• a weather board with images and word cards with additional weather descriptions Il y a du brouillard and C'est partiellement nuageux as per user feedback.
• a pre-populated monthly calendar with weeks beginning on Sunday from September 2026 through to August 2027
• a pre-populated monthly calendar with weeks beginning on Monday from September 2026 through to August 2027
• a Comment ça va? board featuring Ananas with interchangeable eyes, mouths, and word cards
• a "Quelle est la date aujourd'hui?" board with all the word and number cards needed to formulate a complete response.
• a tally chart slide to count the days by simply moving the vertical and diagonal lines to create les marques de pointage. (There are enough to count to 200.) It includes number tiles and a place value chart.
• NEW! Quelle heure est-il? Practise telling time by moving the arrows on the analog clock and displaying the time on the digital clock.

Please note that this is not a perpetual calendar. This is a 1-year calendar for the current school year, which includes September 2026 to August 2027.

Head on over to Teachers Pay Teachers if you would like to purchase a copy of the updated French Digital Calendar in either Google Slides or PowerPoint format.

Can I just say how much I love Canva? Not only do we have access to so many great features and endless clipart, photos, audio files and more, but Canva also makes video creation rather easy once you figure out how to manipulate the layers in the video editor timeline. I made a karaoke style version of Bonne fête à toi last year and had lots of fun with it, I decided to make another video using an instrumental version of the Canadian national anthem with lyrics in French. It took me about a half hour to make and now that it's done, it will be easy to make a copy in order to create a bilingual version. Here is the French version:

Did you know that you can easily create animated videos using Canva? I love making fun videos to use in my core French classes and this will definitely be one of them - a karaoke version of Bonne fête à toi! In fact, I make it a routine to check my birthday list of roughly 200 students or so before classes begin to make sure I don't miss anyone's special day. I usually play my ukelele but I think this video will be a fun way to celebrate, too. What do you think?

September is fast approaching but I'm excited to share that the 2025-2026 French Digital Calendar is now live on Teachers Pay Teachers. There is a Google Slides version as well as a PowerPoint version. For those who are hesitant about allowing TPT access to your Google Drive, consider the PowerPoint version and, after downloading it to your computer, you can upload it to Google Drive and it will automatically convert to a Google Slides document. Here is what both versions include:

• a weather board with images and word cards with additional weather descriptions Il y a du brouillard and C'est partiellement nuageux as per user feedback.
• a pre-populated monthly calendar with weeks beginning on Sunday from September 2025 through to August 2026
• a pre-populated monthly calendar with weeks beginning on Monday from September 2025 through to August 2026
• a Comment ça va? board featuring Ananas with interchangeable eyes, mouths, and word cards
• a "Quelle est la date aujourd'hui?" board with all the word and number cards needed to formulate a complete response.
• NEW! The tally chart slide can be used to count the days by simply moving the vertical and diagonal lines to create les marques de pointage. (There are enough to count to 200.) It now features number tiles and a place value chart!

• a weather board with images and word cards with additional weather descriptions Il y a du brouillard and C'est partiellement nuageux as per user feedback.
• a pre-populated monthly calendar with weeks beginning on Sunday from September 2024 through to August 2025
• a pre-populated monthly calendar with weeks beginning on Monday from September 2024 through to August 2025
• a Comment ça va? board featuring Ananas with interchangeable eyes, mouths, and word cards
• a "Quelle est la date aujourd'hui?" board with all the word and number cards needed to formulate a complete response.
• NEW! A tally board to keep track of the number of school days. There are enough tally marks to count to 200.

UPDATE: Click here if you are looking for the 2024-2025 French calendar.

Another summer is almost over, which means many of my teacher friends are preparing for a new school year. I, on the other hand, have been busy working all summer on the SIS training team for my school board, a temporary role which will end in June. Last week, I finally managed to find some time to update my French Digital Calendar for the upcoming 2022-2023 school and added a few extra touches. Here is what it includes:

• weather board (with images and word cards)
• calendar with weeks beginning on Sunday (now from September through to August!)
• calendar with weeks beginning on Monday
• manipulative cards for l'année, c'est...
• NEW! A Comment ça va? board featuring my latest drawing of the beloved Ananas (with interchangeable eyes and mouths, and word cards)

TIP: Clicking on the kebob menu also gives you the option to favourite ("star") an image or add it a folder for ease reference later on. 

TIP: If students are using a computer and find it hard to make their drawings precise, they can try zooming in. On a Macbook, for example, you can double tap on the trackpad to zoom in, and double tap to zoom out. (Or pinch your finger and thumb together, place them on the trackpad, and drag them away to zoom in gradually. Then pinch them together to zoom out.)

Don't forget to check out these popular blog posts for French teachers:

• NEW! Interactive French Calendar and Weather Board 2021-2022
• French Word Search: Find the Opposites - Google Jamboard
• Give Your Virtual Classroom an Instant Makeover
• My Virtual French Classroom in Google Slides
• Interactive French Activities for Distance Learning

Click on the image above to access additional resources, tips and tutorials.

The other day, I received a message on Facebook from someone who had a set of digital letters but needed help adding letters with French accents. It got me thinking about how I would use magnetic letters in class and would just have students manually add any required accents using a dry erase marker. But really, why aren't there magnetic letter sets out there that contain French accents? (If you do know of a place that sells them, please let me know!) Of course, the Google educator in me was determined to create my own digital magnetic letters, complete with accents, to be used in an interactive Google Slides activity. After creating and publishing several Google Drawings, I know have a full set of lowercase letters.

Don't forget to check out these popular blog posts for French teachers:

Interactive French Calendar in Google Slides

French Word Search: Find the Opposites - Google Jamboard

Give Your Virtual Classroom an Instant Makeover

My Virtual French Classroom in Google Slides

Interactive French Activities for Distance Learning

Click on the image above to access additional resources, tips and tutorials.