Students attending CPF North Vancouver’s 2023 French Film Festival next week are encouraged to download and complete this fun “Film Critic” activity sheet from CPF National!
Top 10 Reasons for joining Canadian Parents for French
You’ve already made important decisions about your children’s education by enrolling them in French. But you may not be sure of ways you can continue to help. Experts say that French immersion works best when kids and their parents can take part in French extra-curricular activities, and when school programs are high quality, well-funded, and well-promoted. That’s what Canadian Parents for French is all about!
Check out all the great reasons below! To become a CPF member, click here. Merci beaucoup!
Back-to-School French Resources
Click on the Table of Content links below to discover a wonderful world of French language resources for all ages and interests!
- Resources for Parents / Tutoring / French Courses
- Compilations of French Language Resources
- Books/Storytimes in French
- Music
- Television
- Films
- Online Learning & Games
- Francophone events in the Lower Mainland
- French Camps & Francophone Tourism in BC & Canada
- Find more resources on our social media channels
Resources for Parents / Tutoring / French Courses
- “Helping your child become bilingual” and other helpful pamphlets developed by CPF National:
https://cpf.ca/en/category/brochures-pamphlets/ - CPF National’s quarterly Magazine is jam-packed with useful info (CPF membership required receive issues and to view archives):
cpf.ca/en/actvities/for-parents-members-volunteers/cpf-magazine/ - Adult and Children’s French Courses at Alliance Française de Vancouver:
www.alliancefrancaise.ca - Canadian Parents for French Virtual Tutoring Program:
https://cpf.ca/en/participate/youth/tutoring-programs/ - “French for Parents” course occasionally offered by College Éducacentre:
https://educacentre.com/en/language-training/french-for-parents/
Compilations of French Language Resources
- FrenchStreet.ca, a one-of-a-kind database of activities, organizations, individuals & resources supporting French educators, students & parents, hosted by CPF. Search by location & grade:
https://www.frenchstreet.ca/en/ - CPF BC & Yukon’s French Resources for Kindergarten – Grade 5:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1w_TCapeYE&list=PLNA7-pYErMGaMIUi4aViiWpS5F2kcLfZ1&index=2 - CPF BC & Yukon’s French Resources for Grade 6-12:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUYcmejAISE&list=PLNA7-pYErMGaMIUi4aViiWpS5F2kcLfZ1&index=3 - A French Start hosts recordings, songs and activities for young children of all ages:
https://afrenchstart.com/ - North Vancouver District Library’s three branches carry collections of of French-language books for children, click here to view full catalogue
- The Language Portal of Canada provides practical advice on language usage and writing and hundreds of Canadian language resources:
https://www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/en/index - Historica Canada offers bilingual resources about Canadian history and citizenship:
https://www.historicacanada.ca/fr
Books/Storytimes in French
- French Storytelling at Le Centre culturel francophone de Vancouver:
www.lecentreculturel.com/en/storytelling - North Vancouver City Library French Booklists:
www.nvcl.ca/using-the-library/children/en-francais/listes-de-livres - TumbleBooks – animated, talking picture books available for free via the North Van District Library. Click on the turquoise “Language Learning” tab or choose ‘Francais’ from the menu in the top right-hand corner.
- Boukili is a free reading app that contains over 50 French books and more than 120 games:
https://boukili.ca/en/ - CPF’s Goodnight Bag, a bedtime routine kit for children aged 3 to 5 and their families to help with their transition to school when they will be introduced to French:
https://cpf.ca/en/product/goodnight-bag-bonne-nuit/
Music
- 70 French Songs for Children – Spotify Playlist via Talk in French
https://www.talkinfrench.com/french-songs-children/ - IciMusique, the French-language music radio service of CBC/Radio-Canada
For younger listeners check out the “La récréation musicale” webradio:
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/listes-ecoute-musicales/a155/recreation-musicale
For tweens and teens there is the “#MaMusique #Pop” webradio:
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/listes-ecoute-musicales/a168/MaMusique-Pop
Television
- Bookaboo: Fun preschool show about a rock star puppy who needs to read a story a day to play!
http://ici.radio-canada.ca/jeunesse/prescolaire/emissions/1104/bookaboo - ONIVA: Radio-Canada’s lively magazine-format show for school-age kids:
http://ici.radio-canada.ca/jeunesse/scolaire/emissions/441/oniva - Discover more French-language Radio-Canada shows/games:
Preschool: www.ici.radio-canada.ca/jeunesse/prescolaire
School-age: www.ici.radio-canada.ca/jeunesse/scolaire
Films
- L’office national du film du Canada (NFB) has a great selection of films in French:
www.onf.ca/chaines/jeunesse/ - Top 35 French movies for kids, assembled by Camp Tournesol:
https://www.camptournesol.ca/30-french-films-for-kids/
Online Learning & Games
- IDÉLLO, a Canadian French-language learning platform for educators, parents & students:
www.idello.org/en - Francolab is a French-Canadian web resource for learning French featuring tutorials, learning exercises and quizzes to gauge progress: http://francolab.ca/. Check out Francolab Junior for younger children.
Francophone events in the Lower Mainland
- Visit Le Calendrier francophone de la Colombie-Britannique for francophone events all over BC:
https://www.annuaireffcb.com/evenements/ - Festival des Voyageurs at Fort Langley (January):
https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/lhn-nhs/bc/langley/activ/vedette-featured-events#voyageurs - Rendez-vous French Film Festival (February):
www.rendez-vousvancouver.com/ - Festival du Bois, Maillardville, Coquitlam (March):
www.festivaldubois.ca/ - Festival d’été francophone de Vancouver (mid-June):
www.lecentreculturel.com/en/festival-ete-francophone-de-vancouver
French Camps & Francophone Tourism in BC & Canada
- British Columbia Family French Camp:
www.bcffc.com - French Circus Camp at École Cousteau, North Vancouver (Spring & Summer)
https://rendez-vousvancouver.com/programmation-annuelle/cirque-jeunesse-cb/ - Visit CPF BC & Yukon’s Camps & Exchanges page for camps and other extracurricular activities:
https://bc-yk.cpf.ca/en/camps-exchanges/ - Le Corridor is a website where you can discover a wide range of Canadian heritage, culture and tourism businesses that offer services in French:
https://corridorcanada.ca/?lang=en - Bienvenue en Colombie-Britannique, an organization dedicated to francophone sites and services in British-Columbia:
https://tourisme-cb.com/
Find more resources on our social media channels
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/cpfnorthvan
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cpfnorthvan/
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