I don’t know about you but isn’t it crazy to be celebrating Mardi Gras and Valentine’s Day in the same week?!?!?
I always love to celebrate the holidays in my classes with students. It is a fun way to still practice the French language but it just makes for a chill and creative day with students.
Here is my favorite activity to do with students on Mardi Gras:
Mardi Gras Mask Activity (Template)
This is a Mardi Gras Mask Activity template for students to use.
This is a fun and creative way to celebrate Mardi Gras in class! Students get to decorate their own Mardi Gras Mask.
Detailed instructions are included.
Here is my favorite activity to do with students on Valentine’s Day:
Saint Valentin Activity
This is a fun way to use the French language and be creative on or around Valentine’s Day.
Students are to write and decorate a valentine in French to someone special to them.
This could be a family member, friend, teacher, coach, etc.
When students are finished, they can give their valentine to the person who wrote it too!
Detailed instructions are included with the activity.
Here are some famous French quotes about love that are truly timeless that I enjoy sharing with students as well.
“Aimer, ce n’est pas se regarder l’un l’autre, c’est regarder ensemble dans la même direction.”
– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
(“Love does not consist in looking at each other, but rather in, together, looking in the same direction.”)
“C’est cela l’amour, tout donner, tout sacrifier sans espoir de retour.”
– Albert Camus
(“That is love, to give away everything, to sacrifice everything, without the slightest desire to get anything in return.”)
“Il n’y a qu’un bonheur dans la vie, c’est d’aimer et d’être aimé.”
– George Sand
(“There is only one happiness in life: to love and be loved.”)
Laissez les bons temps rouler et Joyeuse Saint Valentin mes amis!
As always, I hope that you have found this information useful and helpful to you!
Merci,
Amanda