Catch up post 1 - l'halloween

I cannot believe where the last 2 months have gone to, all of a sudden we are in a New Year and I find I haven't updated the blog since November!!  So, my New Year's resolution is to endeavour to get back to weekly updates on what we have been getting up to at Toddler French.

However, first I need to get us up to date as quickly as possible and so I will start with a catch up post on our halloween activities and will then do a second catch up post on our Christmas activities.

Based on the nursery rhyme "l'araignée gipsy" (Incy wincey spider) we made our own spider which climbs up the spout.

The lyrics for the French version of the rhyme are as follows:

L'araignée gipsy monte à la gouttiere
Tiens! voilà la pluie
Gipsy tombe par terre
Mais le soleil a chassé la pluie

L'araignée  gipsy monte a la gouttière.

Our other halloween craft was a collage picture using die cuts which I had purchased.  The shapes the children had available included:

la sorcière (witch)

la citrouille (pumpkin/jack o lantern)

la chauve-souris (bat)

le chat noir (black cat)

L'araignée  (spider)

Happy singing and crafting! :0)

Je sais compter week 6/ Halloween week 1 - 5 petites citrouilles

I decided to round off our je sais compter theme by introducing a new rhyme which also brought us into our new theme of Halloween, the rhyme 5 little pumpkins seemed a perfect choice. :0)

For those of you unfamiliar with the rhyme, the lyrics in English are as follows:

5 little pumpkins sitting on a gate,

The first one said "my my it's getting late"

The second one said "there are witches in the air"

The third one said "humph, I don't care!"

The fourth one said "let's run and run and run"

The fifth one said "I'm ready for some fun!"

Then ooooooooooo went the wind,

And out went the light

And 5 little pumpkins rolled right out of sight.

A fab rhyme for little ones with plenty of options for actions etc.

I came across a French version online last year and the words are as follows:

5 petites citrouilles étaient assises sur une grille,

La première a dit: "Ooo il se fait tard les filles"

La deuxième a dit "il y a des sorcières dans l'air"

La troisième a dit "pffutt, je ne rien a faire"

La quatrième a dit "courons, courons, courons vite"

La cinquième a dit "je suis prêt pour la suite"

Le vent a fait ooooooooo

Et pfuit la lumière a disparu

Et les 5 petites citrouilles not roulé hors de la vue.

The children enjoyed joining in with the actions and we then made our own collage pictures to illustrate the rhyme.

Happy singing and crafting! :0)