Weather and Bastille Day

Explore different kinds of weather with Pepper this summer.

For French weather go to:  Weather in French with Pepper

For Spanish weather go to:  Weather in Spanish with Pepper

On July 14, it will be Bastille Day in France.

Learn all about it with Pepper and spruce up your French at:  Bastille Day with Pepper

Father's Day and End of School Year

Father's Day, a Memory and Go Fish Game, and Essential Phrases to Remember are on Pepper's list as the school year begins to wind down.  

  Pepper booklets in Spanish, French and English

With cards to make in Spanish, French, English

 For all those who raise children

Celebrate with Pepper

For Spanish go to:  Father's Day in Spanish with Pepper

For French go to:  Father's Day in French with Pepper

For English go to:  Father's Day in English with Pepper

Pepper's end of year or "anytime you need a relaxing but productive activity" Spanish Go Fish and Memory game of holidays and seasons can be very useful and entertaining.

Pick up your Spanish card pack at:  Pepper's Spanish Go Fish and Memory Card Game

Finally, over the summer, have students remember and practice their most common sentences to be polite and get help in Spanish or French by giving them Pepper's pocket book of essential phrases. 

For Spanish essential phrases:  Pepper's Spanish Phrases

For French essential phrases:  Pepper's French Phrases

Enjoy the sunshine and practice what you have learned!

Bastille Day

Vive le quatorze juillet!  Long live the 14th of July!  Pepper is back in France.  This time for la Fête Nationale, the National Holiday, better known as Bastille Day in English-speaking countries.  Learn with Pepper about the start of the French Revolution, the storming of the Bastille and the celebrations that followed in later years that lead to la Fête Nationale on July 14.  Understand why Marie-Antoinette was accused of saying “Qu’ils mangent de la brioche,” let them eat cake, and why another day was called "La journée des brouettes," the day of the wheelbarrows.  Pick up some French vocabulary along the way.

Enjoy the fun at:  Bastille Day or really La Fete Nationale with Pepper

Mothers, Family And Essential Phrases

It's nearly Mother's Day!  There's still time to get Pepper's tribute to mothers, fathers and parental figures in her booklets, PowerPoint presentations and cards about some of the occupations these special people carry out in raising children.

For French go to:  Mother's Day, Father's Day and Occupations in French

For Spanish go to:  Mother's Day, Father's Day and Occupations in Spanish

For English go to:  Mother's Day, Father's Day and Occupations in English

Another popular item at this time of year is Pepper's booklet on Family.  It is suitable for Grades 1 to 3 and comes with flashcards to help reinforce learning the vocabulary.

For French go to:  Family in French

For Spanish go to:  Family in Spanish

Finally, Pepper recommends her "Essential Phrases" booklets to help students remember the most common phrases they need to be polite and to get help.  They help boost a beginner student's confidence in his or her ability to communicate in a foreign language.  This booklet is a great vocabulary refresher for the end of the school year and to keep in their jean pockets over the summer.

For French go to:  Essential Phrases in French

For Spanish go to:  Essential Phrases in Spanish

Have a wonderful May!  Enjoy the sunshine, birds and flowers.  Pepper

La ropa, les vêtements, clothes 

Join Pepper as she goes through different clothing vocabulary words in her booklet, useful list, PowerPoint presentation, flashcards, Pepper's Suitcase game, Pepper dress up coloring sheet and coloring posters.

Pepper's booklet and useful list have clothing grouped by letters.  The booklet and the PowerPoint presentation show Pepper dressed in the clothing grouped by letter as a way to aid in visually memorizing the new vocabulary.

Try out Pepper's clothes in French

See what you think of Pepper's clothes in Spanish

Or outfit yourself with Pepper's clothes in English

Onward to Cinco de Mayo and Mother's Day!  

It's spring break and time for Easter, but that also means planning for May with the big events on Pepper's calendar being Cinco de Mayo and Mother's Day.

Find out more with Pepper and enjoy the celebrations at Cinco de Mayo or Pepper in Puebla

Cinco de Mayo, the fifth of May, celebrates the Battle of Puebla in Mexico when a small Mexican army fought off an attack by a large French army in 1862.  Cinco de Mayo has been celebrated in the U.S. since 1862, first in California by Latinos then by more people in other parts of the U.S.  Cinco de Mayo is celebrated in the State of Puebla in Mexico and is called El Día de la Batalla de Puebla.  

 Available in Spanish, French and English.

Mother's Day is on the second Sunday in May in the U.S. and several other countries, followed by Father's Day on the third Sunday in June.  Pepper brings you her combined package of Mother's Day and Father's Day cards to make and booklets with occupations taken on by parental figures.  Learn about the work parental figures do for their children in English, French or Spanish at:

Pepper's Mother's Day, Father's Day and Occupations in English

Pepper's Mother's Day, Father's Day and Occupations in French

Pepper's Mother's Day, Father's Day and Occupations in Spanish

 Available in Spanish, French and English.

 

Easter in Mexico, France and the U.S.

The sun is shining and the weather is warm!  Well, it's above freezing and getting warmer.  The birds are singing their hearts out.  And Easter is just around the corner on April 20 this year.  Pepper has packed her bags and is celebrating Holy Week and Easter Week in three different countries.  Learn about the religious and secular traditions and the significance of the holiday with her.

Follow Pepper and Bunny here for Easter in the U.S.

             

Fly with Pepper here for Easter in France

Travel with Pepper here for Easter in sunny Mexico