Catherine Cantin

Catherine Cantin obtained her First-Class Honours degree in English and French from the University of Warwick in 2003. She then moved to Paris where she worked for five years, before carrying out her PGCE in Modern Foreign Languages at the University of Exeter.

After obtaining her PGCE, she worked for five years as a secondary teacher of French and Spanish, before taking a break to have children.

After her second child was born, she set up her own business teaching French to babies, toddlers and their parents and grandparents. Teaching French through singing and dancing was a fantastic and transformative experience, and this led to Catherine’s current role teaching French to nursery and primary school children, aged 2–11 years old.

Making the most of children’s natural enjoyment and enthusiasm for singing and dancing, Catherine has been able to hone her craft and create songs, poems and raps that capture the children’s imagination and embed French vocabulary, phonics and grammar into their long-term memories.

Through the songs, gestures, videos and worksheets provided in this publication, Catherine hopes to pass on the flame of her passion and life-long love of learning languages.