Play and Learn French (Book + Audio CD): Over 50 Fun songs, games and everyday activites to get started in French (Play and Learn Language)
Over 50 fun songs, games and everyday activities to get started in French!
From taking a bath to going shopping, books in the Play and Learn Language series turn everyday routines into fun language-learning activities for parents and children.
Packed with lively four-colour illustrations, each package features fun songs, games, and activities, key word illustrations, engaging comic strips, sidebars with fun cultural information and English translations for all activities.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Solid resource for useful phrases in French
I learned to speak French as an adult (and am still learning).
As a result, I have had very little exposure to ‘children’s French’ - how to speak to a child and use phrases appropriate for them.
This is a fantastically reliable source for just that, and it is enjoyable to expand my own vocabulary along with my children’s.
3 Stars Just Ok
I am a little disappointed with this product. Although the book is great for non-French speaking parents (it has French on one side and English on the other, along with illustrations) the cd is not very entertaining for a baby or toddler. Not to mention, at many points, the voice on the cd does not even sound like a native French speaker (I speak French and have lived in France). There is really only one person speaking the entire time (it sounds like the same person does the adult and child voice), and the whole cd is the “adult” saying or asking something and the “child” responding. There is no music or anything that would make my baby want to listen to it.
5 Stars Great as an addition to any curriculum
I am bilingual (Spanish and English) and wanted to add in French with my own children. Since I just partnered in working on Flip Flop French: Ages 3-5: Level 1, I’ve been using that of course, and I so enjoyed using Ana Lomba’s Play and Learn Spanish for my own students and classes, I got it in French.
I haven’t been disappointed! After the children (three of them, ages 5 down to 2 years) completed lesson three, they were able to pick up quite a bit of this book and the interesting conversations that go along with the pictures in the book (it’s full color!) My children really enjoy coloring and drawing, so after we do the Flip Flop French activity for the day, this is a great supplement and change for them. It’s a little advanced for them without the other more simple lessons, but I think they’ll continue to grow into it!
All in all, I love it!
5 Stars Very good!
This is another (hop, skip, learn is another) great language product by Ana Lomba.
The book has all the texts, and is organized by theme. It’s very complete, but simple, with repetitions. The translations (for parents who don’t speak French) are in the book, not the CD, another plus, as it allows full immersion.
A few pictures accompany key words for each subject.
It’s a nice change from too many products that are marketed to parents (ie with immediate translations!). The French speaker is native (another fairly rare treat in language products for kids in the US!) and there are no clumsy translations.
Just a word of caution: The adult will need to help the child with words they don’t know, stop the CD and replay the session etc. It’s clearly meant as a (excellent) support for an adult teaching a child.
4 Stars Formidable
Charming and age appropriate. Engaging for the parent and digestible for the child. I am so happy someone did this. Its unique
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