One of the sayings you will often hear in a Montessori Primary Classroom is 'bring the world to the child.' This means we work on cultural studies from day one, learning about different countries and cultures through maps, flags, globes, pictures, stories, items brought from travels, songs, etc....
In addition to our curriculum during the three hour work period, we have added an after school French class this year, taught by our own Ms. Lise.
The half hour class is a fun introduction to conversational French. Here is a peek into last weeks lesson.
In addition to our curriculum during the three hour work period, we have added an after school French class this year, taught by our own Ms. Lise.
The half hour class is a fun introduction to conversational French. Here is a peek into last weeks lesson.
The class started with how to say hello....Bonjour Mademoiselle Lise, Bonjour Ella! Tre Bien!
It was so fun to watch the children encourage each other and laugh with delight at speaking in another language!
We are learning a special song for Family Day on Nov 18th. Can you guess what it is?
After practicing our song, it was time to review the names of body parts in French...
la tete...
la bouche
le nez (nose)
oreille
Finally we ended with a 'dance party' to a disco-themed song naming all the parts we learned in French. The kids had a blast with this, and it made learning the vocabulary fun and easy.
Here is a website for basic parts of the body in French - click on the words to hear the pronunciation - http://french.about.com/od/vocabulary/a/parts-of-the-body.htm
au revoir!
