Year XXXVI • N° 1 • September / October 2025 • Imprimé à Taxe Réduite
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A Postcard from…
Giant’s Causeway MINI DICTIONARY Breakfast 4-5
Downloadable AUDIO FILES
CULTURE Anansi or the Spider Tales 12-13
A GAME “Wicked witch what time is it?” 16
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A Rhyme
Milk and Porridge Dear readers, how are you? Are you ready to start a year of games and reading with me in English? It will be fun! To begin, I want to introduce our friends from Forest Farm. Today, we’ll see them sitting at the breakfast table. What do you think they like to eat? We’ll find out in the story corner. And since Halloween is around the corner, we’ll talk about the spider Anansi, a folk-tale hero and I’ll teach you a game to play with friends called “Wicked witch, what time is it?”. I’m excited to get to know you, so let’s get started!
A tasty bowl of porridge, A glass of juice, a cup of tea. Take the milk out of the fridge, Breakfast time for you and me.
Alice
Contents 2 A Rhyme Milk and Porridge 4 Mini Dictionary Breakfast 6 Fun and Games! 8 A Postcard from… Giant’s Causeway 10 Story Corner A Special Breakfast! 12 Culture Anansi or the Spider Tales 14 Let’s Play at Forest Farm! 16 A Game “Wicked witch what time is it?”
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What do you eat on your bread? Butter? Honey? Maybe jam? Here’s a knife so you can spread. Good morning, all! Here I am!
Mom has fruit with cereal. Dad eats yoghurt with a spoon. They know it’s an important meal, Last sip, last bite, school starts soon!
Which of these foods are often part of a “continental breakfast” and which are not? Bread, butter and jam Milk and coffee Ice cream Sausage, bacon and eggs
yes yes yes yes
no no no no
In which of these countries is a “continental breakfast” traditional? I’ll give you a hint: there is only one. In the other three, the traditional breakfast is a more substantial meal with meat, fish or beans. Italy United Kingdom Mexico New Zealand
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Mini dictionary
Breakfast
Read the words aloud. milk
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tea
juice
bread
butter
Illustrator: Laura Deo
jam
chocolate spread
honey
cereal
yoghurt
she eats
he drinks
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Fun and Games! 1 Look at the illustrations and fill in the crossword puzzle.
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rhyme and answer the questions. What are these different kitchen utensils and dishes used for?
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1 You drink your juice in a ............................................. . 2 You eat yoghurt with a ............................................... . 3 You spread butter with a ............................................ . 4 You drink tea in a ....................................................... . 5 You eat porridge in a .................................................. .
3 What do our Forest Farm friends have for breakfast? Solve the anagram puzzles and find out! 1 2 3
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1 Gracie the goat drinks a glass of cold KILM _ _ _ _. 2 Dylan the duck eats REECAL _ _ _ _ _ _ with GRYTUHO _ _ _ _ _ _ _! 3 Charlotte the cow drinks a cup of hot EAT _ _ _ with YOHEN _ _ _ _ _. 4 Hattie the hen loves DABER _ _ _ _ _, TUBERT _ _ _ _ _ _ and jam! 5 Charlie the cat spreads THELOOCCA _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ on REDAB _ _ _ _ _. 6 Robbie the rabbit drinks orange CIJUE _ _ _ _ _.
4 What do you eat for breakfast? Do you prefer sweet .................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................. Answers on page 11.
Illustrator: Laura Deo
or savory? Write the words to tell me about your breakfast!
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A Postcard from…
The Giant’s Causeway
Use the words below to fill in the blanks in the legend about the Giant’s Causeway. BABY | FIONN | AGAINST | ENORMOUS According to legend, the Giant’s Causeway was built by an Irish giant called ................................ who wanted to fight ................................ a Scottish giant named Benandonner. Fionn got scared and decided to try to fool his enemy. So, his wife put him in a cradle, disguised as a baby. When Benandonner arrived and saw the baby, he thought: “If that is his ................................, then Fionn must be ................................!” He ran back home, destroying the causeway behind him. Answers on page 11.
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Look at these amazing rock columns! They look like a construction made with building blocks or hexagonal bricks. Actually, the Giant’s Causeway is an absolutely natural rock formation caused by volcanic activity 50 to 60 million years ago. Its 40 thousand basalt columns lead out to the sea. The Giant’s Causeway got its name from a legend. Long ago, before people had science, people told stories to answer questions about the world and the past. This legend involves a battle between two Giants (Fionn Mac Cool and Benandonner) on opposite sides of the sea separating Northern Ireland from Scotland.
A causeway is something like a bridge because it’s a path or road to cross water or lowland. It’s different from a bridge in that there is little or no space underneath it. It’s a raised path.
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