The letter

Fifty-two weeks, one idea each

Themed to the calendar, Chandeleur in February, la rentrée in September, Noël in December. Summaries live here; the full letters arrive by email, matched to your child's stage.

  1. W1 Petit à petit Start smaller than feels worthwhile
  2. W2 Le problème The reason the French doesn't arrive
  3. W3 La phonique Your accent is not the problem
  4. W4 Encore The most useful word you already know
  5. W5 Les crêpes La Chandeleur is coming
  6. W6 Le placement Why bedtime and not 'French time'
  7. W7 Le bambin What a two-year-old is actually doing
  8. W8 Le geste Say it while you do it
  9. W9 La reprise When they answer in English
  10. W10 La patience The three-second pause
  11. W11 Le récit Narrate, don't quiz
  12. W12 Un, deux, trois Counting is free repetition
  13. W13 Le printemps Spring words for the walk to the car
  14. W14 Les œufs Pâques: the egg hunt script
  15. W15 Le mélange Mixing languages is competence
  16. W16 La berceuse Sing it badly
  17. W17 Le livre The book you read by pointing
  18. W18 La retenue One ritual is enough
  19. W19 Le repas Mealtime: the richest twenty minutes
  20. W20 Le non What to do with a refusal
  21. W21 La voiture The car is the easiest room in the house
  22. W22 La météo Weather is free vocabulary
  23. W23 La pause The bad week is in the design
  24. W24 Le bilan Halfway: what 100 rituals sounds like
  25. W25 L'hiver Winter bedtimes, longer books
  26. W26 La fête Le 14 juillet from far away
  27. W27 Bravo Praise in French lands the same
  28. W28 La famille The grandparent question
  29. W29 L'écran Screens, in French, without guilt
  30. W30 On joue Pretend play speaks French fluently
  31. W31 Le progrès Your French is better than it was
  32. W32 La liberté Why we don't do streaks
  33. W33 Pourquoi ? The question flood
  34. W34 Le script Ten phrases beat a hundred words
  35. W35 La rentrée La rentrée: back-to-school words
  36. W36 L'école Talking to the teacher about it
  37. W37 Le refus The refusal phase is developmental
  38. W38 Le chuchotement Whispering counts
  39. W39 L'automne Autumn walks: the naming season
  40. W40 Le petit frère The second child advantage
  41. W41 Le bilinguisme What 'bilingual' actually means
  42. W42 La lecture Reading is coming: protect the sounds
  43. W43 Le calme One phrase for the meltdown
  44. W44 Merci Gratitude has a French accent
  45. W45 Le gris The November slump is normal
  46. W46 Les émotions Recasting the big feelings
  47. W47 L'humour Your child's first joke in French
  48. W48 L'avent Advent: one word a day
  49. W49 Noël Noël vocabulary for the whole month
  50. W50 Le réveillon The Christmas Eve script
  51. W51 L'année Look back at the count
  52. W52 La suite Next year, the same ten minutes