Join Pierre and his little bird friend as they explore the colourful world around them. From the blue sky and green grass to the yellow sun, red tree, grey rock and pink ball, this simple bilingual story introduces children to colours and the natural world in French and English.
 
As Pierre explores, he meets his bird friend and discovers the animals living in the woods. The journey continues past the river and towards the sea before day turns into night. The moon and stars appear in the dark sky, and animals and people around the world look up at the very same night sky. The story finishes with a simple message of wonder and discovery — our world is amazing.
 
The story provides a natural context for developing French vocabulary around colours, nature, position and the world around us. Children learn colours including bleu (blue), vert (green), jaune (yellow), rouge (red), gris (grey), marron(brown) and rose (pink), alongside familiar nouns such as le ciel (sky), le soleil (sun), l’arbre (tree), l’oiseau (bird), l’herbe (grass), le rocher (rock) and le ballon (ball).
A second vocabulary section expands the story with words including la mer (sea), le bois (wood), la rivière (river), le garçon (boy), l’ami (friend), la nuit (night), le monde (world), la lune (moon) and l’étoile (star), as well as positional language such as above/over and behind.
 
The bilingual What Colour Is the Sky? song reinforces the key vocabulary through music and repetition. Children sing about the colours of the sky, grass, sun and other parts of Pierre’s world before repeating the idea that we all share and love our world.
 
But What Colour Is the Sky? is much more than a colours workbook. The story encourages children to notice connections between people, animals and the natural world, from the creatures living in the woods to people across the world looking at the same moon and stars.
 
Inside the workbook:
📖 The complete What Colour Is the Sky? story in English and French
🌈 French colour vocabulary including blue, green, yellow, red, grey, brown and pink
☀️ Learn words including sky, sun, tree, bird, grass, rock and ball
🌍 A second vocabulary section covering sea, wood, river, boy, friend, night, world, moon and star
↕️ Practise useful positional vocabulary including over/above and behind
🎵 The bilingual What Colour Is the Sky? song, reinforcing colours and story vocabulary through repetition
✏️ 10 worksheets developing colour recognition, vocabulary, listening, reading and sentence building
🧩 Let’s Go!, Challenging and Tricky! activities offering different levels of challenge
🎨 What Colours Is the Picture? — practise recognising and using colours
🪐 Our Planet — explore the Earth, moon, sun and space through a colourful activity
🔢 A fun counting activity using characters and images from the module
🎲 From the River to the Sea — a colourful board game using story vocabulary
🔎 Spot the Difference using a woodland scene
☀️ Collect the Items — identify pictures and vocabulary from Pierre’s world
📍 Where? — practise positional language using pictures from the story
🔤 A scrambled words activity
🎶 Song lyrics activities to reinforce the bilingual song
💬 Who Am I? — use clues and simple French sentences to identify characters and objects
📸 A Your Photos / Tes photos section where children can share their completed activities and projects
📺 A hands-on Les Puces Télé project — children colour and assemble their own pretend television, then use it to retell the story themselves without electricity
💭 Dive in Deeper / Plonge plus profondément! — discussion activities exploring plural verbs and endings, the connection between people and animals around the world, Pierre’s name in English and French, and ideas for making the world a happier place
👩‍🏫 A suggested 7-week lesson plan, bringing together the story, song, vocabulary, worksheets and project
📈 A progress card to track the English and French story, two vocabulary sections, all 10 worksheets, song activities and project
 
The workbook is designed to be used alongside the Les Puces online videos and resources, allowing children to hear the story and vocabulary spoken aloud, practise the song and reinforce what they have learned through games, worksheets and practical activities.
 
A complete Les Puces bilingual learning journey combining French, colours, storytelling, nature, music, vocabulary, games and creativity — encouraging children to learn a new language while discovering just how colourful and amazing our world can be. 🌈🌍✨