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Help to write your first letter to your French-speaking pen pal

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Bonjour ! Here is a little help for your kids to write their first letter in both French and English to their French-speaking pen pals. Writing the first letter If you are interested in having a French-speaking pen pal for your children, please contact me and I'll add you on the wait list.  If you want to learn French with your kids, I invite you to subscribe to my YouTube Channel Lessons & Books4kids and check out my Bilingual and French videos for kids, and occasionnaly for the parents too 😉. You can my download flashcards in 3 versions (French, English ,and blank) in my shop here . 
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Learn French with Music: Sous le Ciel de Paris, Edith Piaf

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Sous le ciel de Paris This week, in our French class for adults , we will study this emblematic song, by Edith Piaf.  Learning a new language also means traveling to the heart of a new culture. This song will transport you to an idyllic Paris. The French language is renowned for its complexity. But we can make learning it exciting by exploring vocabulary and grammar through popular songs. During our French class, we have studied the verbs "être" (to be) and "avoir" (to have) in French . So, I have asked my students to locate these verbs in the lyrics of the song.To help them, I had previously bolded and colored all the verbs in red. We have also studied the definite and indefinite articles in French. They are essential to build sentences: Definite articles: le, la, les (the) Indefinite articles: un, une, des (a /an, some) Song lyrics Sous le ciel de Paris S' envole une chanson Hum, hum Elle est née d'aujourd'hui Dans le cÅ“ur d' un garçon Sous
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Paris 2024 Olympics

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On your marks, get set…  The time has come for the long-awaited Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics with more than 16 million visitors expected over the summer. Official Trailer Look of the Games A bit of history How did the Olympics all start? The very first Olympics took place 2,797 years ago, in Olympia, Greece, where they will be held every 4 years thereafter until the 4th Century. Then, they disappeared. Under the initiative of the French educator and historian Pierre de Coubertin , New Olympic Games were launched in 1896, in Athens. Pierre de Coubertin is known as the father of the modern Olympic Games. He was particularly active in promoting the introduction of sport in French schools. 4 new features of the modern Olympic Games Athletes are no longer naked . This nudity was a way of ensuring that no women took part in the Olympic Games pretending to be a man. Modern Olympics weren't mixed in 1986 either. The novelty on this side came in 1900 - women could now qualify for gol
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