Bonjour! Today I am popping in to talk about one of my FAVOURITE activities to get started with right away in maternelle - directed drawing! I start with directed drawing pretty much from the first full week of maternelle. I LOVE routine (and so do my students!), and this is...
Cahier interactif en maternelle? OUI, tu peux!
If you are a maternelle teacher just like me, you may have seen pictures and blog posts and products floating around called "Interactive Notebooks." Interactive notebooks (cahier interactifs) are a super cool tool that your students can use to keep track of what they are learning in an engaging and...
French Stamping Ideas & Activities
Hi! Just popping in today to talk a bit about stamping in maternelle. My students LOVE using stamps! Variety is the spice of life, and stamping is a new and exciting way to make words. Of course, stamping is not without its problems when you are doing it with a...
8 Produits GRATUITS pour enseigner l’alphabet
I'm sure that we can all agree that learning the alphabet and letter sounds is super important for our Kindergarten students. It can also be confusing for those students who already know them in English, but are now expected to know them en français. Our students need lots of practice...
Des idées pour enseigner l’alphabet en français
Hi everyone! I was reading a post on the awesome Facebook group Primary French Immersion Teachers this morning asking about how people teach letter names and sounds to their kindergarten students. I started to share some things that I do, and when my answer turned into a novel, I decided...
Pomme, pomme, petite et ronde!
Bonjour! Je préparais ma salle de classe ce matin et je voulais vite partager un jeu très simple que j'aime jouer avec mes élèves pendant le mois de septembre. Le jeu s'appelle « Pomme, pomme, petite et ronde! » et c'est parfait pour certains moments de transition (par exemple, lorsque...
Homework, a new alphabet product & a freebie!
I am on a product roll! I have been super motivated ever since the #TpTSellerChallenge and crossing things off my massive to-do list. I have been thinking a lot about the (academic) things that my students REALLY need to know to be set up for success in grade one, because,...