Un Deux Trois: First French Rhymes

As a preschool French teacher at a Montessori school, I am always looking for good products to recommend to parents for at-home enrichment. What makes this book/CD set so special is the exceptional quality and beauty of the speaking and the fact that it is unique. There are many CDs with French songs, but few for young children on the American market, where French is spoken. The poems, rhymes, counting-out rhymes, beautiful pictures and special "settings" are extremely appealing to young children and have a classic quality. This book is excellent for guided learning --- exploring French with your child or a small group of children. Act out the rhymes or otherwise bring them to life with puppets, drawing, counting, pictures, fingerplays, or any type of game. Then pull words out to say and learn. These are not just spoken rhymes, they lend themselves to interactive play very well! Don't just put it in the car stereo and expect your child to be entranced until they understand what some of it means. After they do, young children's imaginations are captured by the silliness of the nursery rhymes. Nursery rhymes, with their rhythm and exaggeration & repetition of sounds, are fantastic teachers of the native sounds of a language! This is the most important thing a young learner can pick up! There are notes for each rhyme in the back of the book, but thankfully no blah blah blah in English on the recording itself. The clear enunciation and lyrical quality of the main speaker gives her the type of voice that makes people say, "French is a beautiful language." Her speaking is just entrancing. There is also enough music and little sound effects to enhance the presentation. This product is very reasonably priced for such a gem of language and culture!

Mon dieu, j'aime bien cet livre!!!! My husband got this for me as I'm trying to teach my daughter french and I can't reccomend it enough! So educational, helpful and fun!!!!

Your child will love this.

I purchased this book because I had borrowed the Spanish version from the library, and I really like that one (Uno Dos Tres: My First Spanish Rhymes). Even as an adult, I think it's a great way to learn vocabulary and pronunciation. The audio CD has spoken versions of all the rhymes, and there are songs for some of them, which helps the rhymes stick a lot better. The one thing I was a little disappointed in was the quality of the voice work. The Spanish version only used one individual, and she had an excellent reading voice. In the French book, the reading is done by one woman and a couple of kid. The woman on this recording does not sound as clear and polished as on the one on Spanish version. However, this issue does not have much of an effect on learning, and I would still highly recommend this book.

I have only one child so far and I try to speak only French to him during the day. Sometimes it's hard to think of things to talk about, especially since he's only 8 months old and can't talk back! So, we listen to this CD of songs and rhymes and it's fun to sing along with them for the baby. Once I turn it on, he perks up and smiles. I can bounce him on my knees while we listen. Although it is only audio, it keeps him entertained for longer than any kids show we've watched so far. Then, even when we're not home, I can sing him the songs or chant the rhymes. They're easy to learn and memorize. I also like how the songs cover lots of types of animals, numbers, days of the week and some letters. I'm really glad I bought it!

My nine year old is reciting these rhymes with the correct accent. She is learning so much this year and I love using this book and CD!! I need to get more products like this!

It was supposed to have a CD.

A fun book and CD, with delightful drawings to accompany the songs and poems.

Lovely book

Very small,thin paperback. Looks more substantial in the advertisement

good rhymes, but songs are not interesting. I bought it for my 5 year old brother, but I found it not interesting from the first track. My brother doesn't seem to like it. :'(

英語の絵本ばかりでは飽きてしまうとお嫁さんに言われ、これをプレゼントしてみました。 童謡のＣＤつき。将来何かの役にたってくれればと思います。

I bought this as the first french book for my kid. And he likes to follow the cd playlist and sing along with that. The book is good quality and enough content for a young kid. I’ glad that my kid like this.