Welcome to France!
information About France
We only learned a tiny bit about France this week. It is an amazing country. If you want to learn more about the country, try the link to National Geographic for kids. It is a great site to learn about France. Enjoy!
Weekly BIBLE VERSE
See if you can memorize it! This week’s verse is a verse that our Global Partners, Johnna and Fabio said meant a lot to them, especially during the recent COVID quarantine.
"Our people must learn to devote themselves to doing what is good, in order to provide for urgent needs and not live unproductive lives." Titus 3:14
Johnna shared, “This really helped on days when I didn't know what to do or felt like I wasn't being ‘productive’ enough. It helped me focus on what was most important and let the rest go.”
The Muniz Family describes their work in France as Cultural Fusion. Their mission is to live out and teach the Gospel of Jesus Christ as cultural bridge builders to those who may not otherwise experience Jesus or false or negative views of Jesus. They build bridges by engaging with the local cultures, developing relationships, and showing the love of Christ to all. God is truly at work in France through the lives and ministry of the Muniz Family.
If you’d like to learn more about how God is at work in France, take a look at the Muniz Family’s website.
Songs
“What a Beautiful Name It Is” Le Nom de Jesus Christ mon Roi
This is the Muniz daughter’s favorite worship song in English. See if you can sing it in French!
“Un éléphant qui se balançait” (An Elephant That Was Swinging)
This is a song just for fun. One kids in France enjoy! You’ll see that one elephant was swinging on a spider’s web and had so much fun, another one came and joined. At the end, the spider web breaks!
RecipeS
Yogurt Cake
Johnna Muniz shared that she make this with her girls. This one suggests some fun additions like raspberries and powdered sugar, but you can also make it plain.
This is the easiest cake in the world. Made by French grandmothers and taught to toddling grandchildren since time began. It’s a wonderfully moist, light crumbed, simple cake.
So what is it that makes this recipe quite so easy? It all relies on one little yogurt pot (container). Not only does the yogurt go into the recipe, but you use to pot to measure everything else, too! It is similar to how we sometime say to mix “one part this, and one part that.” In answering the first clue to the scavenger hunt, make sure to use the measurement on the recipe.
ALSO - it calls for SELF-RISING Flour. This is how you make 1 Cup self-rising flour = 1 Cup flour, 1.5 tsp baking powder, .5 tsp salt
Traditional Croque Monsieur
As you explore French cuisine, you will discover many recipes that are called a Croque, which is French for 'crunch.' These are tasty little sandwiches you can find at bistros and they come in a variety of flavors.
French Games
Tomate, Tomate, Ketchup!
It's just like duck, duck, goose! Why not try this with your family! Ask your family to join in and play a few rounds. The link will take you to a clip of kids playing. Start it at about 2 minutes and you'll see some kids playing. They say "you go to the soup" when you're caught and have to go to the middle.
Bilboquet
This could possibly be a craft or a game, or both! You decide. French children make their own ball and cup games called bilboquet, which Americans will recognize as the "catch the ball in a cup" game, by stringing yarn through a ball or large bead and knotting the yarn at a small hole in the cup's bottom. The book Puzzles Old & New by J. Slocum and J. Botermans states that bilboquet was popular in France as early as the sixteenth century, and variations of this game exist throughout the country as well as the rest of the world. Using only one hand, single players try and swing tethered objects into the cup or onto a peg, and variations can be applied to several aspects including the length of the rope, shape of the cup, as well as the size and shape of the ball to be caught.
Crafts / Art Projects
Muniz’s daughter, Sophia, did a project based on the work of Sonia Delaunay in her actual French kindergarten last fall! You can find many examples online if you want to do a little research. Sonia Delaunay is a Ukranian-born French artist who is well know for her use of strong colors and geometric shapes. Click button below to learn about Sonia Delaunay.
Art Instructions - For this activity, see if you can learn a little about the abstract art of 20th century artist Sonia Delaunay. Then, use tools and templates like plates, cups, and rulers to draw circles and pencil lines, or any other abstract, geometric designs and shapes. Next, paint/color the sections! You’ve just create French inspired artwork! These images give examples of Delaunay art you might try to create!
SCAVENGER HUNT DECODER SHEET
If you would like to print this image, right click on the image and you should be able to save it to downloads. Then print.