Has anyone taught French or German to Early Years children?

[mintymellons]

I work in a pre school and we are planning to offer French/German lessons from September (I have a French/German degree).

I've been looking for a resource pack but not sure if such a thing exists or if I need to just gather some bits and pieces together and make it up as I go along!

Has anyone done this?

[intheshed]

I teach a French after school club in a prumary school. Have a look at these websites:
www.sunderlandschools.org/mfl-sunderland/
www.cilt.org.uk/primary.aspx

I also found this book really useful www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1405873922?tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21

I think for the younger age groups songs and games are the key!

[LaSingeEstSurLaBranche]

I second the sunderland stuff. I teach French to years 3 and 4 and for those children we use the Catherine Cheater scheme of work, which has songs and finger rhymes as well as stories. It goes down well.

[mintymellons]

Fantastic advice, thank you intheshed and LaSinge (good name!)