Helping your child Get ready for French Immersion - TFO
Helping your child Get ready for French Immersion - TFO
Helping your child Get ready for French Immersion - TFO
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Fall 2011<br />
<strong>Helping</strong> <strong>your</strong> <strong>child</strong><br />
<strong>Get</strong> <strong>ready</strong> <strong>for</strong><br />
<strong>French</strong> <strong>Immersion</strong><br />
Fun learning activities in <strong>French</strong><br />
<strong>for</strong> <strong>your</strong> <strong>child</strong> and you<br />
Marianne and Dino<br />
Online activities in <strong>French</strong> at tfo.org/mini<br />
TV programs in <strong>French</strong> <strong>for</strong> 2-to-6-year-olds<br />
starting at 6 am every day.
You‛re a big kid now, and you‛re going to school!<br />
You‛re going to learn all kinds of things like how to<br />
count and how to draw! You‛ll sing songs, and you‛ll<br />
hear stories that will make you laugh! And you‛re going<br />
to be doing it in <strong>French</strong>!<br />
To help you get a head start with <strong>your</strong> <strong>French</strong>, take<br />
a look at fun activities you‛ll really like.<br />
Marianne and Dino<br />
You have just enrolled <strong>your</strong> <strong>child</strong> in a<br />
kindergarten or Grade 1 <strong>French</strong>-immersion<br />
program. <strong>TFO</strong> MediaGroup Educational Services<br />
produces and distributes <strong>French</strong>-language<br />
educational and cultural plurimedia content.<br />
We are pleased to offer you fun activities that<br />
take a practical approach to learning and are designed<br />
especially <strong>for</strong> <strong>child</strong>ren entering kindergarten or Grade 1.<br />
<strong>TFO</strong> can be a great partner in <strong>your</strong> <strong>child</strong>’s education and development.<br />
You can also contribute to our educational and cultural content by<br />
becoming a member of <strong>TFO</strong>.<br />
At <strong>TFO</strong>, <strong>your</strong> <strong>child</strong>’s success is important to us!<br />
Caroline Paris<br />
Director of Communications, <strong>TFO</strong> MediaGroup
Online educational activities at tfo.org<br />
Au jardin enchanté de Pouce-vert<br />
(Green Thumb’s enchanted garden)<br />
tfo.org/poucevert<br />
Pouce-vert invites his friends into his<br />
enchanted garden to learn new<br />
vocabulary words. This activity develops<br />
attention, dexterity, memory and other<br />
skills.<br />
Manon<br />
tfo.org/manon<br />
Children join Manon and her farm-animal<br />
friends to play simple games at her pond, in<br />
her garden, and at her house. This activity<br />
develops attention, dexterity, and memory.<br />
Nelly & César<br />
tfo.org/nellycesar<br />
This activity includes puzzles and<br />
games to develop attention (find<br />
the hidden animals), a sense of<br />
logic, and dexterity (avoiding<br />
obstacles while riding a bike).<br />
Videos of Nelly & César are also<br />
available online.
Le grenier de Bisou (Bisou’s Attic)<br />
tfo.org/bisou<br />
Bisou helps young <strong>child</strong>ren to explore their everyday<br />
lives and the world around them. In the process, they<br />
count, learn the alphabet, acquire new vocabulary,<br />
and develop their visual memory.<br />
Les tranches font la paire<br />
(Two Slices Make a Pair)<br />
tfo.org/tranches<br />
Madame Tranche de Pain prepares a<br />
delicious sandwich, and <strong>child</strong>ren help<br />
her to find the ingredients!<br />
Wumpa<br />
tfo.org/wumpa<br />
Wumpa the Walrus invites <strong>child</strong>ren to<br />
explore the Arctic and its ice sheet!<br />
Le château magique<br />
(The Toy Castle)<br />
tfo.org/chateaumagique<br />
As they explore the toy castle, young<br />
<strong>child</strong>ren find games that help them<br />
to learn the letters of the alphabet,<br />
numbers, sounds and music, dance<br />
steps, and colours.<br />
Les dessins-mystères de Méli-Fleur<br />
(Méli-Fleur’s Mystery Drawings)<br />
tfo.org/melifleur<br />
This activity helps <strong>child</strong>ren to<br />
develop hand-eye co-ordination<br />
by using their computer mouse to<br />
connect the dots.
Online interactive reading at tfo.org<br />
Carmen à la Campagne (Carmen in the Country)<br />
tfo.org/carmen<br />
Carmen reads stories to <strong>child</strong>ren while they follow<br />
in her interactive books.<br />
L’histoire du petit Poupouyaki (The Story of Little Poupouyaki)<br />
tfo.org/poupouyaki<br />
Children turn the pages and listen to the story of Poupouyaki. On<br />
each page, they can click a little picture of the Poupouyaki holding a<br />
pencil, then play games where they answer questions to see if they<br />
understand the story.<br />
Léonard le canard (Leonard the Duck)<br />
tfo.org/leonard<br />
Children listen to the story of Leonard the Duck and develop their<br />
vocabulary by following the words and answering questions.<br />
<strong>TFO</strong>, the favourite <strong>French</strong>-language<br />
destination <strong>for</strong> parents and <strong>child</strong>ren
Children‛s TV personalities who are<br />
creative, endearing, and fun<br />
Marianne and Dino of<br />
Mini <strong>TFO</strong> keep <strong>child</strong>ren<br />
company with fun TV<br />
programming all day<br />
long.<br />
Mini <strong>TFO</strong> is a <strong>French</strong>language<br />
educational<br />
universe where <strong>child</strong>ren feel at home and<br />
develop their identity through games and all<br />
kinds of exploration.<br />
Your 2-to-6-year-olds will also find all their<br />
favourite <strong>French</strong>-speaking characters on <strong>TFO</strong>:<br />
Wonder Choux (Wonder Pets), Caillou, Le<br />
Dino train (Dinosaur Train), Thomas le petit<br />
train (Thomas the Tank Engine), Sid le petit<br />
scientifique (Sid the Science Kid), and many<br />
more!
<strong>TFO</strong><br />
The favorite<br />
<strong>French</strong>-language destination<br />
<strong>for</strong> parents<br />
and <strong>child</strong>ren!<br />
Visit us on Facebook and YouTube too.<br />
tfo.org<br />
<strong>TFO</strong> wants to help <strong>your</strong> little<br />
ones get off to a good start<br />
at school. But we can’t do it<br />
without you.<br />
Become a member at:<br />
tfo.org/membre<br />
tfoliaison@tfo.org<br />
1.800.387.8435<br />
Producer and distributor of <strong>French</strong>-language educational and cultural plurimedia content