Spanish for Kids: Learn Spanish Beginner Level 1

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Starring: Spanish for Kids-Beginner Level 1
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Type: DVD
Directed By: Justin Isfeld
Studio: Language Tree
Release Date: 2005-07-01
Spanish for Kids vol. 1 introduces Spanish is a way that kids will truly enjoy. Featuring 3D animation along with live action sequences, this DVD teaches basic conversational Spanish within the context of a fantastic birthday party. Carlos and his best friend, Chiquitita the Chihuahua, teach useful phrases your child can use right away. Lessons include meeting and greeting, colors, numbers, clothing, and much more. Embedded throughout the video are interactive DVD games that test a child s comprehension and original music by a Hollywood composer designed to reinforce new words and phrases. All Language Tree videos incorporate the breakthrough Multi-Cognition ApproachTM, developed by a Stanford University cognitive scientist, for faster and deeper learning. DVD comes with learning booklet.

Daughter loves it!
I'm definitely glad we bought this, and will be buying the second one in this series. I'm a speech therapist, and agree that the techniques used for language teaching are very appropriate -- lots of repetition, pairing the same words with different contexts, speaking and singing the same words, and having different people use the same words. Good pairing of auditory and visual strategies.

The production values are not the best, so as an adult I'm very aware that some of the acting is stiff ("Feliz cumpleanos, Carlos" as Papa is about to fall asleep at the table). The sound fluctuates in quality and obviously some of it was dubbed in later -- meaning that it sounds as if from a different source. It also looks like the quality of an old camcorder that we had.

BUT -- my daughter loves it, watches it over and over, and definitely has picked up some new Spanish from the DVD. The context is very relate-able for her and holds her attention all the way through.

Repeat customer - great Spanish language DVD learning tool for kids
I recently bought this DVD for my close friend's 6 and 8 year old kids. They are just starting to introduce Spanish to their kids who are 6 and 8 years old. They already had several Spanish learning videos and found that most were geared towards very young children and they just weren't learning the language the way they had wanted. In the other videos, the narrator talks down to the audience, and for entertainment value, they rely on hand puppets and simple songs. Kids are fairly sophisticated nowadays and these products did not interest the kids at all.

However, the kids enjoy watching this Spanish for Kids dvd. I saw this in action when I was visiting them early this year. They get a kick out of the 3D animated dog character and the songs are catchy and modern. The music is pretty good and my husband and I and their parents even got into the music and danced around with the kids! None of the actors have American accents which I found annoying in the other videos. To help parents, the DVD includes a useful learning guide and offers subtitles in English/Spanish that can be turned off. It also contains games which were a fun way for the kids to test out what they learned. These games can be skipped for younger children.

The best part is that while the kids are watching something on TV they are essentially learning something useful. It is great that they are beginning to use what they learned outside of the home. They always get a big smile from Spanish speakers when they say a few words in Spanish.

Overall, I highly recommend this product.

Good stuff, but not much of it
I think Lanugage tree did a good job at creating this dvd. The format is fun and interactive. However my daughter finished the whole thing in about 30 minutes. It contains about one Spanish class-time worth of information. I just didn't feel that was worth the price tag.

spanish for kids
i bought this for my son. he did not like it at all. he said it did not help him learn spanish.

Excellent product
This is an excellent DVD. We are trying to learn Spanish since moving from Missouri to Miami Florida. My three children ages 9, 8, 7 are having an easy time learning Spanish because of this DVD. Easy to understand, fun, and subtitles really help. Highly recommended. Also recommended: "My First Spanish Word Book". This book has GREAT pictures of everyday items each one labeled in English and Spanish. A MUST HAVE for any children learning spanish, or learning Spanish to English.