French typed punctuation (How odd!!)

A French friend has pointed out to me that French punctuation (when it is written with two symbols) should always be typed after leaving a space.
The punctuation concerned is:
:  (colon - two dots)
? (question mark - squiggle and dot)
!  (explanation mark - line and dot)
;  (semi colon - dot and comma)
« (two marks)

» (two marks)

All single punctuation marks (commas and full stops) should be typed without a space.
Check this out in a book published in France - he is absolutely right. How odd!!
Quel âge as-tu ?
Quelle horreur !

Trousers, pants and pyjamas!!!

I have just explained to the children that English words describing garments in which you slip both legs, are always written in the plural whereas in French they are always singular.
Jeans  (The jeans are NOT the jeans is)
Trousers  (The trousers are NOT the trousers is)
Shorts
Swimming trunks
Leggings
Tights
Pyjamas (Pyjama bottoms)
Pants
Culottes
Dungarees
BE CAREFUL! These words are singular in French. 
Le jean (le jean est)
Le pantalon (le pantalon est)
Le short etc etc

In order to make these words singular in English you need to say 'a pair of ...'
This is why language is so fascinating!!

French interactive CD rom

I have just received an email from a French teacher saying "I researched and found Skoldo! I do like the CD rom and take immense satisfaction when I tell people it cost £12 compared to the hundreds other things cost!" 
The £12.00 is for the multi user licence but if you want the CD rom for personal use then it only costs £5.99.

I'm delighted that the school office decided to buy such a useful French resource within budget.

It's always good to receive feed-back!

A game of alphabet pairs

Taught a small group of six children today and we were revising the French alphabet.
Before the lesson I printed out two copies of the Alphabet Picture from the Skoldo website
http://www.skoldo.com/node/2404 and then cut out all the little pictures and laid them between the laminate sheets. I then cut out all the little laminated squares of alphabet pictures.
Popped all the pictures into an envelope marked ALPHABET GAME.
At the end of the lesson we played pairs turning over two pictures at a time, remembering where they were, turning them back face down and continuing until a pair could be found.
Each child had a go until all the pairs could be found.
A variation (if short on time) is for the children to work in pairs and turn over four cards at a time.
They LOVED it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FREE Alphabet Poster

This A4 coloured poster of the French alphabet is Free with any brochure requested via email or phone.

Only available until 10th december 2011 or whilst stocks last.

Hurry and order now!!!



New Brochure 2012

Skoldo's New Brochure
The 2012 brochure has now been published.
Please email info@skoldo.com if you would like a copy.
Don't forget to add your name and full postal address!

Christmas is coming!!

We have just sent emails to our customers reminding them of the French Christmas resources we have both in stock and on our website.
Click the link below if you would like to look at the email and let us know if you would like to receive information on future Skoldo products.
http://eepurl.com/gOZr9