The French words for what is already on the breakfast table

Six French breakfast words are hidden here: CROISSANT, CRÊPE for a pancake, POMME for an apple, BANANE for a banana, RAISINS for grapes, and CÉRÉALES for cereal. Every word has a picture beside the grid, so a child settles the meaning first and then searches the rows and columns for the letters that spell it out. These are foods a child actually eats, which makes the words stick better than an abstract list.

Two of these have already crossed into English, which cuts both ways. CROISSANT is spelled identically and gets found quickly. RAISINS looks like the English word for dried grapes, but the picture shows fresh ones, worth a word before you begin. CRÊPE carries a circumflex over its e, printed in the grid as well as in the word list. CÉRÉALES is the longest word here and carries an accent on its first e, so it tends to be found early.

This is a sheet to print and leave on the breakfast table. The objects are within reach, so a child can hold up the banana and say BANANE, which does more for the memory than circling ever will. Use it at the very start of French, when a child has a handful of nouns and needs to see them written down. It can be printed again next week without losing its point.