Songs

une chanson - a song
une comptine - a nursery rhyme
des chansons enfantines - children's songs
on va chanter - we're going to sing
on va apprendre une nouvelle chanson - we're going to learn a new song
elle s'appelle "……" it's called
qui s'appelle "……" which is called

Songs are great for pronunciation and learning vocabulary and phrases without too much effort.
A suitable song can be used as a starting point
Use props to illustrate
Ask pupils to hold the prop or picture up as it is sung
or do an action at a certain word.

Packs to buy
Français français pack with 3 CDs and book about £100. These are very popular, made up songs tailor-made to fit the usual primary topic areas. I feel the stress on certain words is not natural. French people would not know these songs.
Individual songs can now be purchased from iTunes. Search the iTunes store using 'Carole Nicoll'
eg This is a an animation video to go with one of the songs
http://www.mefeedia.com/watch/30653545 Dans ma trousse il y a un stylo

Singing French pack less than £20. Good value, photocopiable.

Online
my songs blog with tagged topics eg animals

This lovely series of traditional nursery rhymes is on Youtube - you can download them and use offline
meunier tu dors the miller is sleeping and the mill is turning too fast
mon âne a donkey, sore bits and clothes!
dans la forêt lointaine - conversation between an owl and a cuckoo



il court, il court le furet - a game like I sent a letter to my love




Jean Petit qui danse for parts of the body

Karaoke
un monde parfait by Ilona Mitrécy

Uptoten all the songs of Boowa and Kwala or listed here
Probably a bit childish and generally quite fast, but fun.
il pleut, il mouille about rain
le monstre vert about Nessie
vieux Donald old MacDonald
une grenouille sur un nénuphar a frog on lily pad
super héros de la nature about collecting litter


songs we've already tried
j'ai un nom, un prénom (click on chant)
10 petites fleurs
and another one from the same Australian site on sums 1 plus 1 font 1

numbers 1-5 traditional song
mon merle a perdu une plume
numbers to 10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsc3qLMaCu8

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