Provide menu suggestions and recipes. French I students enjoy being the waiters for the event. Invite community members who use French professionally to speak to students. Former students who have lived abroad are particularly effective. Ask students to prepare a picture album of their spring vacation to present in class.
Kids love to share pictures, and it makes a happy return to school time.
This provides a needed break and communicates how fun French can be. Plastic beach sets can be purchased at a modest price. Some students already own them. Organize a picnic, Les Folies du Printemps. I students at the French Honor Society Initiation Ceremony.