Lesson 5: Outdoor games in France
Practising how to count in French from one to 12, recognising the written numbers through playing traditional French playground games and creating giant ‘dot to dot’ puzzles of famous Paris landmarks.
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
1. Stand the children in a circle and start them off chanting together the numbers 1-12 in French.
2. After a couple of rounds, repeat but with the children clapping for each count.
3. After a couple of rounds, repeat but with the children stamping one foot for each count.
4. After a couple of rounds, repeat but with the children clapping on the even numbers and stamping on the odd numbers.
5. Finally, repeat but this time go round the circle with each child in turn counting the number and either clapping or stamping.
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Belinda has been a French and Spanish teacher based in Bath for more than 15 years. She has delivered a range of courses for teachers and PGCE students and is particularly passionate about weaving language, culture and global learning across the curriculum. Having previously worked in travel publishing, she is a keen explorer and nature lover with a fondness for all things South America.
Belinda has created topics on introductions through puppets, playground games, and has created a French science lesson on the circle of life.
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