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Yesterday was our third fun day at French camp! We started off with drawing pictures in little books that we made. These books had the names of body parts that we had to put into the pictures including the eyes, nose, mouth, ears, and hair. Then, we reviewed our color song and the head, shoulders, knees and toes song. Then, we played around the world to review the colors and body parts. Then we learned a new song about going to the doctor and we learned how to say what hurts and ask what hurts. After we did that, we all had a treat from a French Mardi Gras tradition. In this tradition, everyone in a family is given a piece of cake and in one piece ihas a bean inside. The person with the bean inside is king or queen of the day. We had a cupcake and in each cupcake was a bean. Then, since everyone was a king or queen, all colored crowns to wear for the rest of the day. After our break, we played musical chairs where when someone wasn’t able to get a seat they had to say the French word for either a color or body part that were on flashcards. Then, we reviewed our color song one more time before the day was over. We are all looking forward to tomorrow and learning more french!!

Today we had a great first day of French camp! Our two themes for the week are going to be colors and body parts. We started off today by learning how to greet each other in French and introduce ourselves, and then we learned the names of different colors in French. We played a game, sang a song, colored, and asked each other questions to help us learn the vocabulary. After our break, we learned about a French tradition called Poisson d’Avril. It is kind of like April Fool’s Day here in the United States. In France, on April 1st every year, children make fish out of paper and stick them on their friends’ and family members’ backs without them noticing. When someone finds the fish you put on their back you are supposed to yell out “Poisson d’avril!” After we colored and decorated our own fish, we sneakily tried to put them on the backs of our classmates and teachers, and tonight at home we will try to trick our parents and siblings with poisson d’avril. We can’t wait for tomorrow when we are going to start learning the body parts!