French Christmas Websites
http://www.frenchimmersionusa.org/activites/textessaisonniers.php Click on the 10 petits bonshommes de neige link for a super snowman activity and more Christmas activities. Follow the links through – Activity 1 – which should then open up links to activities for yearly seasonal events. www.perenoel.com An engaging French Christmas website with on-line games, music and fun, e.g. children can send letters to Father Christmas, send Christmas cards, colour pictures and can download screen-savers. Madame Atoufo can also predict their future for the year ahead! http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/mfle/creativeteaching/christmasideas/french.asp Super links to Christmas websites, including a short French Christmas play on: http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/mfle/creativeteaching/drama.asp (Perhaps it’s a bit late to perform this year… but there’s always next year!) http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/christmas/index.shtml This part of the BBC Languages website gives information on what it's like to celebrate Christmas in France. It includes audio pronunciation of 'Joyeux Noël' and 'Bonne Année'. http://www.csdraveurs.qc.ca/musique/noel/ Website where you can hear, and read the lyrics of, French songs and carols. http://www.v2asp.paris.fr/v2/dechets_noel/ Website promoting an environmentally conscious Christmas. It contains advice on recycling, reusing materials and saving energy. There are also ideas for gifts and table settings. http://www.fete-enfants.com/noel-enfants/noel-index.htm Link to the Christmas section of website Fêtes-Enfants (a website celebrating seasons and occasions). Includes an advent calendar, songs, recipes, quizzes and information on Christmas. http://www.vivenoel.com/ Here’s a site that offers lots of fun in French. You can write letters to Father Christmas (best ones are published), send e-cards, play games, sing songs, as well as an Advent calendar with lots of activities. http://fslactivities.sd61.bc.ca/games.html Link to website containing online French board games on the theme of Halloween and Christmas. http://www.mflextra.com/ks2noel.htm Fun games and tasks on a winter theme - try them with an interactive whiteboard for a task the whole class can enjoy.
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http://noel.momes.net/ Christmas section of Momes.net entertainment website. There are games, quizzes, recipes, pictures, crafts, songs and stories about Christmas. http://www.geocities.com/Paris/LeftBank/3852/christmas.html Link to Christmas website from Pete Jones, a Head of Modern Languages in Ontario, Canada. Includes games, quizzes, poems and links to hundreds of Christmas websites. (Warning - music will play when you open this website.) http://www.geocities.com/pierrejon/twas.html Here’s a link to a bilingual English – French version of `Twas the Night Before Christmas written by Pete Jones of Whitby, Ontario! http://www.linternaute.com/noel If you go to the 'faites votre liste' - you can select which presents you would like (and you can find out what the French means by clicking on the list), and it generates a print out of what you would like. A good way of getting around the difficulty of not knowing the French for some of these gadgets. http://www.linternaute.com/jeu/enfants/attrapez-le-pere-noel/ This is a game to catch Père Noël – no language content but fun nonetheless! http://www.linternaute.com/cartes/envoi/404764/1385236786/412/dans_toutes_les_langu es.shtml This is an example of an e-card which says ‘Happy Christmas’ in lots of languages. http://www.csdraveurs.qc.ca/musique/noel/ A great French-Canadian site with songs sung by children, complete with a visual presentation of the words. It’s an Advent calendar with a French song behind each door. A good IWB resource. (Songs 1 and 2 are particularly worthwhile: 1 - Enfants de Noël is a beautiful song about peace at Christmas and 2 – La tourtière is all about food from around the world with a very amusing animation). http://wgfl.digitalbrain.com/wgfl/web/ell/resources/index.htm On this site from Warrington, you can find various activities in French and German including a German memory game, an Advent calendar to make and an IWB Christmas tree! http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/christmas/ Always a good source of craft ideas and pictures – lots in Spanish and French. Some are for subscribers only, but not too expensive.
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