French 101
Tatou le Matou, Niveau 1
The French 101 level is designed for children aged 5-7 and uses the Tatou le Matou book and cahier as its primary material. The required level of participation is to listen to either CD1 or CD2 daily. The recommended level of participation includes daily homework of action songs, vocabulary memorization, and engaging with the book.
Syllabus
Lesson 1 & 2
J'entend
Lesson 3 & 4
Je touche
Lesson 5 & 6
Je sens
Lesson 7 & 8
je goûte
Lesson 9 & 10
je vois
Lesson 11 & 12
Petit Chaperon Rouge
Links to the CDs until you can purchase them.
Link to the pedagogical CD which has more details, to be used interchangeably with CD1. Play the audio from all our Term One songs, while doing actions.
Vocab Lists (memorized)
for Introduction of book
Matou - tomcat
le français - french
pour - for
les petits - littles (kids)
Méthode pour l'enseignement du français langue étrangère aus jeunes enfants -
Method for teaching french foreign language to young children
numbers - un, deux, trois, quatre, çinq, six, sept, huit, neuf, dix
for J'entend
C'est la nuit - it is the night
écoute - listen
Je suis Tatou, le chat - I am Tatou, the cat
Dans mon sac bleu, je met - In my blue bag, I put
Le bruit du vent - the noise of the wind
La voix d'une maman - the voice of a mother
Le chant du hibou - the song of the owl
Le hurlement du loup - the howl of the wolf
Écoute pour trouver le bruit caché derrière le ? - listen for to find the noise hidden behind the ? (that is page 9 - have the children point, name, and make the sounds for the 4 items)
for Je touche
C'est le matin - it's the morning
que fait Tatou? - what is Tatou doing?
Dans mon sac - in my bag
Je met ce que je touch - I put what I touch
ce que touch ma patte - what touches my paw
en forme de main - in the shape of a hand
une plume - a feather
c'est doux - it's soft
un catctus - a cactus
ça pique - it prickles
un chat en peluche - a cat as a stuffed toy
le bec du hibou - the beak of an owl
dis-moi - tell me
si ça pique - if it prickles
ou si ce'set doux - or if it's soft
Add this song to the daily songs this week, to sing next week- Dehors L'Hiver (Winter)
Please always look ahead to the following chapter each week to sing the song daily with the book to learn the upcoming songs and words. So for this week, that would mean working on 'je sens' chapter in order to be ready for 2/20 and 2/27.
4/3, 4/10 — independent review
4/17 Little Red Riding Hood
4/24 LRRH review
5/1 act it out- wolf, granny/hunter, LRRH rehearse
5/8 act it out- performance
5/15 Fire & Water
5/22 review
5/29 Air & Earth
6/5 review
6/12 Review entire course
6/19 Review & final presentations
C'est l'après midi - it's afternoon
Que fait Tatou, le chat? - What is Tatou the cat doing?
Ce que je sens! - What I smell
jaune - yellow
il y a - there is
ce que je sens - what I smell
ça sens bon - that smells good
le bois- the wood
le vent - the wind
le linge dans le vent - the laundry in the wind
le parfum des roses - the perfume of roses
quelque chose - something
Je ne sais pas quoi - I don't know what
Mais - but
ça sent bon chez moi - it smells good at my house
French-English Picture Dictionary
pp 1, 2, 4, 5, 17-19, 28
second week add family p6 & p9 kitchen
Skill Builders French I - pp 4-11, 26-32
second week add pp 36-39 & add photos of family
---->Please continue to review all songs.
Grammar: Sur, sous, dans (prepositions)
Song and
I recommend purchasing her video enrollment for $15 per month, and working through 2 of the 40 videos per week. We will try it out this week and see about it :)
New Songs: 123, nous irons aux bois; frère jacque
Vocabulaire up to Lesson 7 from the French-English Picture Dictionary (please mark down m or f for plural words or words begining with a vowel):
letters & numbers to vingt
p4: la tête, les yeux (l'oeil singular, masculine), le nez, la bouche, les épaules (f), le bras, la main, la jambe, le pied
p5: la jupe, la robe, le pantalon, le manteau, la chemise, le pyjama, les chaussures (f), les chaussettes (f), le chapeau
p 9: l'évier (m), le frigo, la cuisinière, le couteau, la cuillère, la fourchette, l'assiette (f), le verre, la casserole
p17: l'oeuf (m), le pain, la viande, le riz, le poisson, le beurre, le lait, les pâtes (f), le sucre
p18: la pomme, la pêche, la cerise, l'orange (f), l'ananas (m), la mangue, la banane, les raisins, la fraise
Tatou le Matou p 18-20
l'heure du goûter - time to eat (hour of tasting)
Je suis cuisinier (I am a chef)
C'est moi - it's me
Goûtez! - taste it! (you plural imperative form)
Une tarte aux pommes - an apple pie
Comme elle est bonne - how it is good
un bon chocolat - a good chocolate
Moi, j'adore ça - Me, I love that!
Et toi - and you
Que veux-tu manger - what do you want to eat
Pour le goûter - to eat it
Je voudrais goûter - I would like to taste
Mes chers amis - my dear friends
Votre fameuse - your famous
Salade de fruits - fruit salad
French-English Picture Dictionary
review
second week add pp 7-8, 10-12, 27, 29, 48
Skill Builders French I - pp 48-55 & review
second week add corresponding pages
GRAMMAR: how to use some/of
how to use more/less/same as
Tatou le Matou pp 22-25
Les p'tits fous
Le soir - the evening
la nuit - the night
le renard - the fox
On fait les p'tits fous - one makes little wild/crazy
avec mes amis - with my friends
pour nous - for us
il fait clair - it is bright outside (une nuit claire)
pas besoin de lumière - no need for light
on voit tout - one sees everything
tout est net - all is clear
pas besoin de lunettes - no need for glasses
French-English Picture Dictionary
review pp 7-8, 10-12, 27, 29, 48 both weeks
second week add pp 20-26
Skill Builders French I - corresponding pages
These weeks prepare the children to act out Le Petit Chaperon Rouge with costumes and props. The Tatou le Matou version is taken from Perrault, I believe. Use the pedagogical version to hear a different ending if you like. Practice this part daily:
- Ma mère-grand, que vous avez de grands bras!
- C'est pour mieux t'embrasser, ma fille!
- Ma mère-grand, que vous avez de grandes jambes!
- C'est pour mieux courir, mon enfant!
- Ma mère-grand, que vous avez de grandes oreilles!
- C'est pour mieux écouter, mon enfant!
- Ma mère-grand, que vous avez de grands yeux!
- C'est pour mieux te voir, mon enfant!
- Ma mère-grand, que vous avez de grandes dents!
- C'est pour te manger!
The children should practice this in pairs to perform in class. You can also make a video with family if you like.
Please add Le Chat Botté and Blanche Neige from CD2 to listening. You can practice acting out parts from both stories.
Final songs to complete this term:
Chausson - Les Pappillons
Picture dictionary- add in all the pages, focusing on fairytales page, family, colors, and reviewing rooms.
Skill builders- do pages that match picture dictionary
Tatou le Matou kahier - fill it out and do the activities at home, according to where we are in class.
Lesson 13-16
Fairytales:
Petit Chaperon Rouge,
Chat Botté,
Blanche Neige
Fire & Water
Lesson 17-18
- Read along in the CD liner notes with the three fairy tales. Pause to define each sentence. Act out parts.
- Picture Dictionary & Skill Builders: choose different pages to review each day, to cover the full books each week. Combine pages - colors + fruit; opposites + professions; numbers + animals; kid's choice.
- Conversation card, daily
-13) Accent aigu (é) et grave (è)
14) Question words: Est-ce que, Qui, Où, Quand, Quel, Quoi, Pourquoi/ parce que
Quand? Hier, Au jour d'hui, Demain. Avant, maintenant, Après. Le dernière, le premièr, tot, plus tard, trop tard.
15) Avoir- j'ai, tu as, il/elle/on a, nous avons, vous avez, ils/elles ont
16) Etre- je suis, tu es, il/elle est, nous avons, vous avez, ils/elles sont
- Dictionary & Skill Builder - weather, review
- Act it out/read & memorize story at home
- Conversation card
-17) Gender: Feminine vs Masculine nouns and why it matters
18) Question words: Est-ce que, Où, Quand, Quel, Quoi, etc
- Dictionary & Skill Builder - weather, review
- Act it out/read & memorize story at home
-19)
20)
Lesson 21-22
Air & Earth
Lesson 19-20
We bring back all the activities and props to relive the fun moments of each class. We review the Tatou le Matou kahier work done at home. We sing all the songs together by memory, with actions.
Review