Le français

Teaching French to a Kindergarten class was great fun! It was their first exposure to French. It was  splendid to hear  the children run up to me and ask me, ‘are we going to learn French today?’ It was such a great feeling when the students were excited and were waiting to learn. I taught them French through simple themes, such as  les couleurs (colours), les numeros (numbers), les fruits et les légumes (fruits and vegetables). They learned through listening and repeating words, playing with different objects/toys laid around the classroom, working in pairs, and from colouring sheets.

For the theme “les couleurs”, there were multiple toys sorted by colours as well as colouring sheets for children to learn the names of colours in French. I also liked to display their work so that they could feel proud of their work and go back to it to revise what they learned. For the theme “les numeros", they used blocks, Lego, and play dough to experience counting in French. Also, they worked really hard on creating their own number booklets where they have learned numbers un à cinq  (1-5).  For the theme, "les fruits et les légumes", they got to play in the play-kitchen, make pretend meals, and play 'at the supermaket'.

They loved this one: La Chanson: J'aime les fruits! 

Along with these themes, the students enjoyed listening, singing along and dancing to French songs. With both the theme-based learning as well as songs, the objective of the French instruction was for them to become familiar and broaden their understanding of key words/vocabulary. More than anything, I wanted the students to explore French and build a genuine interest and passion to keep learning French in the future.