Children's Word of the Day -Shoulder

Kids, point to your shoulder and say "mon épaule"

Children's Word of the Day - Spiderweb

Kids, when you see a spiderweb, point to it and say, "une toile d'araignée"

Quick Phrase of the Day - The Whole Family...

Toute la famille sera à l'aéroport pour nous accueillir (toot lah fah meel seh rah ah lahr oh pohr pohr nooz ah kway eer) -The whole family will be at the airport to welcome us.

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

Vocabulary word of the day:

ennemi / ennemie (eh neh mee) -enemy

il est mon ennemi (eel ay mohn eh neh mee) -He is my enemy

elle est mon ennemie (ell ay mohn eh neh mee) -She is my enemy

The Conservatoire de Paris

The Conservatoire de Paris is a music college founded in 1795, based in Paris, France. It offers instruction in music and drama of the highest standards, drawing on les traditions of the "French School."

In 1946 it was split into deux "Conservatoires," one for acting, théâtre and drama, known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique , and the other for musique et danse, the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP). It is under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture and Communication. The origins of the Paris Conservatoire can be traced back to la création of the École Royale de Chant (Literally translated as The Royal School of Singing), by decree of Louis XIV on 28 juin 1669. It was reconstituted by the composer Gossec in 1784.

By the 1940s it had grown and become one of the biggest and most prestigious Conservatories in Europe. In 1946 the Conservatoire was split into two Conservatories; one for music and dance, and one for the dramatic arts.

les traditions (lay trah dish ee yohn) -the traditions

deux (doo) two

théâtre (tay ah truh) -theatre

musique et danse (myoo zeek ay dahnce) -music & dance

la création (lah kray ah shee yohn) -the creation

juin (zhoo ahn) June

Children's Word of the Day -Turtle

Kids, when you see a turtle, say "une tortue"

Quick Phrase of the Day - This Is A Mere Formality

Ce n'est qu'une simple formalité (seh nay koon sahm pluh fohr mahl ee tay) -This is a simple formality

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

Vocabulary word of the day:

un blouson en cuir (uhn bloo zahn  ahn kweer) -a leather jacket

Où est mon blouson en cuir? (ooh ay mohn bloo zahn ahn kweer) -Where is my leather jacket?

Jenifer Bartoli -French Singer

Jenifer Yaël Dadouche-Bartoli (born on 15 November 1982 in Nice), better known as simplyJenifer, is a pop singer who has, since 2002, had a number of hit singles in the French and Swiss charts.

Jenifer was raised with her younger brother Jonathan, by her mother and father, Michel Dadouche and Christine Bartoli. Her mother is part Corsican and part Spanish; her father is a Jewish-Algerian pied noir. She comes from a modest background. She participated in theGraines de star television broadcast in 1997, but this was a failure.

Jenifer decided to go to Paris and attend the casting for the first series of Star Academy inFrance . She was selected, and eventually won. The hit single "J'attends L'amour" (I'm waiting for love) soon followed. After the tour with her band that followed her victory, she went on the road as a solo artist from October 2002 until January 2003, and eventually performed at theParis Olympia, which she had dreamed of as a child.

Her debut self-titled album went on to sell over three quarters of a million copies. The album featured a song written by Marc Lavoine and a duet with fellow Star Academy student Mario. The second single "Au Soleil" became one of the "tubes de l'été" (Summer hits) of 2002 in France. The album was re-released later to include two new tracks: "Entre Humains" and "Des Mots Qui Résonnent". The latter became her third top ten single in France and Jenifer stated that it was more her style of music, being more pop/rock. Finally a fourth song, the ballad "Donne Moi Le Temps" was released. The re-released album sold over a million copies.

Gabrielle Réjane -Famous French Actress

Gabrielle Réjane was the stage name of Gabrielle-Charlotte Reju, (June 5, 1856 – June 14,1920), a French actress.

Born in Paris, the daughter of an actor, she became a pupil of Régnier at the Conservatoire, and took the second prize for comedy in 1874. Her debut was made the next year, during which she played attractively a number of light especially soubrette parts. Her first great success was inHenri Meilhac's Ma camarade (1883), and she soon became known as an emotional actress of rare gifts, notably in Décor, Germinie Lacerteux, Ma cousine, Amoureuse and Lysistrata.

In 1892 she married M. Paul Porel, the director of the Vaudeville Theatre, but the marriage was dissolved in 1905 following which she toured Quebec. In 1894 she appeared in London. The following year, she performed in her most famous role as Catherine in Sardou's Madame Sans-Gêne, in New York City. Her performances in Madame Sans-Gêne (1893) made her as well known in England and the United States as in Paris, and in later years she appeared in characteristic parts in both countries, being particularly successful in Zaza and La Passerelle. She opened the Théâtre Réjane in Paris in 1906.

Along with her great rival, Sarah Bernhardt, she served as the model for the character of the actress 'la Berma' in Marcel Proust's novel In Remembrance of Things Past (A la Recherche du Temps Perdu).

The essence of French vivacity and animated expression appeared to be concentrated in Madame Réjane's acting, and made her unrivalled in the parts which she had made her own.

She was awarded a knight of the Legion of Honor three months before her death. Réjane died in Paris on June 14, 1920, and was buried there in the Cimetière de Passy.

Children's Word of the Day -Purse

Kids, when you see a purse, say "un sac à main"

Quick Phrase of the Day - My Zipper Is Stuck

Ma fermeture éclair est coincée (mah fehr meh chur ay klair ay kh een say) -My zipper is stuck

Repeat this phrase all day long till you know it by heart

Vocabulary word of the day:

la diseuse de bonne aventure (lah dee sooce deh bohn ah vehn chur) -the fortune teller

laissez-nous aller à la diseuse de bonne aventure (lah say noo ah lay ah lah dee sooce deh bohn ah vehn chure)

Children's Word of the Day - Swing

Kids, when you use a swing, say "une balançoire"

Vieilles Charrues Festival

The Vieilles Charrues Festival (French: Festival des Vieilles Charrues ; Breton: Gouel an Erer Kozh ; Literally: Old Ploughs Festival) is held every year in mid-July in the city of Carhaix located in the west of Brittany.

This festival is the largest music festival in France, attracting more than 200,000 festival-goers every year. This festival was created in 1992 in Landeleau, a small village in central Finistere. At that time, less than 500 revellers attended and the festival was more like a private party. The following year, the festival welcomed more than 2000 and that was the beginning of its success story. In 1995, due to lack of space on the original site, the festival moved to Carhaix city center and in 1998, for the same reason, the festival chose a site on the outskirts of Carhaix. Now the festival welcomes more than 200,000 festival-goers every year.

Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band will be playing there this year.

Children's Word of the Day - Turkey

Kids, when you are eating turkey, say "une dinde"

Quick Phrase of the Day- I Count You Among My Best Friends

Je te compte parmi mes meilleurs amis. (zhuh teh  kahmt pahr mee may may yurrz ah mee) -I count you among my best friends

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

Vocabulary word of the day:

le compte à rebours (leh kahmt ah reh bohr) -the countdown

commencez le compte à rebours (koh mahn say leh kahmt ah reh bohr) -Start the countdown

L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat -Urban Legend of Film

L'arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat (The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station, Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (US) and The Arrival of the Mail Train) is an 1895 French short black-and-white silent documentary film directed and produced by Auguste and Louis Lumière. It was first screened on December 28, 1895 in Paris, France, and was shown to a paying audienceJanuary 6, 1896.

This 50-second silent film shows the entry of a steam locomotive into a train station in the French coastal town of La Ciotat. Like most of the early Lumière films, L'arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat consists of a single, unedited view illustrating an aspect of everyday life.

The film is associated with an urban legend well-known in the world of cinema. The story goes that when the film was first shown, the audience was so overwhelmed by the moving image of a life-sized train coming directly at them that people screamed and ran to the back of the room.Hellmuth Karasek in the German magazine Der Spiegel wrote that the film "had a particularly lasting impact; yes, it caused fear, terror, even panic." However, some have doubted the veracity of this incident such as film scholar and historian Martin Loiperdinger in his essay, "Lumiere's Arrival of the Train: Cinema's Founding Myth". Whether or not it actually happened, the film undoubtedly astonished people in the audience who were unaccustomed to the amazingly realistic illusions created by moving pictures. The Lumière brothers clearly knew that the effect would be dramatic if they placed the camera on the platform very close to the arriving train

Children's Word of the Day -Rocket

Kids, when you see a picture of a rocket, say, "une fusée "

Children's Word of the Day - Bath Towel

Kids, when you use a bath towel say, "un serviette de bain"

Quick Phrase of the Day - He Has A Lot Of Problems

il a beaucoup de problèmes (eel ah boh koo deh prah blehm) -He has a lot of problems

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

Vocabulary word of the day:

la réunion (lah ray yoon yohn) -the meeting

La réunion s'arrêtera à midi (lah ray yoon yohn sah reht ur ah ah mee dee) -The meeting will break at noon.

Children's Word of the Day - Peanut

Kids, when you see a peanut, point to it and say, "une cacahuète"

Children's Word of the Day- Rock

Kids, when you pick up a rock, say "une pierre"