Making the decision to help your child learn a second language such as French can be quite a daunting task. Especially if you don’t speak the language well yourself. Even so, it is such a positive step to take and many parents who’ve gone before can confirm it is well worth the effort.
In case you are in need of a little inspiration to help you make your decision, Ma Puce is building the Get French Inspired series. A series of interviews, top tips and posts on teaching French to children as a second language from parents already doing it, people running children’s French groups, French teachers and tutors and anyone else who has experience on the subject.
If you would like to contribute a piece to the Get French Inspired series, please get in touch via the Contact page, we’d love to have you on board!
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Meet Bonne Maman, the non-native bilingual blogger extraordinaire
Bonne Maman talks about bilingualism and her family Meet the lady who goes by the online moniker of ‘Bonne Maman’. BM started her non-native bilingual blog at around the same time she...
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Bringing up the boys to be bilingual French / English
Meet Claire Gray, parent to two bilingual French / English children Here is a wonderful guest post from Claire Gray, who recently started a bilingual French / English site called Justine et...
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Say CouCou! to a French children’s group in Dalston, East London
Coucou! It’s time to get French Inspired! CouCou! is a parent-run French group that meets every Monday morning in Dalston Library, East London. The group was founded by and is led by...
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Part 2: Interview with Joanne Dallas from French playgroup Bonjour Nénette
Get French Inspired by Bonjour Nénette’s Joanne Dallas! In part two of our interview with Joanne Dallas from Bonjour Nénette, the French playgroup based in Islington, London, Joanne explains how starting to teach her...
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Interview with Joanne Dallas from French playgroup Bonjour Nénette
Get French Inspired by Bonjour Nénette’s Joanne Dallas! The inimitable Joanne Dallas from Bonjour Nénette, the French playgroup based in Highbury, London kindly agreed for Ma Puce to pose a few questions to her...
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Join a French singing group for children and reap the benefits!
Turns out there is more than one fabulous French singing group for children in the Bristol area! No sooner had Audrey from Les Petits ZousZous written a guest post for Ma Puce’s...
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A French Teacher’s view of learning French by Nikki Thomas
Why should children learn a second language? Being a French teacher, one of the phrases that I hear all too often from parents and adults generally is that they didn’t enjoy French at...
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Bringing children up to be bilingual: Five top tips by Audrey from Les Petits Zouzous
Children and parents across Bristol have enjoyed the French rhymes, action songs, games and stories that Audrey Johnson has been sharing with them since she started Les Petits Zouzous in 2008. The lively sessions...
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