French Immersion (Primary/Junior)
Mini mag à moi is a free, online magazine for students ages 4–7 that offers simple articles about everyday life, animals, nature, and culture. It includes audio and interactive activities that support vocabulary, listening, and comprehension skills through authentic, content. Click the image to access the link.
The Zone des petits section of the Radio-Canada website offers videos, songs, and games that support the development of oral communication in early French language acquisition. It provides immersion in authentic, native-speaker French that uses simple, repetitive vocabulary, ideal for developing fundamental listening comprehension and vocabulary in FSL students.
IDÉLLO is a digital platform created by TFO (Télévision Française de l'Ontario) that offers an educational content library of videos, podcasts, digital books, games, teaching tools, and learning guides for grades K-12. Click the image to log in or to create your own, free account.
IDÉLLO’s Année en un coup d'oeil offers a variety of authentic French-language content for subjects like Mathematics, Science and Technology, Social Studies, and more! The resource library contains videos, digital books, podcasts, and other teaching tools organized by grade level, subject, and period of the year.
Les mimistoires and P’tite jasette, suitable for primary students, are sections of FrancoLab Junior, an educational platform designed to support FSL students. It offers interactive videos, games, and cultural content to make learning engaging and age-appropriate. Teachers can access a guide with lesson ideas, while students can explore hands-on activities that reinforce vocabulary, listening, and speaking skills in fun and creative ways.
French Immersion Supports
Mon mag à moi is a free, online magazine suitable for ages 8–11 that builds reading, listening, and vocabulary skills with fun, authentic content. Click the image to access the link.
TFO apprendre à la maison is a free, online platform that provides a bank of reliable, free, and interactive lesson plans and supplemental materials that directly support the delivery of the grades K-8 Ontario curriculum in French.
Boukili is a free, interactive, and educational reading application from Groupe Média TFO. It is designed for children aged 4 and up and offers a large collection of illustrated French books. Teachers can also assign books or listen to student voice recordings through a teacher dashboard.
Je lis is an online reading collection that can be used in K-2 classrooms for read alouds and to support vocabulary and knowledge-building within text sets. Please reach out to a learning coach for more information on how you can use Je lis in your classroom.
Radio-Canada zone jeunesse is a website that provides engaging and authentic French-language media content, suitable for FSL learners. It offers access to educational articles, newscasts, and content related to current events and various topics, making it useful for developing French listening comprehension and exposure to authentic language, different accents, and integrating real-world French into lessons.
Je lis is an online reading collection that can be used in grades 3-6 for read alouds and for vocabulary and knowledge-building within text sets. As students move away from decodable texts, Je lis can also support their learning of French language structure, fluency, and comprehension. Please reach out to a learning coach for more information on how you can use Je lis in your classroom.
TFO apprendre à la maison is a free, online platform that provides a bank of reliable, free, and interactive lesson plans and supplemental materials that directly support the delivery of the grades K-8 Ontario curriculum in French.
La Francomobile and Canot Cocasse, suitable for junior students, are sections of FrancoLab Junior, an educational platform designed to support FSL students. It offers interactive videos, games, and cultural content to make learning engaging and age-appropriate. Teachers can access a guide with lesson ideas, while students can explore hands-on activities that reinforce vocabulary, listening, and speaking skills in fun and creative ways.
MAJ (Mon Actualité du Jour) is a multi-platform news and information service created by Radio-Canada and designed for use by educators. The topics covered are relevant to young people's interests and concerns, ranging from social issues and world events to popular culture. Some of the videos/articles also include a link to a teacher’s guide with discussion questions and other activities.
These vibrant and visual magazines contain short articles, comic strips, puzzles, quizzes, videos, interviews and songs. Subscriptions have been purchased for schools and include an online access code for videos with transcripts, accompanying activities, a teacher’s guide, lesson plans, and more. Allons-y! (A1) and Bonjour (A2) are both suitable for grades 4-6.
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