French basics - How old are you? - 4 lesson plan mega bundle

EYFS/KS1/KS2 (Years 3/4) Group speaking lesson plans for teaching the question ‘How old are you?’ in French and various simple responses, for children who are learning French for the first time. The lessons are also extremely active and very fun!

This package is the third topic in a ten part series of resources called ‘A Year of French Fun’, designed to last an academic year but it can also be used on its own.

Students can also enjoy a fun video with the vocabulary from the topic being modeled by Tonton the Tortoise!

The language covered is…
Numbers 1-10
It’s my birthday!
Happy birthday!
How old are you?
I am … years old
I have … presents

There are four lessons plans in this package and it is recommended that you use one per week. You will also find lots of creative ideas for extension activities.
The activities are very short and easy to set up, this is to enable you to drip feed French into your weekly routine when you find the time.

The first lesson is a parachute game to introduce counting to ten. As a group children will bounce a teddy ten times up in the air and count each time in French.

The second lesson is a group speaking activity that introduces children to how to say ‘Happy birthday!’, It’s my birthday. how old are you?’ and 'I am … years old’
The lesson is based around children talking to a puppet or class toy and taking turns asking and answering the questions. There are guidelines on how to make this engaging for the children so that they can practise saying the target language many times in different contexts.

The third lesson guides you through a chanting activity where the whole class learns how to count presents and how to say how many they have.
This lesson focuses on saying ‘It’s my birthday!’ and ‘Happy birthday!’.
There is a sheet of cards with presents to cut out to use for this activity.
(The chant may be challenging for the EYFS learners, they may like to colour in the presents sheets instead and talk about how many they have that way.)

The fourth lesson is a card game which I recommend using with KS2 learners as it requires lots of concentration.
There are cards to cut out for each pair or four children playing the game.
The game practises all of the vocabulary learnt in this package and is based around a birthday party and who can collect the most presents to win.

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