French Math:
| A+ Math: | Interactive flashcards for addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, rounding, fractions, order of operations, geometric area, square roots, algebra and inequalities. Unfortunately, money flashcards only use American dollars. You may create sets of flashcards for printing. [150] | | AAA Math: | K - 8 basic Math skills. The explanations and challenge games on this site are a real plus. Math topics include fractions, decimals, equations, percent, ratios, exponents, graphs and algebra. [152] | | Freeway: | Graded worksheets for addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and fractions. [146] | | L'Escale: | Practise multiplication and division. [143] | | RHL School: | Free ready-to-use materials for reading comprehension, math, english, and research skills. [148] | | SuperKids: | Math worksheet generator: Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, greater than, less than, rounding [144] | | SuperKids: | Math worksheet generator: Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, greater than, less than, rounding [145] |
French Middle Ages:
| Casteland: | The virtual universe of French Mediaeval castles. [61] | | Châteaux Celtes et Chimères: | Castles, knights and heroes, medieval beasts, daily life, cuisine, marriage and other celebrations, tales and legends, vocabulary and expressions. [163] | | Daily Life In A Castle: | Study the daily life inside of a mediaeval castle. Information is provided on peasants, knights and clergy. [63] | | La vie quotidienne au Moyen Age: | Les châteaux forts, les chevaliers, les paysans et le clergé. Vocabulary and links. [165] | | le Moyen Âge: | Middle Ages site with links. [59] | | Le Seigneur du Désordre: | Christmas in the Middle Ages. Includes a music and a health activity. Students may submit games and send Christmas cards. [130] | | Le tournoi des chevaliers: | Jousting in the Middle Ages. [125] | | les Preux chevaliers: | Several pages for children which cover les paysans, les enfants, les châteaux, les armes, les Croisades, l'école et la musique. [164] | | Médiéweb: | Many French links to information on the Middle Ages. [60] | | page de Gaétan Cayouette: | Arms in the Middle Ages. [58] | | Page Web D’isabelle Aubé: | A web site highlighting le Moyen Âge. Brainchild of a creative teacher. Links included. [57] | | sur les routes d’avalon: | Life in the Middle Ages. Includes Arthurian legends, a glossary and links. [62] |
French Miscellaneous:
| Barbie.com In French: | Fun, games & activities for girls. [34] | | Bonjour de France!: | Various games to help practise French grammar and vocabulary. Levels from beginner to advanced. Jeu de l'oie for the impératif and présent (click on Débutant), passé composé and imparfait (click on Élémentaire), futur simple and conditionnel (click on Intermédiaire), and subjonctif présent and passé (click on Avancé), are particularly effective in reinforcing verb forms. [162] | | French Language Course: | Pronunciation guidelines are reinforced by an audio component, grammar and vocabulary. [80] | | French Pronunciation: | A very useful tool for French Immersion parents, this is a pronunciation guide that includes an audio component. Covers vowel sounds, accents, consonants, final consonants, and liaison. [79] | | Games: | Legendia Land, Exolandia, others [177] | | késako: | Answers to over 650 questions. [65] | | le Webpass: | A wonderful selection of sites for students. Parents and teachers may comment on the utility of the site, propose new addresses, students may display their projects or artwork. Sites fall into 4 different categories: Art et Culture, Science et Nature, Récréation, Trésors du Web. [54] | | Ludovic: | Ludovic the bear guides students through this interactive site. Activities are based on the four seasons, time, the calendar, the days of the week and the weather. Students do not have to be able to read. [50] | | l`ete a bicyclette: | Bicycle Safety [69] | | l’escale: | Halloween Safety [70] | | petite fée Éduca: | Links to a great Harry Potter site. Clip art, more links. [92] |
French Music:
| abc de la chanson francophone: | Words for more than 16,000 French songs. [97] | | Caramax la tortue: | Beginning French Immersion students learn to recognize the sounds of musical instruments as well as animals. [103] | | Les Africains De La Chanson Francophone: | Biographies, extracts, resources, musical workshop for writing your own composition. [96] | | Musique Maestro: | A great resource for French music. Includes songs with words and music, Karoaké, recorder and Christmas page. [98] | | Ptitclic: | le site des enfants. Students may try educational games. They can also submit stories, poems and art. The musically inclined may listen to songs, sing Karaoke, play the xylophone with Clifford the dog providing the rhythm accompaniment, play the piano or compose a rap tune. To give their life a real French flavour, students are offered their own e-mail address and a choice of e-pals for whom they can make e-cards! If none of that interests you, how about completing surveys, or adopting a virtual animal, or adding your own special picture to the photo gallery. Last, but not least, do not forget to print PtitClic labels for your exercise books, duotangs and binders. Links too! Have a ball! [95] | | Recorder Karate: | Students of Cyberpapillon may use this link to practise songs. [181] |
French Pioneer Life:
| La vie de pionnier dans le Haut-Canada: | Origins, settlements, Aboriginal peoples, land, water, village life. Many activity sheets are only available in English. [154] | | Le sirop d'érable: | Origin and history of maple syrup, fabrication, vocabulary, legends, sayings and popular beliefs. [156] | | Les Premières Nations à l'époque de la Nouvelle-France: | Description of Inuit, Iroquoians, Northern and Southern Algonquian Tribes, Plains and South-East Indians.
Includes maps, their way of life and early contact with Europeans. [142] | | Les sucres: | Maple syrup reference sites: Research, vocabulary, stories, legends, recipes, games, pictures and teacher section. [158] | | L'alimentation des Amérindiens: | What did American Indians eat? [178] | | Voici venu le temps des sucres: | Maple syrup: Classroom and online activities, songs, recipes, printables and links. [157] |
French Reading:
| Écoutez l'alphabet: | Practise reading the alphabet and spelling words out loud. [118] | | aux petites mains: | Crafts, coloring sheets, recipes, stories, songs and rhymes, For children and parents. [90] | | Beauchemin Online Activities: | This is a bank of online activities for Grades 4 - 6. Included are mathématique, français, sciences de la nature and sciences humaines. A lexique mathématique explains, with examples, more than 120 concepts. The grammaire section summarizes grammar rules and provides guidelines for revising written work. The guide méthodologique helps students to develop or improve their work habits. Some topics covered are reading, writing, problem solving, research, memory work, oral presentations, motivation, and exams. This is a real goldmine, as much for students as for teachers. [51] | | Bibliokid: | Many book recommendations for young readers. Information sheets with questionnaires. Some themes are dragons, dinosaures, extraterrestres, Harry Potter, la Grèce Antique, l’Egypte, les Vikings, le Moyen-Âge, Louis XIV, les indiens, la musique. [55] | | chez agora: | Le coin des enfants - childrens corner includes stories, holiday drawings and puzzles. [77] | | Clicksouris: | Interactive stories and poems. [86] | | Editions Usborne Quicklinks: | Internet links and downloadable pictures for Usborne Internet-linked books. Covers many science and social studies topics. You do not need a copy of the books in order for these links to be useful. [56] | | French Audio Lab: | More than 2,000 sound files will help students and parents improve their French pronunciation and listening skills. Includes Audio Dictionary, Baby Talk, Beginning Vocabulary, French for Kids and Listening Comprehension. [82] | | French Maman: | A large collection of links in French and English put together with love by a French Immersion mother. [66] | | French Vocabulary Guide: | Many of the categories of vocabulary are illustrated. Click on the object, and the name will appear and be pronounced. Click inside the red circles for vocabulary extensions. When you see it, click on the note posted at the top of the page for a (sometimes partial) list with meanings in English. Some pages only have vocabulary lists - click on the words to hear them pronounced. [81] | | Imagic Books: | Free interactive and animated stories for kids. Downloadable. Voice over allows oral reading practice and helps improve fluency and speed. [115] | | j'écris, je dessine: | Read, write, draw and publish online. [87] | | kazibao: | A young persons internet meeting place. Divided into four sections: very young children (only contains a story to read), kids 11 and under, adolescents and adults. Features chat rooms, games, cybercards, fun tests (e.g., What kind of friend are you? .... Do you have a sense of humour?) Children become correspondants and may submit texts on a theme of their choice. There are substantial archives of articles on diverse topics, all written by children. Children are identified by pseudonyms. Some activities require registration, but there is no charge. [67] | | La Forêt Du Petit Peuple: | Varied site for children - mini newspaper, arts, crafts, recipes, games, submit your artwork, stories or poems. [88] | | Langue Fourchue: | A selection of lessons in French for primary teachers. [75] | | le grand monde du préscolaire: | Resource page for teachers and parents of the preschool and kindergarten groups. Includes free clipart. [68] | | le petit coin de Denis: | Stories, links for teachers, how to make your own webpage. [74] | | le repaire de Harry Potter: | Information on the books, the characters, the author. Submit your artwork and stories about Harry Potter. [93] | | Les comptines d'école-plus: | This site provides the texts to 330 French nursery rhymes. They are arranged in alphabetical order. [104] | | Polar Fle: | Learn French with l’inspecteur Roger Duflair by helping him to track down a criminal. Beginning, elementary, intermediate and advanced levels. [76] | | Pour Toi: | Kids! Make yourselves the hero of a short story. Parents! Grandparents! Give a selection of these stories to your children or grandchildren so that they can read about their own adventures. Teachers! Read stories to your students where they are the actual characters. Everyone will be listening very carefully just to hear their own name. Students may submit their own stories for use, comment on stories they liked, e-mail a friend to recommend this site, and add themselves to a mailing list for notification when new stories have been added. [73] | | Ptifou: | Games and activities for children aged 2 - 8. Includes Franklin, les petits monstres or crapules and the toons. [84] | | Teksto: | Another branch of the Kazibao site. Contains a weekly information/news page and almost 4,000 book reviews! Students may submit their own reviews to Tu lis quoi? They may also send poems to Au coin de tes mots, and stories, news items or novels to Graine d`écrivain. [91] | | Tfou: | Kids site of the French television station TF1.fr. Coloring, free games, comic strip heroes, Pokemon, Digimon, TV programmes. [83] | | Uptoten Kids: | Varied site for children - Accepts your artwork, offers art activities, games, cybercards. Pick French from the gray language bar. [89] |
French Reading Comprehension:
| Anatole: | Reading challenges proposed by students of early primary levels. Can be done online or offline. Can be used as springboard for other original activities. Many choices of picture books, such as Si je fusse une grenouille, L'Ami du petit tyrannosaure, Lilou et la chasse aux monstres, La chenille et les animaux sauvages, Ma vallee, Qui a mange qui? Qui a mange quoi? [214] | | As-tu lu?: | Reading comprehension exercises with
answers. Words searches and crosswords, too. [174] | | Au royaume des contes: | Fairy tales, myths and legends are explained. 5 contes are presented in the form of dictées trouées. Includes mots croisés and jeux d'association. Contes written by students may be read as well. [171] | | Dis papa!: | Gives answers to children’s questions. There is lots to read so this site is great for comprehension practice. [64] | | Lecture et Littérature Jeunesse: | MANY reading comprehension exercises. Search by author or title, or click on links at top of page for some alphabetical listings. [168] | | Lectures suivies aux cycles 2 et 3: | Includes amongst others: le géant de Zéralda, la bicyclette hantée, le petit géant, dessine-moi une maison, un dimanche chez les dinosaures, Fantastique Maître Renard, la potion magique de Georges Bouillon, James et la grosse pêche, les minuscules. Links. [166] | | Lire et écrire: | Reading Comprehension by theme and level. European levels CE1 - CM used. [116] | | Livres des éditions de la courte échelle: | Eight multiple choice questionnaires which include Véloville, Valentine Picotée and Abracadabra, les jumeaux sont là! [167] | | Motmelimelo: | Word search puzzles in many categories including Harry Potter and Diddl. You can even make your own. Use them for projects or just have fun! [106] | | Plaisir de Lire: | Reading comprehension questionnaires on Harry Potter: A L'Ecole des Sorciers, La Sorcière de la Rue Mouffetard, Emilie et le crayon magique. Some tests have to be requested by e-mail. [176] | | Questionnaires Défi Lecture: | Reading comprehension questionnaires for Junior, Intermediate and Senior levels: L'homme aux mouettes, Baignade interdite, Classe de mer, Le mousse du bateau perdu, J'étais enfant en Algérie, Le 42ème soeur de Bébert, Black Face, Le démon de l'école, le prix de la liberté, Qui est celui-là?, Sita et la rivière. Click on Défi lecture. [159] | | Récéalire.net: | Click on "des activités clé en main". You will find questions de lecture, mots croisés and fiches de lecture. [175] | | Séries Littéraires: Petits Lecteurs: | Many reading and writing activities for kindergarden, primary and junior grades. Sign up to receive notice of any updates. Links. [173] |
French Science:
| les débrouillards: | Science based website. Many step-by-step experiments. Links. [94] | | Littoral et vie à Cap-Pelé: | Information on pond life, flowering plants, insects and animals of Cap-Pelé, New Brunswick. Includes student activities and research links for Habitats and Communities. Choose from Activités à l'ordinateur (organised by age), Notions de sciences and Activités de science. [138] | | l`escale: | A fun, educational site that will interest students as well as their parents and teachers. Study dinosaurs, electricity, the human body, plants, simple machines. Visit Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, and the Far West. Club des Mousaillons for kids. [52] | | Musée Minéralogique et Minier: | Rocks and Minerals. Includes games and links. [179] | | Takatrouver: | A research and resource site for children, parents, and teachers. Offers games, jokes, recipes, coloring pages. Educational sites and links for children, school sites, teacher resources (includes mediaeval castles and Gaston LaGaffe). [53] |
French Sites for Teachers:
| Caramax la tortue: | Beginning French Immersion students can associate cardinal numbers with their correct spelling, and can orally and visually master number order. Teachers may create classes and follow the progress of individuals or all students. [114] | | Defis Scolaires: | Also known as Defi Yakafaire, this is an internet challenge where students have to read through the information on various websites in order to find the correct answer to thematic questions. Categories include le Moyen Age, contes et legendes, l'arbre, la montagne, fleuves et rivieres du monde, la deuxieme guerre mondiale, l'espace, les jeux olympiques et les energies. [215] | | Enchantedlearning.com: | Label me! printouts that can be used to practise French vocabulary. Themes include days of the week, months and seasons of the year, color, clothing, fruits, vegetables, flowers, farm animals, pets, birds, the body, the car, the bicycle, and time on the hour. [71] | | L'Escale: | A fun, educational site that will interest students as well as their teachers and parents. Many interactive activities for Christmas, Halloween, Valentine’s Day and Easter. [128] | | La Maternelle de Moustache: | A treasure trove of resources for the early French Immersion teacher. Many printable worksheets on l'alphabet, le corps humain, les couleurs, la famille, les fleurs, le temps, les mois, les saisons, l'Avent, Noël, les jours de la semaine, le zoo. [117] | | La Petite Souris: | Reference site for parents and teachers. Basic vowel and consonant sounds with reinforcement exercises. 400 individual black and white pictures, 90 comptines, 90 songs. [129] | | La pomme verte: | Covers many subjects of interest to teachers, students and parents. Worth a visit, then you can bookmark what is important to you! [180] | | La publication d'un récit: | A framework for the writing and publishing of a short story. [141] | | Lencrier: | 5 on-line novels. Teacher-created vocabulary studies, chapter summaries, comprehension exercises, composition work and crosswords. Some answers are given. [170] | | Les Amérindiens: premiers habitants du Québec: | Algonquiens, Iroquoiens, et Inuits: Mode de vie, alimentation, habitation, habillement, moeurs et coutumes, roles de l'homme et de la femme. [160] | | Les femmes fondatrices de Montréal: | Female founders of the city of Montréal. Provides information on Jeanne Mance, Marguerite Bourgeoys and "les filles du roi". [216] | | Liste de textes de lecture: | Short extracts with suggestions for study: comprehension, classification, vocabulary, written expression, complete sentences, reorder words in sentence. Tests are also listed by theme. [172] | | MES English: | French flashcards, in colour, in many categories including verbs, adjectives, colours, shapes, animals, fruits, vegetables, schools and professions [212] | | Section des Moyens et des Grands à l'école maternelle: | Activities center around Saisons, Halloween, Noël and Pâques. Also covered are la ferme, le cirque, le jardin and les Indiens, amongst others. Links. [169] |
French St. Patrick's Day:
| St Patricks Festival: | The whole world will be watching on March 17th when Ireland’s national St. Patrick’s Festival Parade takes over the country’s capital city streets. [111] |
French St. Valentine's Day:
| L'Escale: | Colourful and fun activities. Click on the following link: Bonne Saint-Valentin! [136] |
French Thanksgiving:
French Vocabulary:
French Writing:
| Momes.net: | Children review television programmes, movies, comic strips and books. Children may write and publish their own poems and stories, correspond with cyberpals, access a song bank. Includes great links. [85] | | Shape Books: | Free printable patterns and coloring pages including nature, animals, sports and holidays. [126] |
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