Sophie And The French Magician

With two great stories in each book, learning French is fun with the French magician In the first story, the French magician asks everyone to clap and say three times various French words as he makes a coin vanish and some animals appear. In the second story, it's Sophie's birthday party and the French magician makes teddies of various colours appear, as everyone claps and says three times some colours in French.

The French vocabulary in this book includes:

• Essential words: Bonjour / Au revoir / merci / Comment a va? / a va tr s bien
• Introductions: Je m'appelle...
• Numbers: un / deux / trois
• Animals: un oiseau / un chien / un lapin
• Colours: rose / vert / bleu / violet / orange / rouge / jaune
• Food: des bonbons

The author of this book is a qualified teacher, with 20 years experience in teaching languages to children. This story is ideal for children aged 3 - 7 but it may also interest children of other ages. At the back of the book there are two pages that may be photocopied for class or home use:

• Useful French words and phrases - To help learn some French words you could create a poster by copying some of the words and pictures.
• A short song that could be sung or made into a rap - how many different versions can you create using the lyrics?

Also available by the same author are the following books:

• Daniel And The French Robot (books 1, 2 & 3)
• Jack And The French Languasaurus (books 1, 2 & 3)
• First Words In French Teacher's Resource Book
• Young Cool Kids Learn French
• Cool Kids Speak French (books 1, 2 & 3)
• First 100 Words In French Coloring Book Cool Kids Speak French
• French Word Games Cool Kids Speak French
• Cool Kids Speak French - Special Christmas Edition