“ Le Dormeur du val ” (“The Sleeper in the Valley”), by Arthur Rimbaud, paints a peaceful picture filled with verdant flora and golden sun - with a startling final verse. In this slow, careful recitation of Victor Hugo’s poem “Demain, dès l’aube” (“Tomorrow, at Dawn”), read and listen along as the sunlight strikes the earth and brings forth its vivid colors.

Poetry is a quiet, contemplative way to use the music of words to learn French colors. Pay close attention to the color words when Alain switches from the feminine voitures (cars) to the masculine camions (trucks). “ J’aime les voitures ,” in particular, will help you learn color agreement. Alain Le Lait’s “ Couleurs – Arc en ciel ” and “J’aime les voitures” are two catchy tunes with silly lyrics - and lots of good learning packed into them. The “ Rainbow Song in French ” from Learn French With Alexa is a sweet and charming way to learn basic colors. With all these powerful tools built into music, using songs to help you learn French colors is a natural fit. If you can still remember advertising jingles from your childhood, you know how well snappy beats and repetitive melodies can cement lyrics in your memory. The parts of the brain that process pitch, rhythm, and other components of music are also involved in language acquisition. Music is particularly stimulating to the brain, activating several different parts of your brain simultaneously. When it comes to memory, the melody and rhyme of music and poetry weave their own special magic in the brain.

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