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L'Art de DIRE:

for pre-readers and beginners in grades Kindergarten-3. A great introduction to learning French. Detailed lesson plans, reproducible teaching aids and a totally oral approach make this book ideal for teaching French to children who are not yet ready to learn to read in French.

L'Art de LIRE:

for readers and beginners in grades 3-8. L'Art de LIRE combines beginning conversational French with an introduction to French phonics, enabling children to read simple stories in French from the first lesson. Includes verb conjugations, grammar, and conversational French.

L'Art d'ÉCRIRE:

for highschool/secondary students who have completed L'Art de LIRE Level 6 or Grade 8 (Ontario) Core French or equivalent. In addition to grammar lessons, vocabulary and exercises, the course is developed around a theme of self-discovery. Students are challenged to examine their likes and dislikes, the uniqueness of their personalities, and their hopes and dreams for the future.

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French Lessons From Your Dictionary

When you have access to a good quality, comprehensive, French-English dictionary, you open up a world of possibilities to your French as a Second Language students. Vocabulary building is an important part of language learning, and having a good dictionary makes it easy and fun.

What dictionary should you buy? I highly recommend investing in the biggest and best one you can afford. Small paperback and pocket dictionaries just don’t have all the information you will need. A larger version, on the other hand, will contain conjugations, grammar, word histories, examples of world usage, and even sample letters and phrases to help you in conversation and composition.

Having a comprehensive dictionary allows you to build your French lessons based on other topics that you may be studying. If you are studying the continents of the world, for example, you can look them up and label them on your map in both French and English.

As you work through your history or science lessons, you can also do themed projects in French, such as booklets, posters, and oral presentations using the vocabulary of the specific areas you are working on. You might assign, for example, a poster on the mammals of North America. Your students can label their projects in English and French to double up on the learning potential.

One favorite project, when I taught my middle school classes, was always a restaurant menu. In our unit on food, students would make themed menus, designing colorful covers, inventing interesting restaurant names, and listing off the various meats, vegetables, beverages, and other foods they were learning about. Some students chose a sports theme, some a garden theme, etc. As a follow-up we would use the menus to act out a visit to the restaurant.

Having a comprehensive dictionary allows you to follow areas of interest to your children such as soccer, basketball, animals, cooking, etc. For a few years I taught a group of homeschoolled boys in my home once a week. One of our projects was learning about hockey equipment. I brought my son’s smelly hockey gear out and spread it around my kitchen and we named each piece. Then the boys drew pictures of hockey players, labelling their equipment. It was great fun, and the boys were motivated because it was a topic they were interested in.

Are you planning your vegetable garden for next spring? Map out where you will plant your beans, tomatoes, etc. and label it in French. Do you feed the birds in your backyard? Make a checklist in French of birds that are common to your area and check off each bird as you see it. Are you making a fun dessert for the family? Find the recipe in French and see if it tastes just as good!

With a good French-English dictionary, you can make French a relevant and fun part of your homeschool curriculum.


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Vocabulary Ideas for Primary Grades

When introducing French to young children, your vocabulary should include the same types of things that children would learn in kindergarten.

Vocabulary ideas for primary grades:

1) numbers – both counting and random numbers
un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf, dix, onze, douze
Listen to the numbers 1-12 podcast at ClubMimi.com

2) colours – at least the masculine singular
rouge, jaune, bleu, orange, violet, vert, brun, noir, blanc

3) conversation and manners – introductions, please, thank you
eg.: bonjour, au revoir, je m’appelle…, comment vous appelez-vous?, s’il vous plaît, merci

4) classroom items – whatever your child uses every day
eg.: un crayon, un cahier, un livre, une chaise

5) days of the week – both in order and randomly
dimanche, lundi, mardi, mercredi, jeudi, vendredi, samedi

6) the alphabet – The French alphabet uses the same letters as English, but with different names.
Listen to the alphabet podcast at ClubMimi.com

These are just a few suggestions. For complete lesson plans and teaching aids, see Nallenart’s L’Art de dire.
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L’Art de DIRE

L'Art de DIRE with CD


    For children in grades K to three, L’Art de DIRE is a great introduction to learning French. Detailed lesson plans, reproducible teaching aids and a totally oral approach make this book ideal for teaching French to children who are not yet ready to learn to read in French.

The CD provides a guide to pronunciation of the vocabulary and lessons in the book. Book and CD also sold separately

  • Lesson plans are flexible to allow for daily, weekly or twice weekly lessons
  • Lesson plan pages are designed to facilitate frequent review, the key to success in language studies.
  • Projects and presentations for the children keep learning interesting.
  • Prepared tests make it easy to measure progress.
  • Reproducible picture cards and games make learning fun.
  • L’Art de DIRE  includes ideas for bulletin boards.
  • Ideas are adaptable for home or classroom use.
  • CD introduces vocabulary and phrases.

ISBN 0-9689172-6-7

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