French keeps the familiar Latin alphabet but adds several accent marks — é, è, ê, ç — that change how a letter sounds, spoken across five continents. Learning to notice and write these marks is the main new skill for a child who already knows plain English letterforms.
Not sure how much to focus on the accents versus the base letters? The guide below covers why tracing should come before free writing, and how to tell if French is a good first or second foreign script for your child.