How to Teach Kids Basic French

You can teach kids basic French language skills in a short period of time. Kids pick up other languages like a sponge. Becoming bilingual can open the door to a many opportunities in a kid's life. In the future, these kids might get jobs faster than others or have an easier time traveling to a new country. Teach your kids basic French today and educate them to a higher level.

Instructions

1. Look online for French tutorials and flash card programs for the kids. These programs can be listened to on a computer and the kids can learn common French phrases that the French culture use everyday such as greetings and salutations.

2. Get a basic French tape recording for the kids and get them to listen to it while repeating the words out loud. They will find that as they go over each word and say it out loud that they will learn the basics easily.

3. Get French phrase books from the library and take the kids for a walk around town and practice phrases as you come across a situation. Examples can be saying hello or goodbye.

4. Write down the French names of things around the house. As you and the kids walk throughout the house, remember to say each object in French. It will teach their brains to remember basic objects and things people use daily like 'fridge' or 'sink'.

5. Create flash cards on index card for the kids. Put their main language on the front of each card and ask them to translate them. Put the French translation on the back for correcting. On each flash card, write the French pronunciation underneath each phrase so they will say it correctly.