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    Coucou!

    Here are some stories, songs and other ideas to add a bit of French to your day. I hope you enjoy them! 

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    ๐Ÿ‹๐ŸŠ La Fête du Citron de Menton (épisode 1)

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    ๐Ÿ‹๐ŸŠ La Fête du Citron de Menton (épisode 2) 

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    ๐Ÿ‹๐ŸŠ La Fête du Citron de Menton (épisode 3)

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    ๐Ÿฅž Crêpes Classiques - RECIPE

    Le 2 février, c' est la Chandeleur!
    Here is the recipe for classic French crêpes. Miam Miam! Délicieux!

    250g de farine - plain flour
    3 oeufs - eggs
    50cL/0.5L de lait - milk
    1 pincée de sel - pinch of salt
    (1 cuillère à soupe de sucre - Tbsp of sugar, if you're making a sweet batter)
    25g de beurre, fondu - butter, melted

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    Bonjour tout le monde!

    To start off the year and the Epiphany celebrations, here is a little flashback from 2022-2023... 

    Click on the pdf link to read the story of Kevin le cactus. Merci Chestnut 2022-2023!

    Crocolou aime la galette (STORY - listening, reading)

    Crocolou likes the "galette". He is sharing the King's cake with his family. Who will get the "fève" and be crowned King or Queen?

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    ๐ŸŽต๐Ÿ‘‘ J'aime la Galette

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    ๐Ÿ‘‘ RECETTE: la Galette des Rois

    The Galette des Rois is found all over France in January. It's filled with almond cream or frangipane (a mix of almond cream and crème pâtissière).

    French and English subtitles available (click on the wheel, bottom right of the video).

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    ๐Ÿ‘‘ RECETTE brioche des rois

    A recipe for the brioche des rois, the traditional Kings' cake in the South of France.

    ps: yes, bakers used to make the hole with their ELBOW! ๐Ÿ˜œ

    French and English subtitles available (click on the wheel, bottom right of the video).

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    ๐Ÿ‘‘ Epiphanie: History and interview with a master baker (video in English)

    interview with a historian
    interview with a master baker (starts around 4min)

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    ๐ŸŽ„ Year 3-4 Christmas / Winter scenes โ„

      

    ๐ŸŽ„ Year 5-6 Christmas stories

      

    ๐ŸŽจ Les couleurs

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    ๐ŸŽจ Les Couleurs d'Elmer (STORY)

    I know you're a bit old for Elmer stories... yet it is a great way to revise your colours and learn some fun vocab: "I am white like a snowman", "green like grass", "red like the sunset".

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    ๐ŸŽจ Pop mange de toutes les couleurs (STORY) + colour cards to print out

    After the story you will find ideas of games and activities to do with the cards. They look great so I added the file below (ask your responsible adult for help if you'd like to print them out).

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    ๐ŸŽจ Toutes les couleurs (STORY)

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    ๐ŸŽจ Petit Poisson Blanc (Colours)

    Petit poisson blanc is looking for his Mum...

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    Mamie Petronille et le pirate

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    Mamie Petronille et le ruban Jaune

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    ๐ŸŽจ DE QUELLE COULEUR SONT LES BISOUS (Colours)

    Monica loves painting, but she has never painted a kiss before... What colour is a kiss?
    Note: The word kiss in French is also used at the end of a message. Instead of "Love" or "x x x", we write "Bises" or "Bisous".

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    ๐Ÿ˜€ Aujourd'hui je suis... (Emotions)

    In order:
    curieux - curious ..... nerveux - nervous ..... courageux - brave ..... timide - shy ..... émerveillé - amazed ..... triste - sad ..... furieux - furious ..... fier - proud ..... jaloux - jealous ..... amoureux - in love ..... en colère - angry ..... content - happy ..... confus - confused ..... satisfait - satisfied ..... peureux - fearful ..... sûr de moi - confident (sure of myself) ..... effrayé - frightened ..... surpris - surprised ..... morose - morose (when you feel blugh) ..... heureux - happy

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    Classic Stories (with English translation available)
    An excellent resource to read and listen to French stories. The Petit Poulet below is one of the stories available.

    Petit Poulet