Cuckoo bird and an owl
Click to hear the names of the animals :
Le hérisson - hedgehog
L’écureuil - squirrel
Le coucou - cuckoo bird
Le hibou - owl
Coucou has several meanings:
Hello, Hi, Peek a boo :
ex:
Coucou, Pierre, c'est moi !
- Hi, Pierre, it's me!
Coucou, il y a quelqu'un ?
- Hello, is anyone there?
or it is the name of a cuckoo bird and the sound it makes
Dans la forêt lointaine above
Dans la forêt lointaine
On entend le coucou
Du haut de son grand chêne,
Il répond au hibou
Coucou, coucou
Coucou, hibou, coucou.
Far away in the forest
We can hear the cuckoo
High up the its tall oak tree
He is replying to the owl
Hello, hello
Hello,owl, hello
Le Loup
Promenons nous dans les bois. video
Lets go for a walk in the woods
whilst the woolf is away
if he was here
he would eat us.
Woolf, where are you?
can you hear us?
what a you doing?
I am putting my pants.....
Le lapin dans la foret - same animals as in "Roule Galette"
The Story: video
A Rabbit in the forest
The rabbit in the forest, jumps on a path
"Fox, come and shake my hand.
Wolf, come and shake my hand.
Bear, come and shake my hand.
and you come and shake my hand.
The song:
In the forest, a rabbit, jumps, jumps on a path.
Rabbit, rabbit, come come, shake my hand.
Le herisson (hedgehog) video
What does prick when we take it?
It is my hedgehog (x2)
What does run in the garden path?
It is my hedgehog (x2)
What does eat?
It is .....
What walks little steps ?..
What rolls under the leaves?..
What can hide to sleep?..
Qui a peur du loup?
Video above
Qui a peur du loup?
c'est pas moi
c'est peut être vous.
Who is scared of the wolf?
it's not me
it might be you.
The video use as a base the story of "Pierre et le loup" (Peter and the wolf)
Devant ma maison
No sound - lovely to look at
En dessous - below Sous - under
Au dessus - over Sur - on
à côté de - next to Dans - in
Devant - in front of