FREE French Workbook – “La Metéo”

The school year is slowly coming to a close and kids everywhere are beaming at the idea of summer vacation (finally!). But, that doesn’t mean that French learning has to stop! Our mission at Camp Tournesol is to show children who are learning French that it’s not only a subject at school, but a daily […]
Practice French With Free Printable Workbooks for Kids

Beyond school time, there’s always room for improvement in your child’s education – especially when learning a whole new language! That’s why we’ve created these 4 FREE seasonal workbooks for your child to practice French at home. Each book includes a list of essential vocabulary words and phrases, as well as a few activities that […]
French Skills Developed at Camp Tournesol

Each week at camp, we strive to ensure that our campers at French summer camps fun while improving their French. We work very hard to ensure that the activities and games that take place for campers are enjoyable, reflect the interests of the campers, and can be used to help campers practice their […]
15 Jobs that Require French Speaking Skills

Many parents wonder how their child’s future will impacted by jobs requiring french language skills. The truth is that when you decide to put your child in a French immersion or extended French program, you are opening up a plethora of job opportunities in their future. There’s no doubt that speaking more than one language, […]
How To Text In French

Remember when you had to click a number on your cellphone keypad three times just to type one letter? Maybe your child isn’t even aware that it was ever so frustrating to text, but they’ve kept the tradition of shortening every. Single. Phrase. ‘I don’t know’ becomes ‘idk’, ‘to be honest’ becomes ‘tbh’, and of […]
3 Reasons Why Group Language-Learning Beats Going It Alone

Does your child want to enhance their French skills but hasn’t yet found the most effective way to go about it? While some children may initially feel more comfortable resigning to their desk with a handful of French worksheets and studying alone, there is certainly a case to be made about learning a new language […]
The importance of reading
Reading is all around us even if you are not holding a book , you are reading in many different ways! At a very young age your child can recognize the big yellow M that is at every McDonald restaurant or the D that is so distinctive on all Disney products! All of this early […]