Mme Bobbi Manuel

Resources for students and parents

Dance Mat Typing early keyboarding skills 

Internet Picture Dictionary  great for expanding vocabulary

Duolingo pronunciation of dictionary words

Literacy Center  aimed for pre-school age children. Teaches basic vocabulary reading in French

Radio Canada/Zone des Petits CBC Kids in French. Games and programs for young children

Cornemuse interactive links for parents and students (Quebecois)

Pinterest (French Immersion Resources)  an abundance of FI resources and ideas, simply use “French Immersion” as your search terms

Logiciel Educatif leveled educational games online

La Souris games and interactive activities for young learners

Kids Playground  printable activities, online games, songs and more

Mini TFO tons of games, videos, songs, clips geared towards a young language learner

Digital Dialects language learning games from beginner to lower intermediate level

BBC Schools - French audio, videos, photos and songs for vocabulary building

Du Plaisir à Lire   variety of games and educational activities that can be used independently

French Games  reading, spelling and listening games

Wordreference online dictionary which includes conjugation pages and forums

Acapela type in a word or phrase and hear it read in French

Comptines et Chansons pour Enfants hundreds of Comptines, some with videos, some without. Great authentic activity to add to your class.

Resources for teachers

Oxford Audio Dictionary  search words and hear pronunciation

Mes Premiers Pas en Français blog (aimed at 1-4 year olds but quite appropriate for primary FI)

Momes  collection of resources appropriate for use in a primary FI classroom in all domains

Gimme 5  healthy eating site, useful for March/Nutrition Month

Mille Merveilles online educational resources (some free materials, membership required)

Il était une histoire  great variety of reading resources, read aloud, various reading levels and genres

Madame Belle Feuille  printables, songs, videos, lesson ideas (still under construction)

YouTube Channel HillMadame   tons of links to primary specific French resources, all in video formats

Brain Pop  addresses all subject areas; geared towards both students and teachers

Children’s Books Forever  collection of French Children’s Literature useful for projection on interactive white boards   

EDU365.CAT  vocabulary activities, interactive games and a selection of French stories read aloud with highlighted text

islcollective  downloadable and printable PDF’s for classroom use (1800+ printables)

1 jour 1 actu  links to activities about current events, news for young people

Second Languages Council of the NLTA Facebook group

Wordreference online dictionary which includes conjugation pages and forums

Acapela type in a word or phrase and hear it read in French

Univers de ma Classe blogspot page owned by a French Teacher with many links to resources in all subject areas

How to find French resources on Twitter a guide showing teachers how to find resources on Twitter

Symbaloo  webmixes- go to Gallery and use French Immersion as your search term. You can also create your own. It's like a giant bookmark page. 

I've already started one called le français