French Language Books For Children And Toddlers

I read several books to my son every day, some books I read in the morning, others I read after lunch and before bedtime. On a daily basis my husband and I read picture books, lullabies and sing songs. Reading to babies and toddlers everyday is an essential part of their lifelong education.  Reading introduces them to concepts such as colors, objects, shapes, numbers, animals and people. The baby develops listening, memory and vocabulary schools. Children who are read to from an early age do much better in school later on in life. They have better reading comprehension skills which affects every subject they study in school.

We live in Mexico, and half of my family is Mexican, our son is exposed to both English and Spanish on a daily basis. There is no choice, he must be fluent in both. However, it is also very helpful to expose children to other languages.

Every once in a while I read to my son in French. Unfortunately, I gave all of my baby-French books to my daughter years ago. I only have two French books for children in Mexico. I do not plan on pushing French with my son. He can learn it later in life if he wants to. When he is about five or six, my husband and I agreed that his third language will be Chinese.

Anyway - if you speak French and would like your child to learn French either now, or later in life, now is as good a time as any. Below are some online bookstores and publishers who sell children´s books in French. Most of the vendors are Canadian, but some of them are in France. Click on any link to buy French books for your children.

Direct Link to Canadian Scholastic Books for Children Aged 1 - 6!

http://www.communication-jeunesse.qc.ca/repertoires/maisons/index.php
http://www.alire.com/
http://editions-chouette.com/
http://www.editpaix.qc.ca/
http://www.editions.scholastic.ca/editions/
http://www.edhexagone.com/

Are you interested in getting some Italian baby books for yourself or your children?

Check out this link!

http://www.ilgiardinodeilibri.it/__libri/_libri_per_bambini/

Naomi reading to her son

This is a daily routine. My husband and I both read to our son every day.

language permeates all things

Online Universities published a collection of forty video and audio lectures about human language, culture and civilization. The lectures together show us how language and linguistics unites all things.


One of the lectures they linked was by Director  Sebastian Silva. He discussed American acceptance of foreign language films. I thought that was particularly interesting because I think that Americans should be exposed to more foreign language films. Their article also had other lectures about language, human brain and how language is used in political propaganda. I suggest all my readers go directly to their article and choose any of the 40 language topics you find most interesting. 


Enjoy!

40 Fantastic Lectures By Linguistic Geeks

Skin Care Products in Foreign Languages

For the past few weeks I have been brainstorming a new company I want to start in Seattle. It takes a lot of work, recipe writing and planning. I learned all about Savon de Marseille, the history and age old process of making soap. Luise 14th made it a law that Savon de Marseille must be made in Marseille or the surrounding area. Anyway - here are some internet searches I did this morning on soap websites from around the world.

Sweden

http://eleven.se/tval-g240.html     BJÖRK & BERRIES 
http://www.plushalsa.se    Plushalsa

            Italy

http://www.acquaesapone.it/        Acqua e Sapone

http://www.anticasaponeria.it/      Antica Saponeria

http://www.aleppocolors.ch/          Aleppo 

          France

http://blog.alysee-boutique.com/     Alysee

http://www.savon-de-marseille-boutique.com/  La Boutique

Buy Toys In Other Languages

Since we are expecting another baby, I decided to look for some Fisher Price Toys online. If you would like to practice your language skills - and talk about toys in your target language - check out these links!

Chez Republic            Portugal                  Japan

Italy                  Denmark                       Korea

France                          Greece                             Germany                    Hungary          Sweden                                 

Poland              Spain                        Finland                Turkey                      China  

Youtube Channel - Watch TV in other languages.

Today I received an friend invite from a Youtube Channel Multilingualbooks. After checking out their channel, I thought it would be great to repost. The have many television shows from around the world. Their channel consists mostly of playlists from other channels.

It is a Must see for language learners!

http://www.youtube.com/user/multilingualbooks

Watch the News in Other Languages

When I started learning French 15 years ago, I made a habit of watching French news a few times a week. With Youtube and stream media, this has now become a lot easier.