A selection of free websites for young children learning French.
These include:
Review the sites before using them in your primary classroom and
take care to supervise children online. For helpful advice, read
Becta’s
guidelines on e-safety.
English language websites
- BBC Family
French
Games and activities with basic French vocabulary for families to
play together.
- BBC Primary
French
Interactive activities for primary French from BBC Schools. Based
around beginners’ topics, the site includes animations, printable
worksheets and a teacher’s area with advice on using the site.
- BBC Schools -
Parents
BBC Schools website for parents. Search across BBC sites to find
games, activities and worksheets to support learning languages at
home.
-
Chez Mimi
Interactive games for young learners based on the Channel 4 series.
The Teachers’ Notes provides guidance on how to use the website in
the classroom.
French language
websites
- Belette
Animated website with games, ecards, songs, stories, ideas for
makes and recipes.
- Chez Lorry
Pictures to print and colour, recipes, alphabet vocabulary lists,
ideas for makes and short stories.
- Chez Merlin
Interactive activities for maths, French (as a first language) and
general knowledge, arranged by three levels of difficulty.
- Coloriage
Interactive colouring website with French colour vocabulary
- Ecole Plus
Website for French teachers with songs, images, rhymes, worksheets
and a lists of schools in Francophone countries.
- Edunet
French network site linking schools and teachers in different
projects and activities.
- L'envolerie
Online colouring and games based around the alphabet
- Henrides
French songs
- Internet sans
crainte
EU supported project to provide parents and young French people
with information about safe use of the internet
- Je dessine
Colouring sheets, craft ideas for festivals and activities sorted
by age group
- Kidcity
A cybertown for children, where each building contains a different
activity or game.
- La semaine du
Goût
French website to accompany the annual celebration of French food,
during which time chefs visit schools across France to children
about food and cooking.
- Les couleurs de
l'orchestre
French
site for learning about the orchestra. Names the instruments
and has related games and activities.
- Momes.net
French songs, rhymes and stories
- PrimLangues
French Ministry of Education site for primary school teachers of
foreign languages. Includes resources for Arabic, English, German,
Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish.
- Takatrouver
Information for French teachers including lists of schools with
videoconferencing facilities, locations for school trips, rated
websites, activities and recipes.
- Tête à modeler
Craft activities for 3-12 year olds based around different themes
with descriptions of the skills they are intended to develop
- Tomlitoo
Craft activities and recipes based around a variety of themes and
topics
- TV5
Jeunesse
Interactive children’s website from the French TV station
- Webmômes
Craft activities, games and puzzles all based on art and
artists.
Commonly-used search engines