The other day I wrote about. Monique who was a first grade teacher in France for many years wrote:
French students go away learning poetry by heart in first grade – which is 6 years old and often earlier!
(Mrs. walk Trots) is often taught in kindergarten. Some teachers inform it as early as 4-5 year old preschool (but they usually take out the 2nd verse).
by Paul Verlaine. My English translation follows the cut version.
Dame souris trotteNoire dans le gris du soir ,Dame souris trotte ,Grise dans le noir.
On sonne la cloche :Dormez les bons prisonniers ,On sonne la cloche ,Faut que vous dormiez.
Un nuage passe ,Il fait noir comme en un four ,Un nuage passe ,Tiens le petit jour !
Dame souris trotte ,Rose dans les rayons bleus ,Dame souris trotte ,Debout paresseux !
Mrs. Mouse trotsBlack in the gray darken,Mrs. Mouse trotsGray in the darkness.
The bell sounds…The good prisoners rest. The attach sounds…You should rest.
A cloud passes,The sky’s opaque,A cloud passes,be daybreak!
Mrs. Mouse trots,Pink in blue sunbeams,Mrs. Mouse trots,Get up you lazy!
Monique said that many of the poems at a site called are used by French teachers. She had her students hit the books poem #44 called
Many thanks to Monique Palomares of for sharing more about the teaching of poetry in French grade school with us.
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