If you’re teaching your child French and don’t have access to a lot of French cartoon for kids, here is a wonderful déssin animé you can view online. Didou is a fun French kids’ cartoon that helps children learn French while also teaching them to draw. Didou, a young rabbit, and his friend Yoko, a friendly ladybug, draw something new each episode. While doing so, they narrate the various lines, shapes, colours, and objects that they are drawing, making the show very educational for kids and French learners.
Where can you watch Didou?
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We watch the show on Amazon Prime Video, but you can also access episodes on YouTube. The main advantage of watching the cartoon on Prime Video is that you don’t have ads disrupting your child’s viewing. However, there are more seasons and episodes on YouTube.
Didou, an educational French kids’ cartoon
In this episode, for example, Didou and Yoko teach kids how to draw a house. While doing so, kids can learn about:
- Shapes in French: un triangle (triangle), un rectangle (rectangle), un cercle (circle)
- Parts of a house in French: un toit (roof), un mur (wall), une fenêtre (window), une porte (door), une cheminée (chimney), and une chambre (room)
- Adjectives: magnifique (magnificent), triste (sad)
- Colours: jaune (yellow), orange (orange), rouge (red)
Related: French cartoon for kids: TroTro (L’Âne TroTro)
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Didou, intro song with lyrics and translation
| Dis Didou Dessine-moi Une fleur pour ma maman D’un jaune resplendissant Qui bouge avec le vent | Say Didou Draw me A flower for my mom Of a resplendent yellow That moves with the wind |
| Et un papillon Ou un gros lion Et pourquoi pas un camion! | And a butterfly Or a big lion And why not a truck! |
| Dis Didou Dessine-moi un chameau très amusant À deux bosses forcément Qui joue au toboggan | Say Didou Draw me a very amusing camel With two bumps inevitably Who plays the slide |
| Un éléphant Ou un pélican Et pourquoi pas un cerf-volant! | An elephant Or a pelican And why not a kite! |
| Dis Didou Dessine-moi Un dauphin très très malin Qui joue au sous-marin Et qui sera mon copain. | Say Didou Draw me A very very clever dolphin Who plays the submarine And who will be my friend. |
