Someone wrote on our Facebook Group, “Bonjour! May I know a poem that’s really funny for kids in French?”
I asked Monique in France who used to teach 1st grade and she responded:
It depends on the age of the kids and I’m not really sure that what French people find funny will sound funny to other people. I used to teach my students one we found funny it’s called Trèfle de plaisanterie (Clover Joke) by Jacques Charpentreau.
I also taught them:
Le hareng saur (The Smoked Herring) by Charles Cros. Here’s a video of it…There’s also Chanson pour les enfants l’hiver (Song for Children of Winter) by Jacques Prevert.
You have this site of poems (Desnos‘ poems are usually short and some are funny. There are some other funny ones but they can be long -as “Chez moi” by René de Obaldia. There are links at the bottom of the page.
Here is the link page to poetry sites from a site dedicated to grade teachers.
Thanks for the help Monique!
If anyone would like to share other funny French poems, feel free to in the comments below.
Mama Lisa
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September 6th, 2010 at 12:11 am
LA FOURMI
Une fourmi de dix-huit mètres
Avec un chapeau sur la tête
ça n’existe pas, ça n’existe pas.
Une fourmi traînant un char
Plein de pingouins et de canards,
ça n’existe pas, ça n’existe pas.
Une fourmi parlant français,
Parlant latin et javanais
ça n’existe pas, ça n’existe pas.
Eh ! Pourquoi pas ?
September 22nd, 2010 at 4:20 am
Bonjour, Lundi! Ça va, Mardi?
Va dire à Mercredi que nous irons Jeudi
chercher Vendredi pour aller Samedi
dîner chez Dimanche en cravate blanche!