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F Is For French

We are participating in the  Christian Home School Hub 's  Passport to the World journey . This week, we're exploring France. French is a beautiful language. I studied French for 2 years in high school. I even translated one book from French into Thai :). Now I can only remember a handful of French words/phrases. Below are some interesting facts we've learned about France and some useful links that different homeschool families share at  http://christianhomeschoolhub.spruz.com/ . Bienvenue A la France! = Welcome to France! Some Interesting Facts:   The French flag is called le tricolore (blue, red, & white). Red and blue are the colors of Paris and white was once the color of French royalty. The French national anthem is called La Marseillaise , composed by a soldier named Claude-Joseph Rouget De Lisle as a marching song for the revolutionary army in 1792. In France, you drive on the right hand side of the street and cars have st...

Passport to the World

I'd like to invite you to join me and other homeschool families in the Christian Home School Hub 's Passport to the World journey ! For 26 w eeks, we will be traveling to 26 destinations around the world by  following Craig Froman's newly published book, Passport to the World , which is an A to Z guided language tour. Each week of this fun and educational journey, one traveler will win a copy of Passport to the World .  Each week, a 'ticket' will be displayed on the Christian Home School Hub's site showing the week's destination. We are to find and share as many educational websites, activities, crafts, recipes, worksheets, etc. as we can about each destination. We will be traveling to the following destinations and beside each (in parentheses) are the languages highlighted in Passport to the World . 1. Armenia (Armenian) 2. Bangladesh (Bengali) 3. United States (Cherokee) 4. Netherlands (Dutch) 5. Australia (English) 6. France (French...