French Alphabet Pack for Kids — Bilingual Flashcards and Tracing Worksheets
All 26 letters plus ç, é and è, each with its French name and a plain-English hint for the sound.
For families raising a child in two languages, and for the parent or grandparent sitting next to them. Instant download, printed at home, black and white on purpose.
French is not phonetic. It is consistent.
Which is not the same thing, and it is much better news. The same spelling always makes the same sound: -eau is always “oh”, ou is always “oo”, -ent on a verb is always silent. Learn the patterns and French reading opens all at once, rather than word by word. The guide sets out seven rules and that is genuinely all of them — including the one that is half of French: the last letter is usually silent. Final e, s, t, d, x and z are nearly always silent, so “petit” is “puh-TEE” — except before a vowel, when the sound comes back.
Written for the parent who does not speak French
Most alphabet packs assume you already know how the letters sound. This one does not. Every letter has its French name written out, and a sound note in ordinary English. The names are written out too — “acca” style, in French: “eu”, “iks”, “i grec”. There is a two-page table you can keep beside you while you work, and the spelling rules written out in full.
What is in it
- Parents’ guide — how to use the pack without turning it into a test, plus a full table of every letter: its name, what it sounds like in plain English, an example word and its translation.
- The alphabet, one page per letter — big upper and lower case, the letter’s name to say out loud, four ruled rows (two to trace, two to write alone), then a picture, the example word with its first letter marked, and the word to trace underneath.
- Word cards and tracing worksheets — to cut out, and to work through again once the letters are known.
- 76 pages in total, supplied in both A4 and US Letter.
Black and white on purpose
So it costs almost nothing to print, prints properly on a home printer, and a child can colour it in. There is nothing to laminate and nothing to buy again.
76 printable pages in A4 and US Letter, on your Downloads page the moment you buy. Buy it on Etsy — $9
Sold through my Etsy shop, ThePlainLedger, so the download, the payment and the buyer protection are all handled by Etsy.
The other printables, SVG bundles and alphabet packs are on the Printables, SVG Files & Alphabet Packs page.