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The site is still under construction, but there are great free resources for you to take advantage of, including French Phonics Lapbooking Kits that correspond to the lessons in L'Art de lire 1 and 2.

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See if you can match these winter songs with their English titles. Notice that the titles might not be exactly the same in the two different languages!

FRENCH
L'enfant au tambour
Au royaume du bonhomme hiver
Sainte nuit
Promenade en traîneau

ENGLISH
Sleigh Ride
Winter Wonderland
Little Drummer Boy
Silent Night

Here is some more snowy winter vocabulary to use as you enjoy the season:
boule de neige ( bool duh NAYZH)* = snowball

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L'HIVER

(lee-VAYR* = the winter)

L'HIVER (lee- VAYR) means winter in French. On this January day, winter is now in full force in the northern hemishere. At my home in Canada, the ground is covered with a dazzling layer of snow. Canada is famous for winter sports including skating, skiing, snowshoeing, snowmobiling, and hockey.

Here is the French version of a familiar English song (to the tune of Jingle Bells). It celebrates the lively wind (le vent) of winter:

VIVE LE VENT
Vive le vent, vive le vent, vive le vent d'hiver!
Qui s'en va sifflant, soufflant dans les grands sapins verts, oh!
Vive le vent, vive le vent, vive le vent d'hiver!
Boules de neige et jour de l'An et "bonne année, grand-mère!"

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Le SOLEIL
(luh soh-LAY = the sun)
Le soleil means the sun. As I write here in Canada, the days are getting longer as we move through the winter and anticipate the arrival of spring. The English word solar means "having to do with the sun," as in "solar system" (our sun and its satellites), "solar energy" (energy from the sun) and "solarium" (a place to enjoy the sun). Soleil and solar are descended from the Latin word for sun: sol.
To visit the site (with English links) of a French observatory where the sun is studied, visit: L'Observatoire de Paris

This Paris Observatory Solar Archive Site contains up-to-date photographs of the sun's activity.

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Les Transports Workpages - $9.95 CDN

Make French unit studies easy with Nallenart's Workpages series!
Les Transports is a resource book of reproducible worksheets with a theme of transportation and travel, the verb aller, etc. Puzzles, vocabulary, verb review, and more. Designed for classroom or homeschool use. 24 pages.
Suitable for grades 3-8.

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le dos (luh DOH) = the back

The French word for back comes from the Latin word for back - dorsum. The English word dorsal (on the back of something, as a dorsal fin on the back of a whale) is related to the French word dos.

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le nez (luh NAY)* = the nose

The French word for nose comes from the Latin word for nose - nasus. Related English words include nasal (pertaining to the nose), nose, and nostril. Many French and English words have a common origin in Latin.

*Please note that this pronunciation guide gives only a rough approximation of the real French sound.

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le pied (luh PEEAY)* - the foot


The French word for foot comes from the Latin word for foot - pedis. English words that are related are pedestrian (someone walking on foot), and pedal (something operated with your foot).

* This pronunciation guide gives only a rough approximation of the real French sound.

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