French for Kids & Some Fabulous Bilingual Children’s Books

Today I want to introduce Mandie Davis and her wonderful new language-learning method for children including some gorgeously illustrated bilingual books — perfect for your little one. We are totally in awe of her work and the power of her innovative ‘Les Puces’ method — teaching young children the French language.

Mandie Davis has lived in both Germany and France — raising her children in different European countries has lent her a very unique insight into how children pick up and learn languages. Applying her valuable experience across the years she developed the ‘Les Puces’ method which integrates sign language, music, rhymes, activity, storytelling and books to encourage accelerated adoption of other languages.

We did a Q&A to understand Mandie’s work in this field including her UK-based classes and bilingual books for kids.

Q: Tell us a little about you — how did you get into the field of early education? and when did you launch Les Puces?

A: In school, a friend and I formed our own sign language. I loved the idea of communicating in code and being able to talk to someone without others understanding! As a teenager I’d dream about giving my children access to other languages, so when my first daughter was born we’d get books in Portuguese, German and French. Even…