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.
Free Kids Books is a growing library of unique children’s books, literary resources, and textbooks for children and young adults, available online and for download primarily in a user-friendly pdf format.
Clotilde French Bookstore
Clotilde French Bookstore is an online French bookstore offering a large and diverse selection of brand-new imported French books, from several French publishers. They host several book fairs throughout the year in Southern California
Children’s Book World
Children’s Book World is a bookstore in West LA offering a large selection of French children’s books. They also host a bilingual French/English story time with Monsieur Gavin a few Sundays per month.
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.
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.
Schools
French Immersion Preschools
French Immersion
Public Schools
French Immersion
Private Schools
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