Resources in French to learn about la galette des rois
- frenchwithsophieuk
- Jan 3, 2023
- 2 min read
In January I'm always excited to prepare lessons about a French tradition I love: la galette des rois! On January 6th, or most frequently on the first Sunday after the New year (this year on January 8th), French people share a special pie, la galette des rois, to celebrate the Three Wise Men, les rois. This day is also called "l'épiphanie".
I share with you the documents I created for my beginners students. If you're a parent, please feel free to use it with your child to reinforce the vocabulary! If you're a French teacher, you're welcome to use my documents in your class, as long as you don't repost them (but include a link).
First, I made a poster to explain the tradition. I read (insisting on transparent words) and we translate:
You can also show your children or your students this video in English: Epiphany in France (English version) - YouTube
Then we'll use the flashcards to learn the vocabulary :
Or this slide with all 6 words:
For younder students, I made this simple worksheet with only 3 words:
My students can match pictures and words:
To go further, I also made slides with simple sentences that we use when we celebrate the Epiphanie:
With some more advanced students I'll do a worksheet to conjugate 3 verbs, manger (to eat), être (to be) and avoir (to have):
Here you find the model (or answers):
And because I love playing games with my students (even online!), I created this board game:
Roll the dice, say the word in French, and voilà !
Finally, we'll watch this cute video of Petit Ours Brun eating la galette des rois and try to understand as many words as possible:
Or this one of T'choupi (slightly more advanced):
And if you want to bake a delicious galette (very easy to make), here is my favourite recipe:
If you need help with the translation, ask Google translate, or book a lesson with me, I also teach adults :)
Bonne fête des rois, et bonne galette!