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Any French resources that might be tolerated by both my 3 and my 10 year old?


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I hope it is ok to ask here. DS is studying French (Galore Park, some other memory work and 1 week immersion in France this summer) but I need to start doing a better job with my almost 3 year old. So far, I have ordered some French Caillou DVDs from amazon.ca as well as the English and French version of a couple of books (Good night moon and another Caillou one). I plan to have DS read the books in French to DD.

Any other very simple things they can do together? Many thanks!!

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Reading simple children's books together works well. So any that are bilingual or fairly simple like Clifford, Curious George, Winnie-the-Pooh, etc. work pretty well for the 3 year old to hear from you (if your French is good enough to read and/or translate on the go). There's plenty in that level of book for a 10-year-old as well, and having the stories be somewhat familiar is helpful for learning. I've been doing this a ton with Spanish and I can tell you my Spanish leveled up just because I was reading children's books with my daughter. As they say, you really learn something once you start teaching it... You could alternate letting your son read as well. My 4.5 year-old is starting to read full sentences in Spanish now and it's fun.

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I've found it handy to play games in the language too. You can start with simple games where you're only using colors, numbers, simple words (like Candyland, UNO, dominoes, bingo, etc.). These are a good way to just include the foreign language in your own daily lives and keep it fun. I also often do math in a foreign language with my preschooler, as it's fairly straight-forward without a lot of complicated vocabulary.

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