French Materials Index by Thematic Unit
- ALPHABET:
- “L’Alphabet” - Quiche 3
- ANIMALS:
- “Le Fermier Dans Le Champs” - Quiche 1
- “Venez Voir Ma Ferme” - Quiche 1
- Farm Animals Picture Set (10 animals pictures from song)
- “Nous Allons au Zoo” - Quiche 1
- “La Danse des Canards” - Quiche 3
- Animal Bingo and Flash Cards
- French Animal Lesson Unit
- BIRTHDAYS:
- “Joyeux Anniversaire” - Quiche 1
- BODY PARTS:
- “Mal à la Tête” - Quiche 1
- “Mes Oreilles Tombent-elles?” - Quiche 1
- “Mon Bonhomme de Neige” - Quiche 1
- “La Vache Sophie” - Quiche 3
- “Savez-Vous Planter les Choux?” - Quiche 3
- “Le Clown Danse” - Quiche 4
- Body Bingo and Flash Cards
- Advanced Body Bingo
- Body Parts Lesson Unit
- CHRISTMAS:
- “Mon Bonhomme de Neige” - Quiche 1
- “Chantez Noël” - Quiche 1
- “La Noël Arrive Bientôt” - Quiche 1
- “Les 12 Jours de Noël” - Quiche 2
- The 12 Days of Christmas Pictures (Pictures that coordinate with items in the song)
- “Berceuse Pour Une Veille de Noël” - Quiche 2
- “Le Noël des Petits Santons” - Quiche 3
- “Rodolphe le Renne” - Quiche 3
- Chantez Noël Album - 12 traditional French carols and translations of popular songs with instrumentals included. Cassettes, CDs and lyric books)
- French Christmas Bingo and Flash Cards
- CLOTHING:
- “La Vache Sophie” - Quiche 3
- “La Machine à Laver” - Quiche 3
- Clothing Bingo and Flash Cards
- COLORS:
- COMMAND FORMS (or TPR):
- COUNTING:
- DANCES AND ACTION SONGS:
- “Am Stram Gram” - Quiche 1 (French version of Eeny Meeny Miney Mo)
- “La Corde à Sauter” - Quiche 1 (Jump rope song)
- “Attention!” - Quiche 1 (Follow the Leader)
- “Jacquot Dit” - Quiche 2
- “La Danse de l’Escargot” - Quiche 2
- “Le Can Can” - Quiche 3
- “Sur le Pont d’Avignon” - Quiche 3
- “La Danse de Canards” - Quiche 3
- “L’Araignée” - Quiche 3
- “Elle Descend de la Montagne” (She’ll be comin’ ‘round the mountain) - Quiche 4
- DAYS OF THE WEEK:
- “Lundi Matin” (A traditional) - Quiche 1
- “La Corde à Sauter” (Jump rope to the days) - Quiche 1
- “Samedi” - Quiche 3
- DIRECTIONS:
- “Attention!” (Follow me and do what I do) - Quiche 1
- “Où est Mimi?” (Find Mimi using prepositions) - Quiche 2
- “Jacquot Dit” (Simon Says song) - Quiche 2
- FAMILY:
- “Ma Grande Famille” - Quiche 2
- Family Picture Set (illustrates the song)
- FOODS:
- “Bifteck!” (a French dinner) - Quiche 1
- “Qui a Volé les Biscuits?” (Who Stole the Cookies? game) - Quiche 1
- “Mon Ami Jacquot” (2 friends dress up as a carrot and a beet) - Quiche 2
- “Au Restaurant” (ordering in a restaurant) - Quiche 3
- “Savez-vous Planter les Choux?” (traditional) - Quiche 3
- “Les Fruits” (Fruits to Beethoven’s 5th Symphony) - Quiche 4
- “Les Légumes” (Vegetables to Beethoven’s Fur Elise) - Quiche 4
- “Les Caca huètes” (Peanuts to “La Bamba”) - Quiche 4
- Food Bingo and Flash Cards
- LA FETE DES ROIS:
- “La Marche des Rois” (Traditional song of the Epiphany) - Quiche 2
- GRAMMAR POINTS:
- “The Darktown Strutters Ball” (Future tense) - Quiche 3
- “Mrs. D.R. Vandertramp Rap” (Verbs conjugated in the “passécomposé with the auxiliary verb “être”) - Quiche 3
- “L’Orchestre” (“ER” verb conjugation rap) - Quiche 3
- “Les Gangsters” (Passé composé of regular ER, IR and RE verbs) - Quiche 3
- “Vite! Vite!” (Reflexive, obligation + infinitive) - Quiche 3
- “Le Can Can” (Present tense of irregular verb “pouvoir”, imperative) - Quiche 3
- “Être” - (irregular conjugation in present tense) - Quiche 4
- “Avoir” - (irregular conjugation in present tense) - Quiche 4
- “Pouvoir” - (irregular conjugation in present tense) - Quiche 4
- “Faire” - ( irregular conjugation in present tense) - Quiche 4
- HOLIDAYS:
- French Holiday Lesson Unit
- MARDI GRAS:
- “Mardi Gras” - Quiche 1
- LE 14 JUILLET:
- MONTHS:
- “Les Mois de l’Année” - Quiche 3
- NAMES:
- “Je m’appelle” - Quiche 1
- OCCUPATIONS:
- “Sur le Pont d’Avignon” - Quiche 3
- OPPOSITES, FEELINGS, & GENDER:
- “Les Opposés” - Quiche 2
- Facial Expressions Set (16 expressions including happy, sad, etc.)
- PLAYS/PROGRAMS:
- “Qui a Peur du Méchant Loup?” - Quiche 1
- “Le Méchant Loup” - Quiche 1
- 3 Little Pigs Play script and Paper Puppet set (it rhymes in French!)
- “La Petite Poule Rouge” - Quiche 2
- Little Red Hen play script (song) and Paper Puppet Set
- “La Legende de St. Nicolas” (traditional) - Chantez Noël Album
- St. Nicholas Picture Set & Play
- Karaoke CDs - Instrumentals for Quiche 1, Quiche 2, and Quiche 3
- French Book of Plays (Little Red Riding Hood, Goldilocks, and Snow White)
- SCHOOL VOCABULARY:
- “Bonjour Mes Amis” - Quiche 2
- School Bingo and flash cards
- SHOPPING:
- “Fifi Fait les Courses” (Shopping dialogue) - Quiche 3
- SOUNDS:
- SPORTS:
- STORES:
- “Fifi Fait les Courses” - Quiche 3
- Stores Picture Set
- TIME:
- “Quelle Heure Est-il?” - Quiche 4
- TRADITIONAL/CULTURAL SONGS:
- The following songs are all well-known traditional French songs:
- Quiche 1:
- "Mes Oreilles Tombent-elles?” (Do your ears hang low?)
- “Lundi Matin” (days of the week and French handshakes, colloquially called “serrer la pince?”)
- “Boire Un Petit Coup” (drinking song for family celebrations)
- “Les Colonies de Vacances” (Summer Camp Song)
- “Banjo” (Action sing-along)
- Quiche 2:
- “La Marseillaise” (French National Anthem)
- “Un Kilometre à Pied” (Walking song)
- “Il Était un petit Navire” (An old story of how a miracle saved a crew of sailors.)
- Quiche 3:
- “Aux Champs Elysées” (Cultural song of famous Paris street)
- “Vent Frais” (Traditional Round)
- Quiche 4:
- “Trois P’tits Chats” (Traditional building on letter sounds)
- TRANSPORTATION:
- TRAVEL:
- Trip to France Lesson Unit
- Trip to France Masters
- VALENTINE’S DAY:
- WEATHER & SEASONS:
- “L’Automne” - “Qui a Peur du Méchant Loup?” - Quiche 1
- “Le Printemps” - Quiche 2
- “Chantez!” - Quiche 2
- Weather and Seasons Pictures
- “Quels Temps Fait-il?” - Quiche 4
