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Is your house magic like Encanto?

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By Mary Clements

During our winter camps, it started coming up, ” Have you seen Encanto?”, “Can you play the song, We don’t talk about Bruno?” It seemed ...

3 Untranslatable French Words

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By Mary Clements

I hope everyone is keeping well! This week in Ontario we had a major winter snowfall that has delayed many schools here in the greater Toronto area from getting ...

Grade 4 French Check List

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By Mary Clements

We’re back on the list! In case you missed the previous weeks, check out our: Grade 1 Checklist Grade 2 Checklist Grade 3 Checklist These ...

A Positive Relationship With Food

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By Mary Clements

Here at Les Petites Pommes we are so lucky to have parents who are experts in many different fields and who throughout the years have ...

Grade 2 French Immersion Check List

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By Mary Clements

Last week I sent out a checklist of common topics that are covered during Grade 1 and I wasn’t going to send grade 2 this ...

Feelings Detective

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By Mary Clements

It begins with curiosity and leads to connection and understanding. For those of you who have followed our newsletter for a while now, you have ...

Useful Resources for French Listening

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By Mary Clements

Listening is a vital skill on the road to language acquisition and mastery. While skills such as reading, speaking and writing are essential to develop language proficiency, listening contributes primarily for language expertise. For ...

The Art Of Gathering

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By Mary Clements

Recently I was introduced to Priya Parker, author of the book “The Art of Gathering, How We Meet And Why It Matters”. She is also ...

To My Non-French Speaking Parents

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By Mary Clements

Tis the season of French Immersion information nights and last week I was invited to speak at my first ever online FI information night! These nights ...

Useful Website for French Reading

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By Mary Clements

Your children may not realize quite yet, but being able to read in another language is a very special super power. It will allow them to ...