The Village of L'Estaque

L'Estaque is a small French fishing village just west of Marseille. Administratively, it belongs to the commune of Marseille.

Many artists of the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist periods visited or resided there or in the surrounding area. Many of them painted scenes of the village, the road leading to the village, and the view of the Bay from the village. Notably, Paul Cézanne painted many views of the water from his room in L'Estaque, showing the changing seasons, the shifting light of day, and the changes in the village itself over time.

Children's Word of the Day - Necklace

Kids, when you see a necklace, point to it and say, "un collier"

Lesson # 65 -Useful Phrases

s'il vous plaît (see voo play) -Please  *(the most important phrase you should always use)

merci beaucoup (mehr see boh koo) -thank you very much

de rien (deh ree yehn) -you're welcome (literally translates to "it's nothing")

pas de quoi (pah deh kwah) -don't mention it

pardonnez-moi, pardon, excusez-moi (pahr dohn ay mwah, pahr dohn, ehks skewz ay mwah) -pardon me, excuse me (all 3 can be used, but you can just say "pardon")

je suis désolé (zhuh swee day zole lay) I am sorry (if you are a man speaking)

je suis désolée (zhuh swee day zole lay) I am sorry (if you are a woman speaking)

à votre santé (ah voh truh sahn tay) -Cheers!, to your health (a toast)

More numbers:
81 quatre-vingt-un (kah truh vahnt uhn), 82 quatre-vingt-deux (kat truh vahnt duh), 83 quatre-vingt-trois (kah truh vahnt twah), 84 quatre-vingt-quatre (kah truh vahnt kah truh), 85 quatre-vingt-cinq (kah truh vahnt sank)

Picard

Picard is a language closely related to French, and as such is one of the larger group ofRomance languages. It is spoken in two regions in the far north of France – Nord-Pas-de-Calaisand Picardy – and in parts of the Belgian region Wallonia (but is clearly distinct from the Walloon language).

Picard is known by several different names. Residents of Picardie call it picard; but in Nord-Pas-de-Calais its dialects are more commonly known as chti or chtimi, in and around the towns ofValenciennes and Lille as rouchi; or simply as patois by Northerners in general. Linguists group all of these under the name Picard. In general the variety spoken in Picardy is understood by speakers in Nord-Pas-de-Calais, and vice versa.

Picard is not taught in French schools (apart from a few one-off and isolated courses) and is generally only spoken among friends or family members. It has nevertheless been the object of university research in Lille and Amiens. Since people are nowadays able to move around France more easily than in past centuries, the different varieties of Picard are converging and becoming more similar. In its daily use, Picard is tending to lose its distinctive features and may be confused with regional French. At the same time, even though most Northerners can understand Picard today, fewer and fewer are able to speak it, and people who speak Picard as their first language are increasingly rare, particularly under age 50.

However, Picard is far from dead and constitutes a lively and large part of the daily life andfolklore of the region

The 2008 film "Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis", starring comedian Dany Boon deals with Ch'ti language and culture and the perceptions of the region by outsiders.

Children's Word of the Day - Mask

Kids, when you see a mask, point to it and say, "un masque"

Georges Brassens -French Singer

Georges Brassens (22 October 1921 - 29 October 1981) was a French singer-songwriter.

Georges Brassens was born in Sète (then called Cette), a town in southern France nearMontpellier. Now an iconic figure in France, he achieved fame through his simple, elegant songs and articulate, diverse lyrics; indeed, he is considered one of France's most accomplished postwar poets. He has also set to music poems by both well-known and relatively obscure poets, including Louis Aragon (Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux), Victor Hugo, Jean Richepin,François Villon, and Guillaume Apollinaire.

Children's Word of the Day - Button

Kids, when you see a button, point to it and say, "un bouton"

Jeanne Louise Calment -The Oldest Person Ever

Jeanne Louise Calment (21 February 1875 – 4 August 1997) was a French woman with the longest confirmed lifespan in history at age 122 years 164 days (122.449 years in total). She lived in Arles, France, for her entire life, and outlived both her daughter and grandson. Because her husband was a bourgeois, she never worked, instead living a comfortable lifestyle. She became well-known from the age of 113, when the centenary of Vincent van Gogh brought reporters to Arles, as she was the last person living to have met the artist. She entered the Guinness Book of Records in 1988, and in 1995 was declared the oldest person who had ever lived, having surpassed Shigechiyo Izumi of Japan. Her lifespan has been thoroughly documented by scientific study, with more records having been produced to verify her age than for any other case.

Children's Word of the Day - Watermelon

Kids, when you see a watermelon, point to it and say, "pastèque"

Alice Guy-Blaché -French Film Pioneer

Alice Guy-Blaché (July 1, 1873 – March 24, 1968) was a French pioneer filmmaker who was the first female director in the motion picture industry and is considered to be one of the first directors of a fiction film.

In 1894 Alice Guy was hired by Léon Gaumont to work for a still-photography company as a secretary. The company soon went out of business but Gaumont bought the defunct operations inventory and began his own company that soon became a major force in the fledgling motion picture industry in France. Alice Guy decided to join the new Gaumont Film Company, a decision that led to a pioneering career in filmmaking spanning more than twenty-five years and involving her directing, producing, writing and/or overseeing more than 700 films.

From 1896 to 1906, Alice Guy was Gaumont's head of production and is generally considered to be the first filmmaker to systematically develop narrative filmmaking. In 1906, she made The Life of Christ, a big budget production for the time, which included 300 extras. As well, she was one of the pioneers in the use of recordings in conjunction with the images on screen in Gaumont's "Chronophone" system, which used a vertical-cut disc synchronized to the film. An innovator, she employed special effects, using double exposure masking techniques and even running a film backwards.

Children's Color of the Week - Green

Kids, when you see the color green, point to it and say, "vert"

Previous colors:

Jaune (zhawn) -yellow

Rouge (roozh) -red

Bleu (bluh) -blue

Musée de la Publicité

The Musée de la Publicité is a museum of advertising history located in the Louvre's Rohan and Marsan wings, Ier arrondissement, at 107, rue de Rivoli, Paris, France. It is open daily except Monday; an admission fee is charged.

The museum first opened in 1978 as the Musée de l’Affiche, and is now a branch of Les Arts Décoratifs focusing on advertisements. It contains about 50,000 posters dating between the 18th century and World War II, with a further 50,000 posters dating from the 1950s to the present, over 20,000 film advertisements, more than 30,000 newspaper and magazine advertisements, as well as radio advertisements and promotional items. The museum presents both temporary exhibits and rotations from its permanent collection.

Place	Palais du Louvre
Access	M� Palais-Royal (lignes 1 et 7), M� Tuileries (ligne 1)
Address	107, rue de Rivoli
City	Paris (France)
Phone	33(0)1 44 55 57 50

Children's Word of the Day - Raincoat

Kids, when you see a raincoat, point to it and say "un imperméable"

Jacques Higelin -French Singer

Jacques Joseph Victor Higelin (born 18 October 1940 in Brou-sur-Chantereine, Seine-et-Marne, France) is a French pop singer who rose to prominence in the early 1970s. Early in his career, many of Higelin's songs were effectively blacklisted from French radio because of his controversial left wing political beliefs, and his association with socialist groups. He and his wife, Kuelan, are the parents of three children, including musician Arthur H and actor Ken Higelin.

Higelin's entertainment career began at age 14, when he left school to work as a stunt double. While playing a number of small roles in various motion pictures, Higelin was taught to play theguitar by Henri Crolla, an French-Italian jazz guitarist and film composer. By the early sixties, Higelin was attending the René Simon drama school, where he won the François Perier award.

For two years starting in 1961, Higelin served in the French military. Upon returning to France, he resumed his cinematic career, but increasingly began to focus on music over film. By the end of the decade, he was also very active in the artistic underground in Paris, and he began to channel his music towards radical militancy. He began attracting popular attention through his live concerts, typically held in smaller venues, and released his first solo album, in 1971. By the middle of the 1970s, Higelin had become one of France's most successful musicians, and he remains influential to this day.

Children's Word of the Day -Tiger

Kids, when you see a tiger, point to it and say, "un tigre"

Children's Word of the Day - Swimming Pool

Kids, when you see a swimming pool, point to it and say, "une piscine"

Quick Phrase of the Day - He Must Be At The Library

il doit être à la bibliothèque (eel dwaht eh truh ah lah bib lee oh tehk) - He must be at the library

Repeat this prase all day long till you know it by heart.

Vocabulary word of the day:

manches (mahnsh) -sleeves

il n'a pas de manches

Answer To Yesterday's Guess Who

Sophie Marceau (born November 17, 1966) is a French actress. In addition to her French language films, she has appeared in international films such as Braveheart (1995) and as a Bond Girl in The World Is Not Enough (1999).

Marceau achieved international recognition in 1995 as Princess Isabelle in Mel Gibson's Braveheart. That year, she was part of an ensemble of international actors in the French film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni and Wim Wenders, Beyond the Clouds.

In 1997, she continued with William Nicholson's Firelight, filmed in England, Véra Belmont's Marquise, filmed in France, and Bernard Rose'sAnna Karenina.

She played Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999). She became a Bond girl by playing Elektra King in The World Is Not Enough(1999).

Marceau teamed up again with her then-boyfriend Andrzej Zulawski to film La Fidélité in 2000

Children's Word of the Day -Puppet

Kids, when you see a puppet, point to it and say, "une marionette"

Guess Who

Guess who this famous French actress is.

Answer will be posted tomorrow.