Dancing Skeleton Videos

Well... another Halloween has come and gone! But now we get to get ready for Thanksgiving! Over the next month in French and Spanish class, we will begin learning about Food and Drink. We will learn how to say "I like..., I don't like" as it relates to Thanksgiving foods. We also have some fun turkey crafts in store that will reinforce counting, colors and more! Stay tuned!

I couldn't let a Halloween pass us by without posting one of my favorite Halloween videos in French / Spanish. The words are sung quickly, but this is a great video to talk about counting to twelve and telling time. Pause the video and practice counting the skeletons with your little ones!

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French Halloween Vocabulary

French Halloween Vocabulary & Phrases

On this page you will find a complete list of French Halloween vocabulary words. While the holiday is not traditionally celebrated in France, it’s become a very popular holiday in Quebec, the French-speaking province in Canada. To say Halloween in French you simply say “l’Halloween” as there is no official translation. Also, to say “Trick Or Treat” (the line used by kids when asking for candy at peoples’ front doors) young kids in Quebec say, “Bonbons s’il-vous-plaît“, which means, “Candy, please!” In the list below you’ll also find various words for different kinds of costumes (“les déguisements d’Halloween” including the witch (la sorcière) and ghost (le fantôme).

l’Halloween Halloween	le déguisement d’Halloween Halloween costume	joyeux Halloween Happy Halloween!
le 31 octobre October 31 (night of Halloween every year)	l’automne fall/autumn	le bonbon candy
la citrouille pumpkin	passer de maison en maison pour récolter des bonbons (going from house to house to get candy, trick-or-treating)	la citrouille d’Halloween/le Jack à la lanterne jack-o’-lantern
le fantôme ghost/fantom	le monstre monster	le zombie zombie
le pirate pirate	la Toussaint All Saints Day	la sorcière witch
le vampire vampire	farce ou friandise! trick or treat!	le masque mask
l’araignée (f) spider	la maison hantée haunted house	le cimetière cemetary
le diable devil	le épouvantail scarecrow	hanter to haunt
le lutin goblin	le squelette skeleton	la momie mummy
Bonbons s’il-vous-plaît trick or treat! (used in Quebec)	la lune entière full moon	le balai broom