Early Start French 1

C’est le rouge!

Get started with films and e-flashcardsGreeting people, sharing celebrations and games...

GreetingsHow are you?What’s your name?How old are you?Numbers 0-31Colours

What’s the date today?When’s your birthday?Pets, FamilyToday’s weatherThe alphabetChristmasP

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Real children - everyday FranceYoung beginners are fascinated to see real French children, filmed at school, at home, and out in their communities. Planned language progressionEach section throughout the three packs gradually progresses children’s language skills - with many new activities, songs and links with literacy and numeracy work. Teacher’s Manuals - full of ideas The Manuals help you plan lessons using the films as a starting point. The photocopiable activity sheets

support speaking-and-listening activities: pupils enjoy using French while playing board games, outdoor “boules”, etc.Topics coveredIn Pack 1,“Salut! Ça va?”, children learn to talk about themselves in French, and find out about other people. It covers these topics:

We saw French children playing boules... and learned to play ourselves.

Starts simply ...builds a firm foundation

French pack 1

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Bonjour, madame!

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5- the Starter PackPack 1 - a sound start to language learning

Progress from words to build sentences...

“un chien”

See the film, then explore the new language...

...with e-flashcards

Sing karaoke songs...even better value!

“J’ai un chien.”

Children hear native speakers on films and e-flashcards as their main model of the language

Greeting people, sharing celebrations and games...

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with interactive gamesFrench 1

PC / MAC compatible, ideal for whiteboards.

Internet-linked

Re-visit the films…

Play interactive games...

More cultural information...

Interactive games and activities to use alongside your films...

The French 1 pack now includes great extra resources for each language topic - and with an online subscription or a network licence, all your children can access it individually.

Choose your activity...

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Activities included in the pack add a magic interactivity to the children’s experience with the films.Fun games and activities will motivate them to use the new language until it’s really familiar. There are presentations exploring a wide range of cultural background about France and French speaking countries.You can use the games in whole-class teaching on a whiteboard, or children can use them independently in small groups on your class computers. Children gain more exposure and practice with language, plus independent access to see the films and explore cultural information.

We heard French children saying their birthdays…

…and set the calendar

“Mon anniversaire est le 9 mars.”

and independent learning

See a sample at www.earlystart.co.uk

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Where do you live?Places in your townWhere is the...? Directions

My classroomSchool subjectsWeatherNumbers 40-200

Food, drink- likes, dislikesTelling the time Euros and shoppingSports and leisure

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In Pack 2, “Où habites-tu?”, you’ll see French children at family meal-times, school classrooms and canteens; shopping with euros; leisure activities like making kites - in big cities and small villages. There’s reading and writing, with links to story books and dictionaries.

Où habites-tu?Builds language skills...lots of activities...Songs...cross-curricular...website...

la cantine- builds on the Starter Pack

le déjeunerWe saw French children’s school dinners

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Early Start French 2 Continuation Pack

French pack 2

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3ADD interactive games...Early Start French 2

As the children’s language skills develop, these activities help them work at sentence and text level.

Fun games and activities will motivate them to use the new language in different contexts You can use the games in whole-class teaching on a whiteboard, or they’ll work with small groups on the class computers - with independent access to see the films and explore cultural information.

£60

e-CDs:single-user :

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£120+VAT

and independent learning

We saw French children’s school dinners

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Early Start French 3 Extension Pack

We saw a French class visit the Zoo ... French children at a circus school ... ... a village school in France celebrate its centenary ...a mini-beast hunt... ...and Moroccan children who are learning French ...

“J’aime faire des assiettes chinoises.”

L’école du cirque in Lille

“C’est un rhinocéros.”

Pack 3 builds on Packs 1 and 2, meeting the needs of children who have been learning French for 2 to 3 years, starting in year 3 or before.

“A Sars-Poteries il y avait une gare”

“J’habite au Maroc.”

“Qu’est-ce que c’est?”

Healthy eating Parts of the bodyPE-the circus schoolMini-beasts

Zoos and habitatsMorocco, our worldOn the way to schoolSeasons

Past and presentDays outCinderella, the story and the historyP

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Resource Pack

orocco- a Learning JourneyM

Mint tea for guests

Ready-made lessonsThe Pack gives an educational rationale for a cross-curricular approach, as well as ready-made lessons and associated planning documents, and suggestions for school exchanges and linked webpages.The CD-ROM includes an extensive picture library that illustrates different faces of Morocco, with several multimedia presentations in French.

for Inter-Cultural Understanding

Cross-curricular links with French Reinforce and develop children’s French language as you study Morocco with this Resource Pack. It supports a range of classroom topics, especially the InterCultural Understanding strand.French is widely spoken in Morocco, a fast-changing country which is increasingly a tourist destination,

as well as being overwhelmingly Muslim.

Picture LibraryPhoto diaryPresentationsLesson ideas

“Ici et là”

Book + CD

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Karaoke songse-flashcardsLanguage support

‘Cendrillon’... the Cinderella story set in a French château...

- builds on the Continuation Pack

by Margot Brown & Ann Gregory, York St.John University

Early Start French 3 Extension Pack

L’école du cirque in Lille

French pack 3

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