{"id":13391,"date":"2026-04-02T09:00:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T08:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/?p=13391"},"modified":"2026-04-01T12:30:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T11:30:07","slug":"newsletter-easter-chicks-and-april-fools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/newsletter-easter-chicks-and-april-fools\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter: Easter Chicks &amp; April Fools"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"max-width: 600px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;background-color: #ffffff;border-radius: 0px;overflow: hidden\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"width: 100%\">\n<td>\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Inter', 'Roboto', 'Helvetica Neue', 'Arial Nova', 'Nimbus Sans', Arial, sans-serif;color: #333333\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;padding: 0px 0px 16px 0px;border-radius: 0px\">\n<h1 style=\"font-weight: bold;text-align: center;padding: 16px 16px 0px 16px;font-size: 32px;margin: 0\">Easter Chicks &amp; April Fools<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;padding: 16px 0px 16px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5\">This week, we&#8217;re getting out our pastels and cutest decorations, as well as stocking up on chocolate eggs to joyfully celebrate <strong>Easter<\/strong>\u00a0\ud83c\udf6b\ud83d\udc25\ud83e\udeba<\/p>\n<p>But why is Easter called <span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;font-style: italic;color: #666666\"><strong>&#8220;P\u00e2ques&#8221;<\/strong><\/span> in French? The singular word <span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;font-style: italic;color: #666666\">P\u00e2que<\/span> comes from the Hebrew <span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;font-style: italic;color: #666666\">Pessa&#8217;h<\/span> (ou <span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;font-style: italic;color: #666666\">Passah<\/span>), meaning &#8220;passing&#8221; or &#8220;crossing&#8221;. It&#8217;s useful to know that the <strong>singular<\/strong> version <span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;font-style: italic;color: #666666\">La P\u00e2que<\/span> refers to the Jewish celebration of Passover, whereas the <strong>plural<\/strong> version <span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;font-style: italic;color: #666666\">(Les) P\u00e2que<strong>s<\/strong><\/span> refers to the Christian celebration of Christ&#8217;s resurrection.\u00a0\ud83d\udd4d\u26ea<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;padding: 16px 0px 16px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;font-style: italic;color: #666666\">Alors, sans plus attendre<\/span>, pick up your baskets to go hunting for all the egg-cellent French Kwiziq content we&#8217;ve selected for you! \ud83e\uddfa\ud83e\udd29<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #e6f4fb;text-align: left;padding: 16px 16px 16px 16px;border-radius: 8px\">\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: bold;text-align: center;padding: 16px 0px 16px 0px;font-size: 24px;margin: 0\">Petites Devinettes Entre Amis\u00a0&#8211; Sp\u00e9cial P\u00e2ques\u00a0\ud83e\udeba<\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: #6b7280;font-weight: 600;text-align: center;padding: 0px 0px 16px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5\">A Special Guessing Game Podcast &#8211; B1 Level<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;padding: 0px 0px 12px 0px\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 280px;height: auto;margin: 0 auto\" src=\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/files\/french\/blog\/2026\/03\/podcast-devinettes-paques-pic-280.jpg\" alt=\"bunnies aurelie and celine in front of baskets full of question-mark eggs\" \/><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;padding: 16px 0px 16px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5\">To celebrate Easter <span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;font-style: italic;color: #666666\">comme il se doit<\/span>, C\u00e9line and I have concocted a special guessing podcast just for you Kwizzers, with <strong>5 lovely Easter-themed riddles<\/strong> for you to elucidate\u00a0\ud83d\udd0e\ud83d\udc07<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;font-style: italic;color: #666666\">Alors, \u00e0 vos calepins !<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #0081cc;text-align: left;padding: 16px 0px 16px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5\"><strong><a style=\"color: #006ead;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"\/blog\/petites-devinettes-entre-amis-special-paques\/\">Petites Devinettes Entre Amis &#8211; Sp\u00e9cial P\u00e2ques<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;padding: 16px 0px 16px 0px;font-size: 13px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;font-style: italic;color: #666666\">And to help you practise your listening skills, these podcasts will be accompanied by some useful vocab, grammar lessons, an exclusive Fill-in-the-Blank exercise and interesting links to other exercises to investigate further!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;padding: 16px 0px 16px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5\">\ud83c\udfa7 Want to listen to more of our podcasts? Check out <strong><a style=\"color: #006ead;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"\/blog\/tag\/kwiziq-french-podcasts\/\">all our episodes!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 32px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #e6f4fb;text-align: left;padding: 16px 16px 16px 16px;border-radius: 8px\">\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: bold;text-align: center;padding: 16px 0px 16px 0px;font-size: 24px;margin: 0\">Let&#8217;s fill in some blanks!<\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: #6b7280;font-weight: 600;text-align: center;padding: 0px 0px 16px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5\">Le Pr\u00e9sent &#8211; A1 Level<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;padding: 0px 0px 12px 0px\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 280px;height: auto;margin: 0 auto\" src=\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/files\/french\/blog\/2020\/03\/parablank-les-poissonsdavril.jpg\" alt=\"pastel fish hanging from little ropes\" \/><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;padding: 16px 0px 16px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5\">This year, Easter comes very close to April 1st, aka <strong>April Fool&#8217;s Day<\/strong>, and as you know, France has a very &#8220;fishy&#8221; way to celebrate that funny day! Learn all about <span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;font-style: italic;color: #666666\">les poissons d&#8217;avril<\/span>, while practising your French conjugations in <a style=\"color: #006ead;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"\/revision\/glossary\/conjugation-tense-mood-aspect\/french-present-tense-le-present-indicatif\">Le Pr\u00e9sent<\/a> with the Fill-in-the-Blank exercise below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #0081cc;text-align: left;padding: 16px 0px 16px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5\"><strong><a style=\"color: #006ead;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"\/my-languages\/french\/tests\/overview\/5843537\">Les poissons d&#8217;avril (Le Pr\u00e9sent)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 32px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #e6f4fb;text-align: left;padding: 16px 16px 16px 16px;border-radius: 8px\">\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: bold;text-align: center;padding: 16px 0px 16px 0px;font-size: 24px;margin: 0\">Words Words Words<\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: #6b7280;font-weight: 600;text-align: center;padding: 0px 0px 16px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5\">Easter Vocabulary &#8211; A2 Level<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;padding: 0px 0px 12px 0px\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 280px;height: auto;margin: 0 auto\" src=\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/files\/french\/blog\/2026\/03\/nl-easter-2026-kitchen-280.jpg\" alt=\"kitchen counter with a vase of daffodils and two cute baskets\" \/><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;padding: 16px 0px 16px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5\">Now, let&#8217;s learn how to describe our own Easter festivities with this delicious <strong><a style=\"color: #006ead;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"\/learn\/theme\/1543661\">Easter vocabulary list and its interactive Word Game<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;padding: 16px 0px 16px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5\">Another great way to remember new vocabulary is to write sentences using it in context. Here&#8217;s an example for you to get inspired:<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: #ffffff;text-align: left;padding: 12px 12px 12px 12px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;font-style: italic;color: #666666\">Aujourd&#8217;hui, c&#8217;est le <strong>dimanche de P\u00e2ques<\/strong>. Tout respire bon le <strong>printemps<\/strong>\u00a0: dans la cuisine, il y a un beau bouquet de <strong>jonquilles<\/strong> dor\u00e9es \u00e0 c\u00f4t\u00e9 des <strong>paniers d\u00e9cor\u00e9s<\/strong> des enfants. Soudain, nous entendons les <strong>cloches<\/strong>, et les enfants se pr\u00e9cipitent dans le jardin pour la <strong>chasse aux \u0153ufs<\/strong> tant attendue\u00a0! <strong>Joyeuses P\u00e2ques<\/strong> \u00e0 tous\u00a0!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;padding: 16px 0px 16px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;font-style: italic;color: #666666\">\u00c0 vous de jouer !<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 32px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #fff5eb;text-align: left;padding: 16px 16px 16px 16px;border-radius: 8px\">\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: bold;text-align: center;padding: 16px 0px 16px 0px;font-size: 24px;margin: 0\">Take me to your leader!<\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: #6b7280;font-weight: 600;text-align: center;padding: 0px 0px 16px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5\">March Leaderboard Top 3<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;padding: 0px 0px 12px 0px\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 280px;height: auto;margin: 0 auto\" src=\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/files\/french\/blog\/2025\/11\/nl-kwizbot-trophy-leaderboard-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"leaderboard\" \/><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;padding: 16px 0px 16px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5\">And last but not least, let&#8217;s celebrate last month&#8217;s 3 most amazing Kwizzers. 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