Early Steps in French

The perfect way to introduce your little one (and you!) to learning French — through catchy songs, lively speaking and engaging rhymes.

To learn French or any language with confidence means mastering its sounds, and knowing songs and rhymes from an early age helps children to do just that, totally naturally.

They listen, they sing, they repeat... and the sounds are reinforced every time.

Early steps in French takes us through a tuneful day in the life of a younger child, where we go to the park, are caught in the rain, look for animals in the woods, feed hens and meet other creatures through the charming songs, rhymes and spoken scenes.

Even the smallest listeners will enjoy the range of musical moods — from the gentle, nature-inspired Auprès de ma blonde to the exciting back-and-forth exchanges of Au feu, les pompiers ! and from the jolly melodies of C’est Gugusse avec son violon to the sleepy harmonies of Sainte Maritaine.

This is music for children that parents love too... with acoustic instruments, quality musicianship and high production values. So you can un-grit your teeth — while immersing your child in the sounds of French at their most language-receptive age.

Tracks included:

Aupre`s de ma blonde / Beside my sweetheart
On se le`ve / Getting up
Ainsi font les petites marionnettes / That's what the little puppets do
Ou` est Maman / Where's Mummy
Tapent, tapent, petites mains / Little hands clap, they clap
A` Paris sur mon petit cheval gris / To Paris on my little grey horse
On va au parc / Let’s go to the park
Au feu, les pompiers ! / To the fire, firefighters!
Au parc / At the park
Coccinelle, demoiselle / Ladybird, young lady
Le petit chat / The little cat
Y'a une pie dans l’poirier / There's a magpie in the pear tree
Vite, on rentre a` la maison ! / Quick, back home!
Cours, cours petit cochon / Run, run little pig
On regarde la pluie / Watching the rain
Il pleut, il pleut, berge`re / It's raining, it's raining, shepherdess
Il pleut, il mouille / It's raining, it's soaking
Les flaques / The puddles
Les petits poissons dans l’eau / The little fishes in the water
La petite sieste / The little nap
Sainte Maritaine / Saint Maritaine
Apre`s la sieste / After the nap
C'est Gugusse avec son violon / It's Gugusse with his violin
Toc, toc, toc / Knock, knock, knock
Un, deux, trois, nous irons au bois / One, two, three, we'll go to the woods
Dans le bois / In the wood
Il court, il court, le furet / The ferret runs, it runs
Les poules / The hens
Quand trois poules vont aux champs / When three hens go to the fields
L'omelette / The omelette
La poulette grise / The little grey hen
C'est l'heure du bain / It’s bathtime
Allons dans nos lits / Let's go to our beds
L'heure du coucher / Bedtime
La fenotte / The young lass