Category: Camps
Fun French summer resources
Every summer, students look forward to taking a break from schoolwork…but there are many ways for your child to keep up their French over the summer in fun, less structured ways, here are some ideas from CPF BC & Yukon!
http://bc-yk.cpf.ca/blog/whats-new/fun-french-summer-resources/
French over the Summer Break
Every summer, students look forward to taking a break from schoolwork…but there are many ways for your child to keep up their French over the summer in fun, less structured ways! Here are some ideas!
• Summer French Camps | • Community |
• Movies | • Television |
• Libraries | • Workbooks and Magazines |
• Games | • Online activities |
• Music | • Other cool sites |
French summer camps offer opportunities for children to practice their French while engaging in all kinds of exciting activities. Teachers often notice that children are more willing to speak in French if they have attended a camp in French over the summer.
- Find French Summer Camps in BC and Yukon
- Find French Summer Camps across Canada
French-languages services & Francophone history in BC:
- Interactive Mapping Tool for French-language businesses in BC
- Self-Guided History of Francophonie tours: Thompson-Okanagan and Fraser River
- CJFCB (Francophone Youth Council of British Columbia)
- La Francophonie au Canada (Discovery game)
Watching French movies at home is a fun way to enrich French studies in a relaxed environment.
Several Canadian channels offer a wide variety of French children’s shows to watch online:
- Radio-Canada Jeunesse
- Radio-Canada Tou.Tv Jeunesse
- TFO (Télévision française de l’Ontario)
- UnisTV
Most local libraries offer a variety of French language resources.
- Summer Reading Clubs… ask your librarian for a list of French books for your child’s Reading Record!
- Check out French e-books in the Tumblebooks online library – many libraries offer free access
- Borrow French films on DVD, such as Ernest et Celestine, Belle et Sebastien, Louis Cyr, Le Coq de St Victor. Or watch any animated English-language with French subtitles or dubbing!
Here are some fun ways to practice French as well as some entertaining educational magazines.
- Je révise en vacances Workbook specially designed for summer enrichment
- Foule de mots
- Cahier grammaire jeunesse
- Kayak magazine (Canadian history presented in a comic-book style)
- Les Débrouillards magazine (fun science magazine for younger kids)
- GéoAdo (fun science magazine for teens)
Here are some fun traditional games and challenges:
- Origami Game (Make French a part of your life)
- 30 Day Challenge from French for the Future
- Mille Bornes (classic French card game)
- Ti-Joe Connaissant parcourt le monde
Or play word and number games you already own – Scrabble, Bananagrams, Uno, Boggle etc – en français!
And here some great online games and apps:
- Zone Jeunesse Radio-Canada’s interactive youth website
- Spend the Summer with MiniTFO (list of interactive and educational French programming)
- Le Petit Champlain a free app for little explorers to learn about Samuel de Champlain’s life in a fun way
- BrainPop
- Les Jeux de Lulu
Learning songs in French will help children expand their vocabulary, learn new expressions and develop confidence.
- Ici Musique (Radio-Canada)Scroll down for the Coin des Petits “webradio”
- Dans l’air du tempsLearn about popular French-Canadian music over the decades
- Chanter avec Mini (Karaoke style!)
- Chansons traditionelles (iPad app)
- Older kids can check out popular French-Canadian bands like Malajube, Karkwa, Les Cowboys Fringants and many more!
Here’s a collection of fun websites from Québec and France:
- Québec Original A compelling and feature-packed website showcasing Québec culture and geography
- La Tablette de Champlain What if Samuel de Champlain had access to a digital tablet?
- OffQc | Quebec French Guide For lovers of French and diehard fans of all things québécois!
- Google Night Walk In Marseille Explore the sounds, streets and soul of Marseille on this immersive digital night walk
- Parc Astérix Check out this theme park based on the classic comic strip!
Summer All-Member 2015 newsletter from CPF BC & Yukon
Check out the latest All-Member Newsletter from CPF BC & Yukon! It’s chock full of information about French camps, festivals and other fun ways to keep learning in French throughout the summer!
Click here to read the web version.
Edu-inter: A true French Immersion Camp!
Planning a trip out East this summer? Consider this French camp for your young French-language learner(s)!
Edu-inter, a very unique summer French camp is found in Quebec City within the campus of College Mérici abutting the Plains of Abrahams! Located in the cradle of French civilization in North America, Quebec City is the only major city in Canada that offers a 100% French speaking environment. The camp operates entirely in French, both in and out of classes and during all activities for maximum learning impact. Staff constantly monitor the students to ensure that French is the spoken language at all times. From beginners to advanced, all levels of French speakers are welcome at Edu-inter.
Edu-Inter offers different programs/activities to meet a variety of student interests. All programs combine French language classes in the morning with a themed afternoon. Length of stay can vary from one week to multiple weeks and afternoon options are pre-selected on a weekly basis (a student can chose to pre-register for the same or for a different afternoon program every week). A choice of lodging of either on-campus residence or home stay (for a more personal experience of Quebec family living and culture) is available. And weekly pedagogical reports are sent to parents.
The French and Arts program (Music, Drama, Cinema, Circus, Cooking or Crafts) and the French and Sports program (Tennis, Figure Skating, Equestrian, Hockey or Soccer) are mostly offered in collaboration with local partners and provide students with an opportunity to mix with local teenagers and further experience French language and culture.
The Multi-activity program is operated directly by the Edu-inter team and offers a variety of cultural and sport activities led by our dedicated counselors. To offer a wide variety of interests to multi-week campers, the list of activities varies from week to week.
During summer camp, evening activity(ies) as well as weekend activities are organized by Edu-inter for the benefit of all participants. Common evening activities for both homestay and residence campers include Imax Cinema, Le Festival d’été de Québec (Quebec Summer Festival), Ghost walking tour, and “Capitales de Québec” Baseball game.
Weekend activities are mandatory for participants in both homestay and in residence and include excursions to Montreal to visit La Ronde theme park, the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, or Le Cirque du Soleil; Whale-Watching at Tadoussac, the Sugar Shack experience, Festivent Hot Air Ballon Festival and more. Please consult the activity programs for complete details and weekend dates of the different activities.