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!
Tags: french, Summer Camp