If your child will be absent for an extended period, these are some things they can practice while they are out, if you choose. The play, vocabulary lessons and games that require speaking in French are not really something that can be done without classmates, so attendance is best when possible :)

1.  Practice writing their name with the first letter upper case and the rest lower case. Many students are able to write names in all caps, and are sometimes reluctant to make the change.

2. Practice writing the numbers 1-10. and counting to 10 in French forward and back. You can write the numbers for them or show them a calendar.

3. Draw, colour, and name shapes. See the "Songs and Themes" page for French words for these if you need to :)

4. Practice cutting by making some crafts!

5. Make AB and ABC patterns out of just about anything.

6. Practice the letters we have already learned. They can be found in the "What's in Focus" section. A pronunciation video is in the "Songs and Themes" page.

7. Sing our songs. Check out the "Songs and Themes" page.

8. January and later, they should be reading parts of the little French booklets I send home. Take some with you for extended absence.

9. January and later, they should be counting, but also be able to recognize which symbol belongs to each number. So they could count item and then write the number associated with the total counted, up to 10.

10. Later in January I will be posting our high frequency words as well as decodable words they should be working on reading. I will reach out individually and request practice as needed.