Best YouTube Channels for Kids Learning French in 2025
YouTube offers a wealth of free, kid-friendly French content: catchy songs, animated stories, and clear pronunciation models. Here are eight top channels to subscribe to this year.
1. Comptines et chansons
Nursery rhymes and classic French children’s songs come to life with colorful animations. Ideal for ages 2–6, each video features on-screen lyrics to reinforce listening and reading.
2. Maple Leaf Learning
This channel offers educational songs, stories, and vocabulary lessons. With simple graphics and repetition, it’s perfect for ages 3–8 to learn everyday words and phrases.
3. Learn French with Alexa
Alexa’s warm teaching style and clear explanations guide beginner lessons on basic vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation. The bite-sized videos suit elementary-aged learners building foundational skills.
4. FrenchPod101
While not exclusively for kids, FrenchPod101’s short, animated lessons cover vocabulary and phrases with native audio. Older elementary and middle-schoolers benefit from its structured series and downloadable lesson notes.
5. French Kids TV
Animated storytime and interactive vocabulary segments keep children engaged with bright visuals and simple narration. This channel works well for ages 4–10 focusing on storytelling and language games.
6. Petit Ours Brun
Official videos featuring the beloved little bear introduce daily routines and family themes. Children aged 2–5 learn common phrases through gentle stories in clear, slow speech.
7. TV5MONDE Junior
Educational content from the global Francophone network includes news, culture, and fun quizzes for older kids. Its topical videos help tweens connect language learning to real-world events.
8. T’choupi Officiel
Short episodes starring T’choupi the penguin cover everyday situations—playtime, school, meals—using simple sentences. Great for pre-readers to build confidence in listening and comprehension.
Supplement With Dinolingo Enhance YouTube learning by integrating interactive practice on Dinolingo. Use the curriculum guide to align video themes with CEFR levels and track vocabulary mastery in the Parent Dashboard.
Final Thoughts Balanced screen-based learning—real conversations, songs, stories—sparks curiosity and solidifies skills. Subscribe to these channels and reinforce with Dinolingo’s interactive modules for a comprehensive, engaging French-learning journey.
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