A World Cup Knowledge Bowl was held for any student or adult to enter. Announcements were made daily in one of the foreign languages. After three days of games, team France had won the majority. Little did we know in that Barrington Middle School would pressage world events!
Students experience a facet of traditional French-African culture Some women wear long skirts because they must cover their ankles at all times; people routinely carry items on their heads. Rules for wrapping the fabric need to be stated because there is a tendency to simply carry the cloth and not really wear it.
Students wrap the fabric tightly around them to make a skirt, tying the two ends at the waist. They put baskets or books on their head and race the pre-determined course. This can also be done as a relay race. The student who reaches the finish line first with basket or book still on the head, or the team which completes the race first is the winner. Use your imagination for prizes! Students enjoy eating the fruit in the baskets. Unmarried women sometimes wear two or three skirts to give good coverage of the ankles.
Each student racing in a heat needs a tray, plastic soda bottle, and two cups. A nearby water source is needed. Finally, set the race course. Students choose a partner and wear aprons, berets, or chef hats on Race Day. They carry the tray with one hand and pass off to teammate at a half-way point.
Winners are those who return to the finish line first with their cups and full bottle intact put a small weight in the bottom of plastic cups so they do not blow away. Run as many heats as necessary to determine a winning team. At the end, have a photo session and send pictures to school newspaper or other local publications. Teach students how to play Mancala and organize a Mancala tournament.
Let older students who have learned how to play teach elementary students how to play. Achi is an African cousin of tic-tac-toe. Yote is checkers with a big twist. There is also a string puzzle, etc. If you are a parent, you may want to check out our parents page for more information on how your child should use French Games to enhance their French language learning.
We also have a YouTube channel for French learners with lots of video tutorials! French Games is for kids and the parents of kids and young adults who need or want to learn French as a second language. You might be starting to learn French for the first time, or you may need to reinforce what you are learning at school or with your tutor with additional lessons and games. If you are between five and fifty or twenty five anyway , try out French Games and make your French learning a great way to spend some time.
If you have any comments or suggestions, get in touch on our Contact page. French topics French lessons French games French tests French vocabulary. Privacy Terms and conditions. Provide English translations for the phrases, but the students must use only the French—do not allow English during the game. How you enforce this is up to your personal teaching style. With such language at their disposal, simple games such as battleships, snakes and ladders or hangman can have your classroom buzzing in French.
However, there are also fantastic classroom games that demand students read , speak and write in French. Here are four of them:. The student in the hot seat thinks of an object or person, and the class then has to guess who or what it is by asking questions. Prepare the kinds of questions in French students will need to ask and display them on posters around the room. You now have a permanent resource, a rich source of language and fun that you can use with all age levels.
Examples will include phrases in French such as:. The students are practicing listening, thinking in French and speaking skills. These online games are offered as part of a package of French learning activities for beginners which also includes simple French lessons and tests. Learn French with the little frog!
The games we currently offer to help your French learning are listed below and include Duck shoot, Pong and Pelmanism. All our games are free to play and can be used with any of our free French topics.
Most of the games are based on matching pictures to written or spoken French vocabulary and short sentences. You should probably complete the lesson for a topic before you play the games so that you can familiarize yourself with the vocabulary for each picture.
Most of the games are self-explanatory but we would like to tell you more about our adventure game, "The beetle and the bee".
In this game you use your arrow keys to control a beetle which is trying to collect strawberries whilst avoiding some angry, stinging bees. The bees take some life each time they sting you, and you must also navigate around lots of obstacles to reach each strawberry which is also moving about. There are 10 screens to complete. Each time you hit a strawberry you have to answer a question in order to keep it Hangman is another fun game - you know the format, but you should check out our implementation - we think it is rather nice.
All the games come with an info box like this one and a help box that can be accessed using the info and help signs respectively on the far left of the interface.
All our games are available online and are free to use with all our topics - that is over vital items of French that are at the core of any beginning French course. Our games are accompanied by French lessons and tests to provide a vital free resource for French learners with limited or no budget. The details for each game are given on their own pages.
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