Product Description

Make learning French fun for kids through music. All little kids adore music, so why not tap into this natural affinity to get young kids hooked on foreign language learning? That's precisely what the unique "Let's Sing and Learn in French" does. With a songbook of twenty original melodies, "Let's Sing and Learn in French" (CD edition) teaches basic French vocabulary and expressions in a fresh, exciting way. Instead of trying to memorize greetings, numbers, colors, and days and months, your child will enjoy the fun of putting them to music.While singing "Le printemps (The spring)," not only will your child be actively engaged, but the lessons learned will stay with her much longer as she associates the new words with easy-to-remember rhythms and beats. Pop in the twenty-five-minute CD and listen as your child sings along in French with other kids on the recording, belting out these delightful tunes and learning about everyday subjects at the same time.Features include: songbook of twenty original tunes will have your child, aged three to six, singing in French in no time; English translation of lyrics to build your child's French vocabulary; simple chords and musical notation allow you accompany your child on guitar or piano; kid singers on the CD model proper French pronunciation and intonation; and, CD format allows for easy song location and quick replay. Whether you're an educator, parent, babysitter, or caregiver, you'll be amazed at how quickly kids, even the shiest in the bunch, catch on to French when music is the medium!

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #74020 in Books
• Published on: 1983-07-04
• Original language: French, English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 32 pages

From the Back Cover

Make learning French fun for kids through music

All little kids adore music, so why not tap into this natural affinity to get young kids hooked on foreign language learning? That's precisely what the unique Let's Sing and Learn in French does.

With a songbook of twenty original melodies, Let's Sing and Learn in French (CD edition) teaches basic French vocabulary and expressions in a fresh, exciting way. Instead of trying to memorize greetings, numbers, colors, and days and months, your child will enjoy the fun of putting them to music. While singing "Le printemps (The spring)," not only will your child be actively engaged, but the lessons learned will stay with her much longer as she associates the new words with easy-to-remember rhythms and beats.

Pop in the twenty-five-minute CD and listen as your child sings along in French with other kids on the recording, belting out these delightful tunes and learning about everyday subjects at the same time. Features include:

• Songbook of twenty original tunes will have your child, aged three to six, singing in French in no time
• English translation of lyrics to build your child's French vocabulary
• Simple chords and musical notation allow you accompany your child on guitar or piano
• Kid singers on the CD model proper French pronunciation and intonation
• CD format allows for easy song location and quick replay

Whether you're an educator, parent, babysitter, or caregiver, you'll be amazed at how quickly kids, even the shiest in the bunch, catch on to French when music is the medium!

About the Author

Matt Maxwell is an accomplished writer and musician.

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Customer Reviews

A Primary French Teacher
Other than the first track, a Rock and Roll version of Frère Jacques which is brilliant, the songs are pretty dull and clearly unsuitable for the 3-6 year old audience the book claims to target. The language is too difficult for this age group and my classes were not impressed at all. The book has the lyrics, music and chords so children can play the music and the CD is sung by children (always more appealing than adults).
There are plenty of other more suitable cds/books for this age group on the market.

singing french
i bought this along with an usbornes-learn-french dvd for our 3yr olds b'day as i wanted her to become familiar with french and pick up well known songs, in the way i learnt and still remember frere jacque, and sur le pont d'avignon. unfortunately she's not been keen on it, she's listened a few times but has picked up frere jacque from the usborne dvd's intro, i barely recognised the version on this cd. i did catch her colouring in the pictures in the accompanying book though. maybe she will appreciate it more when she is older?

Not as good as it could have been
I bought this for my 2 year old twins as I want them to become familiar with listening to another language. One of them has already picked up C'est L'Halloween which is not bad considering this is aimed at older children.

Other than Frere Jacque, Ma mere m'envoie t-au marche and Je suis un artiste, I find most of the tunes uninspiring and dull. I can speak a little French and I find it difficult to comprehend what is actually being sung.

I will keep playing it to my boys as background music but overall, I am unimpressed and will be looking for a better product with memorable, fun tunes and lyrics.