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Learn important Passover symbols in French! Click on the Seder plate to download our free Passover bingo!
Have fun this April 1st by showing your child this French tradition April Fool's trick. Download the cute fish to colour and cut! See our March 30th Facebook post to learn more about this fishy French tradition!
The days are getting longer and the weather is getting hotter! Spring has arrived! Enjoy this little song from the popular French childrens' program Passe Partout! Download the free PDF by clicking on the butterfly picture! The music link will bring you to the Youtube audio so you can sing along!
Enjoy this Fun French Friday Family Activity this weekend! Explore your house or neighbourhood with these engaging scavenger hunts. An adventure for the whole family! Pick the free downloadable PDF for your weather this weekend!
It's pumpkin time! 🎃
Sing along with us on our youtube channel for this cute pumpkin song: Cinq belles petites citrouilles! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0xKXP7CPj0
Have fun counting down from 5 in French as the Fall wind blows the little pumpkins down onto the lawn!
Download the lyrics and activity sheet to play along by clicking on the image!
Amusez-vous bien! Have fun!
Give out these sweet little Halloween"cards" made by Blogue à part.
The ghost card says "éBOOstouflant" instead of "époustouflant" (breathtaking); the mummy says "mummies for life" instead of 'friends for life" (it almost rhymes in French); Frankenstein "in person" sends his wishes; and "ce n'est pas sorcier" ("it's not difficult/it's not rocket science") to be friends with you.
Click on the image to download the PDF or go here and scroll down https://blogueapart.com/.../2021/10/cartes-halloween.pdf
These cute "hérissons" (hedgehogs) are the perfect craft to make with the gorgeous leaves of colour we can find this time of year. Click on the image to download the PDF and begin hunting for "les feuilles". Credit to Blog à part for this project!
Keep little fingers busy this Christmas season with Blogue à part's vocabulary word-trace. Click on the image to download the PDF. Joyeux Noël!
What better way to practise winter vocabulary and body parts than with song? Children love the melody and the actions, as well as reading the "lyrics".
Download our rebus lyrics to "La neige tombe" by clicking on the image. The song can be found on Facebook under Mercredi Musical or in the video section of this page.
Sing along with us as we tell our friends and family how much we love them! This memorable song and its actions will delight young and old. Download the lyrics rebus and join us on our youtube channel.
Play our Family Day Bingo with the whole family - even if it isn't Family Day! Click on the link to download the PDF and have fun completing the activities!
On Pink Shirt Day, and every day, we remember to be kind and to include everyone in our friendship circle. The song "Vive la compagnie" sings about friends on our left and friends on our right. We cheer hooray for love, for joy and for the people around us! Print out the PDF of the lyrics and sing along with us. (See below for the video link).
La princesse dans un sac (The Paper Bag Princess) is a Canadian classic by Robert Munsch. Make sure to view our read-aloud during Paper Bag Princess Week (available from February 28 - March 6, 2022) on our YouTube channel or our Facebook page.
Want to have some fun with mazes, puppets, drawing and designing?
Click on the image to request an activity booklet for Paper Bag Princess Week. Please specify if you would like it in French or in English and we will email the PDF to you.
Mercredi Musical 🎶 Y'a un rat sous mon toit
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This fun song talks about a meowing cat (le chat qui miaule) because there is a rat under the roof. Try to sing it faster and faster while keeping up with the actions!
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You can get the lyrics (in rebus form) by clicking on the image on the left. View the video at https://www.facebook.com/virtuallyfrench/videos/371367628168293
Mercredi Musical 🎶 Dans la forêt lointaine
This catchy childhood song is about the cuckoo bird who is answering to the owl with his "coucou" sound. 🦉 Click on the cuckoo clock to get the lyrics and sing along on our YouTube channel.
Did you know? - "Coucou" is not only for the birds! When you are giving a shout-out or saying hello or popping in to say hello, we call it "faire un petit coucou". When you play "peek-a-boo" with a child in French you say "coucou".
Although we do have cuckoos in Canada, they do not make the "coucou" sound like the European cuckoo does, and which we see in cuckoo clocks. You can listen to the North American cuckoos here: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Yellow-billed_Cuckoo/sounds https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Black-billed_Cuckoo/sounds
Translation of the song:
In the faraway forest, we can hear the cuckoo bird.
From the top of his tall oak tree He is answering the owl. Cuckoo (or "Hello" or "Peek-a-boo"), Owl!
Mercredi Musical 🎶 J'entends le moulin
This traditional French song is a favourite of children. Everyone loves trying to sing it faster, and faster, and faster - just like the blades of a windmill. The lyrics are mostly made up of the sound of the windmill turning: tique, taque.
Have fun singing along to the video or having singing contests with your family to see who can do it the fastest!
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You can find the lyrics by clicking on the lyrics image. Go to our Youtube channel to sing along with the video.
Translation:
I hear the windmill (tique, tique, taque)!
I hear the windmill (taque)!
Mercredi Musical 🎶 1,2,3 mon cheval de bois
What a fun traditional song to learn the parts of a horse! 🐎 Of course, the song is about "un cheval de bois" (a rocking horse), but the vocabulary can be used for the rest of your life - especially if you love "l'équitation": longue crinière (long mane), queue par derrière (tail in the back), quatre noirs sabots (4 black hooves), une selle au dos (a saddle on the back).
It is a favourite among young children!
Have fun singing along to the video and making believe you are on "un cheval de bois"!
You can find the rebus lyrics by clicking on the image. Find the video on our youtube channel (see Free Videos below).
Translation:
1, 2, 3 my rocking horse!
Long mane, tail in the back,
4 black hooves, a saddle on the back.
1, 2, 3 my rocking horse!
Mercredi Musical 🎶 Il pleut, il mouille
This song is perfect for singing on a rainy day! 🌧 When it is raining, it is a party day for the frog! When the rain stops, it is the turtle's turn to celebrate! Have fun singing along to the video even if it is not raining out! Click on the image to download the lyrics PDF.
Translation:
It's raining! It's raining!
It's a party for the frog!
When it will no longer be raining,
It will be a party for the turtle!
Mercredi Musical 🎶 Ô Canada
Here at Virtually French we are proud to be Canadian! 💖
Celebrate Canada Day this year by singing O Canada in French!
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(This edition of Mercredi Musical can also be used to help your child learn the French words to our national anthem!)
Click on the Canadian flag to access the song on our youtube channel.
🎊💖 Bonne Fête du Canada! 🥳💖
Videos
Enjoy the benefits of dancing as a family with this fun penguin song
and dance by Ruud Zeelenburg!
Hearing the birds sing is a sure sign of spring! It makes me want to sing too! Enjoy this cute Mini TFO spring song as a family! Can you sing along?
Fun Magic Trick :
Click on the hat and wand to watch a short video to learn how to do a card trick.
On this first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, Virtually French is pleased to have Wayne Wallace of the Madawaska Maliseet First Nation with us to tell the story of Phyllis Webstad who started Orange Shirt Day. 🧡
We thank Wayne for being our honoured guest for our very special Lundi lecture today. Click on the image to see the video.
Woliwon! Wela'lin! Thank you! Merci! 🧡
It's pumpkin time! 🎃
Sing along with us on our youtube channel for this cute pumpkin song: Cinq belles petites citrouilles! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0xKXP7CPj0
Have fun counting down from 5 in French as the Fall wind blows the little pumpkins down onto the lawn!
Download the lyrics and activity sheet to play along by clicking on the image!
Amusez-vous bien! Have fun!
Mercredi Musical 🎶 La neige tombe
Join Mme Kathleen as she sings about the snow falling on her nose, head and hands. You can download a rebus lyric PDF above!
Mercredi Musical 🎶 Prout-Prout
Just in time for Valentine's Day!
Tell your friends and family how much you love them with this memorable song by Les Petites Tounes.
In the Prout-Prout song, we want to whisper a special message of love and friendship!
❤ Click on the image to view the video. You can sing along with the PDF lyric rebus above.
On Pink Shirt Day, and every day, we remember to be kind and to include everyone in our friendship circle. The song "Vive la compagnie" sings about friends on our left and friends on our right. We cheer hooray for love, for joy and for the people around us! Watch our video to learn the song and the actions. (Print out the PDF of the lyrics above and sing along with us.)
Mercredi Musical 🎶 1,2,3 mon cheval de bois
What a fun traditional song to learn the parts of a horse! 🐎 Of course, the song is about "un cheval de bois" (a rocking horse), but the vocabulary can be used for the rest of your life - especially if you love "l'équitation"!
Have fun singing along to the video and making believe you are on "un cheval de bois"! Click on the image to watch on Youtube.
Mercredi Musical 🎶 Il pleut, il mouille
This song is perfect for singing on a rainy day! 🌧 When it is raining, it is a party day for the frog! When the rain stops, it is the turtle's turn to celebrate! Have fun singing along to the video even if it is not raining out! Click on the image to watch and sing along.