A week ago, I had the chance to get a copy of the game "Amuse-toi bien!". This game was given (and still is) to new members, so you might have it...maybe even using it, lucky you!!!
Some how I was expecting a little game like "snakes and lathers", you know a little board game you can almost buy anywhere, but I was so WRONG...This game turned out to be amazing!
You see I have a (almost) 3 year old daughter who enjoys getting into my stuff, so when M. Postman delivered...she opened the box!!! I was doomed, as soon as she saw it, she wanted to play with it!!! It's big, it's filled with colors, and there is 4 little animals you get too touch. I didn't even get to read the manual, I had to improvise, and figure out a way to make it work right on the spot. Used my imagination and played it with the basics, for example, the first game is about animals...so I figured: you fall on the animal, you say what it is, you make the noise and off to the next animal...
This is a good sign I haven't read anything and I get to play anyway...I have to admit I couldn't do it for every game of the binder.
Step 2 put daughter to bed and read :)
This turned out even better! The games as explained are way cooler then my ideas!!! For instance, in the animal game...you get to run!!! Isn't it great, play a game and get the kids exhausted!!! So on to the next...and I read the full manual during nap time...and play some more.
I have to admit, this game was not designed for French speaking kids, and I do live in a French home, so it was easy for my girl to understand and say the words...It might not be as easy for your kids, but I believe it's worth a try! As for me, The teacher in me is trying to find ways to use the game to learn English, or to push my daughter's education to another level with the reading. I hope I succeed...
"Amuse-toi bien!"is a treasure, a great tool for teachers ( 5 games in class can probably do wonders), but also an amazing tool for parents. We get to play game day with our little ones, and they get to learn French. French listening, speaking and reading, so if this game as been collecting dust please take it out and play a little...And if you've been playing, let me know how you found the game(amazing, great or can't stand it), how your family plays it (stick to the rules or new inventions), it's time to be heard and share...
Amuse-toi bien
Auteure : Janine Tougas
Illustrations : Brigitte Gobeil
Publish by Apprentissage illimité Inc.
Web site :www.apprentissage.mb.ca
By the way, I would like to hear form you : opinions, comments, suggestions, questions...This blog is also your blog...let's have fun with it!!!
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
la passion
Après avoir dévoué mon dernier blogue sur l'utilisation de la télévision, je me devais de faire une suite sur la passion.
La meilleure façon d'amener vos enfants à parler français, c'est de leur démontrer à quel point vous aimez le français...si vous êtes membre de CPF, vous aimez fort probablement le français ou du moins vous voyez l'importance de connaître cette langue.
Donc : faites ce que vous voulez que vos enfants fassent
Si vous voulez que vos enfants écoutent la télé en français, votre point sera plus facile à faire passer si vous donnez l'exemple :)
No more: "why would I watch it, you don't even do it"
Ensuite s'il vous est possible de parler en français...Pourquoi ne pas le faire avec eux? Surtout sous forme de jeu (pour les plus petits)
à l'école j'avais un de mes élèves qui voulait s'améliorer pour pouvoir comprendre ce que ses parents disaient lorsqu'ils parlaient en français
Alors parlez français...c'est amusant ou du moins intriguant!
Et n'oubliez pas, l'éducation commence souvent en copiant ce que nos parents font!!! Si vous parlez de façon positive du français et que vous démontrez un intérêt pour cette langue vous augmentez les chances que vos enfants fassent comme vous!
Si vous manquez d'imagination...
Exemples de jeux à faire:
Simon says...c'est Jean dit! (Everybody knows that game)
Le jeu de la statue : vous devez dicter des choses à faire et l'enfant doit reproduire ce que vous dites pour créer une statue...vous pouvez rendre le jeu amusant en prenant des photos à la fin de chaque nouvelle statue
Si vous avez 2 enfants le jeu de la statue devient le jeu du miroir : les deux enfants sont dos-à-dos, l'un des enfants prend une position drôle et vous devez décrire le mieux possible la statue pour que le deuxième enfant puisse la reproduire.
Maintenant allez vous amuser...en français ;)
La meilleure façon d'amener vos enfants à parler français, c'est de leur démontrer à quel point vous aimez le français...si vous êtes membre de CPF, vous aimez fort probablement le français ou du moins vous voyez l'importance de connaître cette langue.
Donc : faites ce que vous voulez que vos enfants fassent
Si vous voulez que vos enfants écoutent la télé en français, votre point sera plus facile à faire passer si vous donnez l'exemple :)
No more: "why would I watch it, you don't even do it"
Ensuite s'il vous est possible de parler en français...Pourquoi ne pas le faire avec eux? Surtout sous forme de jeu (pour les plus petits)
à l'école j'avais un de mes élèves qui voulait s'améliorer pour pouvoir comprendre ce que ses parents disaient lorsqu'ils parlaient en français
Alors parlez français...c'est amusant ou du moins intriguant!
Et n'oubliez pas, l'éducation commence souvent en copiant ce que nos parents font!!! Si vous parlez de façon positive du français et que vous démontrez un intérêt pour cette langue vous augmentez les chances que vos enfants fassent comme vous!
Si vous manquez d'imagination...
Exemples de jeux à faire:
Simon says...c'est Jean dit! (Everybody knows that game)
Le jeu de la statue : vous devez dicter des choses à faire et l'enfant doit reproduire ce que vous dites pour créer une statue...vous pouvez rendre le jeu amusant en prenant des photos à la fin de chaque nouvelle statue
Si vous avez 2 enfants le jeu de la statue devient le jeu du miroir : les deux enfants sont dos-à-dos, l'un des enfants prend une position drôle et vous devez décrire le mieux possible la statue pour que le deuxième enfant puisse la reproduire.
Maintenant allez vous amuser...en français ;)
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Who said the TV was bad for the kids?
All around us scientist and experts are saying that children watch too much TV...Well I agree! But why not use the things they like to do to interest them in something we care about...
Learning French is not an easy task,in fact learning any language can be difficult. Especially if you take only the school road : grammar, exams, etc. It puts too much pressure on something that should be fun and almost exciting.
Learning a second language can open you doors, give you new opportunities, get better jobs (or at least more choices).
Before you learn it, you have to develop an interest for it.
First you get in contact with it, after you want to use it or understand it,than you learn it and finally you try to get better at it. It puts a meaning to the act of learning.
This is how I learned English, it all started when I was in High school, there was never anything on TV when I came back from school, so I started watching Fresh Prince of Bel-Air...I loved that show! At first I could only understand a couple of words here and there, and the more I watched it, the more I could understand it. That's where my passion for languages started.
So my suggestion for today is simple:
- if you have young children at home, find a program they might enjoy watching ( in French please :) ) and sit them in front of that enemy. Usually if you start very early you won't get many complaints. And it will be easier for you to insist on the importance of French when school will start.
- if they are a little older, give them choices and insist that they watch ONE program of French everyday...even the news, anything will do..they want to watch TV after school, well French it is...they can't switch to English until they watched one full program.
- if they like to plug themselves on video games, well in Quebec a lot of games now have the French option, tell them they can play only if it's in French...oh yeah, expect a lot of complaints but maybe one day they will thank you!
We are so blessed in Quebec, the language is right there...the movies are made in French (actually Quebec is a big part of movie production in Canada)not translated. Radio-Canada and Télé-Québec have a great amount of programs for children and young adults...use the tools you have to the maximum! Expose them to the language as much as possible and it will come easier to them when the teacher talks to them in French on the first day of school!
Learning French is not an easy task,in fact learning any language can be difficult. Especially if you take only the school road : grammar, exams, etc. It puts too much pressure on something that should be fun and almost exciting.
Learning a second language can open you doors, give you new opportunities, get better jobs (or at least more choices).
Before you learn it, you have to develop an interest for it.
First you get in contact with it, after you want to use it or understand it,than you learn it and finally you try to get better at it. It puts a meaning to the act of learning.
This is how I learned English, it all started when I was in High school, there was never anything on TV when I came back from school, so I started watching Fresh Prince of Bel-Air...I loved that show! At first I could only understand a couple of words here and there, and the more I watched it, the more I could understand it. That's where my passion for languages started.
So my suggestion for today is simple:
- if you have young children at home, find a program they might enjoy watching ( in French please :) ) and sit them in front of that enemy. Usually if you start very early you won't get many complaints. And it will be easier for you to insist on the importance of French when school will start.
- if they are a little older, give them choices and insist that they watch ONE program of French everyday...even the news, anything will do..they want to watch TV after school, well French it is...they can't switch to English until they watched one full program.
- if they like to plug themselves on video games, well in Quebec a lot of games now have the French option, tell them they can play only if it's in French...oh yeah, expect a lot of complaints but maybe one day they will thank you!
We are so blessed in Quebec, the language is right there...the movies are made in French (actually Quebec is a big part of movie production in Canada)not translated. Radio-Canada and Télé-Québec have a great amount of programs for children and young adults...use the tools you have to the maximum! Expose them to the language as much as possible and it will come easier to them when the teacher talks to them in French on the first day of school!
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