Observant subscribers may have noticed that some of our worksheets are now available in French! As of this writing, 41 types of worksheets in the subscribers area are translated and re-programmed to include French as an option for you.
My goal is to make all the English on the Number Problems student worksheets “turn into” French when you select French as the language. (Translating and re-programming the Story Problem worksheets is an entirely different project.) So on worksheets where the only English is the Name and Date line, the French version will show simply Nom and Date. (Date is spelled the same in both French and English, however the French pronunciation is closer to “dat.”)
Our translator, Jane, is a bi-lingual Canadian subscriber whose daughter attends a French school. Jane uses our worksheets to supplement the math practice her daughter receives at school. Jane wanted to be consistent with the school in using French for all her daughter’s academic instruction. So she volunteered to supply us with translations, assured me that she’d ask her husband–a native French Canadian–to double-check all her translations, I got really excited about it, and we’re on our way!
To toss in a personal note, my children enjoy choosing Spanish or French for their math worksheets, even though they’re not ‘officially’ studying either language. In fact, they prefer their worksheets in Spanish or French instead of English! A small acquaintance or exposure to other languages is certainly good for them, and this is a very easy way to give them such an exposure. 
For subscribers who are teaching students in French, others who are teaching their students to speak French, or those like myself who would like their students to at least have some exposure to French, I trust you’ll find the new French language option useful.
–Denise
