It’s the start of a new year, it’s 2016 and we have come a long way since 2005 with developing our unique and dynamic curriculum and teaching method. Petits Poussins is different in many ways, and apart from our fun and enthusiasm for languages, we don’t speak any English to teach your child French. We believe that if you are going to learn a language, total immersion
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As part of our transport theme, one of our favourite songs is ‘bateau sur l’eau’ – boat on the water. There are a few versions of the song, as usual we have added a #MakingLanguagesFun twist to it and we have modified the end of the song. We shout “tombez!” which means “fall” and we all fall, ‘splash’ into ‘la rivière’ – the river.
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We just love it when we find pedagogic material which reinforces more than one theme at a time! Language learning is all about reinforcement. In our sessions children initially learn to count from 1-10, but we offer progression through out our classes and reinforce and build upon important vocabulary. We always enrich learning by enhancing their vocabulary and taking them to the next level. We
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Here’s another great song that backs up our transport theme. We just love the way this video clip includes real children and animation, our Petits Poussins love watching this too. Check out the vocabulary below and practice doing the actions with your child. You could even make your own cardboard bus or choose toys from around the house that have word associated with the
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At Petits Poussins we always like to uphold our motto of ‘Making Languages Fun’. We have spent many years having fun trying and testing the resources that accompany and reinforce the vocabulary in our dynamic curriculum. One song that sticks in everyone’s head in our sessions and provides lots of fun learning for our children is ‘Jean Petit qui Danse.’ The song is great
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In our fun sessions this week we have been following our innovative and fun curriculum to learn about transport vocabulary. Pop along to one of our interactive mums and toddler sessions or ask your nursery if you can come along and observe as a parent. We guarantee you will have lots of fun and we can give you ideas on how to reinforce the language
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Bonjour! Our mums and toddler and private tuition sessions start again tomorrow at St Paul’s Parrish Church. We are looking forward to seeing you all for more ‘Making Languages Fun’ sessions. It’s a great way for all the family to learn and encourage their little ones to speak another language from a young age. Take a seat with your Petits Poussins and have 10
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Voulez-vous du vin? Pas de tire-bouchon?……. Have you ever wondered how to say cork screw in French? Well maybe you don’t really need to know that it’s ‘un tire-bouchon’ [uhn teer boosh-ohn]…watch the clip and maybe we will rename it ‘une tape-chaussure!’ You can also call it ‘un ouvre bouteille’ [oov-reuh boot-ay] which is more like a bottle opener. Voilà la solution….Bonne dégustation et santé!
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Don’t you find that there are some French songs that you just know already? But what does the song ‘Alouette gentile alouette’ actually mean? Did you already know, or will I just share our knowledge of the French language with you? An alouette is ‘lark’ and this poor bird is being plucked on his head and other parts of the bird’s body! Now the
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Comptines HD http://www.apptrace.com/app/comptines-hd/id442392216 Songs are a great way for your children to learn a language. Our curriculum is developped in a clever way that ensures language is learned in a fun manner with lots of clever repetition, solely delivered in the target language. This is a great app of traditional French ‘comptines’ - nursery songs, some with a twist on the French version. Your children should be
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