Online Learning Resources
The following websites or apps can also help you support your child’s learning in a French language environment. Have your child visit some of these sites, listen and read, and interact in French. It is not important that they understand every word, but the exposure to the French language will help with their development. It they have questions, they can always talk to their teacher.
For more information
If you want more information about what your child is learning, you can visit My Child in School: A Resource for Parents. This site provides an overview of major concepts for each grade and compulsory subject area for Manitoba K-12 students. You can also consult Curriculum Essentials for an overview of Mathematics, Science and Social Studies for Grades 1 to 8. Click on the buttons in the Get Started box to choose your subject.
Early Years
For All Learning Areas
Educational Resource Collections
Learning Inside Out
Learning Inside Out is a weekly collection of resources drawn from Learning for a Sustainable Future's Resources for Rethinking (R4R) database, designed to address the major shift that students, parents and teachers have faced in recent weeks when it comes to teaching and learning at home.
Educational games and videos
Radio Canada – Zone des petits
Listen to videos or play games in French.
Radio Canada – Zone jeunesse
Listen to videos or play games in French. This website is more appropriate for grades 3 and up.
TIDOU
This website has a variety of educational games for different age groups. The interface is French, but the site is easy to navigate and the games are self-explanatory.
Français (Literacy)
Duolingo Kids
Duolingo kids is a free app that can be downloaded on a mobile device, tablet or Chromebook to help children learn a language, in this case French.
Lulu la taupe
This website offers a variety of educational games for younger children. The website is in French, but is easy to navigate.
The French Experiment
This website includes audio stories. The "English translation" option is available for parents to help them follow. It also has a variety of French lessons, from counting in French to the days of the week, to French idioms and expressions.
Mathematics (Numeracy)
AquaMath
AquaMath is an interactive website for grades 3 and 4. Students will be able to practice concepts such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and fractions. Different levels of difficulty are offered and a read over is available.
Arts Education (Music, Visual Arts, Dance, Drama)
Comptines et chansons pour enfants
This web site lists a variety of rhymes and songs listed in alphabetical order. Several musical scores are also available and, sometimes, even short videos.
Music Instruments – Turbulus
Game where you have to associate the musicians with their instruments.
Lumni – Enseignements artistiques – Arts plastiques
Lumni is a free platform of French multimedia content for students and parents. This platform allows access to culture and knowledge and offers an alternative learning experience for children who are alone or accompanied.
Mon théâtre c’est chez moi! – Théâtre du Cercle Molière
Activate your imagination, your movements and your voice from home! These french theatre exercises are intended for kids and youth ages 4 to 16.
Visual Arts multimedia glossary
Videos and student/artists artwork examples.
Dance multimedia glossary
Videos illustrating dance terminology
Physical Education/Health Education
Active for Life
Choose from over 200 physical activities for children and families to do from home. The same article is available in French by clicking on the “Français” button at the top right-hand side of the page.
Bouge au Cube | Zumbatomic
The Grand Défi Pierre Lavoie offers you a 15-minute Zumbatomic session.
Bouge en classe – Jeunes en santé
Here you will find capsules that include a warm-up of three cardiovascular exercises and three strength exercises to optimize the exercise break, which lasts almost 7 minutes.
Meditation – La grenouille, méditation pour les enfants
Meditation for children from 4 to 12 years old.
Meditation – Méditation guidée pour les enfants, Un cœur tranquille et sage
Video to help children meditate. To meditate we can use the breath, but also the sounds around us, for example the sound of rain.
Yoga pour enfants – Cubes énergie
Yoga video for children.
Le yoga du papillon, un exercice de yoga pour les enfants
Yoga exercices for children.
Science
Social Studies
Virtual Visits
You can virtually visit museums such as the Musée canadien pour les droits de la personne/Canadian Museum for Human Rights.
That's Not Fair!
As soon as children can say, “That’s Not Fair!” they are ready to talk about their rights and freedoms. That’s Not Fair! is a series developed by the Canadian Civil Liberties Education Trust to invite kids, ages 7 to 11, to think critically about what it means to live in a democracy. This website is available in English and French
Middel Years
For All Learning Areas
1jour1actu
Website with articles and videos related to many subject areas. During the COVID-19 outbreak, a weekly magazine can be downloaded for free.
Alloprof
This website has a virtual library as well as videos explaining a variety of concepts in all subject areas, for example math and science.The website was developed in Québec, but many of the topics and concepts are relevant for Manitoba students.
TFO
Films, cartoons, reports and series that can be streamed free of charge. TFO is a premium destination for audiences seeking educational and cultural content in French. If you wish to browse the site in English, you can select the language in the top right corner of the page.
Learning Inside Out
Learning Inside Out is a weekly collection of resources drawn from Learning for a Sustainable Future's Resources for Rethinking (R4R) database, designed to address the major shift that students, parents and teachers have faced in recent weeks when it comes to teaching and learning at home.
Français (Literacy)
The French Experiment
This website includes audio stories. The "English translation" option is available for parents to help them follow. It also has a variety of French lessons, from counting in French to the days of the week, to French idioms and expressions.
Mathematics (Numeracy)
Gomaths
This website gives students the opportunity to practice mental math and other calculations.
MathFrog
This website has games to help children practice mathematics.
Math en direct
Math en direct is a site that offers grade 5 students a series of lessons covering various mathematical concepts in the form of an animated episode. This site aligns with the Manitoba mathematics curriculum. Additional exercises with answered keys that can be used as classroom exercises or homework are offered for each lesson.
Agents en noir
Agents en noir, aligned with the Manitoba Mathematics Curriculum, is a site that offers grade 6 students a variety of animations that explain concepts of mathematics as well as problems to be solved. It is presented around a fun theme: secret agents hide everywhere and conduct their investigation. A glossary completes the site.
Science
Vraiment top!
YouTube channel with videos, many of which are related to science and social studies.
Les explorateurs
This website contains a variety of articles, games and activities. A lot of the content is accessible even though a subscription is necessary to access the magazine.
Social Studies
That’s not fair!
Series developed by the Canadian Civil Liberties Education Trust to invite kids aged 7 to 11, to think critically about what it means to live in a democracy.
Historica Canada
Website that includes many resources, lessons, photos and videos on Canadian History, including on residential schools, diversity, environment, Heritage Minutes, etc. Also, see the section “Think like a historian”.
10 000 changements
Activities to explore plastic use and how to eliminate plastic in our daily lives.
Kayak
Magazine for youth that explores Canada’s history.
Arts Education (Music, Visual Arts, Dance, Drama)
La musique aux Draveurs – Banque de karaokés
This website offers a variety of French songs including the lyrics, the accompaniment and animated visual.
Lumni – Enseignements artistiques – Éducation musicale
Lumni is a free platform of French multimedia content for students and parents. This platform allows access to culture and knowledge and offers an alternative learning experience for children who are alone or accompanied.
Lumni – Enseignements artistiques – Arts plastiques
Lumni is a free platform of French multimedia content for students and parents. This platform allows access to culture and knowledge and offers an alternative learning experience for children who are alone or accompanied.
Mon théâtre c’est chez moi! – Théâtre du Cercle Molière
Activate your imagination, your movements and your voice from home! These french theatre exercises are intended for kids and youth ages 4 to 16.
Visual Arts multimedia glossary
Videos and student/artists artwork examples.
Dance multimedia glossary
Videos illustrating dance terminology
Physical Education/Health Education
Boks at Home
With many schools being closed and kids at home, BOKS will share as many games and activities as possible to keep kids active and happy during this difficult time.
Canada’s Food Guide
Food guide snapshot, healthy eating recommendations, recipes, tips and resources.
Bouge en classe – Jeunes en santé
Here you will find capsules that include a warm-up of three cardiovascular exercises and three strength exercises to optimize the exercise break, which lasts almost 7 minutes.
Pleine conscience (mindfulness)
Video to practice mindfulness.
Senior Years
For All Learning Areas
Learning Inside Out
Learning Inside Out is a weekly collection of resources drawn from Learning for a Sustainable Future's Resources for Rethinking (R4R) database, designed to address the major shift that students, parents and teachers have faced in recent weeks when it comes to teaching and learning at home.
Français (Literacy)
La souris
This website is a "one stop" site that provides grade 9 -12 students with various links to writing, grammar and language resources that will help support their learning from home. Also provided on this site are links to literary works, language learning games as well as links to other discipline areas such as Math that students can explore.
Mathematics (Numeracy)
Khan Academy – Math
This website offers video tutorials for a variety of math concepts, lessons as well as interactive pdf documents.
Science
Alloprof
This website has a virtual library as well as videos explaining a variety of concepts, including science concepts.
Vraiment top!
YouTube channel with videos, many of which are science-related.
Khan Academy – Sciences
Website with free video tutorials for a variety of science concepts.
PhET – Simulations interactives
Interactive simulations, many of which are available in French.
Social Studies
Historica Canada
This website, available in French and English, includes numerous resources, lessons, photos and videos about Canadian History, including on residential schools, diversity, environment, Heritage Minutes, etc. Also, see the section "Think like a historian".
10 000 Changes
This website, available in French and English, provides an opportunity to explore key themes and concepts connected with plastic use and how to eliminate plastic in our daily lives.
Ressources pour repenser
This website, available in French and English, provides access to more than 1000 quality resources to explore the environmental, social and economic dimensions of important issues and events unfolding in our world today. Use the search engine to find resources.
Elections and Democracy
This website, available in French and English, is an initiative of Elections Canada. The site provides information, tools and resources for civic education and engagement.
Kayak
This online magazine, available in French and English, explores different themes related to Canada's history.
Arts Education (Drama, Music, Dance, Visual Arts)
Ici Musique
This space is the portal for Radio-Canada's French music on the web. You can listen to music continuously in the genre of your choice: song / pop, rock, classical, world, jazz, country / folk and hip-hop.
Free Online Drawing Software
Free drawing software has come a long way in recent years, and there are now superb programs available completely free that offer a realistic simulation of watercolors, oils, pastels, charcoal, and more.
Google Art and Culture
With Google Arts & Culture you can visit top exhibits, zoom in on artworks in detail and browse thousands of stories, photos, videos, and manuscripts. Be your own curator by finding your favorites, creating your own collections and sharing them with friends. Travel anywhere with tours of iconic sites, famous buildings and natural wonders, on your screen or in VR. Learn something new everyday.
Why I Dance?
A short 7 minute video on dancing.
Mon théâtre c’est chez moi! – Théâtre du Cercle Molière
Activate your imagination, your movements and your voice from home! These french theatre exercises are intended for kids and youth ages 4 to 16.
Visual Arts multimedia glossary
Videos and student/artists artwork examples.
Dance multimedia glossary
Videos illustrating dance terminology
Physical Education/Health Education
Canada’s Food Guide
Food guide snapshot, healthy eating recommendations, recipes, tips and resources.
Crée ta journée idéale / Build Your Best Day
Thee Build Your Best Day site is a fun, interactive and educational tool to help children and youth aged 5-17 and their parents learn about the Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines. With tools and resources for educators and health professionals, the site helps kids understand how much Sweat, Step, Sleep and Sitting they need each day to be healthy.
Gym Direct – Danse
Gym Direct, the largest gym in France is on Youtube! Muscle strengthening, cardio, yoga, dance, etc.
Manitoba education offers a fact sheet and poster about moderate to vigorous physical activity.
Disclaimer: The resources on this site may not fully align with Manitoba provincial curriculum, but were chosen because they offer good learning opportunities. The Government of Manitoba is not responsible for the information and content from external sources.
