Helpful resources
Methode de Lecture
Ma methode de lecture pas à pas - syllabic and pre-reading games that follows our letter writing/syllable reading book.
Books!!
Burbank Library ONLINE - www.burbank.lib.ca.us
Click: Children’s site
Click: Blue Book Tumbling upside down
Select: Languages
**Play around with it, there’s tons of stuff.
Litterature Audio - stories on mp3 - French website with hundreds of books on audio. The link leads to the "jeunesse" (young readers) section. A lot of Grimm and Anderson fairy tales are listed.
TumbleBooks - interactive stories that are read aloud. There is a great selection of English titles and French titles! Click on Tumble Books on the COLA Library website.
Videos:
Comptine.tv - a great list of all the nursery rhymes we sing at school in video!
French Comptines Youtube Channel - the above but as a Youtube Channel
Educational games for your child to play:
Toupty - everything from letter and number recognition to coloring pages.
Poisson Rouge - fun site to explore for the kids that also practices French. It used to be free, but now you'll have a 1 week free trial before a $17 contribution for the entire year.
Picandou - puzzles that doesn't require French language
Jeux d'enfants - a large selection of games that uses different skills. Some of them refer to English websites, though.
Up to Ten - different activities in French. There are even some access to books via iPad.
Making your home multilingual:
Mutilingual Living - http://www.multilingualliving.com/ - A blog from a parent who has all sorts of ideas of incorporating French (or other languages) in your everyday life
Omniglot - http://www.omniglot.com/language/articles/bilingualkids1.htm - Ideas for a bilingual household
Why being bilingual rocks!
Kids From Bilingual Households More Flexible Thinkers
Bilingual Speaker Develop Mental Flexibility
Ten Amazing Facts About Bilingualism
Blogs about multilingual children:
Hugo's son Sagan - I used to work with Hugo. His son speaks Mandarin, English, and Spanish!