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A Parent's Guide to French Immersion
Outside the Classroom!
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Reference Sites:
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.
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.
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).
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.
Bibliokid:
Some themes are dragons, dinosaures, extraterrestres, Harry Potter, la Grèce Antique, l’Egypte, les Vikings, le Moyen-Âge, Louis XIV, les indiens, la musique.
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.
Le Moyen Age:
Page Web d’Isabelle Aubé:
web site highlighting le Moyen Âge. Brainchild of a creative teacher. Links included.
Page de Gaétan Cayouette:
Arms in the Middle Ages.
le Moyen Âge:
Middle Ages site with links.
Information sheet:
Jousting in the Middle Ages.
Médiéweb:
Many French links to information on the Middle Ages.
Casteland:
The virtual universe of French Mediaeval castles.
Sur les routes d’Avalon:
Life in the Middle Ages. Includes Arthurian legends, a glossary and links.
Daily Life In A Castle:
Study the daily life inside of a mediaeval castle. Information is provided on peasants, knights and clergy.
Question Answering Sites:
Dis papa!:
Gives answers to children’s questions. There is lots to read so this site is great for comprehension practice.
Késako:
Answers to many questions.
Resource Sites:
French Maman:
A large collection of links in French and English put together with love by a French Immersion mother.
Kazibao:
A young person's 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.
Le grand monde du préscolaire:
Resource page for teachers and parents of the preschool and kindergarten groups. Includes free clipart.
L’Escale:
Bicycle Safety.
L’Escale:
Halloween Safety.
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.
Bibliokid:
Many book recommendations for young readers. Information sheets with questionnaires.
ShapeBooks.com:
Free printable patterns and coloring pages including nature, animals, sports and holidays.
Stories - Lessons:
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.
Le petit coin de Denis:
Stories, links for teachers, how to make your own webpage.
Langue fourchue:
A selection of lessons in French for primary teachers.
Polar FLE
Learn French with l’inspecteur Roger Duflair by helping him to track down a criminal. Beginning, elementary, intermediate and advanced levels.
Chez Agora:
Le coin des enfants - children’s corner includes stories, holiday drawings and puzzles
Help with French Sounds:
L’Escale:
A fun, educational site that will interest students as well as their teachers and parents. French sounds and writing forms.
La Petite Souris:
Reference site for parents and teachers. Basic vowel and consonant sounds with reinforcement exercises.
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.
French Language Course:
Pronunciation guidelines are reinforced by an audio component, grammar and vocabulary.
Online Publishing - Arts, Crafts, Games, Music:
Tfou:
Kid's site of the French television station TF1.fr. Coloring, free games, comic strip heroes, Pokemon, Digimon, TV programmes.
Ptifou:
Games and activities for children aged 2 - 8. Includes Franklin, les petits monstres or crapules and the toons.
La Petite Souris:
Reference site for parents and teachers. 400 individual black and white pictures, 90 comptines, 90 songs.
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.
Clicksouris:
Interactive stories and poems.
J’écris, je dessine:
Read, write, draw and publish online.
La forêt du petit peuple:
Varied site for children - mini newspaper, arts, crafts, recipes, games, submit your artwork, stories or poems.
Uptoten Kids:
Varied site for children - Accepts your artwork, offers art activities, games, cybercards. Pick French from the gray language bar.
Aux Petites Mains:
Crafts, coloring sheets, recipes, stories, songs and rhymes, For children and parents.
Bibliokid:
Games.
French Literature Sites:
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.
Petite Fée Éduca:
Links to a great Harry Potter site. Clip art, more links.
Le repaire de Harry Potter:
Information on the books, the characters, the author. Submit your artwork and stories about Harry Potter.
Science Sites:
Les Débrouillards:
Science based website. Many step-by-step experiments. Links.
La Mission:
Une grande aventure scientifique. Science site for kids. Includes missions that children can accept or refuse, information on selected great scientists of our time (like Ben Franklin, Chris Hadfield and Isaac Newton), and simple experiments.
Music Sites:
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, don't forget to print PtitClic labels for your exercise books, duotangs and binders. Links too! Have a ball!
Les Africains de la chanson francophone:
Biographies, extracts, resources, musical workshop for writing your own composition.
ABC de la Chanson Francophone:
Words for more than 16,000 French songs.
La Fête:
Illustrated songs and rhymes, words and music.
Musique maestro:
A great resource for French music. Includes songs with words and music, Karoaké, recorder and Christmas page.
Holiday Sites:
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.
Aux Petites Mains:
Suggests various activities for New Year’s, the Feast of the Three Kings, Shrove Tuesday, Easter, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Halloween, Christmas and Birthdays.
Math, Reading, English Practice Worksheets:
L’Escale:
A fun, educational site that will interest students as well as their parents and teachers. Practise multiplication and division.
SuperKids:
Math worksheet generator: Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, greater than, less than, rounding.
Freeway:
Graded worksheets for addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and fractions.
RHL School:
Free ready-to-use materials for reading comprehension, math, english, and research skills.
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.
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.
Printables:
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, don't forget to print PtitClic labels for your exercise books, duotangs and binders. Links too! Have a ball!
Takatrouver:
Research and resource site for children, parents and teachers. Print French subject labels for exercise books, timetable, greeting cards, business cards. Send cybercards.
Gifs, Clipart, and E-Cards:
Gloubiweb:
An extensive selection of gifs, clipart, e-cards with French text, stationery, backgrounds, and online games (French and English). Sign up for a free monthly newsletter highlighting additions to this site.
Special Interest Sites:
Le Musée virtuel des petits cochons:
How about a virtual pig museum, and all in French, too?! Kids may complete a monthly survey, read about the history of the pig, or enter galleries of pig clipart and photos! There are also a few links if you really want to get carried away.
French Disney:
Disney in French.
La Page de Annie:
“Chaudron d’Or” - Spiritual encouragement.
Vagues de Vie:
Send virtual cards, print personalized bookmarks, letter paper and calendars. There are also puzzles, blinkies and recipes. For well-being and development of self, there are printable poems and thoughts. Great background music.
Coeur d’Amour:
Wonderful site of gifs, animés, music, and heartfelt thoughts.
ePals.com:
Student safe e-mail. Classroom exchanges. Teacher resources from HarperCollins and Random House. Share tips and ideas, find Book Club partners. Students can post book reviews and summaries, discuss favorite books and authors, and submit short stories and poetry. Click on français.
Web Pages:
Zanimo.net:
Wouldn’t you like to have your own webpage? Well, do it here for free. Choose one of Zanimo’s cliparts or gifs, or load your own picture. No knowledge of html is required.
Vie de Pionnier:
La vie de pionnier dans le Haut-Canada:
Origins, settlements, Aboriginal peoples, land, water, village life. Activity sheets are only available in English.
Le temps des sucres.
Le Sirop d'érable, Site #1.
Le temps des sucres.
Le Sirop d'érable, Site #2.
Le temps des sucres.
Le Sirop d'érable, Site #3.
L2ed.com:
Premières Nations, Voyageurs, Acadie: Information, activities, coloring pages, links.
Dictionaries:
The Internet Picture Dictionary - French:
Very attractive, suitable for beginners. Includes flashcards, fill-in-the-blanks, word scramble, stinky spelling and straight recall. Educational and lots of fun, too.
Bibliotheque virtuelle - Le Signet informatique:
A virtual library of computer and technology terms.
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.
L’Assemblée des Homonymes:
Homonym study is facilitated by the reading of a very creative comic strip. The script is given for easy printing. In the grammar section, each homonym is explained. Finally, reinforcement exercises make this link a hit.
Breviaire d’Orthographe Francaise:
An excellent summary of French spelling rules. Includes verbs. Particularly useful at higher levels.
Verbs:
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.
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