Make mastering daily routines, clock times, and French verb conjugations engaging and intuitive with Les dominos de la journée (The Daily Routine Dominoes) from ELI Publishing (Collection Jeux Didactiques Français / Le Français en s'amusant).
Designed for beginner through intermediate French learners (CEFR Levels A1–B1 / FLE), this interactive domino-style game invites players to follow a complete day in the life of the cheerful grandmother, Mamie Pétronille, from morning wake-up to bedtime. By connecting illustrated actions with clear written descriptions and time indicators, students transition smoothly from basic vocabulary recall to confident, spoken French sentences.
Key Educational Benefits & Learning Objectives
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Daily Routine Vocabulary (Les actions de la journée): Teaches 48 essential high-frequency French verbs covering waking up, meals, hygiene, household chores, errands, leisure, and going to sleep.
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Pronominal & Reflexive Verbs (Les verbes pronominaux): Provides clear visual context to drill reflexive verbs naturally (e.g., se réveiller, se lever, se brosser les dents, s'habiller, se coucher).
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Telling Time & Chronological Connectives: Reinforces clock expressions (à quelle heure ?, à midi, à 8 heures) and temporal transition words (d'abord, ensuite, puis, après, enfin).
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Multi-Tense Grammar Flexibility: Adaptable to any lesson level—teachers can instruct students to conjugate matched actions in the present (présent de l'indicatif), conversational past (passé composé), imperfect (imparfait), or future (futur proche / futur simple).
How the Game Works
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Domino Layout: Each sturdy domino tile is split into two halves—the left half features an illustrated daily action, while the right half features a written description with the target verb in parentheses in the infinitive.
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Matching & Connecting: Players take turns placing a domino tile that accurately matches an illustrated activity with its corresponding text or continues the logical chronological order of Mamie Pétronille’s day.
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Spoken Formulation: To place a domino, the player reads the phrase aloud, conjugating the target verb correctly in the chosen tense (e.g., « À 7 h 30, Mamie Pétronille se lève » or « Hier, elle s'est levée à 7 h 30 »).
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Winning the Game: The first player or team to correctly place all of their domino cards wins!
What’s Included in the Box
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48 Sturdy Double-Sided Domino Cards: Featuring clear visual illustrations paired with French text and clock prompts covering 48 daily routine actions.
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Teacher’s Guide / Instruction Booklet (Livret explicatif): Includes complete rules of play, full sentence solutions across présent, passé composé, and futur, plus engaging classroom variations for pairs, small groups, or whole-class lessons.
