The Family Song
Languages: English, French
Ressource Type: song, nursery rhyme
Theme: family
Age-range: infant-preschool, 4 – 8 years
Download the words of the song:
♦ The Family Song Lyrics
“The Family Song” is a nursery rhyme for kids about family members. It’s great for teaching and learn basic family members vocabulary words: mother, father, sister, brother, grandmother, grandfather, aunt, uncle, cousin. It starts out slow and goes faster and faster.
English Lyrics:
The Family Song
This is my great family.
Mother, father, me.
This is my great family.
Mother, father, me.
This is my sister.
This is my brother.
Grandmother, grandfather, aunt, uncle, cousin.
This is my great family.
Mother, father, me.
French translation:
La chanson de la famille
C’est ma grande famille.
Mère, père, moi.
C’est ma grande famille.
Mère, père, moi.
C’est ma sœur.
C’est mon frère.
Grand-mère, grand-père, tante, oncle, cousin.
C’est ma grande famille.
Mère, père, moi.
Culture and Vocabulary:
- family members (mother, father, sister, brother, grandmother, grandfather, aunt, uncle, cousin)
Grammar:
- structure “this is my…”
- possessive adjective “my”
- object pronoun “me”
Phonology:
- pronunciation of “family” /ˈfæm(ɪ)li/
Teaching suggestions:
- discover nursery rhymes about family members (My Family and Family Members Song)
- discover books about family members
