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French for preschoolers

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Echomama · 10/02/2019 22:06

Wondering if anybody has any recommendations for teaching French to preschool age children?
My dd loves Dora and I think it's the right level of 'teaching' for her currently but can't find anything similar in French (Dora l'exploratrice being too predominantly French)
Much appreciated!

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Espoleta · 10/02/2019 22:12

Sam Sam was a firm favorite in our house.

FunnysInLaJardin · 10/02/2019 22:13

unless you or your DH are French, why do you want to teach them French?

Espoleta · 10/02/2019 22:13

Just reread your op. Sam Sam doesn’t have the teaching aspect really

AmazingGarce · 10/02/2019 22:16

Start with nursery rhymes. Just Google "YouTube French nursery rhymes" and go from there. My kids loved them. We sang them on journeys and yes, one of them did end up studying French at uni. Favourite was Meunier tu dors, but Sur le pont d'Avignon popular too. You can't just park them in front of it though, I think you have to join in too.

JingsMahBucket · 10/02/2019 22:20

@FunnysInLaJardin are you serious?

@Echomama I'd also start by getting your daughter some primary/kindergarten books in French that teach things like shapes, colours, animals, etc. You can likely find them at book stores or the library. It would be a good reinforcement to any video or audio that you give her. Bon chance. :)

Echomama · 11/02/2019 19:22

Why would you not want to? and why would knowing why I want to teach her french have any impact on how you answer the question?

Anyyyway! I put on nursery rhymes a lot, but I think she looses interest too quickly because she can't follow it (but will sit and watch english ones for a long time)
Obviously I'm also teaching her what I can with random words, colours etc, but my french isn't good enough to talk to her in french every day
will def look into sam sam

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nordicwannabe · 23/03/2019 22:57

One third stories is good. It's a subscription of books aimed at that age written mainly in English, but with some words in French (other languages also available). There are also other activities to reinforce the vocab, and it builds up.

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