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Merryman Primary Resources Ltd
A quality name in Primary French language resources!

Merryman has extended the number of ways that you can buy our primary resources. As at present you may still place orders by telephone, fax or email, quoting a purchase order number, if you are a school or other organisation and we will invoice you in the normal way. For customers who prefer to use credit or debit cards for payment we have teamed up with PayPal and are pleased to offer you an on-line shop where you can browse and pay on-line. Alternatively, if you prefer to email us your order we can send you an email-invoice which you can pay on-line with your debit or credit card. You do not need to have a PayPal account to make payments through them. PayPal accepts payment by Visa and Mastercard on our behalf.

Another new publication from Merryman - Les petites mains.
This adds to our other new publications Chantons en choeur!, Viens Jouer! and Dans la poche.

Every month Merryman provides on its web site an activity for teachers to use with their Primary School French classes. Follow the activity link to get this month's item.

La Semaine du Goût 13^th – 19^th Octobre

In 1990 La Journée du Goût was introduced in Paris and 350 chefs went into schools to teach young children about food and cooking. In 1992 the day was extended to a week, La Semaine du Goût. Thousands of chefs now go into schools throughout France, teaching children about the food they eat and how to cook and present it. Primary language teachers in Britain may find it useful to use this celebration of food to focus on aspects of French culture to which young language learners can relate. Why not have a tasting session of brioche, pain au chocolat, une galette, French cheese, fruit grown in France, une baguette or un croissant, for example? Ask children to express an opinion. Do they like the food they are tasting? Can they describe its shape and colour or recognise and name a food item from simple description in French? For information (in French) teachers may wish to visit the web site www.legout.com/home.php. This site is accessible to teachers able to read French at an intermediate level.

Merryman has enhanced its popular Primary French Schemes of Work and Lesson Plans by the addition of a one year SOW with Lesson Plans for children aged 5 and 6 years old. This new Scheme of Work and Lesson Plans as well as the existing four year course for Primary French for Primary Years 3 to 6 are available from our free download page.

Les petites mains is a resource pack of Teachers' notes and two audio CDs to use with 4 - 8 year learners of French. CD1, "Les petites mains", contains action songs and rhymes. CD2, "La petite poule rousse", has seven popular children's stories which are supplemented by rhymes.
Click here for more details about Les petites mains.

CD1 is suitable for separate purchase from the rest of the pack and discounts are available for purchases of more than 10 copies. For details of multiple purchases see our ordering page

Chantons en choeur! is an audio CD of songs for use with 7 - 11 year old learners of French. A CD booklet provides French/English transcripts of all 16 songs. The song lyrics share a lot of common vocabulary with Dans la poche copymasters packs.
Click here for more details about Chantons en choeur!.

Viens Jouer! is a complete teaching resource on a CD. It is a CD-Extra for use with 4-7 year olds and includes songs, rhymes and stories, many original and unique to Merryman. The audio material can be played on a CD player. Teachers' guidance notes, transcripts, illustrations and PowerPoint slides are presented as data files on the CD that can be accessed on a PC. Come and play with the five little friends!
Click here for more details about Viens Jouer!.

Dans la poche is a series of eight copymaster activity packs with optional audio CD for pronunciation support and listening activities for use with 7-11 year olds.
Dans la poche comes with flexibility in mind: flexible in use, flexible in purchase.
The activities in Dans la poche support the learning objectives of the National Framework for KS2 Modern Foreign Language. The series provides over 90 time-saving copymasters and templates - truly a teacher's friend.
Click here for more details about Dans la poche.

Merryman Primary Resources produces and publishes quality teaching resource materials for Primary learners of the French language. Resources are available for learners from the age of 4 years old to 11 and are ideal for introducing French language to primary school children.

Merryman brings together qualified and experienced Primary teachers, French native speakers and practising French teachers. Merryman's aim is to provide imaginative and practical resources to support specialist language teachers and class teachers who are introducing language learning in Primary schools.

Follow the links on the left for more information about the resources or to view sample pages etc.

Merryman Resources have been mapped against the QCA Scheme of Work for Years 3 and 4 French. The mapping shows how Primary School French can be delivered with variety and fun, including the use of songs, stories and rhymes, and comply with the QCA Scheme of Work.

For further support in the use of our materials, please e-mail using info@merryman.co.uk or telephone or fax us on 01949 875929 or write to us at PO Box 6718, Bingham, Nottingham NG13 8QT, UK.

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