I'm sure that we can all agree that learning the alphabet en français is super important for our French Kindergarten students. I am also finding that, since the pandemic, a review for my first grade students in September each year is also now essential! In maternelle especially, some students come...
The Most Fun Way to Work on Fine Motor and Anchor Words in French
Do you teach anchor words in French for each letter of the French alphabet to your students? Especially if you’re in a primary grade, you probably do! Anchor words are so key for helping our students remember their letter sounds. In fact, they are so important that at my school,...
Homework Activities In the Primary Grades: Should You Be Sending It?
Homework... to send it or not to send it in the primary grades? Do you send homework activities in kindergarten? What about in grade one? Over the years, I have tried a variety of things, and thought a lot about homework activities in the primary grades. What I send home...
Letter/Numeral Formation Practice in the Primary Grades
Let’s take a second and talk about one of my biggest nemesis today… proper letter/numeral formation! My students have SUCH a hard time writing top to bottom, right to left. They always seem to come to me (in maternelle or in première année) writing in the most inefficient ways… like...
How to Use Editable Mats for Alphabet Practice
I have a question for you- have you ever had a student (or more than one) who just could NOT get certain letters (ex. b/d, g/j), despite lots and lots of alphabet practice? I have, many times! And when I first started teaching, I wasn’t really sure how to best...
5 façons de faciliter les cahiers interactifs
Bonjour! I can't believe we are already into October. Crazy! We have been working on our interactive alphabet notebooks since the first full week of school. (If you aren't sure what I'm talking about, check out this blog post before you read any farther!) As I'm sure you can imagine,...
How to Help Your Maternelle Students Learn Their Letters
Bonjour! La rentrée is almost here, and teachers have been thinking about how to get started on the right foot. I have been getting tons of questions about what exactly I do with my students throughout the day to teach them the alphabet in the beginning of the year. If...
Une lettre par jour… ou une lettre par semaine?
Bonjour! I am here today to discuss kind of a controversial topic! I get asked all the time how I teach the alphabet to my students, so I thought that I would share with you my number one alphabet teaching tip today. But... It is not something that everyone agrees...
4 tips for trying directed drawing in maternelle
Bonjour! If you were here last week, when I wrote about 5 reasons you should try directed drawing this year, then you will remember that this week, I will be offering you some tips to help make sure directed drawing runs smoothly for you. We all know that maternelle can...