Hiya!
The two we have are:
Cherchons le mot
Trouvons l'image
The first one I don't really rate at all. There are 30 words, each of which is a 3-pce jigsaw: English word+picture+French word. So it's actually focused quite heavily on the written word ... which isn't actually what I'm interested in my boys learning atm. In fact it's even a hindrance. They can't seem to get their head round the idea that "La table" is pronounced differently to "The table". So that one's on the shelf for now.
The other one is great. Four large boards, each with a large picture (four different settings, four different seasons) and 12 little boxes for pictures. There are then 48 little cards with pictures on (words on the reverse but we ignore them). Each person can then match up the cards with the appropriate board. (Each little picture is included in the big picture on the board). I hope this is making sense! So far so good. There are loads of ideas with the game as to how to play, we spent some time playing with it to learn quite a few of the words. But then for the main game there's a cassette with the individual words spoken in random order. Each person has to listen for their words, and match them on to their board. The cassette is a real help to me: My French is OK, but my pronunciation is rubbish.
It's not rocket science, and certainly not as much fun as spotty dog or Quack Quack, but the boys have enjoyed it as one of a number of resources to help them pick up a bit of French.
Are there any other French ones in your catalogue?
Where are you off to in Summer? We're having a short week in Paris, which I hope might improve our French for all of us!
HTH Roisin