What does your family have for breakfast every day? We tend to switch things up regularly since Surya likes variety. Regardless of what’s on the menu, she loves to give us a hand making breakfast and will sometimes want to do everything herself. Food preparation is a great way to learn French transition words, along with food-related nouns and verbs as a family.
Here’s a simple breakfast that our two-year-old daughter is able to put together herself (once we portion out the ingredients). It’s a great way to introduce and practice French vocabulary at home and spend quality time together in the morning. Feel free to substitute items to suit your child’s taste.
What is breakfast in French?
Breakfast in French is petit-déjeuner, often shortened to petit-déj.
In Québec, breakfast is déjeuner while this term refers to lunch in most other parts of the French speaking world.
Ingredients – les ingrédients
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| Cereal | les céréales |
| Milk | le lait |
| Blueberries | les bleuets |
| Raisins | les raisins secs |
| Sunflower seeds | les graines de tournesol |
French transition words in a recipe
Since this simple recipe only involves a few steps, we also focused on transition words to bring Surya’s attention to the sequence of steps to follow.
| First | tout d’abord |
| Now | maintenant |
| Then | ensuite |
| Then | puis |
| Finally | enfin |
Steps – les étapes
First, we put the cereal in the bowl.
Tout d’abord, on met les céreales dans le bol.
In our case, we used one Weetabix biscuit.
Now, we slowly pour the milk.
Maintenant, on verse le lait lentement.
In our case, we used one Weetabix biscuit.
Then, we add the blueberries.
Ensuite, nous ajoutons les bleuets.
Since blueberry season is over, we opted for frozen blueberries (des bleuets surgelés/congelés).
You can choose to add other fruits such as strawberries, bananas, raspberries, etc.).
Bon appétit!
Cooking sets on Amazon
While my daughter has many pretend kitchen toys, I also find that real instruments, in her size, make all the difference when preparing meals in the kitchen.
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