TIPS ON HOW TO HELP YOUR KIDS SPEAK FRENCH

It is hard for parents to help their children learn any language if they do not speak it themselves. For parents who do not speak French and want their kids to learn the language, I compiled a list of how to help their tots boost their French.

• Watch French YouTube videos with your little ones.
  • It is highly recommended that parents also watch videos with closed captions because spoken French is quite different from written French. It is usually not spelled the way it sounds. Even before my child started school, we watch several French nursery rhymes on YouTube a day to help us to familiarize the French language.
    
    Here are some channels that we subscribed in:
    
    Les Patapons
    
    Little Baby Bum
    
    Monde de Titounis
    
    Mini TFO
    
    Rock ‘N Learn’s French for Kids
  
  
• Listen to French Kids Songs
  • Music is an excellent way to make learning easy and more fun. Catchy rhythms will help your kids engrave the words into their memories. So whenever we are on the road, I blasted some French kids' music to the speaker for my child to sing along.
    
    Check Spotify playlist here.
  
  
• Engage in French-focused activities
  • Even at an early age, try to encourage your child to do any French-focused activities, like doing workbooks or coloring books in French. Inspired by Jady A.’s toddler learning folder, I made printable worksheets and study materials in French with pronunciation for the parents to follow.
    
    For free printables click here.