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Early Start French 1 We saw French children playing boules... and learned to play ourselves.
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French pack 1 single-user : +VAT
£140
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£230
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Bonjour, madame! PACK
Get started with films and e-flashcards
Real children - everyday France
Young beginners are fascinated to see real French children, filmed at school, at home, and out in their communities.
Planned language progression
Each section throughout the three packs gradually progresses children’s language skills - with many new activities, songs and links with literacy and numeracy work.
Teacher’s Manuals - full of ideas
The Manuals help you plan lessons using the films as a starting point. The photocopiable activity sheets
Starts simply
support speaking-and-listening activities: pupils enjoy using French while playing board games, outdoor “boules”, etc.
Topics covered
In Pack 1,“Salut! Ça va?”, children learn to talk about themselves in French, and find out about other people. It covers these topics:
Pack 1
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Greeting people, sharing celebrations and games...
Greetings How are you? What’s your name? How old are you? Numbers 0-31 Colours
What’s the date today? When’s your birthday? Pets, Family Today’s weather The alphabet Christmas
...builds a firm foundation
- the Starter Pack Pack 1
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- a sound start to language learning Children hear native speakers on films and e-flashcards as their main model of the language
See the film, then explore the new language... ...with e-flashcards
“un chien” Progress from words to build sentences...
“J’ai un chien.”
...even better value!
Sing karaoke songs
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French 1
with interactive games
Choose your activity...
Re-visit the films‌
PC / MAC compatible, ideal for whiteboards. Internet-linked
Play interactive games...
Interactive games and activities to use alongside your films... The French 1 pack now includes great extra resources for each language topic - and with an online subscription or a network licence, all your children can access it individually.
More cultural information...
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and independent learning
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“Mon ann
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ar m 9 e l t s e ersaire
We heard French children saying their birthdays… …and set the calendar
Activities included in the pack add a magic interactivity to the children’s experience with the films. Fun games and activities will motivate them to use the new language until it’s really familiar. There are presentations exploring a wide range of cultural background about France and French speaking countries. You can use the games in whole-class teaching on a whiteboard, or children can use them independently in small groups on your class computers. Children gain more exposure and practice with language, plus independent access to see the films and explore cultural information.
See a sample at www.earlystart.co.uk
3 8 Early Start French 2 Continuation Pack la cantine - builds on the Starter Pack
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le déjeuner We saw French children’s school dinners
Pack 2
In Pack 2, “Où habites-tu?”, you’ll see French children at family meal-times, school classrooms and canteens; shopping with euros; leisure activities like making kites - in big cities and small villages. There’s reading and writing, with links to story books and dictionaries. Where do you live? Places in your town Where is the...? Directions
My classroom School subjects Weather Numbers 40-200
Food, drink- likes, dislikes Telling the time Euros and shopping Sports and leisure
French pack 2 single-user : +VAT
£120
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Où habites-tu?
Builds language skills... lots of activities...Songs... cross-curricular...website...
Early Start French 2
ADD interactive games...
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e-CDs: single-user :
£60
site licence with CD:
£120 +VAT
As the children’s language skills develop, these activities help them work at sentence and text level. Fun games and activities will motivate them to use the new language in different contexts You can use the games in whole-class teaching on a whiteboard, or they’ll work with small groups on the class computers - with independent access to see the films and explore cultural information.
and independent learning
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Early Start French 3 Extension Pack es.”
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L’école du cirque in Lille
Pack 3 builds on Packs 1 and 2, meeting the needs of children who have been learning French for 2 to 3 years, starting in year 3 or before.
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“A Sars-Po teries il y avait une g are”
“J’habite au Maroc.”
ue c’est?”
Pack 3
“Qu’est-ce q
Healthy eating Parts of the body PE-the circus school Mini-beasts
“C’est un rhinocér
os.”
Zoos and habitats Past and present Morocco, our world Days out On the way to school Cinderella, the story Seasons and the history
We saw a French class visit the Zoo ... French children at a circus school ... ... a village school in France celebrate its centenary ...a mini-beast hunt... ...and Moroccan children who are learning French ...
“Ici et là”
- builds on the Continuation Pack
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Karaoke songs e-flashcards Language support
‘Cendrillon’... the Cinderella story set in a French château...
French pack 3 single-user : +VAT
£140
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£230
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M
orocco
for Inter-Cultural Understanding
- a Learning Journey
Resource Pack
Cross-curricular links with French Reinforce and develop children’s French language as you study Morocco with this Resource Pack. It supports a range of classroom topics, especially the InterCultural Understanding strand. French is widely spoken in Morocco, a fast-changing country which is increasingly a tourist destination, as well as being overwhelmingly Muslim.
Ready-made lessons The Pack gives an educational rationale for a cross-curricular approach, as well as ready-made lessons and associated planning documents, and suggestions for school exchanges and linked webpages. The CD-ROM includes an extensive picture library that illustrates different faces of Morocco, with several multimedia presentations in French.
by Margot Brown & Ann Gregory, York St.John University
Book + CD
£45 .00 No VAT
Picture Library Photo diary Presentations Lesson ideas
Mint tea for guests