Le Coin Franco
Resources and ideas for raising bilingual kids, because passing on French is a gift that lasts a lifetime.
Why French Matters
Whether French is your first language or your family's second, keeping it alive at home takes community. Le Coin Franco is a growing collection of local resources to help you raise confident young francophones in Southern California.
Books & Reading
Storybooks Canada
Storybooks Canada is a free open educational resource that promotes literacy and language learning in homes, schools, and communities. Part of the Global Storybooks project, it makes 40 stories from the African Storybook available with text and audio in English, French, and the most widely spoken immigrant and refugee languages of Canada. Share and enjoy!
Free Kids Book - French
Free Kids Book offers free downloadable children’s books in French.
Clotilde French Bookstore
Online French bookstore offering a large and diverse selection of brand new imported French books, from all French editors. Several book fairs per year in SoCal.
Storyplay’r
Storyplay'r is an application for tablets and smartphones and a website for reading stories with the possibility to listen to audio versions while flipping through the pages of the books. Storyplay'r is available by subscription for families, media libraries, and schools.
Discover all kinds of French stories for kids from 3 to 10 years old: short stories, tales, and classics, picture books, bedside books, nursery rhymes, books dealing with emotions, social subjects, documentaries, animal stories, or travel stories.
Shows & Media
Caillou
Team Kids YouTube Channel
Toupie & Binou
TéléQuébec Jeunesse
Classes & Activities
Sophie & Les Petits
French and music classes through a playful and intentional approach in Parent & Me groups and preschool settings.
Swimming Lessons / Jeremy Demouge
Small group swimming lessons in French.
Mon Petit World
Mon Petit World offers dynamic and creative French lessons with their various programs; in-person small groups, online classes, the 10-Minute French Club, bilingual stories, and more.
Kids French Club / Farah Khasser
Private tutoring and “French clubs” for children to practice French through various activities.
Know a Great French Resource?
If a class, book, show, or program has helped your family stay connected to French, share it with our community.