More About Our Homeschool French for All Ages Course

French for All Ages course is a multi-level program for learning French as a second language. For children in grades K–3, L’Art de DIRE is a great introduction to learning French. Detailed lesson plans, reproducible teaching aids, and a totally oral approach make L’Art de DIRE ideal for teaching French to children who are not yet ready to learn to read in French.

L’Art de LIRE is the starting point for grades 3–12. L’Art de LIRE combines beginning conversational French with an introduction to French phonics, enabling children to read simple stories in French from the first lesson. The six L’Art de LIRE levels of this homeschool French for All Ages course include verb conjugations, grammar, and conversational French. At each level, there is an 80-page student workbook with phonics-based stories, a French-English glossary, easy to understand explanations of new grammar concepts, and exercises. The mp3 audio files walk the student through the workbook, giving opportunity to hear and repeat all the vocabulary and sentences. Also included at each L’Art de LIRE homeschool French for All Ages course level are unit tests, flashcards, and a teacher workbook, which is a copy of the student workbook with answers filled in.

L’Art d’ÉCRIRE is the advanced level of this homeschool French for All Ages course. It follows the Core French Curriculum Guidelines of the Ontario Canada of Ministry of Education for Grade 9, FSF1D. Students using this level have already received several years of previous instruction in French as a Second Language, making this equivalent to an upper-level US high school French course (French 3-4). In addition to grammar lessons, vocabulary and exercises, the content of the L’Art d’ÉCRIRE level of this homeschool French for All Ages course is developed around a theme of self-discovery. Students are challenged to examine their likes and dislikes, the uniqueness of their personalities, and their hopes and dreams for the future. L’Art d’ÉCRIRE also introduces students to classics of French literature in the form of the play Cyrano de Bergerac and the novels of Jules Verne.